1000 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY in 1883, having survived his wife. They had ten children, namely: John, who is deceased; Henry, who was killed at the battle of Peach Tree Creek, during the Civil War (was a member of the 52nd 0. Vol. Inf.) ; Albert, who is mayor of Smithfield ; Anna and Jane, who are deceased; George G.; and five who died in infancy. George G. Bargar was nine years old when his parents came to Smithfield and this has ever since been his home. When through with his school books he began to work in the general store of Ong & Cope, a firm that then operated the store he now owns, and one and one-half years later he went with William Dunlap, at Steubenville, after which he returned to Smithfield and spent twenty years in the blacksmith business. After selling his shop to William Parks, who had been in his employ for fourteen years, and who now runs the shop, he bought his store from G. W. Lee, completing this transaction in 1900. Since then he has devoted himself mainly to merchandising, having the largest and best stocked store in the place. He deals in groceries, shoes, hardware and furniture, occupying three rooms of his building on the first floor and the entire second floor. Mr. Bargar carries on his business with a great deal of system and his custom comes from all directions, being so heavy in the neighboring mining towns that he has found it necessary to run a wagon to accommodate them. In November; 1882, \1r. Bargar was married to Miss Elizabeth Mather, a daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Mather. Charles Mather was one of the old merchants and wool buyers of this place and once a prominent citizen. Mr. and Mrs. Bargar have two children: Charles, who is associated with his father and is the junior member of the firm of G. G. Barger & Son; and Helen, who is a student at Wooster College. Mr. Barger and his son are both stockholders in the Miners' and Merchants' Bank at Smithfield, he having been one of its organizers. He is a Republican in his political sentiments and has been an active and useful citizen, serving with ability on the town council and for the past twelve years has been a member of the school board. JOHN W. MANSFIELD, a former trustee of Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and an extensive farmer, stockman and sheep grower, owns 200 acres of exceedingly valuable land, all of which lies in this township. Mr. Mansfield was born in Wayne Township, September 18, 1847, and is a son of James and Susan (Davis) Mansfield. James Mansfield was also born in Wayne Township and was a son of Thomas Mansfield, who acompanied his parents to this section in pioneer days, this family being one of the oldest in Wayne Township. James Mansfield lived on the farm which his son, John W. Mansfield now owns, and for many years the early built log cabin stood on the land. Prior to his death he moved to Bloomfield. He was a man of .excellent public standing, a liberal supporter of the schools and of temperance and reform movements of all kinds and was a pillar in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Bloomfield, in which he was a steward and class leader. He married Susan Davis, who was born in Mt. Pleasant Township, and seven of their children survive, namely: Nancy, who is the wife of John Hill, of Hopedale; James R., who lives in Wayne Township; Mary, who is the widow of Alexander Rittenhouse and resides at Unionport; Emeline, who is the widow of Reason Holmes and resides at New Athens, Ohio; Amanda B., who is the widow of Samuel Baxter and resides in Hopedale; John W. and Susan, who is the widow of Leslie Harrah, late of Harrison County, where she resides. John W. Mansfield grew to man's estate on the home farm and with his brothers and sisters attended the district schools. His father was a busy farmer and large sheep grower and the son followed his example and has been equally successful in AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1001 the same industries. He keeps an average of 250 sheep, making sheep raising a specialty. His farm shows many improvements. The comfortable farm residence was built in 1882, and barns and sheep pens have been erected as necessity called for them. On March 28, 1872, Mr. Mansfield was married to Miss Sarah J. Moores, who was born in Wayne Township, April 7, 1850, and is a daughter of John and Nancy (Russell) Moores. Her father and mother were both born in Jefferson County, the latter near Hammondsville. Her grandfather was James Moores, who came to Ohio from Maryland and was probably of Scotch parentage. Mrs. Mansfield has two brothers and one sister : Thomas R., who lives near Wellsville, Ohio James, who lives in Wellsville; and Rosella D., who is the wife of George Jewell, of Wayne Township. The parents of Mrs. Mansfield were active and valued members of the Methodist Church at Bloomfield. Mr. and Mrs. Mansfield are the parents of seven stalwart sons, namely : Hally R. of Chagrin Falls, Ohio; John E., of R., James A., and Charles T., both of Stevens County, Wash.; and Homer H., Howard M., and Paul T., all of Wayne Township. Mr. and Mrs. Mansfield are members of the Bloomfield Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he has been a trustee for several years. He is a Republican in politics and has served two terms as a trustee of Wayne Township. Mrs. Mansfield is an active church worker and is an interested member of the Home and Foreign Missionary Society. HOWARD C. MINOR, M. D., physician and surgeon at Toronto, Ohio, with office on the corner of River Avenue and Vollmer Street, has been in the active practice of his profession here since June, 1897. He was born at New Cumberland, W. Va., July 21, 1869, and is a son of Samuel D. and Hannah M. (Garlick) Minor. Samuel D. Minor, who is a highly respected resident of Wellsville, Ohio, was prominent in the fire clay business and was the owner of the Minor Fire Brick Works. He was born in West Virginia, October 11, 1828, and is a son of William and Linda (Hart) Minor, and a grandson of Samuel Minor. The latter moved from Pennsylvania to West Virginia and settled near Fairview, in 1824. In 1846, William Minor embarked in the manufacture of fire brick, which he continued there until 1852, when he moved to Missouri and there engaged in stock raising. His father-in-law, Ephraim Hart, was one of the early settlers in Brooke County, W. Va. Samuel D. Minor followed the river until he was thirty-three years of age and then came to Ohio and went to work in a fire brick plant at Hammondsville, and three years later was made foreman of the Clifton Works across the river, in West Virginia. He served four years in that capacity and then bought a one-half interest in the Eagle Works above New Cumberland, and remained there until 1871, when, with others he bought the works near Empire, in Jefferson County, and remained identified there until he retired. In 1861 he married Hannah M. Garlick, who died on Wheeling Island, in 1900. Howard C. Minor was two years old when his parents located at Empire, Ohio, and there he was reared and attended school. Later he entered the Ohio Normal University and was graduated in the scientific course in 1892, after which he went to work in his father's factories and remained there while doing his preparatory medical reading, in 1894 entering the Ohio Medical University at Columbus. He was graduated in the class of 1897 and immedi- ately located at Toronto. In 1902, Dr. Minor secured a license to practice also in West Virginia. He is a member of the County, State and National Medical Societies and is vice-president of the Jefferson County body. Dr. Minor married Miss Carrie E. Holland, a daughter of Samuel Holland, of New Cumberland, and they have two children : Evelyn Lois and Howard Holland. Dr. and Mrs. Minor are 1002 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY members of the Presbyterian Church and take part in the town's pleasant social life. WILLIAM J. JONES, president of the Miners' and Merchants' Exchange Bank, at Smithfield, Ohio, is a representative citizen of the town, of which he is a native, having been born here in November, 1841. His parents were Jacob C. and Sarah (Evans) Jones. Jacob C. Jones and wife were natives also of Jefferson County and both died at Smithfield. The father conducted a tailoring shop for a number of years. They had seven children, namely: Mary, deceased, who was the wife of Rev. Hanway; Elizabeth, deceased, who was the wife of William Whitten; Adaline, deceased, who was the wife of A. E. Bees-ford ; William Judkins, subject of this sketch; Sophia, deceased, who was the wife of F. McGrew; Anna E., who married William Lee; and Virginia, who married F. P. Young. William J. Jones attended the public schools at Smithfield and was but a boy when he first became a clerk for Amos Scott, who was a druggist at Smithfield and he remained with him until 1864, when he enlisted in Company F, 57th Ohio Vol. Inf., under Captain Smith. After his period of military service was over he returned to Smithfield and soon afterward, in partnership with John Ong, went into the drug business, under the firm style of Jones & Ong. Later the name became Jones & Bates, when Dr. Bates bought the Ong interest, and latter they bought