1100 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY present residence was erected, and since then have enjoyed every comfort. Mr. Miller has engaged in general farming and sheep raising, keeping about 175 head. All his land is utilized either for cropping or pasturage with the exception of twelve acres which he has in woodland. No coal has ever been sold nor have any tests been made for oil or gas, Mr. Miller having reached his present independent condition through his excellent agricultural methods and the consequent productiveness of his land. He is identified with the Republican party but holds no public office. With his wife he is a member of the United Brethren Church at West Union, of which he is a trustee. JOHN C. BERESFORD, one of Richmond's most respected citizens, a notary public for thirty years and ever since its organization, a leading member of Harry Hale Post No. 427, G. A. R., is a member of a substantial old family of Jefferson County. He is a native of this county, born in Ross Township, September 18, 1838, and is a son of John and Matilda (Culp) Beresford. John Beresford was born in England in 1795 and his parents were John and Matilda Beresford, who moved from England to Ireland and from there came to America and settled on Yellow Creek, in Ross Town-ship, Jefferson County, when their son John was nine years old. Grandfather John Beresford went into salt making with Capt. James Mitchell. John Beresford, the father, attended school for a short time and as soon as he was old enough he also went to work at the salt wells but later learned the black-smith's trade and worked at it for many years. His whole subsequent life was passed on Yellow Creek, where he acquired farming land, and there he died in 1897, when aged ninety-three years. He married Matilda Culp, who also lived into advanced age, dying in 1899, in her ninetieth year. They both were interred at the Shanetown Cemetery. Of their children almost all survived to have families of their own. The two eldest, George and Alfred are both de-ceased. Bateman married Sarah Crabb and they live in Benton County, Iowa. Keziah married Capt. William Sturgis, of Clarksburg, Mo. John C., was the fifth in order of birth. Katherine married Joshua Saltsman, of Somerset, Jefferson County. Robert H. died soon after the close of the war. Matilda married A. J. Graham, of Ross Township. Marion married Sadie Goodland and they reside at Mingo Junc-tion. Jzmes, Margaret and Tillie, are all deceased. The parents of the above family were good people, members of the Bacon Ridge Presbyterian Church and their un-. usually long lives were filled with kind neighborliness and the virtues which the world always needs. John C. Beresford attended the public schools of Ross Township and took a short course in Duff's Commercial College at Pittsburg, after which he taught school for eleven winters, being located successively in Ross, Brush Creek, Salem, Springfield and Island Creek Townships. He then went back to the farm to help his father and worked also in the blacksmith shop un-til he enlisted for service in the Civil War. Mr. Beresford has the distinction of being the first man from Ross Township to serve out a three-year term of enlistment. He was a member of Company K, Second Ohio Vol. Inf., and participated in many of the hard won battles of that great struggle and he, by no means came off unharmed. His first womd was one received on his right jaw the second one injured his leg, while the third removed the first finger of his left hand. These marks will continue with Mr. Beresford through life and to every rightminded man they are tokens of a kind that should arouse respect and admiration, indicating as they do that in 1861 patriotism meant much more than it sometimes now appears to mean. After his loss of his finger made him no longer useful as a soldier, he returned to the home farm in Ross Township, But after his marriage he AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1101 removed to Richmond. In February, 1900, he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Burchfield, a daughter of Milton Burchfield. Mrs. Beresford died in November, 1905, leaving no issue. Mr. Beresford has been very active in Grand Army matters. He has served three terms as commander of the Harry Hale Post, No. 427 ; for three years was depart-ment commander of staff and is serving in his second year as commander-in-chief and as a delegate will attend the annual en-campment which will be held in the fall of 1910, at Atlantic City, N. J. In his political views, Mr. Beresford is an Independent Democrat. He has filled offices in Ross Township at different times, where he was land appraiser and for three successive terms was assessor. He attends the Presbyterian Church. WILLIAM R. HEBURN*, one of the substantial and representative business men of Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, who is a con-tractor and builder of turnpike roads, and all kinds of concrete work, was born at Wheeling, W. Va., May 31, 1856, and is a son of William W. and Mary Jane Heburn. William W. Heburn spent his life at Wheeling, W. Va., where he died in 1878, aged sixty-six years. His parents were old residents of Wheeling, his mother being of English parentage. William W. Heburn married at Wheeling and his wife died at the age of seventy-six years. They had the following children : John Henry, James and Alexander, all of whom are deceased ; Jacob, residing at Dayton, Ohio, who served as a soldier in the Spanish-Ameri-can War ; Anabelle, who is the widow of Capt. William Shainly, an officer in the Civil War, and resides at Wheeling; Georgiana, who is deceased, as is also another daughter ; and William R., who was the youngest of the family. William R. Heburn was educated in the schools of Wheeling, and in boyhood assist-ed his father to some extent in his grocery store, but later learned the carriage making and blacksmith's trades. He was twenty-two years old when he opened a blacksmith shop of his own at Short Creek, in Belmont County, Ohio, locating there in 1880. From there he came to Mt. Pleasant in 1904 and began contracting, finding it more profitable than work at his trade and more conducive to health. He has gradual-ly expanded the scope of his operations and has built up a very large business. He gives employment to from forty to seventy-five men. Among other contracts he built four miles of turnpike between Dillonvale and Portland, He finds all of his time fully taken up and enjoys a well earned reputa-tion for first class, honest work. He re-sided for six years in the town of Mt. Pleasant and then purchased the Albert Lupton residence near the town and has made it a fine rural home. Mr. Heburn was married first, to Miss Cynthia Riley, of Deer Park, Maryland, a daughter of John Riley, who was a farmer in that section. She died in April, 1879, survived by one son, Charles Edward, who was born in December of that year and is now in his father's employ. Mr. Heburn married secondly, Miss Mary Jessie Mur-ray, a daughter of William Murray, of Jefferson County, and they have had three daughters and two sons born to them: Earl, Fred, Erma, Lila and Jessie. Mr. Heburn and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a Republican. He is recognized as one of Mt. Pleasant's best citizens. GUS C. FLOTO*, partner with his brother-in-law, W. A. Meyer, in the owner-ship and operation of the Steubenville Bottling Works, with plant on the corner of North and Sixth Street, Steubenville, was born in this city in 1875, and is a son of Frederick Floto. The latter was born in Germany but has been a resident of Steubenville for more than forty years. The family is a prominent one in German circles and Frederick Floto is one of the city's most respected retired citizens. Gus C. Floto has always had his home in 1102 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY his native city. After completing his school attendance he became clerk in a store. On May 11, 1907, in partnership with W. A. Meyer he bought out the Steubenville Bottling Works, one of the oldest established plants at Steubenville. The firm made many improvements and have done a pros-perous business. In 1902 Mr. Floto was married to Miss Mary Seybold Armtsrong, of Steubenville, and they have one child, Wilma Margaret. Mr. and Mrs. Floto