AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1075 in infancy. Elizabeth, Anna and Rebecca are all deceased. Oliver P. Naylor was eleven years old when his parents moved to the present farm. He attended the district schools and in 1860 became a student in the Friend's Boarding School at Mt. Pleasant. On May 2, 1864, he enlisted for service in the Civil War, entering Company H, 157th O. V. I., being mustered in at Camp Chase. His service was mainly guard duty and he was mustered out on September 2, 1864. He then attended the Normal School at Hopedale and in 1866 began teaching school, beginning at .Rush Run, and continued educational work for three years. Mr. Naylor then became interested in the sheep industry and followed that business for forty years but is no longer active in that line. His farm is devoted to general farming and stock raising and at present is under the management of Mr. Naylor's youngest son, Russell Samuel Naylor. Mr. Naylor was married December 24, 1867, to Miss Margaret Jane Elliott, who was born in Wayne Township, Jefferson County, one of a family of twelve children born to John and Isabella Elliott, both of whom are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Naylor have had five children: Etta Jane, who died August 31, 1887, at the age of nineteen years John O., born March 4, 1870, who was admitted to the Jefferson County bar in 1897, and married Grace Meek, of Mt. Pleasant; Howard E., born December 6, 1873, who lives near his ' father, married Anna Parr and they have one child, Virginia; Mabel G., born June 7, 1876, who married George Lemmon and has one child, Margaret P.; and Russell Samuel, who was born July 19, 1888. Mr. Naylor and family are members of the Friends, Church. Politically he is a Republican. He is identified with Daniel McCook Post No. 344, G. A. R., at Smithfield. J. E. WHEATON, manager of the Petroleum Supply Company at Steubenville, Ohio, dealers in oil and gas well supplies, with business quarters at Nos. 218-220 Market Street, has been a resident of this city for three and one-half years. He was born, in Harrison County, Ohio, in 1870. Mr. Wheaton was reared and attended school in his native county. His first opening in the line of business was as a milk dealer, in which he was interested for two years, at Dennison, Ohio. Then he went into the oil business at McDonald, Pa., and ever since has been connected with the oil industry. He has operated in all the oil fields throughout this section of Ohio and in Pennsylvania, and is well acquainted with every detail and demand of this business. 'In June, 1906, he became manager of the Petroleum Supply Company at. Steubenville, which has been developed into an important enterprise, the sale of its goods handled having been pushed into every oil and gas center in the above states. Vigor and energy have marked the conduct of this business from the beginning. Mr. Wheaton was married in 1900, to Miss Annie Custer, who died in 1902, leaving one child, Paul Custer. Mr. Wheaton was married (second), in 1909, and has an infant son, Ambrose Elliott. Mr. Wheaton is a Thirty-Second Degree Mason, belonging to Lake Erie Consistory; to the Knights of Pythias at Scio, Ohio, and to the Elks, at Steubenville. He is an active member of the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce and is a member of its board of trustees. JAMES McWHA, one of the representative citizens of Jefferson County, Ohio, now living retired after an active business career of many years, was born in Brooke County, W. Va., in 1847, and is a son of George McWha. George McWha was born in County Down, Ireland, in 1811 and came to Brooke County, W. Va., in 1821, where the re- mainder of his life was spent on his farm, his death occurring in February, 1890. He married Mary Swearengen, who is also deceased, and they had six children, the three survivors being : Violetta, who is the wife 1076 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY of L. J. Tucker, who is in the prothonotary's office at Pittsburg, Pa.; Lou M. Smith, who resides in Florida ; and James, of Jefferson County. James McWha was reared on the home farm in Brooke County, where he remained until 1883. He then came to Steubenville where he was engaged successfully in the mercantile and meat business for twenty years. In 1908 he retired from business activity and occupies himself merely with the care of his farming and oil interests in West Virginia. He is one of the substantial men of the city. In 1881 Mr. McWha was married to Miss Clarabel Criss, and they have four children : Mary A. residing at home ; Carrie Lou, wife of Wilbur J. Workman ; Jean D.; and James, who is a student at Bellefonte, Pa. G. H. SHANKS, wholesale dealer in produce, butter and eggs, with business quarters at No. 411 and 413 N. Fifth Street, Steubenville, Ohio, is a native of this city, born in July, 1877, and is a son of the late Archie Shanks. The father of Mr. Shanks was born in Ireland and was a young man when he came to Steubenville. He was industrious and obliging and became a popular and well known transfer man, driving a wagon for about twenty-five years, after which he embarked in the grocery business, which he conducted for fourteen years. He was accidentally killed by a railroad train. G. H. Shanks was reared at Steubenville and obtained his education here and at Scio College. He then went into the grocery business with his father and they were asociated for twelve years. After the death of the father, he and his brother, John Howard Shanks, continued the business for two years and then sold to S. W. Criss and shortly afterward, G. H. Shanks embarked in his present line. His previous experience fitted him well for this business and he has a heavy trade and is numbered with the prosperous and successful merchants of the city. Mr. Shanks was married in May, 1905, to Miss Olive McCoy, who was also born and reared at Steubenville, and they have one daughter, Mary Elizabeth. Mr. and Mrs. Shanks are members of the Steubenville United Presbyterian Church in which he is a deacon. He is affiliated with Steuben Lodge No. 1, Knights of Pythias, of this city. JAMES SPENCE*, the junior partner in the firm' of Frazer & Spence, at Mingo Junction, was born in Scotland and came from that country when young. Like Mr. Frazer, he is a practical plumber and gas fitter, having learned his trade with Frazer & Longacre. This firm deals in heating appliances that are the highest achievements in house warming and in domestic economy. They handle only tested and proved stoves and furnaces and have placed them in homes many miles distant from Mingo Junction, the reliability of the firm having been thoroughly established. WILLIAM BANFIELD, general manager of the tin plate mills of Follansbee, W. Va., with offices at Pittsburgh; Pa., and president of the East Ohio Sewer Pipe Company, with plant at Irondale, O., came to Steubenville in 1907 and is numbered with the men of large business interests who are located here and give stability to the city. He was born in Monmouthshire, England, in 1854. When eighteen years of age Mr. Ban-field accompanied his father to America and together they worked in the first tin plate mill ever operated in the United States, that being at Leechburg, Pa. He remained there for seven years and worked as heater and roller, after which he became manager of the whole plant and occupied that position in relation to it for the next six years. In October, 1885, Mr. Ban-field came to Irondale in Jefferson County and, with others, purchased the Pioneer Iron Works plant and established the Iron-dale Rolling Mill Company under the sub- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1079 title of Wallace, Banfield & Co., .Limited, and engaged in the manufacture of fine grades of black and galvanized iron and soft sheet steel. The concern did an extensive and successful business, giving employment to a large force of men and grew into one of the leading manufacturing plants of the county. In 1892 the company built two tin mills and converted their sheet mill into a tin mill and were the first to manufacture tin plate in great quantities, under the McKinley Bill. In 1899 the company sold out to the American Tin Plate Company, and in 1900 the plant was dismantled. Mr. Banfield then went to Chester, W. Va., and, with other capitalists, built the sheet mills there and later sold out these also to the American Sheet Steel Company, the transaction taking place on the completion of the mills. He was then district manager for the American Tin Plate Company for three years and then joined the Follansbee Brothers Company at Follansbee, W. Va., and there they built the extensive tin plate mills of which Mr. Banfield has been general manager ever since, this being an independent concern. Among his other business interests is the presidency of the East Ohio Sewer Pipe Company, a very important enterprise of this section and one in which a large amount of local capital is invested. Mr.