out Mr. Jones' old employer, Amos Scott, and the two stores were consolidated. Still later, William McKinney bought the Bates interest, when the firm became Jones & McKinney, which then purchased the Henderson & Blakely grocery, at Wellsville, Ohio, and they operated it under the style of Jones, McKinney, & Co., it being under the direct management of a brother-in-law of Mr. Jones. The latter bought also the interest in the old drug business owned by Mr. McKinney. As his business thus expanded, he recognized the need of a suitable building which he later erected, a commodious two-story brick structure and both the drug store and the bank are located conveniently on the first floor. The Miners' and Merchants' Exchange Bank has only been established since September, 1908, but it does a very large business and is numbered with the most important concerns at Smithfield. Its capital stock is $25,000. Interest is paid on time deposits. The officers of the bank are : William J. Jones, president; William. Reynard, vice-president; and H. M. Cattell, cashier. In 1868 Mr. Jones was married to, Miss Harriet E. Maxwell, of Mt. Pleasant, and they had one son, Charles J., who is deceased. He married Edna Scott and they had one daughter, Gladys, who belongs in her grandfather's, home. In politics Mr. Jones is identified with the Republican party and he has served occasionally in public offices, having been treasurer of Smithfield and also a member of the school board. He belongs to Daniel McCook Post, G. A. R. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN STRINGER, who is one of Wayne Township 7F1 leading and substantial citizens, carrying on general farming and stock raising, owns 300 acres of valuable land, every part of which he manages profitably. He was born in Belmont County, Ohio, and is a son of Malcolm and Jane (Armstrong) Stringer. Malcolm Stringer was probably born in Lancaster County, Pa. He learned the blacksmith's trade in his youth and after he left home he spent some years boating on the Ohio River. He was thirty-five years of age when he accompanied his brother, James Stringer, to Belmont County, where they secured tracts of virgin land and worked at clearing for some years. Later, about 1835, Malcolm Stringer came to Jefferson County and settled on the farm which his son, Benjamin F., now owns, which remained his home until his AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1003 death, in 1870. He was one of the earliest settlers in Wayne Township and for many years lived as a pioneer in a log cabin. He became a man of means and was a citizen who was held in high esteem by other residents of Wayne Township. He was a member and liberal supporter of the Presbyterian Church. In politics he was a Democrat. He married Jane Armstrong, who was born in Chester County, Pa., and they had six children, Benjamin F. being the only survivor of the family. The mother died in 1866. Benjamin F. Stringer was small when his parents brought him to Jefferson County and he grew to manhood on the pioneer farm. He learned the trade of a blacksmith in the little shop which his father built on the place for their own convenience. As he grew old enough he gave his father assistance in clearing and cultivating the homestead and has always resided here. He is a man of progressive views, being a reader and thinker, and in the management of his large estate shows judgment and enterprise. He was reared by his excellent parents in the faith of the Presbyterian body and belongs to that church at Bloomfield, and has served on its board of trustees. Hs is a Democrat in his political opinions. AMBROSE UPDEGRAFF MOORE, formerly sheriff of Jefferson County, Ohio, has been a resident of Smithfield since 1903 and is one of the best known and most popular men in all this section. He was the youngest son born in a family of sixteen children, in the old log house which was the family home in Smithfield Township, Jefferson County, November 27, 1831: His parents were Nathaniel and Susanna (Holmes) Moore. Nathaniel Moore was born in Frederick County, Md., and was a child when his parents, Richard Moore and wife, brought him into Smithfield Township, a wild, unsettled region at that time. Nathaniel had three sisters : Margaret, Sarah and Ruth. The pioneer 'farm came to him in the course of years and he did the larger part of the clearing. When he married he brought his wife to the log cabin which he had made comfortable with home-wrought furniture, and here they lived long and happy lives, rearing a large family and setting them an example of industry and thrift. Susanna Holmes, who became the mother of Ambrose U. Moore, was a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Huff) Holmes, the former of whom built the first Methodist church west of the Ohio River on his farm on Short Creek, in Smithfield Township. Elizabeth Huff came of sturdy stock and was a sister of Jack Huff, noted as an Indian fighter in those early days. She possessed her brother's courage and the adaptability of a pioneer woman. It is related in the family that on one occasion she shot a deer that she discovered on the distant side of Short Creek. At that time a freshet made the water in the creek very high but this did not frighten the intrepid huntress, who swam across to her prize, and with a knowledge gained in other experiences, skinned the deer and unaided, hung it up beyond the reach of the water. She had no intention of losing this trophy but watched from the home side until the creek had subsided to its usual limits, when she again swam across and returned with the carcass. Before death Nathaniel Moore and wife retired to Smithfield and there both died in old age. They had sixteen children, fourteen of whom reached maturity and the following are living : Rachel, who is the widow of James Harriman Nancy, who is the widow of John N. Sutherland Sarah, who is the widow of Joseph Holmes and Ambrose U., of Smithfield. Ambrose Updegraff Moore remembers many interesting events of the early times in Smithfield Township as related by his parents and he can recall when wolves and rattlesnakes were all too plentiful near his home. In those days school opportunities were not as they are now and children were fortunate if they could have a few 1004 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY months of instruction during the winter time. In early manhood he displayed his enterprising tendencies by purchasing a threshing machine and this he operated for two seasons in Southern Illinois and then returned to his father,s farm which he considered his home until his own marriage. On August 13, 1862, Mr. Moore enlisted for service in the Civil War, entering Co. C, 126th O. Vol. Inf., as a private, but was almost immediately made first sergeant, and on November 2, 1862, was advanced in rank to a second lieutenancy, and on March 3, 1864, was commissioned first lieutenant, being honorably discharged July 30, 1864, for disability on account of wounds received at the battle of the Wilderness, where his right elbow was shattered. He participated in many of the great battles of the war and many times barely escaped sudden death. On October 11, 1864, Mr. Moore was married to Miss Margaret J. Mansfield, who is a daughter of William and Harriet (Harrah) Mansfield, and they have five children: Holmes N., who is a resident of Lincoln, Neb., married Miss Nettie Fair ; William, who assists his father in his enterprises, and married Edith Pierce; Mary O., who is the wife of W. J. Scott, of Hopedale; Charles, who lives at Wheeling, W. Va.; and Fred L., who married Mary Statzenbaugh. After marriage, Mr. Moore bought 105 acres of excellent land situated near Smithfield and engaged there in agricultural pursuits until 1866, when he was elected county sheriff. As this almost necessitated his moving to Steubenville, he sold this farm and during his official term of four years or more, resided in that city. He then purchased a farm of 164 acres located in Green Township, Harrison County, Ohio, which he operated for two years and then took advantage of a good offer and sold it and returned to Steubenville. He soon tired of city life, however, and shortly afterward bought the Tarr farm, in Wayne Township, Jefferson County. He greatly improved that property, erecting all the fine farm buildings now standing there and later sold it to advantage to John Springer. Mr. Moore then decided to move to Iowa where many of his neighbors had established themselves satisfactorily, but he did not buy farm land there, being in the livery and transfer business during the three years that he resided in that state. Realizing that Ohio, after all, presented the best opportunities to business men of all the sections he had considered, he returned to Harrison County and lived for a time on a rented farm and later took charge of the farm of his sister; Mrs. Hannah Wheeler, in Smithfield Township, Jefferson County, which contains 186 acres. When his sister died she left the farm to Mr. Moore and he continued to operate it until 1903, when he moved to Smithfield. He still owns the place, a valuable property, but he no longer is active in looking after it, his son, William Moore, being the practical farmer. For many years Mr. Moore has been in the auctioneering