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interment. Mrs. MacDonald is still living. While confining themselves to the larger cities, Mr. MacDonald's companies appeared at three performances in Steubenville, giving a matinee and evening rendition of grand opera, and subsequently in concert for the benefit of the Stanton Monument Association.
Miss Brosi, even while attending the local schools, developed a fine soprano voice, which encouraged her uncle, J. C. Butte, to give her a musical education. After completing her studies she remained abroad several years singing in grand opera in Germany, Russia and other countries. She traveled with Strakosch and other companies in America until ill health compelled her retirement from the stage. She also kindly took a leading part in numerous local entertainments.
Henry Moody was a local musician whose favorite instrument was the key-bugle, which had extraordinary sweetness of tone when played by a skilful performer. He began playing in public about 1845, and died before 1860. Among the other musicians of half a century ago may be included the names of Dr. A. W. Semple, Mr. Broadhurst, Mrs. Reppard, Mrs. I. N. T. Morse, Miss Mary Chase (still living), John D. Slack, Miss Sarah Marion, Joseph Zimmerman, Captain S. F. Scull, who was also a composer, and others who would have done credit to any community.
Of the younger musicians in the instrumental line, Henry W. Matlack has probably taken the lead. He developed a remarkable talent as an organist and took a thorough course at Oberlin Conservatory. He had excellent positions in several of the larger cities and for several years was musical director at Grinnell College, Iowa. He is now connected with the firm of Lyon & Healy, one of the largest musical establishments and pipe organ manufactories in the country. Space prevents even an enumeration of the present local musicians who are worthily keeping up the traditions of their predecessors.
The artistic work of the Filsons, father and son, is related elsewhere.
Among others who have achieved a musical reputation, both in Europe and America, is Miss Ella Russell, a native of Island Creek Township.
As teachers and educators the men of Jefferson County took no second place. The work of Rev. Dr. C. C. Beatty, founder of the Steubenville Seminary, is more fully noticed elsewhere. Alexander Clark, whose Little Log Schoolhouse and other .works have a national reputation, came from Brush Creek Township. Mary Edmonson, the mother of Anna Dickenson, taught school in the Short Creek meeting house in 1826. Dr. Henry C. McCook, the noted Philadelphia divine and scientist, was at one time a teacher in the Steubenville schools, and his brothers, Rev. Dr. John McCook, professor of languages in Trinity College, and whose books on Sociology are standard works, and Gen. Anson G. McCook, late secretary of the United States senate, were pupils in the Steubenville schools. The Latimers, by Dr. H. H. McCook, is probably the best romance of the early history of this section ever produced, while his little work, Old Farm Fairies, is a delightful epitome of insect habits in this locality, perhaps a little more popular with the young folks than his more elaborate works. Professor Sloane, of Columbia College, author of the standard Life of Napoleon; is a son of J. R. W. Sloane, presi, dent of Richmond College in 1848. Prof. Woodrow Wilson, of Princeton, and the author of a history of the United States, is the grandson of James Wilson, the editor of The Steubenville Herald for many years.
Prof. Eli Tappan, who was reckoned as one of the most thorough teachers in the country, a profound scholar, with the faculty of imparting his knowledge to others, was a. native of Steubenville, the son of Senator Tappan, whose grandchildren now teach in the Steubenville schools, while one was a professor in an eastern college. Rev.
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Mr. Huston, a Presbyterian minister of Jefferson County, is a grandson of Senator Tappan, and he also has Stanton blood in his veins, being a grandson of Stanton's sister. Prof. Eli Tappan was president of Kenyon College for a number of years, during which time he also edited the Ray series of arithmetical and algebraical text books. He was State Commissioner of Common Schools from 1887 to 1889, dying in the latter year, and his remains were brought here for interment. His daughter, Mary Tappan Wright, of Cambridge, Mass., has achieved marked success in the literary world by her books, besides being a regular contributor to St. Nicholas and other magazines. Miss Della Patterson, the first graduate of the Steubenville high school, and Miss Margaret Sutherland, another graduate of the same, have taken high positions as educators.
Bishop Stephen Mason Merrill was born in Mt. Pleasant, September 16, 1825, and became a traveling preacher in the M. E. church in 1864 and Bishop in 1872. Bishop Merrill is probably known in a larger circle of Methodists than any other bishop. His earliest recollections are of his days as a barefooted youngster, hunting squirrels over the hills about Mt. Pleasant. He could run faster than any boy he knew and could jump higher than any one in the whole country. There was very little money in the family purse and it was necessary for him early in his teens to turn in and add his small earnings to those of the other members of the family. He had learned the trade of a shoemaker and worked on the bench with his book propped in front of him in a homemade rack, combining business with education and struggling to earn enough in spare moments to pay his way through school. His book on ecclesiastical law is the code in the Methodist church. Rev. Bascum, whose eloquence afterwards became national, was a pioneer Steubenville preacher in the M. E. church, who went East, and when that church divided into northern and southern sections he went with the latter, and was made a bishop.