are members of the Zion Lutheran Church. Mr. Floto is identified with the Elks, the Woodmen and the Turners. CHARLES McKINNEY, vice-president of the First National Bank of Smithfield, O., has been identified with this place nearly all his life and is one of the representative men of the town. He was born at York, Jefferson County, Ohio, April 11, 1843, and is a son of Nathan and Margaret (Mather) McKinney. Nathan McKinney, father of Charles, was born on his father's farm in Wells Township, Jefferson County, where his parents had settled at an early day, His father was Nathan McKinney, a native of Scotland, who married Margaret Armstrong, who was born in Ireland. They came to Ohio prior to the War of 1812, in which Grandfather McKinney took part and his death was caused, a few years afterward, from the injuries received when a soldier. He had three sons : John A., Archibald and Nathan, all of whom are de-ceased. Nathan McKinney, the father of Charles, helped to clear the homestead in Wells Township, and after his marriage moved to York, where be engaged in shipping stock, his markets being New Orleans and Philadelphia. It was his custom to buy sheep and cattle and hire drovers and then to ride ahead on horseback and engage places for his men to sleep and rest while on the way. His business was so large that his custom was profitable to those who could provide such accommodations. Shortly after the birth of his son Charles, he moved to Smithfield, where he continued his shipping business until his health failed. He then operated a hotel for a short time at Smithfield, but he had spent so many years in travel that he was not satisfied and soon resumed his former activities although in another direction. Buying a boat load of apples he shipped them to Cincinnati and accompanied the shipment, but died after reaching that city. His widow, Margaret Mather McKinney, survived him but a short time. Her parents lived near Edin-burg, Scotland, from which place she came to America while young. Four children were born to Nathan and Margaret (Mather) McKinney : Charles and John, both of Smithfield ; William, of Cincinnati; and Edwin, who is deceased. Charles McKinney grew to manhood at Smithfield and here he has continued to reside, finding his business opportunities right at hand and a pleasant social environment with those who have known him as boy and man. After leaving the public school he became a clerk in a local store and later was teller in the First National Bank of Smithfield. He then operated a general store for some years which he sub-sequently sold to his uncle, Charles Mather. Mr. McKinney then became associated with his brother, John McKinney, in breeding horses and this partnership lasted until 1910. He has long been a stockholder in the First National Bank and for a num-ber of years has been its vice-president. In politics Mr. McKinney is a Republican. For the past forty years he has been township treasurer and is also treasurer of the County Agricultural Society. He is identified with the Masonic fraternity at Smithfield, and with the Elks at Steuben-ville. He attends the Presbyterian Church. JACOB ADRIAN*, an enterprising farmer and highly respected citizen of Salem Township, is the owner of a fine farm of 162 acres located in the northwest corner of Section 19, this township. He was born May 18, 1830, in Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, a son of Joseph and Sarina (Richard) Adrian. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1105 Joseph Adrian was born in Maryland, where he was reared, after his marriage settling in Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where he lived until the time of his death at the age of sixty years. He was a member of the Baptist Church and both he and his wife were buried in Wayne Township in the Pine Run Baptist Church Cemetery. His marriage with Sarina Richard, who was a daughter of John Richard, resulted in the birth of the following children : Jacob, Etta Ann, George, Lucinda, William, David (deceased), Robert, Louisa, and Basil (deceased). Jacob Adrian was reared and received his educational training in Wayne Township, and learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed in that locality for some years. After his marriage he continued his residence in Wayne Township for some time, and then located on a small farm in Salem Township, subsequently coming to his present farm of 162 acres, where he has followed carpentry in connection with farming. He erected a house and barn, the latter of which was destroyed by fire during the summer of 1909, and has just completed another fine barn. He is politically a Republican. Mr. Adrian was united in marriage with Eva Betz, a daughter of Solomon and Rhoda Betz, and of their union were born : A. Basil, who married Flora Copeland; Rosa. Lena, deceased; E. Stanton, Hilda, Margaret, Charles, Mary Jane and two who died unnamed. JAMES C. M. FLOYD, M. D., who, for over a quarter of a century has been engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery at Steubenville, O., occupies a very high position in his profession and stands equally well as a useful and public-spirited citizen. He was born January 30, 1852, in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and is a son of John and Catherine ;Winters) Floyd. Dr. Floyd comes of Welsh ancestry. His great-grandfather, William Floyd, came to Jefferson County in 1804, having been brought to America by his mother forty years previously. William Floyd acquired land in Jefferson County and the name of Floyd has been identified with this part of Ohio ever since. The boyhood of this subject of this sketch was spent on his father's farm in Cross Creek Township where he attended school until the age of eighteen years. Afterwards he spent one term in the Hopedale Normal College and one year at. Scio College. By the time he reached his legal majority he had decided upon the profession he intended to follow and all his studies from then an until -his graduation, June 24, 1875, were directed to the science of medicine. These included preparatory reading with prominent physician at Wintersville, O., and subsequent attendance at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York City; with lectures in the Long island College Hospital at Brooklyn, N. Y. Dr. Floyd selected Richmond, Jefferson County, Ohio, as his first field of professional work and continued in practice there from September, 1875, until March, 1883, when he located permanently in Steubenville. On December 27, 1878, Dr. Floyd was married to Miss Rachel E. Aber; who is a daughter of Jackson and Eliza (Conner) Aber, natives of Pennsylvania. Dr. and Mrs. Floyd have an attractive home at No. 236 North Fifth Street and his office is at No. 239 on the same street. He is a valued and active member of several medical organizations, including those of the county and state, and occasionally contributes to their literature. In politics, Dr. Floyd is a Republican. With his wife he attends the Second Presbyterian Church. P. D. BAKER*, general farmer, owning 225 acres of valuable land situated in Section 10, Ross Township Jefferson County, Ohio, was born in Monroe County, Ohio, March 6, 1863, and is a son of Jacob and Jane (Reynolds) Baker. Jacob Baker was reared in Monroe County but moved to Virginia after his marriage and died there when aged seven- 1106 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY ty-six years. His widow survived until 1903, her death taking place when she was eighty years of acre; their burial was in Virginia. Jacob eaker married Jane Rey-nolds, who was born in Delaware, and they were parents of ten children, four of whom are still living. P. D. Baker was reared in Virginia and after he was through going to school, he embarked in farming in West Virginia, re-maining there until October 12, 1907, when he bought his present farm from A. Wiles. Tests for oil and gas have not revealed the presence of either, but the land is well adapted to farming and stock raising. Mr. Baker has done a large amount of improv-ing and has all his farm under cultivation with the exception of forty acres which is still timbered. He is a practical, industri-ous and well informed man and enjoys the respect and esteem of his neighbors in Ross Township. Mr. Baker was married in October, 1890, to