business and it is said that he has cried more sales than any other man in Jefferson County. He no longer desires to engage in this business but his reputation along this line is so well established and so wide spread that he can scarcely avoid occasional returns to the auctioneer,s block and it is frequently remarked that in spite of advancing years, his wit is just as sharp and his fund of amusing stories just as apt and entertaining as they were when he was thirty years younger. His son, William Moore, gives him assistance on these occasions. Mr. Moore has been identified with the Republican party ever since he cast his first presidential vote, which was for Abraham Lincoln, and he has been a useful party man ever since and in former years a very influential one. During his term as sheriff of Jefferson County many law breakers were brought to justice and his record stands out clear as a brave and efficient public official. For many years he has AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1005 been a member of the Masonic lodge at Smithfield. With .his wife he belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church. CHARLES P. MERRYMAN, a leading citizen of Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and a turnpike commissioner for the Bloomfield and Smithfield turnpike, an office to which he was appointed by the county commissioners, in 1909, was born in Wayne Township, April 18, 1851. He is a son of William and Nancy (Hoobler) Merryman, and a grandson of Nicholas Merryman. William Merryman was born in Jefferson County after his father had established himself in Wayne Township. Nicholas Merryman came to Ohio from Westmoreland County, Pa. During a few years of his life, William Merryman lived in Harrison County, Ohio, but later returned to Jefferson and for many years (tarried on farming and stock raising on the farm which now belongs to his son, Charles P. Merryman. He was a man of excellent repute, for a number of years served as a trustee of Wayne Township and was a charter member and a deacon of the Mount Moriah Baptist Church. He was twice married and four of his children survive, namely: Mary, who is the widow of K. T. Cole, of Wayne Township ; Nicholas, who is a farmer in Wells Township ; Charles P.; and Sarah E.. who is the wife of Addison F. Wood, of Smithfield Township. The two last named being children of the second union. Charles P. Merryman attended the country schools in his youth and gained practical agricultural experience on the home farm. He has been engaged in farming and stock raising for himself since 1883, owning an excellent farm of 104 acres. He makes a specialty of raising sheep, having found this industry very profitable, and keeps about 150 head over the winter. Mr. Merry-man's farm is improved with a hand- some brick residence and substantial farm buildings and his surroundings indicate much thrift and general prosperity. On October 4, 1882, Mr. Merryman was married to Miss Durah M. Whigham, who was born in Hardin County, Ohio, a daughter of the late Andrew Whigham. When she was three years old her mother died and she was then brought to Jefferson County and was reared in the family of her uncle, Peter Hoobler, in Wayne Township. Mr. and Mrs. Merryman are members of the Christian Church at Smithfield, in which he is an elder. In politics he is a Republican and he has served as a trustee of Wayne Township for six years and during a part of this time he was president of the board. JOSEPH GILL. Among the earliest permanent settlers at Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio, was Joseph Gill, merchant, miller, farmer, stock raiser, banker, and for years the leading spirit in the development of this portion of Ohio. He left his impress on almost everything that tended to advance the civilization of the place in which he chose to found his home, and his name, perpetuated in many enduring ways, is proudly borne by his descendants and kindred, among which latter may be mentioned J. J. and J. W. Gill, of Steubenville, of whom he was a great uncle. Joseph Gill was born on Kent Island, Md., and lived there until he was thirty years of age, when he moved, probably with other members of his family, to Shepardstown, Va., afterwards living at Winchester and Bunker Hill, Va. He was married at Bunker Hill to Nancy Hanna, and in 1806, with his family and colored servants, whom he had liberated before leaving Virginia, he came to Mt. Pleasant, this county, their house being the sixth built in the village. Mr. Gill's household goods were transported over the mountains by wagons. He bought the whole of Section 1006 - HISTORY OF. JEFFERSON COUNTY 17, and immediately began the work of clearing it. He also established a store and continued in mercantile business, in farming and in stock raising for many years. To him is due the credit of importing into Jefferson County the first flock of Merino sheep of the famous Wells and Dickinson stock. In 1816 he founded the Mt. Pleasant Bank, of which he was president. He also, at an early date, built a mill on Short Creek, about a mile north of the town. In 1828 he bought another mill; of John McCurdy. Each was a threebuhr mill and both were in operation for a period of twenty-five years. Mr. Gill shipped his flour by flat-boat to New Orleans. He was also a large owner of lands in Northwestern Ohio, and dealt very extensively in pork and beef in what is now Ottawa County, Ohio. Indeed he was a pioneer in the great packing industry, conducting it, as it was then necessarily conducted, without the aid of storage plants, refrigerator cars, or other modern improvements. Mr. Gill died in 1845. He was survived by three sons, William, John and James, and one daughter, Nancy. FRANK H. FLOTO, manager of the Floto Bros. Construction Company, contractors for street paving, excavation, stone, and artistic concrete construction work, is one of the enterprising and progressive business men of Steubenville. He was born in this city, August 15,.'1869, and is a son of the late Frederick Floto. Mr. Floto was reared and educated in Steubenville, and after leaving school learned the trade of a mason and stone cutter. He was associated with his father until the latter's death in 1901, 'when he succeeded him as head of the Floto Bros. Construction Company. Under his guidance the firm has maintained the same high standard in its work and enjoys the same prestige it did in earlier years. Frank H. Floto was united' in marriage with Miss Emma M. Merz, who was born and reared in Beaver, Pa., and they have three children, Hilda, Howard and John. Mr. Floto is a member of the Zion German Lutheran Church and is one of its official board. He is affiliated with the Knights of the Maccabees, and is a member of the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce. HENRY GERKE, a prosperous and highly esteemed farmer of Warren Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, residing on a farm of 185 acres located in Section 30, was born June 4, 1834, in Brunswick, Germany, and is a son of Henry and Minnie (Bodey) Gerke, both of whom were natives of Germany. The father of our subject was a painter and paper hanger and died in his native country in 1855, aged forty-two years. His widow subsequently came to America, where she died, aged eighty years. They were the parents of seven children : Henry, our subject; August, who is deceased, came to this country in 1861 and served in the Civil War ; Charles, who resides in Germany ; William, who also resides in Germany ; Hannah, who came to this country . with her mother, is the wife of August Merkle ; and two who died young. Henry Gerke grew to manhood in Germany, where he learned pattern and cabinet making and also was employed in the iron and steel works there. In 1856 he came to America, crossing in a sailing vessel which made the voyage in forty-two days, and after stopping at Baltimore, lid., for a couple of days, he came on to Wheel- ing, W. Va. On May 12, 1856, he began working in a furniture factory for John Arbenc, in whose employ he continued until the beginning of the Civil War, when he enlisted in Company D, 1st Virginia Cavalry, under Capt. W. C. Carman. He served over three years in the war, participating in twenty-two battles and was wounded five times, but was never out of active service. After the war, Mr. Gerke and a Mr. Schutz, of Indiana, started a furniture factory at Wheeling, of which our subjects Was manager, and continued in that business successfully six years, when Mr. Gerke sold his interest in same and AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1009 then entered the Hamilton Foundry, where he remained four year's. He was then employed at Dewey,s Rolling Mill for eleven years, and during that time purchased land in Warren Township, Jefferson County, Ohio. In 1874 he erected his present house and his family took up their residence in Jefferson County. Four years later he gave up factory- work and also came to the farm, where he has been highly successful and is one of the representative agriculturists of the township. He was at one time the owner of 425 acres. Mr. Gerke was married October 28, 1857, to Minnie Hasselman, who was born in Brunswick, Germany, and died November 4, 1906 aged seventy-two years. Of