A marked product of the early country school was William Johnston, who was educated in the Ross Township schools, and studied law in .John C. Wright's office in Steubenville. He is said to have started the first temperance society in the county on Bacon Ridge in 1833, the members signing a very strict pledge. He became prosecuting attorney of Carroll County, and represented that county in the legislature in 1837. He had come to the front as an advocate of the proposition for Ohio to adopt the Pennsylvania and New York common school system, and was at last given opportunity to draft the law providing for the common school system, practically the same as that now existing with later amendments found by experience to be necessary. It was in support of the common school law that he made one of the most notable oratorical efforts ever made in Ohio, not only in its immediate. influence that resulted in the passage of the bill, but in its lasting influence. After describing the difficulties encountered by himself in obtaining the rudiments of an education in the days of Henry Crabbs and Thomas Riley, he insisted that the boys and girls should have a better chance than he had had on the banks of "taller Crick," as he pronounced the name of the stream in imitation of the boys reared in the wilds of Ohio. "The old Irish school master," he said, "holds forth three months in the year in a poor cabin, with greased-paper window panes. The children trudge three miles through winter's snow and mud to school. They begin at a-b, ab, and get over as far as b-oo-b-y, booby, when school gives out and they take up their spring work on the farm. The next winter, when school takes up, if it takes up so soon again, having forgotten all they had been taught previously in the speller, they begin again at a-b, ab, but year after year never get any farther than b-oo-b-y, booby."
Judge Burnet, of Cincinnati, at the time,
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said it was the most powerful speech on education ever made in Ohio. Samuel Medary, in The Statesman, gave him the name of "Booby" Johnston in a disrespectful spirit, but the name stuck and became a title of which his friends were ever proud. From this time forward Johnston's great ability was recognized and appreciated. He removed to Cincinnati, and his oratorical efforts in behalf of General Harrison in his presidential campaign procured for him appointment as surveyor general of the district composed of Ohio and Michigan and Indiana. He afterwards became judge of the Superior Court of Cincinnati, and was appointed by President Lincoln a member of the commission to revise the statutes of the United States. He ranked with Corwin as an orator, and probably was his superior as .a lawyer. After four years' service on the bench he was a candidate for United States senator in the triangular contest that resulted in the election of Benjamin Wade. In 1850 lie was the Whig candidate for governor, but the fates were against him although he made a hard struggle as he declared, "to save his party from the wreck then pending." Judge Johnston was the author of another law (suite as important and far reaching as that in regard to education. Being in Steubenville at the time of the Wells & Dickenson failure he discovered the honest founder of Steubenville imprisoned for debt. The injustice of the proceeding so affected him that he then resolved that should he ever become a member of the legislature he would secure the repeal of the law. He kept his word and imprisonment for debt in Ohio, when unaccompanied by fraud was abolished. While a boy on Yellow Creek he developed mechanical genius in the manufacture of spinning wheels, and at his home in Cincinnati his recreation was taken in a workshop fitted with all sorts of mechanical tools, which he could handle with the skill of a master. His brother, Michael, was also a mechanical genius, and when he lived in Steubenville he kept a drug store and manufactured clocks, the clock long in use in the Steubenville National Bank having been made by him. Judge Johnston's mechanical skill was of great advantage to him in his practice as a patent attorney. He was long associated with Tom Corwin, the two successfully defending Governor Bebb, indicted on the charge of murder, he having shot a man, who with others, was engaged in charivari at the governor's house on the occasion of the home-coming of his son, Michael, and bride, from New England in May, 1857. Johnston's efforts in this noted case gave him wide prominence. He was also associated with Reverdy Johnson in a Revolutionary War claim against the United States government they winning in the legal contest, received a fee of $100,000. In 1887 Judge Johnston published Arguments to Courts and Juries, an 8vo. of 543 pages,. consisting principally of his own arguments made in many important cases, adding greatly to his reputation as a legist. In early life William Johnston wedded Elizabeth, daughter of William Blackstone, a prominent Friend of Smithfield Township, two sons and two daughters resulting from the union the sons are dead, the daughters living. His last visit to Steubenville was in 1876 when he made an address in the then Garrett hall in advocacy of the election of Mr. Hayes to the presidency.
Mr. Hunter in his Pathfinders notes that Jefferson County has done more, perhaps, than any other county in Ohio for the advancement of the public school system. Aside from the efforts of William Johnston, Mordecai Bartley performed a great service, in that he was the first person to propose in congress conversion of the Section Sixteen lands into a permanent fund for support of the common schools, and by his influence secured passage of law to this end. Mordecai Bartley, thirteenth governor of Ohio, was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in 1783, and in 1809 settled near Mingo. He was adjutant of the Jefferson County regiment in the War of 1812, and afterwards settled in Rich-
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land County. He served four terms in congress during which he procured this important piece of school legislation.
While we are on the topic of education and poetry it may not be amiss to mention the venerable William A. Urquhart, now in his eighty-seventh year, who has perhaps superintended the education of more youth and written more poetry than any other man in the county. His productions would fill a large volume, but we only have space for a single specimen as showing that his work does not suffer by comparison with his contemporaries :
How soon the scenes about us change
We knew so well!
Just why the fields and woods look strange
'Twere hard to tell.
For memory holds the pictures dear
She made in youth;
Yet, when we see how things appear,
We doubt their truth.
Those Virginia hills we oftimes saw,
In days gone by,
And which inspired our hearts with awe,
Seem not so high!
The noisy stream, the babbling brook
We scarce recall,
For when compared with memory 's book
They seem too small.
The river, too, whose waters deep,
In silence glide,
Is far less grand, the banks less steep
On either side!
But fancy doubtless helped to create
Each sketch we prize;
The change, perhaps, is not so great,
As with our eyes.
For Time 's deft fingers touch so light,
We feel no harm;
He thus impairs our sense of sight
Without alarm;
But not a single touch is lost,
Though gently made,
And we, like flowers exposed to frost,
Begin to fade.
Another local poet popular for his, wit and aptness is David Hanley, of the Pan Handle-Railway force. Among others who might be named have been Mary Bynon Reese, Alice May Long, Mary Tappan Wright, all of whom have attained to more than a local reputation. David Homer Bates, writer of Lincoln in the Telegraph Office, was a native of Steubenville, and Andrew Carnegie spent some of his youthful days here.