Miss Clara Travis, of West Virginia, and they, have four children: Clare, Marion, Sarah and Ralph, the last named being seven years of age, and at present attending school. Mr. ̊Baker and family attend the Pine Grove Presbyterian Church. J. G. OWEN*, a general farmer of Salem Township but a resident of Richmond, Ohio, for many years, is one of the best known citizens. He was born in Brooke County, W. Va., October 30, 1855, and is a son of Josiah and Rachel (Horner) Owen. When Mr. Owen was four years old his parents moved to Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and there he attended school through boyhood and helped his father on the farm. When his parents died he married Elizabeth Graham and then moved to Richmond. She died nine years later, leaving no children and her burial was in the Richmond Cemetery. Mr. Owen was married secondly to Miss Mary Abraham, a daughter of George Abraham, of Island Creek Township, and they have one son, Harold Eugene. Mr. and Mrs. Owen are members of the Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a Republican and formerly was street commissioner and also borough marshal. DANIEL TARR JOHNSTON,* township trustee of Wells Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and proprietor of a blacksmith shop at Brilliant, is a representative citizen of this section, both in private and official life. He was born on the old home farm near Mingo Junction, Ohio, September 15, 1862, and is a son of Joseph and Mary Jane (Tarr) Johnston. Joseph Johnston was born in Steubenville Township, Jefferson County, two miles west of Mingo Junction, and was a son of Irish immigrants who established a home there, cleared up a farm and were among the respected people of the place. Their burial was at New Alexander. They had nine children, all now deceased, namely: Anna, wife of William Connell; Jane, wife of Alexander Connell; Matilda, wife of John Todd; Mattie, wife of Samuel Connell; and Robert, Frances, Archibald, John and Joseph. Joseph Johnston attended the old Harmony school in boyhood and con-tinued to live on the home farm, finally buying out the other heirs and he died there in 1886, aged sixty-eight years. His widow survives. She is a member of the prominent old Tarr family, early settlers at Wellsburg, W. Va., and successful business men in Jefferson County. Mrs. Johnston is now in her eighty-fifth year, but is still in the enjoyment of good health and has a wide circle of friends. To Joseph and Mary Jane Johnston five children were born : Florence, who is the wife of N. C. Hunter ; and Jennie, Matilda, Samantha and Daniel T. Daniel T. Johnston enjoyed fewer educational advantages than he would other wise have done had he not been the only son. but as this was the case, he had to begin early to help his father, who had debts to pay on a part of his land. He continued to follow farming at home until his AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1107 marriage, after which he continued for three years on another of his father's farms. Before he married he had learned the blacksmith trade with William Helms at Steubenville, and about 1888 he decided to turn his attention to blacksmithing. He invested in property at Brilliant and started a shop and finding that place an excellent business center, built his present well arranged shop and has been very prosperous. He owns the old anvil, probably the first one used east of the mountains, which belonged to his grandfather Tarr, who was a mighty blacksmith in his day, making by hand the utensils that are now turned out in foundries. When Mr. Johnston was younger, he operated a sand pit for R. T. Helm & Sons at Washington, Pa., and afterward one at Mahan, W. Va., for Caster & Nickelson and during that time lived in the. first house ever built at the prosperous oil town of Follansbee, W. Va. Under the supervision of Mr. Williams he also spent fourteen months in the ten-inch mill at Steubenville. On June 30, 1884, Mr. Johnston was mar-ried to Miss Alice V. Green, a daughter of William and Sarah (Antle) Green, of Brooke County, W. Va., and they have had eight children : Joseph, Harry, Florence (wife of George Everson), Francis, Archibald, and three who died young. The family home is a beautiful residence in Rodger's Addition, one mile south of Brilliant. His blacksmith and repair shop is on Smithfield Street, near the river. In politics Mr. Johnston is a Republican. He was elected township trustee first in 1908 and again in 1910. For five years he was constable and during that time not only had some near escapes from death at the hands of desperadoes that he was endeavoring to capture, but succeeded in bringing some noted criminals to justice. JOHN COOK McCULLOUGH, a well known farmer and dairyman of Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, who is operating a farm of 210 acres which belongs to his father, was born in Brooke County, W. Va., and is a son of John J. F. and Esther Margaret (Hall) McCullough. John J. F. McCullough was born in West Virginia and from there came to Jefferson County, Ohio, where he engaged in farming until he retired from active pursuits. He married Esther Margaret Hall, who was born in Pennsylvania, and they had the following children : Marshall, who conducts a dairy business in Cross Creek Township ; John Cook ; Samuel, who is a farmer in Trumbull County ; Nancy, who married Ralph Farmer ; and Clyde, who lives with his brother, John Cook. The parents of the above mentioned family live in Steubenville Township. They are members of the Presbyterian Church. John Cook McCullough has been engaged in farming and dairying ever since he left school. He keeps fifteen head of cattle the whole year through and conducts a milk business at Mingo Junction. When his fa-ther retired he took charge of the old home farm and has carried on large farming operations here ever since, growing the usual crops of this section, raising some excellent stock and paying particular attention to dairy interests. On September 11, 1901, Mr. McCullough was married to Miss Lucy Gilgrist, a member of an old county family. Her parents, now living retired, were Thomas B. and Rosanna (George) Gilgrist, and they had the following children : Garfield ; Eva, wife of Leander Imhuff ; Ora, wife of Roland Waugh, and Lucy, wife of Mr. McCullough. To Mr. and Mrs. McCullough three children have been born: Eldon, Anna Margaret and an infant. They are members of the Presbyterian Church. In his political views, like his father, Mr. Mc-Cullough is a Republican. O. JOHNSTON LIGGETT*., a highly respected retired citizen of Steubenville, residing in his comfortable home at No. 325 South Fourth Street, has lived here since 1831, in fact has seen a country town develop into a busy city with trade connections all over the world. Mr. Liggett 1108 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY was born in Washington County, Pa., in 1828, and was a little child when his parents came to establish the home in Steubenville. Mr. Liggett was put to work in the woolen mill just as soon as his limited school period was over and remained there until he went into steam engineering and for nine years more or less he followed that work. For two years more he traveled through the country setting up machines, after which he started a jobbing wholesale notion business, supplying country towns and was thus occupied for six years. It was about this time that many of the turnpike roads were being built and he then turned his attention to work of that kind, taking contracts for it. Later he drifted into general contracting, which he continued until his retirement from active business life. Mr. Liggett has many interesting reminiscences of early days in Steubenville. He has noted the changes that have taken place here since his boyhood, and he himself, in his active years, had a part in effecting many of the material improvements. In 1879 Mr. Liggett was married to Miss Catherine Hukill, who was born in Jefferson County, and died in September, 1908. Their one daughter, Jessie M., is the widow of William R. Pritchard, who died in Oc-tober, 1901. For more than forty years Mr. Liggett has been an Odd Fellow. WILLIAM J. ALEXANDER, owner of a planing-mill at No. 131 North Seventh Street, Steubenville, O. and a dealer in lumber, slate and all kinds of roofing, doors, sash