- Banfield is an elder in the Second Presbyterian Church at Steubenville. JAMES H. FRAZER*, of the firm of Frazer & Spence, plumbers and hardware merchants at Mingo Junction, Ohio, also agents for the Peck, Williamson and Reversed Draft Furnace Company, is one of the active and enterprising business men of this town. He was born at Steubenville, Ohio, and is a son of James A. Frazer, an old resident of that city who is engaged there in the heating appliance business. James H. Frazer was educated at Steubenville and learned the plumbing and heating business. About 1898 he came to Mingo Junction and opened a hardware store. Later, he admitted James Long-acre as a partner and they continued together for five years. In 1908, James Spence became a partner and since then the business has grown into one that has patronage from all over Jefferson County. Mr. Frazer was married in April, 1896, to Miss Agnes Spence, a daughter of the late Charles Spence, of Steubenville. They have one son, Charles.. Frazer's residence and place of business are both on Commercial Street. He is an Odd Fellow and belongs also to the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias.. JAMES WHITE*, a member of the real estate and brokerage firm of Blackburn & White, of Steubenville, Ohio, was born in Marshall County, W. Va., but was reared and educated in Jefferson County, having come here during his early childhood with his parents, who located on a farm. Mr. White followed farming some years, and in 1891 came to Steubenville, where he operated an implement and feed store until 1902, when he located on a farm near Wintersville and carried on general farming until August, 1909, since which time he has been associated with A. C. Blackburn, of Steubenville, in the real estate and brokerage business. Mr. White served two terms, from 1903 until 1909, as clerk of the Courts o f Jefferson County, Ohio. He is fraternally a member of the Knights of Pythias,. and his religious connection is with the Hamline M. E. Church of Steubenville. In 1883, Mr. White was united in marriage with Ella J. Ford, and they have seven children living. WILLIAM W. SPRUENS, a substantial general farmer of Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where he owns two valuable properties, one containing 122 acres and the other 108 acres, was born on the farm on which he lives, April 11, 1850. His parents were Blanton and Eliza (Dean) Spruens, both of whom are now deceased. They had four chil- 1080 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY dren, namely : Sarah J., who is now deceased ; and Mary, William W., and Thomas D. William W. Spruens attended the country schools until he was about sixteen years of age and then became his father's chief assistant on the home farm on which he has ever since lived. When the father died he willed his farm of 122 acres to his two sons, William W., and Thomas D., and ater, William W. bought his brother's interest and subsequently purchased his second farm of 108 acres, from the Rouse heirs. He also owns property in the village of Unionport, Ohio. In addition to general farming he operated a threshing machine until he was forty-eight years of age. He is well known all over this section of the county. In politics, he is a Republican, but has never been a seeker for public office. In May, 1882, Mr. Spruens was married to Miss Samantha Hobson, a daughter of Caleb and Sarah (Moore) Hobson, who were farming people in Jefferson County. They had the following children : Mahala, who married Lewis Carman; Samantha; Euphemia, who married Jonas Groves ; and Elmore and Cortlan, both deceased. Mrs. Spruens was reared in the Presbyterian faith and Mr. Spruens is a member of the Disciples' Church. M. L. MILLER, one of Steubenville's most respected citizens, who occupies his pleasant home at No. 226 North Street, came to this city away back in 1854 and has ever since been prominently identified with the leading interests of the place. He was born in Washington County, Pa., on the Beaver County line, July 2, 1830. Mr. Miller was reared in his native place and was educated at Beaver and Washington College. He came to Steubenville in 1854 to engage in the drug business, having prepared for the same at Pittsburg, Pa., and continued in this line for forty years, during fifteen of these being both in the wholesale and retail trade. When he retired he was succeeded by the firm of Beall & Steele. After a period of rest, Mr. Miller became interested in fruit growing and was one of .the pioneers in strawberry culture in this section. Later he purchased a retail drug store from his brother and continued that for eighteen years and then sold out and started a seed store which he conducted until he was appointed postmaster by President McKinley and was re-appointed by President Roosevelt. He served as postmaster of Steubenville for eight years and one month and was a popular and efficient public officer. On December 17, 1857, Mr. Miller was married to Miss Eliza A. McDonald, who died in 1893: She was a daughter of Judge William McDonald. To this marriage the following children were born: William McD., a prominent citizen of Steubenville; L. A., residing at Los Angeles, Cal.; Frank E., a resident of Pittsburg; Nelson D., a leading attorney of Steubenville; Olive, wife of William M. Ewing, of Beaver Falls, Pa.; and Mary, now deceased, who was the wife of John E. McClinton. Mr. Miller is a member of the First Presbyterian Church and for thirty years has been a member of the Session. O. E. BINCKLEY, superintendent of the schools of Smithfield, Ohio, is a well known educator in Jefferson County and has had a large amount of experience. He was born on his father's farm in Licking County, Ohio, November 30, 1871, and is a son of William H. and Mahala J. (Radcliff) Binckley. After graduating from the local high school, in 1891, Mr. Binckley spent portions of five years at the Ohio State Normal University, preparing for what he had decided to make his life work, and completed his collegiate course at Lima College in 1907. He has been engaged in teaching ever since graduating from the High School, his first experience being in his native county. He has found himself particularly well fitted for this work, and has enjoyed it, and his efforts have been AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1081 rewarded by the record of his students wherever he has been—in Perry County, at Oakfield, Moxahala and Crooksville, and later at Smithfield, to which place he came in 1902—Jefferson County also recognizing his ability. In June, 1896, Professor Binckley was married to Miss Lillian Newman, and they have three children, Walter H., George W., and Lillian C. With his family he belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is identified fraternally with the Masons at Smithfield, and the Knights of Pythias at New Lexington. In his political views he is a Republican. DAVID ATEN, florist, who has been engaged in his present business at Toronto, Ohio, since 1894, has long been a representative citizen here and is widely known. He was born on a farm in Knox Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, September 7, 1841, and is a son of Jacob and Eliza (Brown) Aten. David Aten was reared on the home farm and attended the country school. From the farm he came to Toronto, in 1874, and helped to start the first planing mill and lumber yard here which business was conducted under the name of the Phoenix Planing Mill Company. His partners in this enterprise were Jefferson Saltzman and J. B. Bowles. Mr. Aten continued in the mill and lumber business for six years and then started the first general hardware store at Toronto, and conducted the Aten Hardware Supply Store for some ten years, erecting the commodious three-story brick building in which his store was located, a valuable piece of property he still retains. Finding his hearing becoming somewhat impaired, Mr. Aten retired from that line of busi- ness, adopting one where this infirmity made less difference and built his greenhouse, in 1894, and went into the florist business. He no longer attempts to grow all the flowers his trade demands but handles those produced by a first class company. Mr. Aten not only was the pio neer in a number of business lines here, but he has also continuously been interested in the general welfare of the town, lending his support to its educational and religious agencies. Mr. Aten married Miss Martha Jane Carson, a daughter of David and Elizabeth (McKinney) Carson, who was born in Virginia, but was reared in Pennsylvania. They have had five children, namely : Mary Elizabeth, who died when aged ten years ; Alfred, who went to California in search of health, died on his way home; Martha E., who married Dr. Snyder ; Flora, who married Benjamin Wilson; and David Leroy, who died at the age of three years. Mr. and Mrs. Aten are members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he is an elder. GEORGE W. THOMPSON, whose beautiful residence is situated at No. 503 Bellevue Boulevard, La Belle View, Steubenville, Ohio, and is probably the finest of all the handsome homes on these weights, is engaged in the real estate business. He was born at Benwood, Marshall County, W. Va., in 1857. His father and mother came from Ireland in 1849. Mr. Thompson remained in his native section until 1869, when he went to Clifton, W. Va. His education was obtained in the district