Among the more recent literary productions of the county is an epic poem by Dr, E. R. Giesey, of Toronto, reciting the deeds and career of Michael Myers, to whom reference is made elsewhere. It is after the style of Hiawatha and compares not unfavorably with that poem in composition and historical interest. It is entitled Stalwart Auver, Myers having received this sobriquet from a stoppage in his speech. We have only space for the first and last cantos :
"Should you ask me whence these stories?
Whence these legends and traditions?"
With their rythm and running metre,
With their tone of phonic Nature,
With their air of noble gentry
As from book on lore of olden?
" I should answer, I should tell you,"
From the homes of the contented,
From the wigwams of the happy,
From the land of Terra-Cotta,
From the banks of the Ohio,
Where the warble of the songsters
Cheers the gladsome hours of waking,
And the bull-frog, the chug-chug-him,
Mid the milky fog of evening,
Keeps the hours with song prolifie,
In the land of the Torontos.
* * * * * * * *
Gone forever is our hero,
Gone that faithful wife and mother;
Side by side the two lie sleeping,
'Heath the maples of their choosing;
But their names and fame still living
In the hearts of all our people,
Is a source of pride and pleasure
To our willing admiration.
Gone forever is the cabin,
And the lovely old stone homestead,
Leaving naught but fame and honor
And the famous "Limber Jinny,"
Which the only son now living
Keeps with pride and values highly
As an heirloom from his father.
Senator Fowler, of Tennessee, is another native of Jefferson County who has achieved distinction in the halls of congress and elsewhere.
While we have been discussing literati and educators it may be as well to glance at one or two "Captains of Industry," who have made their mark. First among these stands William Sharon, who was born at Smithfield in 1821 in the house later occu-
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pied by William A. Judkin. When a boy of seventeen lie started down the river in a flatboat which was wrecked at the falls of the Ohio, when he returned and studied law under Edwin M. Stanton. He practiced for awhile in St. Louis, and in 1849 crossed the plains to California, where he opened a store in Sacramento. His goods were carried away by a flood, and he went to San Francisco and opened a real estate office. By 1864 he had accumulated a fortune of $150,000, and began speculating in mining stocks, which left him in the same condition financially as when his boat struck the falls at Louisville. He was now sent by the Bank of California to Virginia City, Nev., to look after its affairs there and realizing that this was a place to make money, urged the bank to open a branch there, which was done and lie was placed at its head. Having acquired a profitable business in a few years he resigned, leaving his friend A. J. Ralston to look after the business while he attended to his own affairs. Ralston, who was also from this part of the country, afterwards became involved and was understood to have drowned himself, but Sharon paid all his liabilities. Mr. Sharon undertook the construction of the Truckee railroad into the mining country, said to have been the crookedest road in the country up to that time. He secured a subsidy of $500,000 from the people of Wa shoe with which he built the road as far as this would go and then mortgaged the whole line for enough to insure its completion. Of course he expected the earnings of the road to take care of the mortgage, and thus he became the owner of a railroad without it costing him anything. He afterwards sold one-half of it. It was worth $2,500,000, and during Bonanza times brought him in $42,000 per day. His business capacity mid facilities as the head of the Bank of California enabled him to develop the mining industries of Nevada that was advantageous to the country and profitable to himself, so that at one time his wealth was estimated at seventy to eighty millions. He made large property investments in San Francisco, building the Palace Hotel, at that time one of the finest in the country. He was elected United States senator from Nevada in 1874, and afterwards visited his sister Mary, the wife of Dr. Jacob Hammond, who then resided on upper Market Street, Steubenville, in the house now occupied by Mrs. E. L. Hammond. Senator Sharon's home was in San Francisco and his country home at Belmont, a few miles out. The estate is now managed by John Kirkpatrick, also of this section, who studied law and was admitted to the bar in Steubenville, subsequently marrying Senator Sharon's daughter.
George D. Cook, a native of Richmond, has attained eminence as a New York financier. J. Nessley McCullough, for many years president of the C. & P. Railroad and one of the leaders of the Pennsylvania system, was born at the mouth of Yellow Creek in Saline Township, and there received his early training.
Maurice S. Hague, a native of Richmond, but for a number of years a resident of Columbus, has won enviable fame as a landscape artist. A recent exhibition of his paintings at Columbus created quite a sensation one entitled "The Awakening," representing the dawn of a new day, with the mysterious awakening of the flowers of the field, the foliage of the trees, the dew tipped grass, the mists of the morning disappearing in a cloud-like figure in shadowy outline at the first roseate glow on earth and sea, suggests the awakening from the silence of the night in poetic colorings.
Henry Crew, a native of Richmond and graduate of Princeton in 1881, accepted a position at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, from whence he was called to the chair of physics in the Northwestern University at Evanston, Ill. He has written a book on The Principles of Mechanics for students of physics and engineering, which has become a standard. He has also contributed articles to the leading scientific publications of the country, betraying extensive research.