their union were born the following children : Henry, who married Mary Hunter ; Minnie, who is the wife of C. Merkle ; William A., who married Margaret Sharp ; Charles, who married Mary Merkle ; Edward, who married Mary Large ; Mary, who is the wife of Allen Steine ; and Fred, who married Maude Sanderson. In politics, Mr. Gerke is identified with the Republican party. He is a member of the German Lutheran Church. In 1909 Mr. Gerke had the pleasure of visiting his old home and friends in Germany. THOMAS J. SPEEDY, an enterprising citizen of Ross Township, residing on a farm of 100 acres, located in Section 7, this township, was born August 1, 1854, in Ross Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and is a son of Joseph and Mary (Elliott) Speedy. Allen and Margaret (McCannis) Speedy, grandparents of our subject, came from Franklin County, Pa., to Jefferson County, Ohio, in wagons, and entered a section of land in Ross Township, 100 acres of which are still owned by the Speedy family. Allen Speedy served in the Revolutionary War and his two sons, Allen and William, served in the War of 1812. Eleven children were born to Allen Speedy and wife, namely : James, born July 4, 1786; William, born in 1789; Allen, born September 17, 1791 ; Thomas, born May 12, 1794 ; Rebecca, born in 1797; John and Margaret, twins, born in 1799 ; Andrew, born March 2, 1802 ; Susanna, born in 1805 Anna, born in 1806; and Joseph, born November 24, 1806. Joseph Speedy was born on our subject,s farm, in 1806, and attended the schools of the county. After— his marriage he lived near East Springfield on a farm owned by his brother, Allen Speedy, but subsequently moved to the John Gregg farm, where he resided until the time of his death in October, 1862. He was a Democrat politically, and he attended the Presbyterian Church. His wife, who was in maiden life, Mary Elliott, and a daughter of Benjamin Elliott of Jefferson County, died December 26, 1895. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They were the parents of the following children : Johnson, Alex, Margaret, Anna, Benjamin, Martha, Thomas J. and Edith. Thomas J. Speedy grew to manhood in Ross Township and after obtaining his primary schooling at the Montgomery schoolhouse in this township, attended Richmond _College at Richmond, Ohio, and then taught the Locust Grove school in Ross Township. Mr. Speedy has always followed farming and is one of the substantial and public spirited citizens of his section. He is a Democrat in politics,' but has never held any office but that of Justice of the Peace, in which capacity he has served for six years. He is a member of the Mount Zion Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is president of the board of trustees. Mr. Speedy was married September 4, 1884, to Margaret N. Swickard, who is a daughter of Christian and Lucinda Swickard. No children were born of their union but they reared Lucinda Swickard from childhood. She first attended the Montgomery school in Ross Township and later Mt. Union Academy, where she is contemplating taking a course of study covering three years. 1010 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY She has successfully taught school, being located for two terms in the home district and during one term at Shanetown. MARTIN M. SWICKARD, a leading citizen of Knox Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, formerly township treasurer, is a large dealer in stock and owns a farm of 144 acres, which he devotes to general agriculture. He was born on this farm, February 3, 1847, and is a son of Matthias and Mary A. (Maple) Swickard. Matthias Swickard was born in Pennsylvania and in boyhood accompanied his parents to Jefferson County, where they finally located in Knox Township, where the son spent the remainder of his life. He became an excellent farmer and judge of livestock and dealt largely in the same. For many years he resided on the farm which is now owned by his son, Martin M., and died here in 1884. His widow, who was born in Knox Township, still survives, she being his second wife. She was born April 1, 1819, hence has celebrated her ninety-first birthday. She makes her home with her son, Mahlon C. Swickard, in Salem Township. The surviving children of Matthias Swickard are : Emeline, who is the widow of John Downey, of Mahaska County, Iowa ; Ezra, who resides at Council Bluffs, Iowa; Mary J., who is the widow of John Shepherd, of Ottumwa, Iowa; Matthias, who resides in Colorado ; Christina, who lives in Wayne Township, and is the widow of John Leatherberry, formerly of New Somerset; Martin M. and Samuel L., who live in Knox Township; Mahlon C., who lives in Salem Township ; Jason R., who lives at New Somerset; and Emma N., who is the wife of Edward Moore, of Wayne Township. Martin M. Swickard has always resided on his present farm and has been interested in his present pursuits ever since reaching manhood. He understands these thoroughly and carries on his affairs according to up-to-date business principles—keeping the best stock, using modern methods and improved machinery and thereby realizing large profits from his well managed industries. Mr. Swickard was married to Miss Margaret M. Stephenson, who was born at Osage, Jefferson County, Ohio, a daughter of John Stephenson, a former well known resident of that place. To Mr. and Mrs. Swickard twelve children were born, six of whom are living, namely : Julia B., who is the wife of John Albaugh, of Osage, Ohio ; Anna M., who is the wife of C. B. Smith, of Knox Township ; George, who resides at Steubenville; Florence, who is a successful teacher in the public schools of Lorain, Ohio ; John M., who resides in Knox Township ; and Ethel, who teaches in the public schools of Pittsburg. Mr. Swickard and family are members of the Christian Church at New Somerset, to which his parents also belonged. In his political opinions he is a Democrat and on the ticket of the Democratic party he was twice elected treasurer of Knox Township. Mr. Swickard is a man of high standing in his community, a representative citizen in every way. WILLIAM B. GOUCHER, vice-president of the First National Bank of Toronto, Ohio, and prominently identified with the National Fire Proofing Company, has for many years been one of the leading citizens and business men of Toronto, where he still maintains his home although his duties take him to Pittsburg each day. Mr. Goucher is a man of large and varied interests and in addition to the connections numerated above, is identified with the Northwestern Clay Manufacturing Company of Griffin, Ill., treasurer of the American China Company, a director of the Means Engineering and Foundry Company, a director in the Toronto Ferry Company and a director in the Toronto Realty Company. With his brother, S. B. Goucher, and Samuel McAdoo, he operates the sewer pipe industry for the National Fire Proofing Company, the main offices being located at Pittsburg. He has been associated with these gentlemen for many AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1011 years, in the sewer pipe and fire clay business. For years they operated the Calumet plant at Calumet, Ohio, the Empire Works at Empire, and Goucher, McAdoo & Company at Brazil, Ind., selling out in 1900 to the American Sewer Pipe Company. They then continued with that company until 1907, when they associated themselves with the National Fire Proof-, ing Company. These three men, together with J. 0. Freeman, erected a large plant at Griffin, Ill., in 1906-1907, it being independent of the National Fire Proofing Company, and operated ,under the title of the Northwestern Clay Manufacturing Company. Samuel McAdoo is president. of the company which employs an average of from sixty to seventy men and runs twelve kilns. William B. Goucher was born in Toronto, then known as Sloan,s Station, February 29, 1856, and is a son of Charles Wesley and Mary (Shuster) Goucher, and a grandson of Samuel and Martha (Boone) Goucher, both natives and lifelong residents of Delaware County, Pa. Martha (Boone) Goucher died in her native county in 1826, and her husband died a few years later while on a business visit to Illinois, the trip being made on horseback as was necessary at that early date. Charles Wesley Goucher was born in Delaware County, Pa., August 4, 1818, and in his younger days followed carpentering. He later became a well known river pilot, and-in 1834 settled near the ferry in what is now Toronto, Ohio. He was married in early manhood to Mary Shuster, who died in 1884 and is survived by three sons—William B., Samuel B. and George W. William B. Goucher was reared in Toronto and has been identified with the fire clay and sewer pipe business during most of his business career. He was married to Amanda McConnell, a daughter of James McConnell, and they have two sons : Edward A., a graduate of Lehigh College, who is now employed by the Jones and Laughlin Company of Pittsburg; and Charles Reginald, who is a student at Ohio State University. Although a very busy man, Mr. Goucher has always been much interested in the welfare of his home town. For many years he has been a member of the Toronto Board of Education, and for several terms served as president of that body. Fraternally, he is a Thirty-second Degree