schools and night schools, and when he was yet young, he went to work in the nail mills. In the fall of 1872, he engaged in a general store business at Benwood, in association with a half brother, but in the spring of 1873, he went to Ashland, Ky., where he worked in the newly started nail mill for two years. He returned to Clifton for six months, afterward going to Bellaire, Ohio, and continued in the nail mill there until the strike of 1882. Mr. Thompson then worked in Cleveland, Detroit and in Muskingum, Mich., looking after a lumber mill at the last named place, where he continued until the strike at Bellaire had been settled, when he returned and in the following October, located at Mingo Junction. There 1082 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY he learned the trade of a nailer and followed the same until 1889, when-, on account of failing health, he resigned his position and turned his attention to other pursuits. He engaged at first in contract painting and later entered the steel plant, where, through an accident, he was badly burned, and for a season was unable to do anything. When he had recovered he embarked in a general mercantile business at Mingo Junction, which he continued until September, 1909. In the meanwhile, he had become interested at La Belle View, and in September, 1908, had commenced the erection of his fine residence. He helped to organize the first building and loan association of the suburb and also organized the Mingo Realty Company, of which he has ever since been president. He was always active in politics in Mingo, where he served two years and eight months in the city council. In 1886, Mr. Thompson was married to Miss Sarah E. McGraw, of Bellaire, Ohio. Her father, John McGraw, was engaged in the lumber business at Bridgeport for a long period, but is now living a retired life in Bellaire, at the age of eighty-five years. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have four children : John M., who is with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company ; and Anna J., Sarah E. and George E. Mr. Thompson and family are members of the Second Presbyterian Church, having been identified with it since coming from Mingo, where he was church treasurer and trustee for many years. He was one of .the organizers of Franklin Lodge of the Junior Order of American Mechanics and served as its head officer. He was secretary and treasurer of the Mingo Lodge of United Nailers, Heaters and Rollers, at Mingo Junction, during the great strike of 1885- 86; also was chairman of the relief committee during that time, and was a delegate to the convention at Wheeling when the organization of heaters and rollers was organized and served on the committee that drafted their constitution and bylaws. He has always been an active work er for good civic government in the towns in which he has lived. ROSS D. STARK*, a member of the Steubenville Hardware Company and one of the leading citizens of Jefferson County. Ohio, was born in this county in 1855, and is a son of William Stark, who died January, 1896, at the age of seventy-seven years. His father was a native and one of the prominent farmers of Jefferson County and served for six years as a commi=ssioner of the county. The grandfather of our subject was a native of Scotland and one of the early settlers of Jefferson County. Ross D. Stark was reared and educated in Jefferson County and was engaged in agricultural pursuits until 'about 1902, when he came to Steubenville, where he was for some time identified with the Bridge Company, but has for the past three years been interested as a partner in the Steubenville Hardware Company. Mr. Stark is identified with the Republican party in politics and was candidate for the Republican primaries in May for the nomination for county commissioner. Mr. Stark was married in 1877 to Ida Dalrymple, now deceased, and to them was born one son, Frederick B.. who is employed as a clerk in the Steubenville Hardware Company. JOHN K. SMITH, a general farmer who owns seventy acres of fine land in Springfield Township, Jefferson County, Ohio. and has under his control an additional seventy-five acres, situated two miles southeast of Amsterdam, was born in Carroll County, Ohio, July 15, 1866, and is a son of Simon and a grandson of Jacob Smith. Jacob Smith was the founder of the family in Carroll County, Ohio. He was born in Loudon County, Virginia, and came from there to Carroll County, selecting a farm near Kilgore, on which the rest of his life was spent. He married Leah Heator, a daughter of Benjamin and Mary Magdalene Heator, and they had eight children : Simon, Mary, Leah, Elizabeth, AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1085 Ethelinda, George, John and Jacob. The parents of these children died in Carroll County, the father in 1874, at the age of sixty-six years, and the mother when in her fiftieth year. They were members of the Lutheran Church. In politics Jacob Smith was a Whig. Simon Smith, father of John K. Smith, was born in Loudon Township, Carroll County, Ohio, February 25, 1833. With the exception of one year spent attending the Jefferson high school, Simon Smith obtained all his school training in Loudon Township. After his marriage, in 1856, he continued to live in Carroll County until 1868, when he moved to Jefferson County and settled on a part of the farm now owned by John K. Smith. Later he moved to the village at East Springfield and was postmaster there for three years, serving in the office at the time of his death, September 27, 1907. He was a fine man in every sense of the word and was very highly thought of and was frequently elected to office before moving to East Springfield. In politics he was a Republican. When the census was taken in 1900, he was one of the enumerators, and for fifteen years he was a justice of the peace. On March 1, 1856, Simon Smith was married to Mary P. Knox, a daughter of William P. Knox, of Springfield Township, and they had six children, namely : Janet Leah, born December 19, 1856, who married Cyrus M. Miser ; Eliza Ellen, who was born June 14, 1859, and died July 2, 1887; Mary, who died in infancy ; John K., of Springfield Township; Howard C., of Columbiana County, Ohio ; and Joseph G., of East Springfield. The mother of this family died June 17, 1885, and both she and husband were buried in the Amsterdam cemetery. John K. Smith was two years old when his parents moved to Springfield Township and he attended the schools near. his father's farm. He grew to manhood a well instructed farmer and after marriage lived for two years on a farm near that of his father, and then settled on what was the homestead of his Grandfather Knox. About ten acres of the farm is yet in timber and he can remember when his father cleared off the part that is now under cultivation. A lame shoulder made heavy agricultural work difficult for Simon Smith, and it also prevented his being accepted as a volunteer during the Civil War, although he was in entire sympathy with the government and was an active politician. He was one of the organizers of the Know Nothing party in Jefferson County and was chairman of the township central committee for several years. He voted for Abraham Lincoln. Although he was not accepted as a regular soldier, when a party went out to intercept Morgan, the raider, he joined it and when the latter was captured it was in the sight of his party coming to help. John K. Smith was married April 6, 1892, to Miss Blanche Elizabeth Cattrell, a daughter of William and Charlotte (Shober) Cattrell, and they have five children : Raymond S., Lotta E., Mary A., Grace I. and Ruth L. He is a member and one of the elders in the Presbyterian Church at Amsterdam. It was his father who organized the Sunday-school in this church and carried it on for twenty-five years, beginning with twenty pupils and it has developed into a school of 140 interested people. So highly regarded was Simon Smith in this connection, that he was presented with a handsome solid silver watch as a token of esteem. Mr. Smith is a Republican and, like his late father, has been an active and useful party worker. For several years he has represented the local organization as a delegate to the important conventions, including county, senatorial and congressional, has served about four years as road superintendent of his township and for seven consecutive years as trustee, and in 1910 he served as census enumerator. He has long been identified with the Knights of Pythias and has been through all the chairs of Lodge No. 373 at Amsterdam, O., and he and his wife are members of the Pvthian Sisters. Mr. Smith 1086 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY has been elected as delegate to the Grand Lodge for 1911. WILLIS E. ALLISON*, who has been engaged in the slate and tin roofing business in Toronto, Ohio, since 1891, is a representative business man of the place and is at the present time a member of the city council. Mr. Allison was born in Paris, Pennsylvania, about eight miles from Toronto, Ohio, December 21, 1865, and is a son of William Everett and Elizabeth (Calhoun) Allison. In childhood he was taken by his parents to New Cumberland, W. Va., and