and all interior furnishings, spouting, mantles and tile, does a large amount of business and is numbered with the representative and reliable business men of this city. His establishment is the oldest of its kind in the county, having been founded in 1873. He was born in Steubenville in 1867. Moses Alexander, father of William J., was born in Ireland and came to America in 1655 and to Steubenville in 1857. Here he embarked in a wholesale grocery business which he conducted until 1873. He then went into the lumber business in which he continued until within two years of his death, which occurred in 1698. He was a man of business probity and was well known all through this section. William J. Alexander was afforded ex-cellent advantages in the Steubenville schools and then went into the lumber busi-ness with his father, with whom he con-tinued until 1895, when he assumed the en-tire charge. In 1905 he erected his fine planing-mill, equipping it with modern machinery and giving employment to a number of first class workmen. In October, 1895, Mr. Alexander was married to Miss Mary Kennedy, and they have two children, William J., and Mary Myers. Mr. Alexander and wife are members of the United Presbyterian Church. He is a valued member of the Chamber of Commerce. JULIUS H. WEBER, the junior member of the firm of Weber Bros. at Mingo Junction, was born at Catser Run, Monroe County; Ohio. He has been associated with his elder brother, as detailed in the preceding sketch, and when the present market was established at Mingo he managed it for the three years during which his partner, was on the police force. Like his brother John, he is a capable business man. JOHN H. VAN METER*, president of the Van Meter Construction Company, an important business concern of Steubenville, Ohio, is one of this city's. successful men, which he has become entirely through his own efforts. He was born in the busy city of Pittsburg, in 1874, but was reared and attended school at New Castle, Pa. Mr. Van Meter's early life was spent on a farm and he was familiar with its heavy duties until he was fourteen years of age, when he began teaming and was engaged in that business for two years. During the next two years he worked as fireman for the Ashfelt Company, of Columbus, Ohio, and for two years more was in the employ AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1111 of James Schaffner, of Butler, Pa., at each place acquiring practical industrial knowledge; and during the four years that he later spent with the contracting firm of J. B. Sheets & Company, of Pittsburg, he ac-quired a very fair conception of the line of work for which he felt himself best fitted. Therefore, in 1902, he went into business for himself quite well equipped, forming a partnership with D. J. Madigan, under the style of D. J. Madigan & Company. The firm carried on a general contracting business at Swissdale, Pa., for four years, when the partnership was dissolved and Mr. Van Meter subsequently formed a partnership with F. M. Craig, the general contracting business, being continued at the same place, under the firm name of J. H. Van Meter & Company. In November, 1908, removal was made to Steubenville, the firm name being kept as before until 1910, when the style of The Van Meter Construction Company wars adopted. This company does all kinds of contracting, including railroad work, paving and sewer building and its commercial rating is high. In 1899, Mr. Van Meter was married to Miss Catherine McElwee, of Butler, Pa., and they have five children: Mary, John, Catherine, James and Albert. Mr. Van Meter and family are members of St. Peter's Catholic Church at Steubenville. He is identified with the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association. ROBERT A. WARREN*, one of the representative agriculturists of Knox Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where he owns a farm of 181 acres which he devotes to general farming and stock raising, was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, July 29, 1842, and is a son of Thomas and Jane (Thompson) Warren. Thomas Warren was one of the early settlers in Knox Township and was the first white man who ever cut down a tree on the farm on which his son resides. Indians were still numerous in this part of the county, but they gave little trouble and in the course of time they disappeared. Thomas Warren was a man of excellent qualities and was chosen for township offices and for official positions in the United Presbyterian Church, being an elder of the Knoxville church for many years. His life extended beyond the three score years and ten of the Psalmist and his record was that of a good and useful man. He was twice married and the following children survive: Eli, who lives in Kansas ; Hannah J., who resides in Knox Township; Rebecca E., who is the widow of William Gladden, who lived in Knox Township; and Robert A. The Warren family is evidently of English extraction and the first of the name of this branch to settle in Ohio, was William Warren, the grandfather of Robert A., who came from Pennsylvania to Jefferson County. Robert A. Warren was four years old when his parents brought him from Coshocton County to Knox Township, Jefferson County, and while too young at that time for him to now recall conditions, he can remember the changes that have taken place in everything since his first conscious boyhood. It takes a long time to clear up a farm from the wilderness and put it into condition of the land which Mr. Warren has under cultivation, and it has taken years of industry to accomplish. He gained his education in the public schools, as they were at that time, and has always been one of the best informed men of his township, keeping abreast with the times by general reading. Mr. Warren was married May 30, 1870, to Mary J. Gladden, who was born in Al-legheny County, Pa. She is sister of the late William Gladden, of Knox Township. Eleven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Warren, as follows: Jennie, who is the wife of James Alexander, of Knox Township ; Mollie, who is the wife of Grant Wilkinson, of Knox Township; Sadie, who is the wife of Harry Wilson, of the same township; Thomas G. who also is of Knox Township; William M., who lives at Toronto, Ohio ; Glenn, who lives in Knox Township; Mina, who is the wife of Parker Mc- 1112 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY Clelland, of Knox Township Robert A., Jr., a student at Western Reserve College, at Cleveland, Ohio Archie W., who is in college at New Wilmington, Pa.; Lola and Richard D., both of whom are at home. Mr. Warren and family are members of the United Presbyterian Church at Knoxville and he is serving as a trustee of the same. Mr. Warren has always been a good citi-zen, ready to obey the laws and to work for the general welfare of his community and has been a friend of the public schools. In 1864 he enlisted for service in the Civil War and served four months as a member of Company C, 157th Ohio Vol. Inf. In his views on public questions he is a Prohi-bitionist. He is a member of the G. A. R. Post at Toronto, Ohio. A. S. FREEMAN*, vice-president of the Ohio Plaster and Supply Company of Steubenville, Ohio, has extensive business inter-ests and has had an active career, although but now entering the prime of life. Mr. Freeman was born in New Cumber-land, W. Va., in 1875, and was but seven years of age when brought by his parents to Steubenville. Here he grew to maturity and received a good preliminary education in the public schools, which was supple-mented by a course in Ohio State Univer-sity, from which he was graduated with the class of 1898. He became identified with his father in the sewer pipe business at Freeman, Jefferson County, and continued there for a period of four years. He or-ganized the Eastern Ohio Sewer Pipe Company and built the plant at Irondale, the largest plant of the kind in this country. He was general manager of that concern for two years, at the end of which time he sold out his interest and assisted in the organization of the Ohio Plaster and Supply Company of Steubenville, of which he has since been vice-president. He was one of the organizers and is president of The Cattrell Bros. Company of Wierton, W. Va., and is secretary and treasurer of the Van Meter Construction