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OF STEUBENVILLE AND VICINITY
1 Abrahams, Mrs E
2 Abbott, Rev A
3 Abrahams, Jame S
4 Adams, Mrs Henry
5 Alban, George
6 Alban, Mrs George
7 Alban, Mrs George Jr
8 Alban, Samuel
9 Albaugh. Wm
10 Alexander, Miss Ella
11 Alexander, Miss Anna
12 Allen. Chas N
13 Allen, M C
14 Allen, Mrs M C
15 Aldridge. Rod G
16 Aldridge, Mrs Rod G
17 Aldridge. Mrs Chas
18 Allison. Reason
19 Allison, Sirs Wm R
20 Andrews, Dr John
21 Anderon, Peter
22 Anderson, Wm C
23 Andrews, Rev J K
24 Armstrong. John
25 Armstrong. Thomas A
26 Archer, Wm
27 Archdeacon, Richard Sr
28 Archdeacon, Richard Jr
29 Arter, Mrs Alonzo
30 Atkinson, Wm
31 Anderson, Mrs Lewis
32 Atkinson, Ephraim
33 Atkinson, Mrs Ephriam
34 Atkinson, Mrs Amelia
35 Ault, Jacob
36 Ault. Mrs M C
37 Ault, Michael
38 Aughenbaugh, James
39 Batchelor, Cant C W
40 Baffin, Mrs Asa H
41 Baffin, Asa H
42 Bates. Sirs Belle
43 Blair. James
45 Baltzell. Lewis
46 Bair. William
47 Barr, Jas A
48 Barr, John G
49 Barr. John Sr
50 Barr. John
51 Barr. Sirs Loraine
52 Barr, Mrs John G
53 Barrett. William
54 Barrett. Sirs Wm
55 Barren. James
56 Baxter, Wm B
57 Baxter, Mrs Wm E
58 Barclay, John M
59 Beatty. Rev C C
60 Beatty, Sirs Hetty E
61 Beatty. Col Ercurious
62 Beatty, Wm H
63 Beatty, Joseph
64 Beatty, Geo V
65 Beatty, George
66 Beatty, Alexander J
67 Benz, John
68 Beans, Charles
69 Beans, Jas S
70 Beal, Alexander
71 Beebout, Sirs NV H
73 Bell. Joseph
74 Benner. P K
75 Bickerstaff, Augustine Sr
16 Bickerstaff. Augustine Jr
77 Bickerstaft, Alex
78 Biglow, Rev Father
79 Bigger. Mrs Sarah
80 Bites, John Sr
81 Biles. Sirs John Sr
82 Blackburn, Sirs Anthony
83 Blackburn. Sirs Thos
81 Blackburn. Mrs Geo W
85 Blair. James Sr
86 Bier. Mrs James Sr
87 Black. H S
88 Borland, Louden
99 Borland, King
90 Borland. Lewis
91 Boles, James
92 Bond, Wm
93 Bond, Sirs Wm
94 Bonner, Mrs ('has
95 Borden, Sirs Amos
96 Bosley, Mary
97 Bosley, Sallie
93 Rougher. Mrs Polly Ann
99 Borden. Wm
100 Rougher, Mrs Jas
101 Boyd, Sirs Barbara
102 Boyer. John
103 Boyer, Sirs John
104 Brashears. Rebecca
105 Brashears, Thos
106 Bracken, Gee B
107 Brashears. Mrs Thomas
108 Bradley, Dr T W
109 Brady. John
110 Brandenburg, Wm
111 Briceland. James
112 Briceland. Mrs James
113 Brindley, Rev A E
114 Breed, Rev W P
115 Bristor, John H
116 Brownlee. Walter
117 Brown. Heber
118 Browning, Lewis
119 Brown, Mrs Samuel
120 Brown, Mrs Diana
121 Brown, I W
122 Brown, Mrs J W
123 Brown, Mrs Bertha
124 Buchanan, Rev Gee
125 Buchanan, Sirs Rev Geo
126 Buchanan, James
127 Buchanan, Mrs Wm
128 Burchard, David
129 Burchard. Ephraim
130 Burchard, Sirs David
131 Bullock. Mrs Robert
132 Bullock, Maggie
133 Buchan, David
134 Burns, Thos
135 Burns, Mrs Thos
136 Burris. Sirs Jennie
137 Burris, Sirs John
138 Burke, Sirs \V H
139 Butterworth, Wm
140 Cable. Ephraim
141 Cable, Isaac
142 Cable, David
143 Cable. Dr NV W
144 Cahill. Mrs Polly
145 Callaghan, Sirs E J
146 Caldwell, Sirs \Vm Henry
146 1/2 Cassell, Sirs Joseph
147 Campbell. Rev David R
148 Campbell, Sirs James
149 Campbell, Wm T
150 Campbell, Frank
151 Campbell, T J
152 Cameron, Walter
153 Comeron, Sirs Joseph D
154 Cameron, David
155 Cameron. Mrs David
155 1/2 Cassell. John
156 Chambers. Rev Joseph H
157 Chambers. James
158 Chapman, Sirs John
159 Chase, Bishop Philander
160 Chase, Sirs Philander
161 Chambers. David
161 1/2 Carnahan. Thomas
162 Clifton, Theodore
163 Clifton. Sirs Theodore
164 Clancy, Dr C W
165 Cochran, Isadore
166 Comingo, Rev H G
167 Comingo, Sirs H G
168 Coble. Jacob
169 Coble, Sirs Jacob
170 Coe. Andrew
171 Cochran. Rcbert
172 Collier, Edwin
173 Collier, Col James
174 Collier, James Jr
175 Collier, Daniel L
176 Collier, Wm B
177 Collier. Fred
178 Conn, Alexander
179 Cooper. Sirs Jane
180 Cooper, Lewis
181 Cooper, Sirs Lewis