Mason. G. W. ROBINSON, of the firm of Erwin & Robinson, leading merchants in Jefferson County, Ohio, and jobbers in wall paper and window shades, with fine quarters at Nos. 124-126 North Fourth Street, Steubenville, is one of the city's most progressive and enterprising business men. He was born at Steubenville, in 1870, and was reared in his native city. W. H. Robinson, father of G. W. Robinson, was born in the State of New York and came early in life to Steubenville, where his death occurred in 1899. He was engaged in the manufacturing business and was one of the proprietors of the Robinson & Erwin machine shops. The first work in which G. W. Robinson engaged after leaving school, was as an errand boy in the old Jefferson Iron Works, entering the nail mills when twelve years old and remaining with that concern until he was eighteen, and from there entered the employ of Winfield Scott, Son & Company, where he continued for seven years. Mr. Robinson then went to Pittsburg and for three years was with the E. Groetzmyer carpet store and then engaged in the commission business for six months. All this was but preparatory training and it was after he returned to Steubenville that Mr. Robinson entered on what has been a very successful business career. In association with Emmet McD. Erwin, he bought out the old book, stationery and wall paper business of Mr. Timberlake, and in 1899 the firm of Erwin & Robinson was established. It has been developed in every direction by careful planning and excellent business judgment until now it is one of the largest enterprises of its kind in.all this section. The 1012 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY firm carries a full line of books, stationery, furniture, carpets and china, and deals by wholesale in wall paper and window shades. The firm has won the confidence of the trade all over the country and has established a name for honest goods and fair methods in every part of Eastern Ohio. In 1907 the firm erected its fine three-story building, with dimensions of 41 by 130 feet, on North Fourth Street, a first class business stand. In October, 1903, Mr. Robinson was married to Miss Carrell Huston, a daughter of Samuel Huston, a prominent citizen, and they have two children : William G. and Carrell. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson are members of the First Presbyterian Church. He is identified with the order of Elks and is a trustee of the lodge at Steubenville, and he belongs also to the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce. JAMES L. SNODGRASS, who owns 440 acres of farm land in Salem and Wayne Townships, Jefferson County, Ohio, is one of the substantial men of this section and was born in Salem Township, December 5, 1848. His parents were R. S. and Hanna (McFarren) Snodgrass. R. S. Snodgrass was born in Washington County, .Pa., and moved with his parents to Jefferson County. They were James and Jane Snodgrass and they were among the early settlers in the township in which their children and grandchildren have lived ever since. R. S. Snodgrass was educated in the old time subscription schools and was especially proficient in penmanship and it was said that no one else in Salem Township could equal his skills and through life he was frequently called on to do ornamental writing. He lived to the age of seventy years, never leaving his native township for any length of time. He married Hanna McFarren, a daughter of James McFarran, of Wayne Township, and they had three children : Elizabeth, Isabella and James L. The mother of these children died at the age of seventy-five years and she was laid to rest by the side of her husband in the cemetery at Richmond, belonging to the United Presbyterian Church, of which they both were members. James L. Snodgrass attended the country schools near his home and later Richmond College and then returned to the farm of which he soon took charge and has always remained here, caring kindly for his parents as long as they lived and making their last days comfortable. On February 28, 1872, Mr. Snodgrass was married to Miss Annie S. Culp, a daughter of Samuel and Harriet Culp, of Fairfield, Salem Township, and they have had five children : the first, a daughter, died in infancy ; Thomas M., married Annie Jones; S. R. is deceased; William lives at home, and Ross is deceased. The mother of the above children died in 1897. Mr. Snodgrass was married secondly, April 30, 1901, to Miss Jennie L. Work, a daughter of John and Lydia Work, of Harrison County. Mr. Snodgrass bought the present farm after the death of his parents, having previously, after his own marriage, lived on an adjoining one. This part of the farm is well improved, all the buildings standing in Salem Township. In politics he votes independently, taking little interest in general campaigns, although he has often proved his good citizenship when his influence has been needed in the direction of law and order. With his wife he is connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he is a class leader and a member of the board of trustees. CHARLES W. HARRAH, who resides on the old Harrah homestead in Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and owns 214 acres, has been a general farmer and stock raiser for many years. He was born in Wayne Township, March 7, 1856, and is a son of John and Jane (Taggart) Harrah. John Harrah was also born in Wayne Township, June 14, 1814, in which he spent his entire life. His father was AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1013 James G. Harrah, who came to Jefferson County from Pennsylvania in 1801, entering land in Wayne Township, a part of which his grandson, Charles W. Harrah still owns. Both James G. and John Harrah were men of sterling character. The Tatter was a leading member of the Presbyterian Church and was active throughout his life in forwarding all movements which looked to the general welfare. In politics he was a Democrat. He died October 14, 1893, in his eightieth year, respected and esteemed by all who had known him in life. He married Jane Taggart, who was born in Harrison County, Ohio, July 2, 1817, and they had six children, two of whom survive : Charles W. and Melissa J., the latter of whom is the widow of Thomas V. Holmes, formerly of Green Township, Harrison County. Mrs. Harrah died October 14, 1901, in her eighty-fifth year. Charles W. Harrah attended the country schools in his boyhood and enjoyed one term at Hopedale College, then located at Hopedale, Ohio. Reared on the farm, from youth he has been acquainted with all farm details and in the management of his large property this has often been of great advantage. Formerly he gale considerable attention to raising sheep, having from 200 to 250 head at a time, but has; withdrawn from this industry in the last few years, finding more profit in other lines. On his land stands an old barn which was built in 1845 and thus is something of a landmark. This barn is of hewed timber, without a spliced piece of timber in it. Its dimensions are 56x42 feet, and when recently repaired it was found to be not more than one inch out of plumb. On October 17, 1888, Mr. Harrah was married to Miss Mary B. Foster, who was born at Smithfield, Ohio, March 29, 1863, a daughter of David and Mary (Whitten) Foster. Her father is now in his eighty-sixth year, having been born December 4, 1824, in Pennsylvania. He has been a resident of Springfield since he was about thirty years old. A shoe maker by trade he has missed very few working-days and now, in good health, he is to be found at his bench every day. Mrs. Foster was born in Smithfield, March 29, 1832, and with the exception of four or five years, has always lived there. Both are hale and hearty and in full possession of their faculties. Mr. and Mrs. Harrah had three sons born to them, namely : Orville F., who is a student at Scio College, in Harrison County ; Franklin W., who is a graduate of the High School at Jewett, Ohio ; and Charles W., who is in attendance at Jewett -High School. Mr. Harrah and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church at Hopedale. Prior to her marriage, Mrs. Harrah was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, all her people belonging to that religious body. He is a Republican in politics but he is a very well informed and progressive man and in some cases is inclined to cast his vote independent of party. He is numbered with the representative men of Wayne Township. ASBURY B. ADRIAN, a prosperous farmer and stock raiser, who owns 100 acres of valuable land in Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, is a representative citizen of this section and a former trustee of the township. He was born in Wayne Township, February 24, 1855, and is a son of Jacob and Eve (Betz) Adrian. Jacob Adrian was also born in Wayne Township and was a son of Joseph L. Adrian, who was a son of Jacob Adrian, the pioneer of the family, who secured Government land in this township in its earliest days of settlement. Jacob Adrian, father of Asbury B., now in his eighty-first year, lives in Salem Township, and of his nine children there are eight survivors : Asbury B.; Clark B. and Edwin S., both of Salem Township ; Huldah B., wife of John Dale, of Gallipolis, Ohio; Calvin L. of Harrison