Company. He is an active member of the Chamber of Commerce of Steubenville, and also is a member of the Country Club. In 1902 Mr. Freeman was married to Miss Helen W. Mooney of Steubenville, and they have two sons, Charles A. and Ledlie C. Freeman. Religiously he is a member of the Second Presbyterian Church. HARRY M. BATES, a general contrac-tor in excavating, paving, sewer and artistic concrete work, is a well known citizen of Steubenville and a man of recog-nized business standing. He was born in Steubenville in 1869, and is a son of John Bates. Harry M. Bates was reared and educated in his native city, and throughout his active business life has been engaged in gen-eral contract work by himself. In 1893 he was married to Miss Lucy Crew, of Richmond, Jefferson County, Ohio, and they have three children : James and Harry, twins, and John. Religiously, the family attends St. Stephen's Episcopal Church. Mr. Bates is a thirty-second degree Mason, a member of Lake Erie Consistory and Alladin Temple, Mystic Shrine, and is also a member of Steuben Lodge, No. 1, K. P. He is a man of wide acquaintance in the county, and can num-ber his friends by his acquaintances. J. FRANK SNYDER, operator of the Domestic Coal- Mine at Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, is a leading citizen of this place, a member of the town council, an owner of valuable property and a man of established standing in the conamunity. He was born in Clarion County, Pa., at Red Bank Furnace on the Allegheny River, November. 2, 1860, and is a son of Henry and Margaret Snyder. Henry Snyder was born east of the Alle-gheny Mountains, in Pennsylvania, and was eighteen years of age when his father, Samuel Snyder, moved over the mountains and settled with his family in Butler Coun-ty, where he and wife lived during the remainder of their lives. The Snyders came originally from Germany. Henry Snyder, AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1117 now in his seventy-sixth year and a retired resident of Mt. Pleasant, is one of a fam-ily of ten children and the only survivor. His eldest brother, John Snyder, died in 1909, on the place where their father first settled when he came to Butler County. Two of Mr. Snyder's brothers, Abraham and William, perished while defending the Union cause in the Civil War, the former at Cold Harbor and the latter in the Wilderness. In his younger days Henry Snyder was a charcoal burner, cutting his own wood and preparing it for the charcoal furnaces that were numerous in Butler County at that time. Later he engaged in farming, purchasing land in Fayette County, W. Va., on New River, which he occupied for ten years, and after he sold that place he bought a small farm near Mt. Pleasant. He married Margaret Fritz, also of German extraction, who was born in 1827, and nine children were born to them, namely: J. Frank, who was married in 1892 to Agnes Donaldson, of Homestead, Pa., a native of Scotland and a daughter of Robert and Ann Donaldson; Robert, engaged in the teaming business at Mt. Pleasant, who married Mary Reid ; Mary, who married John Warren, of Fayette County, W. Va.; Anna, residing at Charlestown, W. Va., who married Joseph Blue ; Marcus, a conductor on the C. & O. Railroad, who resides at Hinton, W. Va., (married Elizabeth Butler) ; Fremont C., who married Miss Edith Kauffman, of Mt. Pleasant; and William, Nancy and Horner, all three of whom are now deceased. J. Frank Snyder attended the public schools and then worked in the coal mines at West Monterey on the Allegheny River, and afterwards in other sections before coming to Mt. Pleasant in 1889. Here he purchased a tract of coal land and opened a mine to supply fuel for domestic purposes. He continued there for ten years, since which time he has opened up the Domestic Coal Mine on the Dillonvale turnpike road on the property of Mrs. A. H. G. Brown and has operated this mine very profitably for ten years, giving six men employment during the winter months. He bought the place on which he lives in 1908, it formerly having belonged to Mrs. Anna H. G. Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder have two sons : Paul Donald, sixteen years of age, who is a graduate of the class of 1910, of the Mt. Pleasant High School, and a very promising youth; and George A., a schoolboy of nine years. Mr. Snyder and family are members of the Society of Friends at Mt. Pleasant. Politically he is a Republican. He was made a Mason in Long Dale Lodge, No. 14, at Long Dale, W. Va., in 1888, his present membership being with the lodge at Smithfield, Ohio. JOHN GALBRAITH, president of the First National Bank of Smithfield, O., has been a resident of Jefferson County all his life. He was born at Smithfield, January 6, 1839, and is a son of James and Jane (Mahaffey) Galbraith. James Galbraith was born in Ireland and emigrated to America in early manhood, locating at Philadelphia in 1832. There he married Jane Mahaffey, also a native of Ireland, and in 1838 they came to Jeffer-son County, and settled at Smithfield, where he conducted a grocery store. He was born in 1806 and died in 1880, and his wife, born in 1812, died in 1896. They had six children : Robert, John, William, James M., Mary C. and Rebecca J. Of the above family both William and James M. ;served in the Civil War. After his school days were over, John Galbraith assisted his father in his store and in 1864, with his brother William, bought the father's interest and enlarged the business, adding a dry goods department and opening up a trade in wool. Later the eldest brother, Robert Galbraith, now deceased, bought the grocery and dry goods interests but John and James continued to handle wool until 1901, since which time John Galbraith has devoted his entire time to the affairs of the First National Bank. This bank was established in 1864 and in the following year when the 1118 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY present location was occupied, the capital stock was $100,000. At that time Joseph Cope was president, C. D. Kaminsky was vice-president, and J. C. Scott cashier. William Vermillion succeeded Mr. Scott, being cashier from 1865 to 1877. Mr. Kaminsky succeeded as president and H. S. Black became vice-president. Later, A. C. Noble became president and John Galbraith succeeded Mr. Black as vice-presi-dent, and in 1.893 Mr. Galbraith became president. The present officials of the bank are: John Galbraith, president ; Charles McKinney, vice-president ; J. H. Lowry, cashier, and T. B. Ewing, W. F. Lewis, M. B. Cole and William S. Purviance, making up the board of directors. This is deservedly regarded as one of the most stable financial institutions in Ohio. In November, 1871, Mr. Galbraith was married to Miss Elizabeth Ewing, who was born in Smithfield Township, a daughter of William Ewing, one of the old pioneers of this section. They have had three. children : Mary, who is the wife of J. H. Lowry, and has two sons, John and James Lowry; Anna, who died in childhood; and Zana, who is a teacher of music. Mr. Galbraith owns sixty-eight acres of fine land, fifty-one of which is situated one mile south of Smithfield. His home is on the eastern edge of Smithfield, and here Mr. Galbraith built his handsome residence in 1904. Al-though he cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln, Mr. Galbraith has not been identified with the party he rep-resented for some years, his present affiliation being with the Democrats. He has been too busy to accept many official positions but at times he has served as a member of the Smithfield council. His position in financial circles is well established and his opinion on questions of this kind is frequently requested and his decisions accepted. W. A. HORNER*, a member of the well known contract plastering firm of Horner & Wyatt, of Steubenville, Ohio, was born in Cross Creek Township, Washington County, Pa., June 2, 1851, and is a son of George W. Horner, who was a cooper and carpenter at Steubenville for many years. In 1859 the parents of W. A. Horner moved to Steubenville. After his school days were. over he went to work in the old Jefferson Iron Foundry, after which he learned the plasterer's trade, working with Jacob Ault and Frank Hawkins. He remained at Steubenville until 1878, when he went to New Cumberland, W. Va., from there to Toronto, Ohio, and