shortly afterward to Fairview, W. Va., where his mother died when he was four years old. In 1876, he was brought by his father to Hammondsville, Ohio, and there the latter, who was a practitioner of medicine, died. Willis E. Allison, in 1883, went to East Liverpool, Ohio, and learned the trade of roofer and slater with an uncle, J. C. Allison. He continued at his trade there until 1891, in which year he established himself in his present business in Toronto. He has always been identified in a public spirited way with the interests of Toronto, and in the fall of 1909 was elected to the city council, his term beginning January 1, 1910. In 1885, Mr. Allison was married to Miss Winnie Wilma Maple, of Hammondville, Ohio, and they have three children—Otis, who married Bessie Baxter and has a daughter, Emma Wilma ; Charles W.; and Helen Maple. Fraternally, he is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and is Master of Work. JAMES LEE, one of Island Creek's best known citizens, the owner of a farm of 200 acres, was born in Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, April 1, 1835, and has there spent his long and busy life. His parents were James and Margaret (Mears) Lee. The parents of Mr. Lee were natives of North Ireland and they came to Jefferson County, Ohio, in the early part of the nineteenth century and settled in Island Creek Township near the site of Costonia, which place bears its second name, the first having been Brown,s Station. The postoffice was then called Jeddo although the town was still known as Brown's Station and finally was renamed Costonia. The father of Mr. Lee settled on the hill farm which his son James owns and it is known far and wide as Riverview. The brick house which has long been the family residence, stands now in the village, and it was built in 1858. The parents died some years ago, and of the family of twelve children, there are only two survivors : James and Mrs. Rachel M. Patterson, the latter of whom lives at Eddyville, Iowa. They were members of the Episcopal Church, and in politics the father was a Democrat. James Lee, who bears his father's name, was reared in Island Creek Township and attended the district schools. During a large portion of his life, Mr. Lee has been a farmer and stock raiser, and has also been interested in milling and was the pioneer merchant at Costonia. He has also been engaged in merchandising at Jewett, Ohio. A progressive and public spirited citizen, he has aroused public interest in many desirable improvements. It was mainly through his efforts that a postoffice was established when the village, under the name of Jeddo, was scarcely entitled to it. He has also been quite active in politics and has been elected to office on the Republican ticket, serving as township trustee with a great deal of usefulness. Mr. Lee married Miss Annie Cooper, who was born in Knox Township, a daughter of John Cooper, a well known early settler there. Mr. and Mrs. Lee are the parents of six children : Oma Ida, who is the wife of Frank P. Jewett, of Island Creek Township; Mary O., who is the wife of J. S. Crawford, of the same township; Osman S., who also resides in Island Creek Township ; Lizzie C., the wife of John P. Cochran, of Island Creek Township; John M., who is a conductor on the Wheeling & AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1087 Lake Erie Railroad, with headquarters at Massillon, Ohio ; and Rena H., who lives at home. Mr. Lee and family belong to Bray,s Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he is a class leader. JOHN D. HESS*, owner of the Hess Milling Company, of Amsterdam, Ohio, belongs to a family which for three generations has been prominently connected with the milling industry throughout Ohio. Mr. Hess was born June 30, 1859, in Scio (then known as Newmarket), Harrison County, Ohio, and is a son of Charles Hess. Charles Hess, the father of John D. Hess, was a son of John Hess, familiarly known as "Old Johnny." John Hess carried on milling at various times at New Philadelphia, Uhricsville, Trenton, Westchester, Tippecanoe City, Scio, Carlton, East Springfield and Bergholz, and was located at Freeport with his son, when he was called away by death. He was buried at East Springfield, Jefferson County. Charles Hess spent part of his boyhood near Harlem Springs, and when seventeen years of age engaged in the milling business near Perrysville, Carroll County, where he later lost his mill by fire. He then started at Tippecanoe City, and later in succession was located at Millwood, Knox County, near Scio, Harrison County, New Comerstown, near Lafayette, the Ware mill at Trenton, Canal Dover, the Jenkins Mill, near Freeport, Harrison County, the Dickerson Mill, near Cadiz. Strawsburg, and the Mitchell Salt Works in Jefferson County. For the following twelve years he was engaged in the lumber business in Jefferson County, and he then located in Amsterdam, where his death occurred in September, 1897. Mr. Hess was married to Mary Beltz, and to them the following children were born: John D.; Elizabeth, who married first, a Mr. Belknap, and secondly, Albert Culp, and resided at New Somerset until her death; Ellen, who married William Watt, of Holt, Jefferson County, and had four children—Maude, Bessie, Grace and Marie; two daughters who died in infancy; and David C., who married Ada Russell, and has three children—Floyd, Mildred and Mabel. For a number of years John D. Hess was engaged in the milling business as a partner of his father, but in 1896 he embarked in the business on his own account, and he has so continued, the Hess Milling Company being an up-to-date concern in every way and drawing trade for a distance of sixteen miles. Mr. Hess is a Democrat, and for two or three terms has served as councilman. Fraternally, he is connected with the Knights of Pythias. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he is a class leader. Mr. Hess was married to Miss Annie M. Morehardt, daughter of Christian Morehardt, and two children have been born to them: Charles, who married Zulu Knox, daughter of the Rev. Joseph Knox, of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Amsterdam; and George Grover, who was a telegraph operator until 1907, in which year he became cashier of the Peoples Bank Company of Amsterdam. WILLIAM F. PACKER, a member of the firm of Symons & Packer Company, millers and proprietors of the Adena Mills, at Adena, Ohio, wholesale and retail dealers in flour, feed and grain, is a native of Iowa, and was born March 11, 1876. His parents were Aaron and Rebecca J. (Steitler) Packer. Aaron Packer was born in Jefferson County and was a son of Elisha Packer, who was well known all through this section as a drover. His father, Aaron Packer, was one of the first settlers in Smithfield Township, coming before enough clearing had been made on which to build a log cabin. Later he turned the place over to his son, Elisha Packer, who spent his days here and reared a large family, having one daughter and nine sons, Aaron being the eldest son. He remained on the old farm until 1872, when he moved to 1088 - HISTORY OF- JEFFERSON COUNTY Iowa, where he resided for fifteen years and then returned to Ohio, where he is still living. He was married first, to Rebecca J. Steitler, a native of Chester County, Pa., who died in 1876, when her son William F. Packer was born. His second marriage was to Mary A. Parry, also of Chester County. Two children were born to each marriage, Isaac and William F., to the first and Sarah J. and Jesse to the second. Of these, Isaac is deceased. William F. Packer was taken to the home of his grandparents in his infancy, where he grew to manhood, being reared on the old Packer farm in Jefferson County. He completed his education at Scio College and after that was engaged in office work for three years. On January 1, 1900, he became interested in his present business, in association with R. M. Symons, and in 1906 the firm title as it is at present, was adopted, Symons & Packer Company, Messrs. Symons and Packer holding the greater part of the investment. Adena Mills, the name of the plant known in trade and over the country, was founded and built by the partnership of Joseph Courtright and Oscar Paxton, in 1896. They built a mill on the south side of Short Creek and from the beginning the business prospered, but the death of Mr. Paxton, in 1897, and the failure of Mr. Courtright's health soon afterward, caused a change in ownership. At that time, R. M. Symons purchased the Courtright interest and as the Paxton family remained interested, the firm became Paxton, Symons & Company. In 1899, William F. Packer bought Mrs. Paxton's interest. but the transference of stock did not take place until January 1, 1900. In 1905, on account of rapidly increasing business and urgent demand for better facilities, the present well equipped mill was erected and an immense amount of business is now done at this new plant. It is probably one of the best fitted mills in Eastern Ohio. The flour, which is marketed under the brand of " Vienna, " is ground from a blend of winter and spring wheats, and "Adena A No. 1," is ground from the home varieties of winter wheat. These are recognized as the