County, Ohio; Margaret, wife of Frederick Trelaven, of Columbus, Ohio 1014 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY Jane, a teacher in the public schools of Allegheny, Pa.; and Charles R., of Mingo, Ohio. Salome, the second born, is deceased. The venerable Jacob Adrian has resided in Salem Township since 1856 and (luring his active years was a farmer and stock raiser. Asbury B. Adrian was but one year old when his haircuts moved into Salem Township and there he grew to manhood, attending the local schools and Richmond College before that institution was discontinued. In 1886 he was appointed station agent at what was then called Bloomfield Station but is now known as Fair Play Station, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, and served there for eleven years and for a number of years he was also postmaster at that point. In 1887 he settled on his present farm in the northern part of Wayne Township and has followed an agricultural life ever since. On August 24, 1882, Mr. Adrian married Miss Flora E. Copeland, who was born in Salem Township, a daughter of the late Samuel Copeland, and they have had five children born to them : Chester E., John H., Bertha, Emma and Edna In politics Mr. Adrian is a stanch Republican and is active in the affairs of Wayne Township. Formerly he served four years as president of the board of township trustees. HON. C. L. WEEMS, one of the prominent members of the legal profession of Steubenville, O., twice a member of the. Ohio state legislature, and a representative of the Sixteenth Congressional District of Ohio for three successive terms, has been a resident here since May 1, 1909. he was born July 7, 1860, in Whigville, Noble County, Ohio, and was reared there and in Belmont County, where he secured an education in the common schools and academies. He studied law with Dalzell and McGinnis, of Caldwell, O., was admitted to the bar in October, 1881, and began the practice of law at Caldwell in the spring of 1883, continuing there until the spring of 1889. Then, after spending one year at Cleveland, he located at St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, where he continued his residence until his removal to Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1909. He was elected prosecuting attorney of Noble County, Ohio, in 1884, and at the close of his term in 1887 was elected to the Ohio state legislature, and was still a member of that body when he left the county in 1889. He was elected prosecuting attorney of Belmont County, Ohio, in 1893, serving six years in that capacity, and being re-elected in 1896. In 1903 he was elected a member of congress from the sixteenth Ohio district and was re-elected to that office in 1904 and 1906, serving five years and four months. Mr. Weems was one of the organizers of the Dollar Savings Bank, of St. Clairsville, and was its president until he located at Steubenville, O. Mr. Weems is a member of the Elks, K. of P., and is a Scottish Rite Mason of the eighteenth degree. Mr. Weems was married in 1883 to Mary B. Nay, who died in September, 1904, leaving three children: Chester N., and Milton M., who are attending college, and Lillian. Mr. Weems formed a. second union in June, 1908, with Mary Emma McNash, of Wheeling, W. Va., and they have had one child, Hester Ann Weems. GEORGE A. HULL, a well known citizen of Steubenville, who has a wide acquaintance all over Jefferson County through his many years of service in county offices, was born at Steubenville, Ohio, August 7, 1852, and is a soli of the late Jacob Hull. Jacob Hull was a prominent citizen of Jefferson County for many years and at the time of his death was serving as county recorder, which office he had filled for fifteen years. He came here from Stark County and was a worthy representative of one of the sterling old families of that section. George A. 'Hull grew to manhood in his native city and after his school days were over, went to work in the blacksmith de- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1017 partment of the Pan Handle Railroad shops, where he continued until the works were moved to Columbus. He then became his father's assistant and was also connected with the county treasurer's office for some years. For ten years he was connected with the Acme Glass Company. In 1908 he was elected collector for the Water Works Company, an office he still fills. Mr. Hull is a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Steubenville and a member of its board of trustees. SAMUEL S. DEAN, who has been a resident of Jefferson County, Ohio, since 1873, is a representative business man of Mingo Junction. He was born April 8, 1857, at Wheeling, W. Va., on what is now called Thirty-first Street, but at that time had the pleasanter name of La Belle Street. His parents were William and Isabella (Griffin) Dean. William Dean was born in England and came to America in early manhood, settling in Pennsylvania. He was a bricklayer by trade, and after he married he went to Pittsburg and from there to Wheeling, W. Va., where he became connected with the iron industry, and was one of the organizers of the La Belle Iron Works at Wheeling and lived there until 1873, when he came to Mingo Junction. He helped to organize the old Mingo Iron Works and served as vice president of the company until they were closed in 1878. His death occurred here in 1888, when he was sixty-four years of age. He married Isabella Griffin, who survives, and they had four children born to them : C. William, who is postmaster at Mingo Junction ; George, who resides at Steubenville; Samuel Spear; and Estelle, who is the wife of H. A. Risher, of Mingo Junction. Samuel S. Dean 'attended the public schools of Wheeling and later the Steubenville High School, after which he entered the office of the Mingo Iron Works, where he remained as a clerk for one year. In the meanwhile, by study he prepared himself for other lines and then became stationary engineer in the Mingo Iron Works, subsequently being employed in the nail factory for eight years. He then turned his attention to the lumber business, in partnership with H. A. Risher, at Mingo Junction, after which he served as assistant superintendent at the blast furnace. In 1901, Mr. Dean retired from the more or less laborious work that he had followed so long in the iron and steel industry and later became bookkeeper in the First National Bank at Mingo Junction and during a part of his connection with that financial institution extending from 1904 until 1909, he also served as vice-president. He has acquired considerable property, including a beautiful residence on Clifton Avenue, and all the business in which he continues to be interested is in the line of real estate and insurance, his dealings in realty having proved satisfactory to himself for many years as well as to his patrons. Mr. Dean is a Republican in his political views and for years served as treasurer of Mingo Junction. He is a Knight Templar Mason and belongs to the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Council and Commandery, all at Steubenville. A. C. BLACKBURN, a member of the real estate and brokerage firm, Blackburn & White, of Steubenville, Ohio, who has been identified with the business interests of this locality since 1883, was born January 19, 1846, in Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and is a son of Moses M. Blackburn and a grandson of Finley Blackburn, one of the pioneers of Jefferson County, Ohio, who located on a farm in Wayne Township in 1807. The father of our subject was born' in York County, Pa., in 1799, and when about eight years old came with his parents to this county, where he followed farming and worked at his trade as a stone mason. He was one of the progressive and public spirited citizens of Wayne Township, and always took an active interest in local politics, supporting liberally all measures which tended to advance the community in which he lived. 