later to East Liverpool, all the time working at his trade. Subsequently, he returned to Steubenville and has been in business here ever since, and is well known all through the Ohio Valley. For eight years, Mr. Horner has been in partnership with Mr. Wyatt, and the firm of Horner & Wyatt control a large amount of the important plaster contracting in this section. Both are practical men in the business and through their correct estimating, punctuality and use of first class materials, they have gained the entire confidence of the public. In 1872, Mr. Horner was married to Miss Minerva Ficker, of New Cumberland, W. Va., who died in 1889. Five daughters were born to this marriage: Ida, who is the wife of John Nolan, of Pittsburg; Laura, who is the wife of David McIlvain, of East Liverpool; Alice, who is the wife of John O'Malley, of West Virginia; Elizabeth, who is the wife of Edward Stevens, of West Virginia; and Edna, who is the wife of Glade Coleman, of East Liverpool. A. J. SHEPHERD, who operates 161 acres of farm land in Salem Township, belonging to his wife, was born June 21, 1838, in Ross Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and is a son of Thomas and Lucinda (Ar-buckle) Shepherd. Thomas Shepherd was born in 1793 in Ireland, and at the age of nineteen years came to this country with his parents, James and Sarah Shepherd, who settled on a farm near Mt. Zion Church. At that time this part of the country was entirely covered with timber, a rough road being AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1119 cut through, and it was necessary to build a log cabin for the family. Thomas re-mained on the home farm after his marriage and died there in 1882, aged eighty-nine years. He was politically, a Republi-can, but did not enter actively into politics. He married Lucinda Arbuckle, who was of Irish parentage and whose father was killed in the War of 1812, and to them were born the following children : Sarah, the widow of George Crabb ; William, de-ceased ; James, residing in Iowa ; George A., deceased; Thomas K, Ella, Jane, A. J., Hezekiah, Martha, Lucy E., and Mary H. A. J. Shepherd was reared on the home farm in Ross Township, and after attending school, worked for two years on the home place. He then enlisted in Company I, Fortieth Regiment, Ohio Vol. Inf., and was enrolled into service August 20, 1862, and mustered out June 20, 1865. He was wounded in the right arm at the battle of Chickamauga, and was confined to the hos-pital for six months, and his arm has giv-en him considerable trouble since. After the war, Mr. Shepherd returned to Ross Township, and since his marriage has re-sided on his present farm in Salem Township, where he carries on general farming. He served as an officer of Harry Hale Post, No. 427, G. A. R., of Richmond, Ohio, and is a member of the M. E. Church. He is a Republican in politics. Mr. Shepherd was married May 16, 1867, to Anzonetta L. McCullough, who is a daughter of Richard and Nancy Jane (Shull) McCullough, and to them have been born the following children : Annie A., who married J. A. Waggoner ; John R.; Robert M., who married a Miss Wiles ; Jennie, deceased, who was the wife of G. H. Allensworth ; Frank, who married a Miss Arnold ; and Cora, deceased, who' married J. B. Lowry, and was the mother of three children, Cline, Dean and Dona. Richard McCullough, father of Mrs. Shepherd, was born in Springfield Township and was reared by his uncle, Richard McCullough, his father, David McCullough, having died when he was but two years old. He always followed farming and stock raising in Ross Township, on a farm near Bacon Ridge, and died there at the age of seventy-five years. His property, which consisted of 182 acres, is now owned by Frank McCullough. Mr. McCullough was a member of the M. E. Church and was politically a Republican. He first married Nancy Jane Shull, who was a daughter of Jacob and Maria Shull, and to them were born, Maria, Jacob and Nancy, all of whom died of scarlet fever in infancy ; Anzonetta, wife of our subject ; and Saretta. Mr. McCullough's wife died in 1851 and his second union was with Isabella Cunningham, a daughter of Alexander Cunningham; she died, leaving one child, Alexander. Mr. McCullough later married Sarah Frederick, and to this union were born Mary, Elizabeth, Frank, and Sarah. Mr. McCullough formed a fourth union with Jane Montgomery, who was a daughter of Johnson Montgomery. WINFIELD S. CALL*, one of the best known citizens of Knox Township, of which he is a trustee, resides on his well improved farm of 142 acres. He was born in Ross Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, November 13, 1852, and is a son of David and Ellen (Long) Call. David Call was born also in Jefferson County, to which his father, also named David, had been brought when twelve years of ago by one of the pioneers of Ross Township, named Saltsman. Grandfather David Call grew to manhood there and became a soldier in the War of 1812. He married in Ross Township and both he and wife attained advanced age, his death occurring when in his ninety-third year and her decease being in her eighty-eighth year. Of their children David Ross remained in Ross Township where he became a well known and respected citizen and substantial farmer. His death occurred in 1894. He married Ellen Long, who survives, being now in her seventy-eighth year. Her home is at Hammondsville, Ohio. To David and Ellen Call a family 1120 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY of twelve children was born and that all are living proclaim the vigor of the parent stock. They form some of the best citizenship of their native state. George W. and John S. both reside at Steubenville. Winfield S., the second born, resides in Knox Township. Carrie is the wife of Lewis Bickerstaff and they live at Steubenville. Millard F. lives near Richmond, Ohio. Emma is the wife of James Lawrence, of Hammondsville. Annie is the wife of Thomas Quillin, of Brilliant, and Ella is the wife of William Bartrum, of Wellsville, Ohio. David R. is a resident of Steubenville. Hattie B. is the wife of Charles F. Russell, of Wellsville. Daniel W. lives at Irondale, and Katie F. is the wife of E. H. Stewart, of Hammondsville. Winfield S. Call was twelve years old when his parents moved into Cross Creek Township. He remained at home until his marriage, when he came to Knox Township where he has been settled ever since. He owns one of the best farms in this section and devotes it to general crop growing and the raising of some good stock. On September 9, 1880, Mr. Call was married to Miss Annie Runyon, who was born in Knox Township and is a daughter of the late Lewis Runyon, formerly of this township. Mr. and Mrs. Call have had five children : David E. and J. Stewart, both residing in Knox Township; Lulu C., wife of Harry Warren, of Knox Township ; Bes-sie L., living at home; and Edward, who is deceased. Mr. Call and family are mem-bers of the Island Creek Presbyterian Church, in which he is an elder. In politics he is a Republican and on that ticket he was elected township trustee, an office in which he is serving with extreme useful-ness. W. S. SCAMAHORN, vice-president and general manager of the Union Lumber Company, is a representative business man of Steubenville and came to this city in 1903. He is a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, born in Warren Township in 1868. L. W. Scamahorn, father of W. S., was also born in Jefferson County, in 1837, of German ancestry. For a number of years Ile engaged in farming. in Warren Town-ship and then retired to Akron, O., where he makes his home with one of his sons. W. S. Scamahorn was reared on the home farm and attended the country schools. Later he learned the carpenter trade, subsequently became a contractor and has been engaged in contracting ever since, with the exception of thirteen months which he spent in mill work at Brilliant, O., during a part of this time being assistant millwright. Mr. Scamahorn has been vice-president and manager of the Union Lumber Company ever since its reorganization, September 27, 1903, with the exception of a period of six months. The president of the company is J. E. Scamahorn, and the secretary and treasurer is W. H. Huff. This company does general contracting work and handles all kinds of timber and