standard flours of this section and the trade territory extends all over Eastern Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Mr. Packer was married October 15, 1888, to Miss Edith Adkinson, a daughter of William and Catherine Adkinson, and they have two children, Ethel M. and William A. In politics, Mr. Packer is a Republican, and at present is serving as town clerk. With his family, he belongs to the Friends' Church. His residence is located on Bridge Street, Adena. R. H. CABLE*, general manager of the Cable Electric Company, No. 161 North Fourth Street, Steubenville, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1874, and is a son of Sanford and Margaret (Bell) Cable. Sanford Cable was born on the old Cable homestead in Jefferson County in 1834 and still makes it his home. His father, Ephraim Cable, settled at Cable Point or Cable Eddy, 114 years ago and the homestead has never been out of the possession of the family since. Sanford Cable was married to Margaret Bell, on October 1, 1860, and they have the following children: William R., residing in Jefferson County; George H., living on the old homestead; Edward E., carrying on a milk business in Steubenville; and Robert H. Robert H. Cable remained at home and attended school until he was fourteen years of age. He then entered the employ of the Ingersol Construction Company, at Pittsburg, and remained there until he came to Steubenville, where he engaged with the National Telephone Company. Three years later, Mr. Cable entered into partnership with E. D. Richard and they continued in business together under the firm name of Richard & Cable, until in December, 1909, when Mr. Cable sold out his interest to his partner. He then organized the Cable Electric Company, AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1089 which has been incorporated, with Mr. Cable as general manager. and W. T. Luxton as treasurer. The company .does all kinds of electrical construction work. Mr. Cable is one of the city's most enterprising young business men, has identified himself with the Chamber of Commerce and stand high both personally and commercially. In 1900, Mr. Cable was married to Miss Jessie M. Wey, of Pittsburg, and they have three children, Emmett R., Margaret and Helen. Mr. Cable is a member of the Christian Church of La Belle View. He is identified with a number of fraternal organizations including : the Red Men., Knights of Maccabees (uniform rank of that order), the Independent Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and the Eagles. SAM HUSTON, deceased, civil engineer and for sixteen years county surveyor of Jefferson County, Ohio, was for many years a representative citizen of Steubenville. He was born in,Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, February 28, 1850, and died at Steubenville, June 9, 1908. The Huston family was founded in Jefferson County by the grandfather, Andrew Huston, who was a pioneer from Pennsylvania. His son, John A. Huston, father of the late Sam Huston, was born in Island Creek Township in 1812, and married Jane T. Fleming of the same township. The family continues to be one of importance in that section of Jefferson County. When but fifteen years of age, Sam Huston had made such progress in his studies that he was an acceptable student at Richmond College. After two years there he entered Washington and Jefferson College, where he was graduated in August, 1869 with the degree of B. S., having given particular attention to the study of civil engineering. This branch of mechanics claimed the larger part of his time and energy as long as he lived, and his work demonstrated his unusual ability. He was, however, a man of versatile talents and while making farming his nominal occupation, he found ample remuneration in professional work and recreation and entertainment in still other activities. A constant student, he read largely and made much more than a superficial study of geology. (See first and second chapters of this history.) He was an original thinker and ready writer and uently wrote for the press. In the fall of 1885 he was first elected county surveyor, and his careful, conscientious work ill this line has never been surpassed in accuracy in this county. Mr. Huston was also a man of charitable tendencies and of philanthropic nature. From its first organization he was interested in the Young Men's Christian Association and he served three years as its president. He was very active in Sunday-school work as a member of the First Presbyterian Church at Steubenville. On September 2, 1873, Mr. Huston was married to Miss Sarah T. Porter, who was born in Island Creek 'Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, November 27, 1850, a daughter of James and Maria (Carrell) Porter. Two children were born to this marriage : John A. and Marie W. Carrie, the latter of whom is the wife of George Robinson, of Steubenville, Ohio. John A. Huston was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, April 26, 1878, and was educated in Washington and Jefferson College at Washington, Pa., and in 1902 was admitted to the Steubenville Bar. In 1903 he became the senior member of the prominent law firm of Huston & Williams, with offices at No. 321 Market Street, Steubenville. He is an active Republican and in 1908 was elected city solicitor. He married Miss Nell Edwards, a daughter of James Edwards, of an old family of this section. WILLIAM M. CHEFFY, a county commissioner of Jefferson County, Ohio, and one of the leading citizens of Smithfield, was born in Wells Township, this county, in 1857, and is a son of Mordecai M. and Lucy (Hogg) Cheffy. The father, a Vir- 1090 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY ginian by birth, came to Ohio when a small boy, settling with his parents on the Beach Flats. He was the second child of a family of seven daughters and five sons, and was a graduate of Allegheny College and a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church. His wife Lucy was a daughter of George Hogg and was of English ancestry. Her father came to America in 1819, settling at Wheeling, W. Va., where Lucy Hogg Cheffy was born in December, 1823, she being the eldest child of the family of seven daughters and three sons. William M. Cheffy spent his youth on a farm in Jefferson County, Ohio, where he was engaged in farming for some time, after which he spent seven years in the mercantile business at Mingo Junction, Ohio, and seven years in the grain and stock business at Mt. Pleasant, Ohio. He then operated a hardware store at Smithfield, subsequently disposing of that business in order to assume his duties as county commissioner, to which position he was elected by a large majority in the fall of 1908. Mr. Cheffy has also served five years as trustee of Smithfield Township, and has served on the township central committee of the Republican party, in the interests of which party he has ever been an active worker. In 1897 Mr. Cheffy was joined in marriage with Martha Barkhurst, who is a daughter of William B. and Rebecca (Moore) Barkhurst, and they have had two children, Gladys Virginia and Sarah Eliz- abeth. Mr. Cheffy is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Smithfield and belongs to its official board. His fraternal connections are with the Knights of Pythias, Alpha Lodge, No. 407, Mt. Pleasant, and the Masonic Lodge, No. 182, of Smithfield. J. L. HOLTON, vice-president and general manager of Gill Bros. Company, glass manufacturers, at Steubenville, O., where his whole life has been spent, on the maternal side, is a grandson of one of the early and prominent pioneers of Jefferson County. The parents of Mr. Holton were Jeptha L. and Mary A. (Frazier) Holton. Jeptha L. Holton was born in New Jersey and came from there to Steubenville in 1840, and was engaged in the mercantile business until 1856. In that year he went into business at Indianapolis, Ind., where he remained eight years and moved from there to Kalamazoo, Mich., where he died in 1866. He married Miss Mary A. Frazier, a daughter of William Frazier, who came to Jefferson County in 1798 and later was a soldier throughout the War of 1812. He was one of the pioneer millers in the county and with his son, James Frazier, assisted in founding the iron works which later became the old Jefferson Iron Company. They were also identified with other pioneer industries. J. L. Holton was educated in the Steubenville public schools and at Princeton University. After leaving college he was for two years chemist for the Jefferson lron Works, but in 1887 came to the Gill Bros. Company and has been in the glass manufacturing business ever since. On the reorganization of the company in 1901 he was made vice-president and general manager. In addition to this he is interested in other business enterprises. In 1893 Mr. Holton was married to Miss Anne S. Wallace, a daughter of W. H. Wallace,- who for a number of years was president of the Jefferson Iron Company. Mr. and Mrs. Holton have one daughter, Mary Wallace. Mr. Holton is a member of the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce, the Duquesne .Club, of Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh. Country Club, and the Steubenville