1018 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY A. C. Blackburn was reared in Wayne Township, where he attended the common schools, and early in 1864 enlisted in the army as a member of Company E, 52nd 0. V. I., serving in the Army of the Cumberland under General Thomas, and with Sherman on his march to the sea. After the close of the war, Mr. Blackburn returned to Jefferson County and completed his education, taking a course at the Hopedale Normal School, after which he taught for some time. He then learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked for some years for the Panhandle Railroad, and after losing a limb was also clerk for that company for seven years. He served as auditor of Jefferson County, Ohio, two terms, from 1890 to 1896, and then organized the Jefferson Building & Savings Company, of which he is vice-president and director. One year later he became expert accountant for the state auditor, and commissioner of insurance for five years. Mr. Blackburn then served as deputy clerk of court until August, 1909, since which time he has been identified with Mr. White in the real estate and brokerage business at Steubenville. Mr. Blackburn was married in September, 1873, to Lizzie R. Williams, and to them have been born the following chil- dren : Maud I., who is the wife of Frank G. Howerter, of Steubenville; Miriam; Charles W., who was proprietor of a grocery store at George's Run, Ohio, and at present resides there; and Grace. Mr. Blackburn holds membership with the Hamline Methodist Episcopal Church, is fraternally an Elk, and is prominently identified with the G. A. R., being a charter member of the E. M. Stanton Post, No. 166. He is aide de camp to the commander in chief of this Department of the G. A. R. KINSEY T. COLE, deceased, formerly one of the best known and most highly respected residents of Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where he had lived a long and exemplary life, was born in Wayne Township, January 12, 1834, and was a son of Thomas R. and Mahala (Talbott) Cole, and a grandson of Joshua Cole, who was a very early settler in this section. Kinsey T. Cole had but meager educational opportunities in his youth and was a hard working man all his life. He devoted himself entirely to farm pursuits and for many years was numbered with the prosperous farmers and stock raisers of Wayne Township. He left an excellent estate of 120 acres, on which his widow still resides. His death occurred June 21, 1907. Mr. Cole was married on April 11, 1860, to Miss Mary Merryman, who was born in Wayne Township, Jefferson. County, January 26, 1840, a daughter of William and Nancy (Bell) Merryman.. With the exception of a short period of residence in Harrison County, Mrs. Cole has always lived in Wayne Township. Her mother died when she was eight years old. Seven children were born to the above marriage, namely: Thomas W., who resides in the city of Chicago Leroy D., who is a resident of Wheeling, W. Va.; Nancy J., who is the wife of Edward Maxwell, of Toronto, Ohio; Verna M., who is -the wife of Howard Blackburn, of Wayne Township; Daisy M., who lives in Wayne Township and Ann E. and Ora B., both of whom are deceased. Few men were more highly regarded in Wayne Township than was Kinsey T. Cole. He .was the soul of honesty, was loyal to his friends, was generous to those who needed his help and was charitable in his opinions concerning others. In his family he was dearly beloved and he was sadly missed in his neighborhood and in the Mount Moriah Baptist Church. In politics he was a Republican, but never cared for public office. For many years he was identified with the Masonic fraternity. HON. JOSEPH J. GILL is a descendant of English Friends who came to Maryland during Lord Baltimore's regime, moved shortly after to Virginia, and emigrated to Ohio in 1806, settling in and about Mt. Pleasant. Mr. Gill was born in 1846 in Belmont County, a few miles from AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1019 Mt. Pleasant. Both parents died while the children were quite young and after they had settled in the village where the subject of this sketch grew to manhood. He received a liberal education, finishing his course in the law department of the Michigan University at Ann Arbor, where he graduated in 1868. Coming to Steubenville in the autumn of that year, he was admitted to the Jefferson County bar on September 29, and soon after entered into partnership with William A. Walden, occupying rooms in the Dougherty Block. This partnership continued until about 1873, when Mr. Gill retired from the firm and organized a private banking company under the name of the Exchange Bank, with apartments on North Fourth Street in the Morrison Building. In the following year the institution was converted into a national bank. Its growth from the beginning was steady and constant until the National Exchange Bank, with its magnificent quarters and imposing business block, has become the leading financial institution in the city. About this time a building at the north end of the city, erected for a mower and reaper factory, had been converted into a glass manufactory, but with indifferent success financially. Mr. Gill's attention was directed to the matter, and, associating with himself his two brothers, Samuel C. and James W., with some others, he purchased the concern and began making a specialty of lamp chimneys. The financial backing afforded by Mr. Gill assisted materially in placing the business of the establishment on a sure foundation, but his brains and industry did a great deal more. He soon made himself acquainted with every detail, both of production and distribution, and worked out a number of patents by which the process of manufacture was so greatly improved that what was known as the Gill furnace became a standard, not only here but throughout the United States and Canada. As a result the business grew apace until Steubenville had the largest and best equipped lamp chimney manufactory in the world and the "Acme" chimneys found a ready market not only at home but in Europe, South America and elsewhere. A few years ago Mr. Gill withdrew from active participation in these works, leaving them in splendid condition for retaining and extending their markets. He also became interested in northwestern ore mines, which he managed with characteristic ability, so that during years of depression when many mines were compelled to close down, those controlled by him were operated without interruption. He also became a stockholder and director in the Ohio Valley Clay Works, now a leading local industry. In the early spring of 1896 Mr. Gill purchased the "Evening Star" newspaper, and on April 20th of that year also became proprietor of the old established Steubenville "Herald." The two papers were conducted separately, the "Star" for about a year as a morning paper, until 1898, when they were consolidated under the name of "Herald-Star," during which period the newspaper business in this city was completely revolutionized. News gathering was amplified and systematized and extensive improvements made in the mechanical and business departments, giving this journal a prestige which it has since maintained. Later Mr. Gill also purchased the Columbus "Despatch," and infused new life into that journal. He disposed of both papers in 1905, the properties having increased greatly in value while under his control. It is not to be supposed that a person of Mr. Gill's mental and physical activity would fail to take an interest in politics, nor was such the case. He received a large vote for prosecuting attorney in the Republican County primaries in 1869, and was frequently called to take an active part in and preside over public meetings. One of the most exciting Congressional conventions ever held in Steubenville was that of 1878, resulting in the nomination of Hon. J. T. Updegraff. Jefferson County had three aspirants in the field, which greatly 1020 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY hampered her influence in the convention, but the Updegraff forces were led by Mr. Gill with such skill and energy that all finally united on Mr. Updegraff and secured his nomination. The next year Hon. John Sherman addressed the people of Steubenville, Mr. Gill assisting him in his speech. In 1894 this county decided to present Mr. Gill as a candidate for member of Congress, and the delegation was enthusiastic in his support, but local interests in other parts of the district favoring Hon. Lorenzo Danford, who had previously served acceptably in that capacity, the Jefferson delegation, at Mr. Gill's suggestion, threw its weight in favor of Mr. Danford, thus giving him the nomination. Mr. Danford was re-elected in 1896 and 1898, but died in the summer of 1899, and a convention assembled at Martin's Ferry, on September 13, to nominate his successor for the unexpired term. This time Jefferson County sent a strong united delegation to Martin,s Ferry, headed by Hon. William ,McD. Miller. Mr. Gill's name was presented by Judge R. G. Richards in an exceptionally able speech. Mr. Gill received the nomination on the 218th ballot, and on his return to Steubenville was received with such an ovation as had never been tendered to any other resident of the city. The streets over which his carriage passed from the depot to his residence were lined with an enthusiastic cheering crowd, while bunting and fireworks en. livened the scene. At the ensuing fall election he led the Republican ticket by 800 in the city and received the unprecedented majority of 4,165 in the district. He entered upon his duties with the assembling of Congress the following December, and the fact that he was a new member did not prevent his taking an active part in the proceedings in a manner that caused his associates to feel the effect of his force and influence. Among other things he took up the subject of the Ohio River improvement, with the result that one of the earliest dams to be completed was the one giving a pool from Brilliant to Steubenville. At the convention held in Bellaire, on April 4, 1900, he was renominated without opposition, and in his speech of acceptance on that occasion pronounced unequivocally in favor of the gold standard, concerning which there was still considerable wavering among the party leaders, but which principle was crystallized in the national platform subsequently adopted at Chicago. At the election that fall Mr. Gill's plurality was 4,920, being 156 more than McKinley,s. The congressional convention of 1902 was held on May 6, and Mr. Gill