182 Cole, Sirs \Vm
183 Cooper, Sirs Mary Priest
184 Copeland, Jno C
185 Corbett, Sirs Dixon Si
186 Cook, Elisha
187 Cook. Sirs Elisha
188 Coulter, Hon T B
188 1/2 Comly. Beni
189 Cowan. John
190 Cox, Robert
191 Crawford, Sirs Sarah
192 Crawford, J B
193 Crawford, Robert
194 Crawford, Mrs John
195 Crawford. John
196 Crew, John R
197 Crew, Henry
198 Crew. Sirs Margaret B
199 Crew. Eva D
200 Croskey, John
201 Croskey, Sirs John
202 Crown. W B
203 Cruson, Jennie
204 Culbertson. Joseph
205 Cummins, Louisa
206 Cummins, Benjamin
207 Cummins, Alfred
208 Cunningham, Hugh
209 Cunningham, John R
210 Cunningham, Mrs Emeline
211 Cunningham, James
212 Cuppy, J W
213 Curfman, Mollie
214 Curfman. Lucy
215 Curry, Mrs George
216 Dailey, Dr Charles
217 Baton, James F
218 Davidson, Rev W A
219 Davidson. Joseph G
220 Davis, J S
221 Day, Wm Sr
222 Day, Mrs Wm Jr
223 Day, Julia
224 Day, Calvin S
225 Paton, John
226 Dean, Wm
227 Dehass, Dr Frank S
228 Derry, Mrs Martha
229 Denmead, Thos
230 Devenny, John
271 Devenny, Alexander
232 Devenny. Mrs Alexander
233 Devenny, Samuel
234 Devenny, Sirs inn S
235 Devenny, William
236 Devenny. Henry H
237 Dillon, Mrs James
238 Dixon, John
239 Dixon, Wm
240 Dobbs, John
241 Dodd, John
242 Dohrman. Henry
243 Dohrman, Sirs George
244 Dohrman, George
245 Dohrman, Peter
246 Dohrman, Jacob
247 Dohrman, Bud
248 Donaldson, Alexander
249 Donaldson. Capt Jame:
250 Doty. Chas B
251 Doty, Sirs C B
252 Downs, John
233 Dougherty, Sirs Joseph
254 Dougherty, Joseph
255 Dougherty. Wm
256 Doyle, Ambrose
257 Doyle, William
258 Doyle, McGuire
259 Doyle, Gen John
260 Doyle, Alexander
261 Doyle, James
262 Doyle, Joseph C
263 Drury, John Sr
264 Drury, Mrs John
265 Draper, Mrs J P
266 Duemline, Tobias
267 Dunn, Joshua
268 Dungan. George
269 Dummett, Sirs Trevor
270 Dunbar, Mrs Jane
271 Dunlap, William
272 Dunkerly, Luke
273 Dunkerly, Madison
274 Dunlevey. Rev Wm
275 Dike, Nathaniel
276 Dike, John S
277 Eaken. Sirs Catherine
278 Eckley. Mrs Frank
279 Eberline, John Sr
280 Edwards. Wm S Sr
281 Elliott. Mrs Margaret
282 Elliott, William
283 Elliott. Mrs W R E
284 Elliott, James
285 Elliott. Sirs James
286 Elliott. W A
287 Elliott. John
288 Elliott, Mrs John
289 Filson, Austin
290 Eisen. Mitchell
291 Elson, John
292 Elson. Sirs John
293 Ekey, Mrs Jane
294 Emerson, May
295 Evans, Robert
296 Evans, Mrs Robert
297 Evers. Christian
298 Ewing, Mrs Alexander
299 Ewing, W W
300 Farmer. Sirs Fred
301 Faulk, August
302 Feist. Aloysius
303 Feltner, John
304 Ferguson, Celia
305 Ferguson, Mrs Nancy
306 Fiches, A J
307 Fickes. Charles
308 Fickes, Elmer
309 Filson, Robert W
310 Filson, Josiah Sr
311 Filson. Mrs Josiah Sr
312 Filson, Samuel Or
313 Filson, Mrs Robt W
314 Filson, John D
315 Filson, Geo B
316 Filson, Mrs Geo B
317 Filson, Samuel Jr
318 Filson. Ella
319 Fisher, Alexander
320 Fisher, Mrs John
321 Fisher. John Sr
322 Fisher, Catherine
323 Fisher, Sirs Jacob
324 Fisher, Geo E
325 Fisher, Mrs Geo A
326 Fitzpatrick. Alexander
327 Fleming. W F
328 Flood: John
329 Flood, Mrs John
330 Floto. Mrs August
331 Foster, James
332 Pogo, Mrs Harriett
333 Fogg. Thos P
334 Ford. Mrs Nicholas
334 1/2 Ford, Nicholas
335 Fry. Frederick
336 Frank. Isaac
337 Frazier. Wm
338 Frazier, James
339 Freshwater. Mrs David
341 Fuchs. Otto
342 Funston, Sirs John
344 Galloway. Rev John
345 Gallagher, James
346 Gallagher. John D
347 Gamble. Mrs Martha
348 Garrett, H G
349 Garrett. Mrs John B
350 Gardner, James Sr
351 Gardner. Mrs Wm
352 Gescheider. Max
353 Gault. John
354 Gaus, Mrs A
355 Gittings, Lizzie
356 Gittings, Gertrude
357 Gibson, Joseph
358 Giles, John
359 Gilmore, Mrs Nancy
360 Gilmore, Sirs David
361 Gillett, Rev Charles
362 Gilmore, David
363 Gllmore, Thos
364 Gilmore, Mrs Thos
365 Gllmore, Archibald
366 Glass, Alfred
367 Gladden, R E
368 Glendenning, Mrs Sarah