Country Club. J. R. STEELE,* a member of the wholesale millinery firm of J. J. Porter & Co., of Pittsburg, and one of its representatives on the road, has made Steubenville his home since 1885 and was born in this city, March 17, 1854. Henry Steele, father of James R., was born in Scotland and came to Steubenville early in the thirties, for many years being AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1093 employed in the Means foundry. He married Harriet G. Robertson, who was also born in Scotland, and they had nine children born to them, of whom three sons and three daughters survive, namely : Mary, who married John Love, and resides at Tiffin, Ohio ; Isabel (Mrs. Arthur), who lives in California Harriet (Mrs. Thatcher), who resides at Steubenville ; William H., who is a resident of Wellsburg, W. Va.; James R.; and Edward, who is in business at St. Louis, Mo. James R. Steele remained in Steubenville where he secured a public school education, until he was nineteen years of age, but in 1873 he went to Pittsburg and entered the wholesale millinery firm. He continued to make that city his place of residence until 1885, when he came back again to Steubenville, securing a home at No. 708 N. Fourth Street, and continuing his business interests as before. In 1876 Mr. Steele was married to Miss Mamie G. Sharp, a daughter of B. M. Sharp, and they have four children : Mabel G.; Nellie E., who is the wife of W. B. Stewart, of Cleveland; Harry E., who is a student at the Western Reserve College, Cleveland; and Hilda M. Mr. Steele and family are members of the United Presbyterian Church at Steubenville. He is identified with the Country Club. JOHN C. FITZSIMMONS*, general manager of the John C. Fitzsimmons Lumber Company of Steubenville, Ohio, was born at Steubenville in July, 1872, and has been identified with his present business since 1900. Mr. Fitzsimmons was reared and educated at Steubenville and learned the carpenter,s trade. During the second administration of President Cleveland, he was general delivery clerk in the Steubenville post-office for three years. He then spent two years in the oil fields and later became connected with the John C. Fitzsimmons Company, of which he is the able general manager. On September 16, 1903, Mr. Fitzsimmons was married to Miss Margaret Walker, who was born in Jefferson County, a daughter of Alexander Walker, and they have one child, Margaret. Mr. and Mrs. Fitzsimmons are members of St. Peter,s Catholic Church. He is a charter member of the organization known as the Knights of Columbus, at Steubenville. J. R. ROBB*, a prosperous business man of Toronto, Ohio, dealing in wall paper, paints, china and toys, was born in this city, October 1, 1865, and is a son of William and Harriet (McCoy) Robb. William Robb was born on a farm one mile above Toronto,. in Jefferson County, where he grew to manhood and remained until his marriage, after which he worked as a brick molder. He died in 1867. He married Harriet McCoy, who was born and reared on a farm adjacent to his home, and was a daughter of Samuel McCoy. Her maternal grandfather, Samuel Arbuckle, was one of the pioneer hat manufacturers of this section. Mrs. Robb survived her husband many years, her death occurring September 8, 1908. J. B. Robb was only two years old when his father died. He was carefully reared by his good mother and attended school at Toronto until he was fifteen years of age. He then learned the painter's trade and continued to work at it until the season of 1909, when he retired entirely from that business. In the meanwhile, in 1901, he had put in his first stock of wall paper, having small quarters on the corner of Third and Main Streets, where he remained until his increasing trade made greater facilities a necessity. On July 5, 1904, he moved into his present commodious store, having purchased the property and put up a building especially fitted for merchandising. He has added to his original stock until he carries a very complete line of plain and ornamental wall paper, together with a large stock of attractive goods in the lines above mentioned. Mr. Robb was married to Miss Alice Prosser, a daughter of William Prosser, and they have had four children : Ruby and 1094 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY an unnamed twin; Gerald, and Claude, the last named dying at the age of three years. Mr. Robb is identified with the order of Woodmen of the World and with the National Protective Legion. DANIEL BOYLE,* one of Saline Township,s most respected citizens and independent farmers, has been a resident of Jefferson County, Ohio, for the past fifty years and has spent thirty-eight of them on his present farm. He was born in County Cumberland, England, December 25, 1843, and is a son of John and Catherine Boyle. The parents of Mr. Boyle were quiet, hard-working people, the father earning a subsistence for wife and family in the coal mines. For a number of years, until his son Daniel was thirteen, he performed his tasks with safety and then came an accident which made necessary the amputation of his leg, which was followed by his death. A heavy weight of responsibility then fell on the young son and he continued mine work in his native land until 1859. He was the eldest of the six children and the only one to come to America, but he remained with his mother until the others were able to provide for her. His brothers were Robert, Thomas and John, and his sisters, Margaret and Catherine. Thomas and Margaret still survive, but John was killed in the mines one year later than his father. Daniel Boyle crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a vessel called the Dreadnaught, and his first work in this country was secured on the A. B. & C. Railroad, at Northfield, twenty miles from Cleveland. In 1859 he was induced to come tc Yellow Creek to work on the river boats, but after he had witnessed the treatment accorded the signed sailors on these boats, he declined the work and entered the employ of a brick company at New Cumberland, W. Va., working through the summer sea-, sons and during the winters making trips for the company to New Orleans. In July, 1861, he went to Nova Scotia and spent one year there in the coal mines, but the spring of 1862 he returned to Jefferson County where he had formerly formed pleasant acquaintances, and settled at New Somerset, where he leased and operated a coal bank for twelve years. In 1872 he purchased a farm of sixty acres in Saline Township, twenty of which he subsequently sold to his son-in-law, but has resided here ever since, his main occupation having been farming. This land was patented from the Government and the stanch old house which is comfortable and roomy, was erected by N. Miller & Son, October 1, 1830. There is an abundance of fire clay, and five veins of coal underlie the surface of the farm. In June, 1861, Mr. Boyle was married to Miss Sarah Daniels, who was born one and a half miles from the present home farm. Her parents, Pierce B. and Mary M. Daniels, came originally from Pennsylvania. To Mr. and Mrs. Boyle the following children were born: John, who died at the age of thirty-four years ; Martha, who married Albert Felton and lives in Saline Township ; Jennie, who is the wife of William Thomas, residing one mile from Empire, in Knox Township, and has eight children —Edgar, Daniel, Thomas, George, Cyrus, Martha (the wife of Henry Shaffer), Margaret and Earl, who is deceased; William C., a farmer in Knox Township, who married Martha Metz ; and Emma, who lives at home. Two children died in infancy. Mr. Boyle is one of the township's most intelligent and well informed men and he has always taken a deep interest in the cause of education. For thirty-five years he served on the school board in Saline Township and prior to that in Knox Township, and has been president of this body.. In politics he is a Democrat and has frequently been elected to township offices and for the past sixteen years has served as road supervisor. He is one of the leading members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Saline Township, of which he has been a trustee for forty years and is a member of the present board of stewards. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1095 In June, 1907, Mr. Boyle gave himself the pleasure of a visit to his old home in England, sailing from New York to Southampton on the Oceanic and returning by way of Liverpool, on the Celtic. Probably only then did he fully realize the wonderful changes that have taken place not only in methods of ocean travel but in his old home and his new one, since he first crossed those mighty waters. LEONARD L. HAMMOND*, formerly one of Wayne Township,s best known and most highly respected citizens, was born in Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, February 14, 1847, and died April 15, 1904. His parents were George and Nancy (Campbell) Hammond. George Hammond was a son of John Hammond, who was one of the early settlers in the vicinity of Skelley's Station, in Wayne Township, where George was reared to manhood. Later he settled on the farm southeast of Bloomfield, on which the widow and children of the late Leonard L. Hammond reside. At that time it was wild land and he spent many years of his life in clearing and improving it and died there in Steptember, 1893. He was a member of the. Society of Friends. Two of his children survive : John C., residing at Richmond, Ohio, and Rachel M., residing at Bloomfield. Leonard L. Hammond spent his life in the neighborhood where he was born. It was a life of quiet usefulness and kind neighborliness, and its influence was ever for the better things of life, causing his memory to be honored by all who knew him. He followed farming and stock raising and owned 160 acres, the Hammond estate, which he put under a fine state of cultivation. On May 30, 1888, Mr. Hammond was married to the estimable lady who survives him, Margaret J. (Long) Hammond. She was born at Smithfield, Ohio, a daughter of Charles S. and Marjorie (Biases) Long, and is a granddaughter of David Long, a native of Ireland, who was one of the early settlers in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County. He was a young man when he accompanied his parents across the Atlantic Ocean and before coming to Jefferson County, he lived with them for a time in Fayette County, Pa. Mrs. Hammond has one surviving brother, Porter Long, who lives in Cross Creek Township. Three children were born to Leonard L. Hammond and wife : Charles L., residing in Wayne Township and Nancy L. and George, all three living with their mother on the homestead. The late Leonard L. Hammond was a Republcan in politics, and desired the success of his party, but never sought political honors. Mrs. Hammond is a valued member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Bloomfield. She is widely known, and is much esteemed in the social circle to which she belongs. HARRY W. IRONS*, secretary and manager of the Central Sewer Pipe and Supply Company of Steubenville, Ohio, is one of the most active young business men of the city. He was born in Yorkville, Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1872, and is a son of Samuel W. Irons. His grandfather, Joseph Irons, was born in Ireland and upon coming to the United States located on a farm which he purchased in Jefferson County, Ohio. Samuel W. Irons was a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, and in early life followed farming. During the late years of his life he was engaged in the mercantile business at Yorkville, where his death occurred in 1879. Harry W. Irons was but seven years of age when his father died and for a time thereafter he resided with an uncle, William Irons. He was graduated from the Steubenville High School in 1891, after which he was for eleven years identified with the Acme Glass Works. He was next secretary of the Ohio Sewer Pipe Company of Empire, Ohio, for two and a half years, and after that company sold out was for two years engaged in the sewer pipe and supply business for himself in Toronto, 1096 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY Ohio. In June, 1907, Mr. Irons became secretary and treasurer of the Central Sewer Pipe and Supply Company of Steubenville, and one year later was made secretary and manager, which offices he now fills. He has various other business interests, some of them in other states. May 9, 1903, Harry W. Irons was married to Miss Jessie Brown, of Steubenville, and they have two children, Whitney West and Dorothy Margaret. COL. GEORGE W. McCOOK. The name of McCook brings to mind the records of a distinguished family, one of military achievements and exceptional talent. The late George W. McCook, long a resident of Steubenville, O., was born November 2, 1822, at Cannonsburg, Pa., and died in the city of New York, December 28, 1877. Major Daniel McCook, father of Col. George W. McCook, was a paymaster in the United States Army when he was killed at Buffington Island, during the Morgan raid of 1863. He was the father of twelve children, namely : Latimer' now deceased ; George W., our subject; Alexander McDowell, who served on the staff of General Sherman; Robert, who was assassi- nated in Alabama, in 1863 Daniel, who fell at Kenesaw Mountain, June 27, 1864; Edwin S., who like his three elder brothers, was a general in the Civil War; Charles, who fell at the first battle of Bull Run ; John J., who died while serving in the navy; John J., 2nd, who is professionally prominent in New York, and served as captain and aide-de-camp on the staff of Gen. Thomas L. Crittenden ; and Mrs. Mary Baldwin, and Mrs. Dr. Curtis. In his childhood, the parents of Colonel McCook moved to Columbiana County, Ohio, and when he was nine years old, to Carroll County. He was afforded good educational advantages and completed his collegiate course at New Athens, O., after which he entered the office of Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, afterward secretary of war, under whose directions he prepared for the bar, in 1843 becoming Mr. Stanton's partner. Young and enthusiastic, he was popular with all classes, and in 1846, when a military company called the Greys, was organized at Steubenville, for service in the Mexican War, he became a member of the organization and was immediately elected captain. When the company reported at Camp Washington, Cincinnati, it became Company I, 3rd Ohio Infantry, Captain McCook being made lieutenant-colonel. The regiment was stationed at different points of danger in Texas and Mexico, but never was called into action and was mustered out July 3, 1847. Early in his professional life, Mr. McCook identified himself with Democratic politics and remained a consistent party man until the close of his life. He resumed practice with Mr. Stanton, in 1852 was made Supreme Court reporter and in the fall of 1853 was elected attorney-general. He made a specialty of railroad law and was identified professionally with the Steubenville & Indiana Railroad Company, and in 1859 was sent to Europe on legal business for this corporation. Immediately following the outbreak of the Civil War, he proferred his services to Governor Dennison, by whom he was appointed, with three other officers, to take charge of the Ohio troops, and from then on until the close of the war he was active and useful in every emergency. He was identified with the 126th Ohio Infantry, and in 1863 became colonel of the 39th Ohio National Guard, which later became the 157th Ohio National Guard, which took part in guarding Confederate prisoners at Fort Delaware. In 1856 Colonel McCook nominated Hon. John C. Breckenridge, at Cincinnati, for the position of vice-president on the ticket with Hon. James Buchanan, and twelve years later he made the eloquent speech nominating Hon. Horatio Seymour, at New York, for the presidency. In state politics he was a leading factor, but then, as now, there were disturbing conditions and ir- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1097 reconcilable elements. In 1871 his party nominated him for governor of Ohio, over those well known statesmen, Thomas Ewing and Durbin Ward, but at the polls he was defeated by the Republican candidate, Gen. E. F. Noyes. Ill health followed the excitements of this campaign and he practically retired from the political field. His last years were passed in the quiet of his Steubenville home, where he was surrounded by all that ample means, family affection and loyal and admiring friends could give. Colonel McCook was married to Miss Marguerite Dick, who was an adopted daughter of Rev. C. C. Beatty. She died in 1863, survived by her husband and four children, Kate AL, George W., Hetty B., and Robert. The eldest son, George W. McCook, is one of Steubenville's leading business men and is president and treasurer of the Steubenville Coal and Mining Company. His home is at No. 631 North Seventh Street. A. F. LEECH*, farmer and stock raiser in Jefferson County, Ohio, resides on his valuable farm of 148 acres, which is situated in Section 2, Salem Township. He was born in Cross Creek Township, July 5, 1848, and is a son of Robert and Mary A. (Reed) Leech. Robert Leech was also born in Cross Creek Township, where he attended school and lived until 1859, when he purchased the farm above mentioned and resided in Salem Township during the remainder of his life. He died February 18, 1896, aged eighty years, and his burial was in the Richmond Cemetery. He followed farming and sheep raising. He married Mary A. Reed, daughter of Adam Reed, and she survived her husband until March 1, 1899. They were among the older members of the Two Ridge Presbyterian Church. Of their seven children four are still living. A. F. Leech obtained the larger part of his schooling in Island Creek Township and then learned the carpenter's trade which he followed throughout the county. For fifteen years he was also engaged in contracting and during that time built many fine edifices in this section. He was one of the contractors on the Two Ridge Church building. After his marriage he retired from work at his trade and since then has given his attention to agricultural pursuits. His surroundings all indicate a careful man and by remodeling he converted the old residence bat̊ a very attractive home. Mr. Leech was married in October, 1899, to Miss Maggie L. Reed, a daughter of Joseph Reed, and they have one son, John R., who was born