was nominated by acclamation. His speech accepting the nomination attracted national attention, both on account of the sentiments expressed and the forceful way in which they were presented. He called attention to the despotic powers exercised by the Speaker of the House, not always for the benefit of the people, and said that the time had come to consider a revision of the tariff, so that it should continue to be a protection to American industries .but not a shelter for trusts and combinations. The subjects thus broached were comparatively new at that time, but have since become burning questions. It has been called not inappropriately, a new Declaration of Independence. This was the off year in politics, but Mr. Gills, plurality was 2,666 in the county, leading the head of the state ticket by 169, and by a larger figure in the district, where his plurality was 4,607. On account of failing health, Mr. Gill resigned his seat in Congress in the summer of 1903, amid expressions of regret from all over the district, and was succeeded by Hon. C. L. Weems. While Mr. Gill has taken an active part in business and politics, he has not been neglectful of local civics and humanities. His purse has been at the service of every worthy enterprise, and a few years ago, recognizing the need of hospital facilities • in Steubenville, he built and equipped a modern structure for that purpose which has been an incalculable boon to the community. The original outlay for this purpose was in the neighborhood of $40,000 AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1021 and the building has since been maintained by him free of cost to the hospital association, which has been thus enabled to devote its entire receipts to operating expenses. While engaged in his varied activities Mr. Gill found time for lengthened recreation trips, both in America and Europe, and was an enthusiastic devotee of hunting, fishing and yachting. His trim craft was for several years a familiar figure on the Northern lakes. Mr. Gill is living a somewhat retired life at present at his spacious home on Franklin and La Belle Avenues, but keeps in touch with business and public affairs both here and elsewhere. JOSEPH Q. COOPER, an enterprising farmer and representative citizen of Salem Township, resides on a farm of sixty acres, and was born May 6, 1852, near Knoxville, Jefferson County, Ohio, a son of Cierington and Lavina Jane (Sook) Cooper. Epraim Cooper, grandfather of our subject, was a native of Pennsylvania and was the first man to live between the mouth of the Yellow Creek and Wilkes Creek in Knox Township. He at one time owned 600 acres of land in Knox Township, but at the time of his death owned just the original tract of 200 acres which he entered from the Government and which is still owned by his descendents. He was the father of four daughters and five sons and died on the old .homestead at the age of ninety years. Clerington Cooper was born on the old farm in Knox Township and was there reared and later engaged in farming. He married Lavina J. Sook, who was a daughter of H. M. Sook, and they became the parents of nine children, four of whom are still living. He was a Republican in politics, attended the Presbyterian Church and died at the advanced age of eighty-nine years. His wife was born in 1819 and died in 1903, and they are both buried at the Island Creek Cemetery. Joseph Cooper was reared in Knox Township, attended the Island Creek Church school-house, and became a farmer. Since his marriage he has resided on his present farm on the Knoxville Pike, where he has sixty acres of highly cultivated land, and is recognized as one of the leading farmers of the township. He is identified with the Republican party in politics, but is not a politician. On April 14, 1881, Mr. Cooper was married to Annie Sheley, who is a daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Sheley, and to them have been born three children: Benjamin, Jennie and Emma. The family attends the United Presbyterian Church. J. CLYDE SMITH. All over Jefferson County, Ohio, may be found estates of great value which have descended from father to son, each generation making improvements and adding to the prestige and stability of the family. One of these estates, containing 200 acres of valuable land, situated in Brush Creek Township, belongs to J. Clyde Smith, a prosperous firmer and stock raiser. He was born on the farm and in the house which has always been his home, April 12, 1876, and is a son of James and Elizabeth (McBane) Smith. James Smith was born on the present farm in Brush Creek Township in 1830. His parents were Daniel and Eleanor (Forbus) Smith, .the former of whom was a tailor by trade. Daniel Smith, who came to this county and township about 'the same time that the McBanes came here from Scotland, in 1841 built the present farm residence, which with one exception is the oldest brick house in Brush Creek Township. His wife Eleanor came from Scotland. They were the parents of a large family as follows : Duncan, whose second wife was Mary Hamilton and who resides at Wellsville; Alexander, who is deceased ; Catherine, who married Daniel Smith, Jr., and resided for a time in Columbiana County and later in Wisconsin, where she died ; Jeanette, who married a Mr. Frazier and died at Wellsville ; Nancy, who married and with her husband lived in Brush Creek Township, both dying in 1022 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY Wellsville; Daniel, Jr., who married first Mary Mckenzie and secondly Marjorie McBane, and who died in 1907 (his widow now resides at Irondale) ; Andrew, who married Agnes Adams, and died in Saline Township ; James, the father of the sub-‘ ject of this sketch; and Elizabeth (twin sister of Andrew), who resides at Wellsville and is the widow of Laughlin McClain. On November 10, 1870, James Smith was married to Elizabeth McBane, who was born on the farm adjoining that of the Smiths, her father being Angus McBane. The McBanes came from Scotland and settled at East Liverpool, Ohio, in 1818, which was two years prior to the settlement of the Smiths in Jefferson County. After that event the estates of the two families were adjacent to each other and both families became prominent and wealthy. The McBanes resided in .a large log house for many years. Mrs. James Smith still survives and is now in her seventieth year. Her husband died in 1892, aged sixty-two years. He was always an active and reputable citizen and for a number of years served in the office of township clerk. At the time of his death he was a trustee of .the Monroeville Presbyterian Church, to which his family belong. To James Smith and wife were born two sons and one daughter : Elizabeth, who resides with her mother ; J. Clyde and Charles S. Charles S. Smith was born May 20, 1874. He attended the public schools, Canfield Academy and Scio College and completed his literary education at Ada College, where he was graduated in 1900. He is a resident of Salineville, Ohio, where he conducts a drug store. He was married in January. 1901, to Miss Lotta Crissinger, of New Cumberland, W. Va., and they have three children, Harry, Fay and Catherine. For the past fourteen years Charles S. Smith has been established in business at Salineville. J. Clyde Smith left school when seventeen years of age and in the summer following the death of his father, took charge of the farm which he has successfully managed ever since. He is engaged in large agricultural operations and gives much attention to the growing of fine stock. He has improved the place from time to time as he has deemed necessary and in 1900 he erected his commodious barn. The land is under a fine state of cultivation and it is difficult to realize that but a few generations back a thick growth of virgin timber covered all these fertile fields. On October 31, 1903, Mr. Smith was married to Miss Nannie Moore, who is a daughter of Amos and Hannah (Morrow) Moore, and they have three children, Donald Moore, Wilbur James and Helen Lucile. Mr. Smith is identified with the Republican party, as was his late father. and is an active and useful citizen ; also like his father, he has acceptably filled the office of township clerk, serving six years in this capacity. ANDREW J. AULT, a representative business man of Jefferson County, Ohio, proprietor of a well stocked general store at Costonia, was born in Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, December 16, 1835, and is a son of George and Margaret S. (Cisler) Ault. George Ault, father of Andrew J., was a lifelong resident of Island Creek Township and was a son of Andrew Ault, who was one of the original pioneer settlers of this township.. Of the family of children born to George Ault and wife, there are four survivors : John C. and Andrew J., of Island Creek Township ; George W., of Toronto, and Josiah C., of Steubenville. When Andrew J. Ault was fourteen years of age he had an experience not often enjoyed by youths so young. His father decided to visit California by way of the isthmus route, and took his young son with him, and after a voyage of thirty-one days the weary travelers landed at San Francisco. They both engaged in gold mining but after a while the father returned to Island Creek Township and never after-