369 Gladden, Mrs David
370 Gorsuch, Nicholas
371 Gottman, Wm
372 Gray, John W
373 Grace, Rev H B
374 Graham, James C
375 Graham, Harry
376 Graham, Rev J B
377 Grafton, Ella
378 Grafton. Mrs Isaac
379 Grayson. Capt Samuel
380 Gregg, Robert
381 Gregg, John
382 Grimes, Rev Wm M
387 Hague. James
388 Hagan. Jonathan
389 Hallock. H B
390 Halstead, Mrs R H
391 Hamilton, Maria
392 Hamilton. Archibald
394 Hammond, George
395 Hammond, Sirs George
396 Hammond, Sirs Ann
397 Hamrack. Sirs Laura
398 Hamilton. Dr Wm
399 Hanna. Thompson
400 Hanlon. Sallie
401 Hanlon. Eleanor
402 Harden. Frank
403 Harlan, Sirs Col Wm
404 Harlan, Col Wm
405 Harlan, Cyrus
406 Harlan, Beni F
407 Harlan, John
408 Harlan, Stephen
409 Harlan, Sirs John
410 Harlan, Eli
411 Harlan, Mrs Eli
412 Harris, Richard
413 Harris, Mrs Richard
41 I Hants, Ephraim
415 Harris, Mrs Ephraim
416 Harter, Ada
417 Harter. Wm
418 Harter. Sirs Nettie
419 Harper, John
420 Hartford, Mrs Lucinda
421 Hauluck, Bertha
422 Hawkins, Wm B
423 Hawkins, Wm
424 Hawkins, Mrs Wm
425 Hawkins, Elizabeth
426 Hawkins, E C
427 Hawkins. 13 E
428 Hawkins. Rev Archibald
429 Hezelett. Mrs Mary
430 Helms, Lewis E
431 Henry, Joshua
432 Henry, Mrs Joshua
433 Hervey, David H
434 Hervey. David
435 Hervey, Mrs David
436 Hill, J W
437 H111. Sirs Joseph
438 Hill. George
439 Hill. Mrs Sallie Ferguson
440 Hineman, C
441 Hineman. Mrs C
442 Hinds. Mrs Perry
444 Hingley, Rev Ezra
445 Hobson. Mrs Stephen
446 Hobson, Mrs Elizabeth
447 Hobbs. W
448 Holiday, Lizzie McC
449 Holiday. Col John
450 Holiday. Thos
451 Holiday. Harry
452 Holmes. Mrs Mary
453 Homan. John
454 Homan, Miss Mary
455 Homan, Miss Kate
456 Horner, Mrs Elijah
457 Horner, Mrs George
458 Hood. George
459 Hottel. Emanuel
460 Hottel, David
461 Hubert, Florence
462 Hubert, Constance
463 Huffman. Jacob
464 Hukill, Wm Sr
465 Hukill, James
466 Hukill, Henry
468 Hug. Joseph
469 Hull, Robert C
470 Hull. Miss Margaret
471 Hull, Neal
472 Hull, Jacob
473 Hull. Alexander A
474 Hull, Owen
475 Humes, Clara
476 Humes, Mrs
477 Hunter, James. first child born in Steubenville. 0
478 Hunt, George
479 Hunter, Mrs W A
480 Hunter. W A
481 Hunter, Joseph E
482 Hunter. Mrs Joseph E
483 Hunter, Mrs Thos
484 Huntsman, Nathan
485 Huntsman, Edward
486 Hunt, Mrs Mary A
487 Hurley, Dennis
488 Huscroft, Mrs Ralph
489 Huscroft, Harry
490 Huston, John A
491 Hyde, Mrs Isaac
492 Irwin, Robert
493 Irwin, Mrs Robt
494 Irwin, Lozana
495 Irwin, William
496 Irwin, Sirs Win
497 Irwin, Sirs John
498 Irwin, Andrew
499 Irwin, Samuel
500 Irwin, Jas W
501 Inglebright, Mrs Wm
502 Jackman, W Scott
503 Jackman, Silas Eliza
504 Jackman, John
505 Jackman, Joseph
507 James, Samuel
508 Jarvis, Thomas
509 Jewett. Hon Thos L
510 Jemison, Stephen
511 Jenkins, Geo K
512 Johnson, Ephraim
513 Johnson, Stunts, H
514 Johnson, David
515 Johnson, Mrs David
516 Johnson, Frances
517 Johnson, Miss Lyda
518 Johnson, James A
519 Johnson. Smlley H
520 Johnson, Wm L
521 Johnson, Mrs Kate Doty
522 Johnson, Mrs David
523 Jones, Jno S
524 Jordan, Mrs Mary
525 Junkins, Helen
526 Junkins, M. O.
527 Junkins, Mrs M O
528 Junkins, Gee B
529 Kaminskie. Chas E
530 Kaufman, Henry
531 Kaufman
533 Kepth, Laura
534 Kells, Mrs
535 Kells, George
536 Kells, Dr Lewis
537 Kells, Mrs John
538 Kells, Ross
539 Kells, Mrs Sue
540 Kelly, Silas Sarah
541 Kelly, Henry
542 Kelly, Mrs Henry
543 Kelly, John
544 Kelly, Mrs John
545 Kell. Mrs Rebecca
546 Kenyon, Wm
547 Kenyon, Mrs Win
548 Kershaw. Nicholas
549 Kerlin, O B
550 Kerlin, Wm B
551 Kettlewood. Matthew
552 Kerr, Dr J W
552 1/2 Kerr, Wm E
553 Keys, Chas
554 Kidd, John
555 Kidd. Richard
556 Kilgore, Win
557 Kilgore, Mrs William
558 Kilgore. Daniel
559 King, Sirs Mary
560 King, A E
561 Kirk, Henry C
562 Kirk. Mrs H C
563 Kirkpatrick, Edward
564 Kithcart, Joseph
565 Kithcart, Mrs Joseph