June 15, 1909. Mr. Leech has never been very active in politics, but always casts his vote for candidates of the Democratic party. He is recognized as one of the solid and reliable men of Salem Township. JAMES A. COYNE*, who, in a business way, is numbered with the leading contractors at Steubenville, Ohio, is well known all over the State through his official connection with the great Catholic order of Knights of Columbus. Mr. Coyne is a native of Steubenville, born here March 31, 1870, and is a son of the late Joseph Coyne, a miner by trade, who was a highly respected, industrious citizen. James A. Coyne had fewer advantages than many youths, as he was put to work in the mines when but eleven years of age. Possibly the hard work hardened his muscles and it did not discourage him from learning a laborious trade, for when he became his own master he served an apprenticeship as a bricklayer, after which he worked as such in different parts of the country and before he returned to Steu benville had built many substantial structures, including blast furnaces. Since his return he has been continuously engaged in a general contracting business, and is located at No. 317 S. Fifth Street. n 1896 Mr. Coyne was married to Miss. Mary Cogan, of Steubenville, and they have three children : Emmet, Catherine and Morris. Mr. Coyne and family are members of the Holy Name Catholic 1098 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY Church. For a number of years he has been prominently identified with the Knights of Columbus and visits different parts of the country to assist in the ceremonies of initiation. Few names are better known or held in higher regard in the organization than his. JOHN W. BENDURE*, one of the most successful real estate men at Steubenville, where he has resided for fourteen years, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, in 1854, and there was reared and educated. Mr. Bendure entered into business life in the grocery trade, locating at Middletown, in Guernsey County, where he continued in business for fourteen years, after which he went into the general mercantile business at Fairview, W. Va. He remained there for seven years, and then came to Steubenville, becoming identified with the Singer Sewing Machine Company. For five of the nine years that he was associated with that company, he was manager of the business of five counties. Mr. Bendure then entered into the real estate line and has made it very profitable through his method of buying vacant property and improving it and subsequently selling. He handles his own property exclusively. On April 5, 1874, Mr. Bendure was married to Miss Mary Jane Brown, who is deceased. He was married secondly in November, 1883, to Miss Lena Melvin, and they have one child, John M. Mr. Bendure and family are members of the Second Presbyterian Church. CHARLES W. AKEN, superintendent of the Eastern Ohio Sewer Pipe Company and a resident of Irondale, O., is a man of wide experience in the manufacture of sewer pipe, in which he has been engaged nearly all of his business life. He was born at Tiltonville, O., June 29, 1864, and is a son of Amos and Lucinda Aken. James Aken, grandfather of our subject, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, and lived here in the days when the In- dians were numerous and at times hostile. His brother had the misfortune to lose his scalp to the Red Men. The wife of James Aken was a native of Ireland. The mother of the subject of this record was also a native of Jefferson County, and was of Irish ancestry, her people coming from Ireland to the vicinity of Wheeling, W. Va., and thence to Jefferson County. She is living at Toronto, ., at the age of seventy-four years and in the enjoyment of good health. Amos Aken was born in Jefferson County, and lived at Tiltonville until early in the eighties when he moved to Toronto, and there the remaining years of his life were passed. He was a speculator in livestock and was a man of activity in business affairs. The following were the children of Amos and Lucinda Aken: James, who lives at Toronto with his mother; Ella, wife of William Wellington, of Toronto ; Mrs. William Struthers, of Pittsburgh ; Mrs. G. Y. Travis, of East Liverpool ; Frank, deceased, who spent a number of years in Portland, Ore.; and Charles W. Charles W. Aken received a limited education in the public schools and since he was fourteen years old has been practically upon his own resources. At the age of sixteen years he began learning his trade at Toronto, ., where he worked for a period of twelve years. He then went to Urichsville and was employed as a molder by the Diamond Sewer Pipe Company, soon after being made superintendent. He served in that official capacity for fourteen years, and in April, 1905, was called to Irondale to serve in a similar capacity for the Eastern Ohio Sewer Pipe Company. Mr. Aken was united in marriage with Miss Annie Sterling, a daughter of James Sterling, of New_ Lisbon, ., in April, 1893. They are liberal minded. and progressive people and are fond of travel, having but recently completed a seven weeks' tour of Florida and Cuba. Mr. Aken is a member of Blue Lodge, F. & A. M., the Chapter and Council, at Urichsville, and his wife is present matron of the Eastern Star at Toronto. He also is a charter member of AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1099 the lodge of Elks at Urichsville. He is a Republican in politics, and while a resident of Urichsville was a member of the city council and served on the street committee. WILLIAM H. CREAMER*, one of the progressive farmers of Warren Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, the owner of 118 acres of excellent land situated in Section 25, was born on his father's farm in Warren Township, Jefferson County, January 27, 1859, and is a son of Jacob and Jane (Barrett) Creamer. Jacob Creamer was born also in Warren Township, where his father, also Jacob Creamer, had settled when he came first from Germany to Jefferson County. He helped his father clear up the land which was heavily timbered. During his younger years he also followed boating on the river for a time, but later, inheriting a part of the family estate, returned there and died in the same old log house in which he had been born. He married Jane Barrett, who was born at Tiltonville and died in Warren Township. They had nine children, William Henry being the third in order of birth and the others as follows : Susan; George ; Mary, wife of George Wallace; Letitia, wife of Harry Bellville ; Martha, wife of Frank Brown; Lydia, wife of William Haymaker ; and Jacob and James. William H. Creamer lived at home until after the death of his father, in the meanwhile attending the public schools when he could be spared. He began work on the farm in boyhood and thus early became familiar with all necessary details, this certain knowledge often making the difference in later life between the successful and the unsuccessful agriculturist. After the father died, Mr. Creamer and his older brother, George Creamer, rented the home farm for ten years. In 1900 he bought his present property from Lewis Hawthorn and has carried on a general farming line ever since. He is also interested, with Plumber McGrew in a hay press and they do a large business as hay balers at Rayland. Mr. Creamer is a Republican in his political sentiments but has never been willing to assume the cares of office. He is one .of the representative and substantial men of this part of Jefferson County. THOMAS MILLER*, who was born in Carroll County, Ohio, near the Jefferson County line, October 12, 1839, owns eighty-six acres of valuable land in Jefferson County and an adjoining eighty-five acres, situated in Carroll County. His comfortable and commodious new residence, which he built in September, 1909, stands in Section 6, Springfield Township. Thomas W. Miller, father of Thomas Miller, was born near Bergholz, Ohio, in an old log house. His father was John Miller, who, as also his wife and only child, was born in Ireland. When John Miller came to Ohio he settled on the farm now owned by Morris Hess and built the brick house that stands there. John Miller and wife died there and were buried in the Bergholz Cemetery. Thomas W. Miller married Mary Peterson, who was a daughter of John Peterson, of Carroll County, Ohio, and they were the parents of eight children. Thomas Miller was reared and educated in Carroll County, and when he reached manhood was married to Miss Katherine Rileybush, a daughter of Jesse Rileybush, who lived near Salineville in Carroll County. They have had four children: Alice, who is deceased ; Charles ; Harry, who married Della Shields ; and Albert, who married Frances Wilson, a daughter of Hugh Wilson, of Salineville, and has one son, Warren. For some months after marriage Mr. Miller continued to live on the home farm and then moved to the farm on which he now resides, occupying the old farm-house for years. This accidentally caught fire on July 7, 1909, :Ind the house and contents were entirely destroyed. Fortunately the barn—a comparatively new structure, having been erected in 1905—was saved. Mr. Miller and family managed to live in a small shanty until the