manufactures lumber. It is a large and prospering enterprise. Mr. Seamahorn was married in April, 1893, to Miss Bertha McGrew, and they have three daughters : Jessie M., Margaret E. and Mildred E. The family belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Seamahorn is identified with the Modern Woodmen of America. GEORGE W. COCHRAN, secretary and treasurer of The. Ohio Valley Clay Company, has been a resident of Steubenville, Ohio, since 1878 and through his business and official connections is one of the city's best known men. He was born at Hanoverton, Columbiana County, Ohio. Mr. Cochran was reared and educated in Pittsburg, Pa., and Steubenville, Ohio, and began his business life here by embarking in the shoe trade. He continued in this until 1889, when he again went to Pittsburg, where he conducted a shoe business until 1894. He then returned to Steubenville to accept the assistant postmastership under Postmaster James Trotter and became acting. postmaster on the death of Mr. Trotter, serving out the latter's unex- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1121 pired term. In the spring of 1898 Mr. Cochran became officially identified with The Ohio Valley Clay Company, and has been secretary and treasurer of this busi-ness enterprise ever since. Mr. Cochran was married in 1895 to Miss Kate Gilmore, of Steubenville, and they have two children, Mary Helen and George W., Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Cochran are members of the Second Presbyterian Church, of which the former is a trustee. He is likewise a member of the Steubenville Country Club. FRANK X. STECKER, vice-president of the Steubenville Stone Company, at Steubenville, O., has become well and favorably known in business circles in this. city during his eight years of residence. He was born in 1879 at Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, where le went to school and later learned the stone business. When twenty-one years old, Mr. Stecker went to Marietta, O., where he was engaged in the stone business for two years and then came to Steubenville.. His first contract here was for the stone for the erection of the Methodist Protestant Church and since then he has done a large amount of stone and cement contracting. When the Steubenville Stone Company was organized, in 1905, he became interested and was elected vice-president, an office he has filled ever since. This company does all kinds of stone and cement work and manufactures all varieties of cement products, being just in line with the great movement which is advocating most sensibly the substitution of cement for perishable materials in con-struction. Mr. Stecker was married November 19, 1904, to Miss Laura Braun, of Marietta, O., and they have three children, Pauline, Frances and Fred. Mr. Stecker and family belong to St. Peter's Catholic Church, and he is a member of the order known as Knights of Columbus. WILLIAM H. CALDERHEAD, who conducts a general mercantile business at York, Ohio, and owns a valuable farm of 134 acres located near the town, in Smithfield Township, Jefferson County, was born on a farm in Harrison County, Ohio, near the salt works which his father was operating at that time, July 16, 1844. His parents were William T. and Nancy (McLaughlin) Calderhead. William T. Calderhead was born in Belmont County, Ohio, in 1808, and was a son of Rev. Alexander Calderhead, who was born in Scotland, and who, when he came to America in 1800, was a young man. He was the founder of the Piney Fork Church in Jefferson County, Ohio. Later he bought a farm in Belmont County and there his death occurred in 1812. His family consisted of five children: John, William T., Eliza (Blair), Margaret A. (Howard) and E. B., the last named being a minister. All are long since deceased. William T. Calderhead remained on the farm in Belmont County until 1840, when he came to Jefferson County and erected the first house in Adena, one that still stands in the village. In 1852 he moved to Hurford, in Harrison County, where he died in 1873. He was twice married, his first wife being Letitia Bickham, of Belmont County. She left two children at death, namely : Margaret, now deceased, who was the wife of Peter Hixson; and John B., who is also deceased. Mr. Calderhead's second marriage was to Nancy McLaughlin, who was born in 1807, and died in 1882. Her parents, John and Anna (Johnson) McLaughlin, came from Pennsylvania to Jefferson County. John McLaughlin was a man of much prominence and no little enterprise. He owned the land in Smithfield Township on which the town of Adena was built and gave the place its pleasant name. He was a strong Whig and later a Republican and served for six-teen years as a member of the Legislature. His death occurred in 1861. Mrs. Calderhead was the third of his family of ten children, the others being: William; James; John; Samuel; Polly, wife of Thomas Hamilton; Eliza, wife of G. Mc-Millen ; Margaret A., wife of John Hagan; 1122 - HISTORY JEFFERSON COUNTY Jane, wife of Kinney McLaughlin; and Catherine, wife of Robert Hagan, all now deceased. To William T. Calderhead and wife the following children were born: Letitia, William H., Samuel M. and Joseph. Letitia, who is now deceased, was the wife of T. H. Kerr. William H. Calderhead was-a child when his parents came to Adena and his whole subsequent life, with the exception of the period from 1867 until 1870, which was spent in Iowa, has been passed in Jefferson County. After completing his school attendance in his youth he engaged in teaching and for twenty years followed that occupation through the winters and farming during the summers. Prior to 1900 his farm work was done on the share system. In that year he bought his property from B. Beebe and placed in charge his son, Rillis G., who carries on general farming. Mr. Calderhead continues to give his main attention to his store in York, where he also resides, having conducted this business here for a number of years, and having for three years (under the administration of President Cleve-land) served as postmaster. On September 26, 1867, Mr. Calderhead was married to Miss Margaret E. McMillen, who was born in Harrison County, Ohio, a daughter of Griffith McMillen, and they have four children, namely: William A., a ranch owner and merchant in Idaho, who married Florabell Jones; Archie L., an attorney at law, residing in Iowa, who married Bessie Gallagher; Rillis G., who is the home farmer; and Gertrude. Mr. and Mrs. Calderhead are members of the Piney Fork United Presbyterian Church that was founded by his grandfather in 1800. In his political views he is a Democrat and is serving very usefully as a member of the township school board. This is one of the representative and leading families of Smithfield Township. W. M. FRYER*, who, for seventeen years has filled the responsible position of miller I'm. the Richmond Milling Company. at Richmond, Ohio, was born in Allegheny County, Pa., December 28, 1857. Mr. Fryer attended school at Bridge, ville, Allegheny County, and remained in his native locality until 1879, when he came to Richmond. Here he has resided ever since, with the exception of five years, during which period he was employed as engineer by the firm of Hayworth & Dewhurst, on the corner of Seventh and Liberty Streets, Pittsburg, and by a company at Wellsville, Ohio. Air. Fryer then returned to Richmond and has become thoroughly identified with the various interests of this pleasant borough. He owns one of the finest residences here and other property. Mr. Fryer married Miss Sarah Dorsey, a daughter of Edward Dorsey, of Canal Dover, Ohio, and they have four children, namely: Lucy- Mabel, who married D. K. McKnight (they reside at Mt. Lebanon, near Pittsburg and have two children—Lucile Marie and Sarah Eleanor); Frank H., who is time clerk in a shoe establishment at Pittsburg; Lena May, who is a student in voice culture and piano, with a well known instructor ; and Samuel Edward, who attends school at Richmond. The eldest child, Ada, died at the age of eight years and four months, her burial being in the Union Cemetery at Richmond. Mr. Fryer and family are members of the Presby-terian Church, in which he is a trustee. In politics, he is a Republican and for four-teen years he has been a member of the Richmond School Board. He is numbered with the representative business men of Richmond. WILLIAM H. PROBERT*, a well known citizen of Steubenville, which city has been his home since 1878; was born at Richmond. 