566 Kitheart, Joseph Sr
567 Lander, B
568 Lander, Mrs B
569 Laughlin. M M
570 Layton, J
571 Ledyard, Rev Dr E D
572 Leetch, John
573 Lee, Benjamin
574 Lee, Samuel
575 Lee, James
576 Leslie, Dr John
577 Leslie, Mrs Dr John
578 Levitt. Judge H
579 Lewis. Levi
580 Lewis. Wm
581 Lighthizer, Van
582 Lighthizer, Frank
583 Lighthizer, Amelia
584 Liggett, Mrs Nancy
585 Lindsey, Sirs Elizabeth
586 Lindsey, Alexander
587 Lindsey, Hiram
588 Linn, Mrs Mary
589 Lindsey, J C
590 Lloyd. Col W R
591 Loftus. Miss Maggie
592 Lohman, C H
593 Lorenzo, A C
594 Lorenzo. Mrs A C
595 Laughridge. Mrs Mary
596 Love, Isaac
597 Love. Mrs Isaac
598 Love, Anna
599 Love, James
600 Lowe, Orr
FILSON & SON'S CENTENNIAL GROUP OF DECEASED CITIZENS OF STEUBENVILLE AND VICINITY—CONTINUED
601 Lowe, Mrs J S
602 Lowe, Win H
603 Lowe, John
604 Lucas, Cant Enoch
605 Lucas, Mrs Capt E
606 Lyons, John
607 Lyons, Frank
608 Lyons, James
609 Lyons. Ella
610 Lowe, Wm
611 Magee, Dr S R
612 Magee, Robert. F
613 Mairs, Mrs Sarah
614 Mairs, Dr Beni
615 Hairs, James
616 Maley, James
617 Maley. Mrs James
618 Mandell, Wm
619 Mandell, Catherine E
620 Mandell. Mrs Wm J
621 Mandell, Airs J W
622 Mandell, Mary
623 Mandell, W J
621 Manley, Joshua
625 Manley, Mrs Joshua
626 :Mansfield. Edward
627 Mansfield, Monroe
628 Mansfield, Thos
629 Mansfield, H O
630 Mansfield, Rachel H
631 Mansfield, Charles
632 Mansfield, Ollie
633 Mansfield, Kitty
634 Mansfield. Mrs Edward
635 Mansfield, Mrs Thomas Sr
636 Mansfield, Jacob
637 Mansfield, John
638 :Mansfield, Mrs John
639 Marsh, Dr A G
640 Marsh, Mrs A O
641 Marsh, Roswell
642 Marsh. Mrs Roswell
643 Marsh. Geo E
644 Marsh. Airs Geo E
645 Marshall, Wm
646 Marshall, Mrs Wm
647 Martin, Mary
648 Martin, Mrs Matthew
649 Martin, Jas W
650 Martin, Mrs Jas W
651 Martin, Hon Robert
652 Markle, Thos J
653 Markle, Mrs Thos J
654 Markle. Mrs Abraham
655 Marion, Mrs Hillery
656 Marlon. Airs Edward
657 Marion, Edward
658 Mathers. Chas
659 Matthews, Mrs Ruth
660 Maxwell. Mrs. Mattie
661 Maxwell, Robert
662 Maxwell, Ida M
663 May, Mrs Joseph
664 Mayes, Lulu
665 Means. Hon Thomas
666 Means, Geo B.
667 Means, Hon Joseph
668 Menas. Mrs Joseph
669 Means, James Sr
670 Means, Mrs James Sr
671 Means. Wm
672 Mears, Robert
673 Steam, Thomas
674 Meikle, David
675 Meikle, Ada
G76 Meikle, Alexander
677 Melvin, James
678 Miller. Mrs Rev J C
679 Miller, Rev Jas C
680 Miller, Joseph
681 Miller, Dr Thomas
682 Miller, Hon J H
683 Miller, Mrs J H
684 Miller, Mrs David
685 Miller, George
686 Miller, Mrs Victoria
687 Miller. Thomas
689 Miller, Sirs Thomas
690 Miller, Samuel
691 Miller, Mrs M L
692 Miller, Edward
693 Miller, Mrs Edward
694 Miller, George
695 Miller, Elizabeth W
697 Miller, Robert A
698 Miller, David
699 Mier. Col John, one of the editors and founders of the Steubenville Herald in 1806.
701 Mills. John
702 Miser, George
703 Miser, Mrs George
701 Mitchell. Benjamin. D D
705 Mizzlewitz. Frederick
706 Moore. Mrs John
708 Moore. J W
709 Mooney. Wm H
710 Wore. Susanah
711 Moore. Mrs John
712 Moody. David G
713 Mooney. Johnson
714 Moncrief, M
715 Montgomery. Daniel
716 Montgomery. Mrs Daniel
717 Montgomery. Wood
718 Moran, Agnes
719 Morff, Chas
720 Morff, children
721 Morff. Lizzie
722 Morff. Carrie
721 Moreland. David
724 Moreland. Mrs David
725 Moreland, Mrs C
726 Morrison, Newton
727 Morrison, Richard
728 Morrison. John
729 Morris, Justin
730 Morse, Rev. Intrepid
731 Moreland, Mrs Joseph
732 Morrow, Mrs G W
733 Mossgrove, Wm
734 Mossgrove, Mrs Wm
735 Mossgrove, O P
736 Mosel, Geo F
737 Mosel, Mrs Geo F
738 Myers, David
739 Myers, Capt Geo H
740 Murphy, Anthony
741 Murphy. John
742 Murphy, Jennie
743 Mueler, Peter
744 McCann. Lou
745 McCabe, Wm Sr
746 McCabe, Wm Jr
747 McBeth, Walter
748 McBeth, Mrs Walter
749 McBeth. Stewart
750 McLeish, William
751 McLeish, Mrs William