'Jefferson County, Ohio, Jan-uary 24, 1867, and is a son of Enoch and Anna E. (Moore) Probert. Enoch Probert was a son of John Probert. who was a native of England. He came to Jefferson County, Ohio, at an early date and located at Richmond, where he acquired property. including a coal AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 1123 bank. In association with his son Enoch, he sunk the Huscroft shaft and both were coal operators for many years. Enoch Probert served as a soldier in the Civil War. William H. Probert attended school until he was twelve years old and then started to work in a glass factory and continued in the Steubenville glass works until 1882, when he accompanied his parents to Bridgeport. He returned to Steubenville, however, in 1885, and continued work in the glass industry until 1907, since which time he has been connected with the Mosel-Johnson & Company wholesale grocery house. Mr. Probert was married July 12, 1888, to Miss Augusta L. Floto, who is a daughter of the late William Floto, and they have three children: Oliver W. William H., and Hazel Lena. Mr. and' Mrs. Probert are members of the Hamline Methodist Episcopal Church. He is identi-fied with Steuben Lodge, No. 1, Knights of Pythias and with the Heptasophs. JAMES ERWIN HILL*, deceased, war one of the best known and most respected residents of Steubenville, where forty years of his life were spent. He was born April 9, 1831, on the Oak Grove Farm, in Steubenville Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and died at his residence, corner Third and Ross Streets, Steubenville, March 13, 1909, at the age of seventy-eight years. Formerly superintendent of bridges for the Panhandle Railroad, which position he held for a quarter of a cen-tury, he afterwards settled in Steubenville, and here for many years subsequently was engaged in business as a contractor and builder, in which line of enterprise he was very successful. Mr. Hill married Miss Loretta Adams, who survives with six of their children, namely : Mrs. George N. Hammond, of Smithfield; Mrs. William Leech, of Steu-benville; George W. Hill, of Fort Wayne, Indiana ; and Mary, Laura and Stella, residing at home. Mr. Hill was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. He was a Knight Templar Mason for over a half century and for twenty-eight years was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His business career was honor-able, his home life happy and worthy of emulation; he took a keen interest in every-thing that made for the moral or material betterment of the community in which he lived. After an illness of some four weeks, he quietly laid down the burden of life, mourned by his family and deeply re-gretted as a worthy and conscientious citi-zen by a wide circle of friends. GEORGE A. PATTERSON*, a promnent farmer and stock raiser and a leading citizen of Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where he owns 278 acres of valuable land, was born in this township, March 21, 1874, and is a son of Andrew J. and Samantha (Taylor) Patterson. Andrew J. Patterson was born in Island Creek Township and spent his life here, his death occurring on March 13, 1901. He was a son of William Patterson, who came to this township in its early days of settlement and in 1800 secured the farm land which remained in the Patterson name for 100 years. This farm is now owned by David McKinley and wife, the latter being daughter of Andrew J. Patterson. The latter was a member of Mt. Tabor Methodist Episcopal Church in Island Creek Township and served as one of its trustees. He was a man of sterling character and had correct views on public questions pertaining to the welfare of his family and community. He was twice married and the surviving children of both unions are: Henry S., who resides at Richmond, Ohio ; Laura P., who is the wife of David McKinley; and George A. The mother of the last named was born in Ross Township, Jefferson County and died March 19, 1901. George A. Patterson passed a quiet, healthy boyhood on his father's farm, early becoming accustomed to its management, and obtained a public school education in Island Creek Township. He has 1124 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY made farming and stock raising his business and devotes particular attention to sheep raising, keeping exclusively to the Merino strain. He is a practical, intelligent and well informed man and in the management of his large estate and his different industries shows enterprise and progressiveness. Mr. Patterson was married in 1897 to Miss Sylvia Gordon, who was born in Salem Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and is a granddaughter of William Gordon, a former well known citizen and old settler. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson have had five children: Bessie L., Margaret M., Beatrice Irene, Genevieve A. and Geraldine G., all of whom survive except the eldest. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson are members of Mt. Tabor Methodist Episcopal Church. Like his late father, Mr. Patterson casts his vote with the Republican party. LAFAYETTE V. ELSON*, a general brick contractor and prosperous business man of Steubenville, has been a resident of this city all his life, the year of his birth being 1865. He is a son of Capt. Parker A. Elson, and a grandson. of Edward Elson, who came to Jefferson County in pioneer days. The latter also was a contractor and met death in an accident while con-structing the Island Creek Bridge. Parker A. Elson was born in 1827, and was a brick manufacturer and contractor during the greater part of his life. He was one of the "forty-niners" who went to California during the gold excitement, but after. a short time he returned to Steubenville. He was in the Union service during the Civil War, in which he established an honorable record. He bore the rank of captain in Company E, Fifty-second Regiment, O. V. I. He died in Steubenville in 1886 and was survived many years by his widow, who in maiden life was Sarah E. Curens. She was born and reared in West Virginia, and died on December 17, 1908. L. V. Elson was reared and educated in Steubenville, and early in life learned the trade of a bricklayer. He has been engaged in construction work since 1902, and is meeting with much. success. In June, 1896, he was married to Miss Ada Merryman of Wellsburg, W. Va., and they have a son, Parker A. Elson. Religiously, Mr. Elson and wife are members of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church. WILLIAM B. GARRETSON, a representative and substantial citizen of Smithfield Township and one of the leading farmers, resides on one valuable tract of 114 acres and owns a second farm, containing 116 acres, lying on the other side of the Dillonvale turnpike road, about one and one-half miles south of Smithfield, Jefferson County, Ohio. Mr. Garretson was born on his father's farm in this township, August 27, 1847, and is a son of Joseph and Mary Jane (Greer) Garretson. Joseph Garretson was born in 1824 and was the only son of John Garretson, who came early to Ohio, from Pennsylvania. During the whole of his active life, Joseph Garretson engaged in agricultural pursuits. He now lives retired, in Belmont County, one of the old and esteemed residents. He married Mary Jane Greer, a daughter of John Greer, who came to Jefferson County from Belmont County, having settled there after coming from Indiana, and later moving to Mercer County, Illinois, where he died. Mrs. Garretson was born in Indiana and died in Jefferson County, in 1875, aged forty-five years. Of their four children, William B. is the only survivor. William Bates Garrison has passed his life in Smithfield Township, attending the country schools in boyhood and since then following farm pursuits. He purchased the farm on which he lives in 1901, from Ross Barkhurst. Mr. Garretson engaged in general farming until 1902, when he relieved himself of these responsibilities, turning them over to his sons, and since then has interested himself in the real es-tate business. He has been more or less active in political circles for a number of years, being a zealous Republican, and at