712 McCauslen, Hon Thos
753 McCauslen, Hon W C
754 McCarthy. Wm Sr
755 McCarthy. Wm Jr
736 McCarthy Richard
757 McCaully, John
758 McCaully, Mrs John
760 McCallister, James
761 McConnell, Wm
762 McConnell, Mrs Robt.
763 McCracken, Mrs Sarah
764 McCracken. John H
765 McConville, Daniel Sr
766 McCook, Dr John
767 McCook. Mrs Dr John
768 McCook, Major Daniel
769 McCook Sirs Daniel
770 McCook, Col Geo W
771 McCook, Mrs Geo W
772 McCook, Gen Daniel
773 McCook, Gen Robt L
774 McCoy, Margaret
775 McCoy, D S
776 McCoy. Mrs D S
777 McCoy. Marguerite
778 McCoy, N M
779 McClave. Stewart
70, McCleary. Ewing
781 McClelland, Col John
782 McClelland, Rutherford Jr
783 McClinton. John
784 McCullough, Maggie
785 McCallough. Stella
786 McCullough, John
787 McCullough. Richard
788 McCullough. John
789 McCurdy. Geo A
790 McCullough. Mrs John
791 McCullough. George
792 McDonald, Isaac
793 McDonald. Alice
794 McDowell, Mrs John
795 McDevitt, Daniel
796 McElroy. James
797 McElroy. Mrs James
798 McFarland, Martha
799 McFarland, Beatty
800 McFarland. James
801 McFarland, Mrs Jane
802 McFetridge, Mrs James
803 McFeely Eli
804 McFeely. John
805 McGee. Mrs Mary
806 McGowan. David Sr
807 McGowan, Mrs David Sr
808 McGowan, John O
809 McGowan, Mary
810 McGonagle, Joseph
811 McGowan. William
812 McGregor Dr W D
813 McKay. Pat
814 McKay. James
813 McKeever, Robt
816 McKinney. Hon James
817 McKinney, Mary
818 McKinney. Robs Sr
819 :McKinney. Frank
820 McKibbon. Robert Jr
821 McKibbon Mrs Robt Sr
822 McKim Edward
823 McLaughlin. Wm Sr
824 McLaughlin, Mrs Wm D
825 McLean, Rachael
826 McMahan. Andrew
827 McMasters. Wm F
828 McMillen, James
829 McMillen, George
830 McMillen, Samuel
831 McMillen, Lieut Wm
833 Nash, William
834 Nash, Mrs William
835 Naylor, Chas P
836 Nevin. Mrs Jane
837 Nelson, William
838 Newlin. Rev A W
839 Neiswanger, H
840 Nicholson, Mrs John
841 Nicholson, John
842 Nicholson. George H
842 1/2 Nicholson. Andrew
843 Norman. John
844 Norman. Mrs John
845 Nolan, Mrs Thomas
846 O'Donald. Mary
847 Odbert, John Sr
848 Odbert, Mrs John Sr
849 Oliver, John Sr
850 Oliver, Mrs John Sr
851 Oliver, Henry
852 Oliver, Mrs Henry
853 O'Neal, Cant Abner
854 O'Neal. Mrs Capt Abner
855 O'Neal, Leroy
856 Ong, Finley
857 Oliver, Mrs Andrew
858 Orr John Sr
859 Orr. Mrs John Sr
860 Orr. Frank
861 Orr, Samuel
862 Orr, Miss Mary
863 Orr, Chas R
864 Orr, John
865 Orr. Johnson
860 Orr, Andersen
868 Orr. Mrs C
869 Orth. Christopher
870 Orwick, John
871 Osburn B
872 Osburn, Mrs Frank
873 Osterhouse. Jerry
874 Owesney. Valentine
875 Parks, Henry
876 Parks. Mollie
877 Parkinson. Junious L
878 Parks. James Sr
879 Parson, Miss Alice
880 Palmer. George
881 Patters, John S
882 Patterson. A W
883 Patterson Mrs A W
884 Patterson. Francis
881 Patterson. William
886 Patterson, Rev. J. B.
887 Patterson,, Mrs George
888 Patterson. Mrs Oella
889 Paxton, Miss Alice
890 Pearce. Enoch
891 Pearce. Mrs Enoch
892 Pearce. George Sr
893 Pearce, Mrs George
894 Peace, Olive B.
895 Pearce, Mrs Sallie Rine
896 Peirce, Mrs
897 Permar. Rezin
898 Peters, R C
899 Peter,. Mrs R C
900 Peters, J. B.
501 Pitts, Rev
902 Pelly, Mrs Jones
903 Porter, Joshua
904 Porter, John P
905 Porter, Mrs John P
906 Porter, W A
907 Potter, Mollie
908 Potter, Daniel Sr
909 Potter, Mrs Daniel
910 Poth, Harry
911 Poth, Beni
912 Poth, George E
913 Poth, George
914 Powell, Rhuel
915 Powers. Mrs James M
916 Pratt. Airs. George
917 Premiss. Mrs Mary
918 Priest, Francis A
919 Priest, Frank
920 Priest, Henry
921 Pugh. W H
922 Pyle, Dr E M
923 Pyle. Mrs Dr E M
924 Pyle. Dr W H
921 Rabe. Mrs A P
926 Ralph, Mrs Alice. age 103
927 Rall Charles
928 Ramsey, Mrs Matilda
929 Ratcliff. Ellwood
930 Ray. Mattie
931 Reese, Mrs Christian
932 Reedy, Mr
933 Reed, Mrs Mary
934 Reid, Mrs Dr A M
935 Reid, William
936 Reiter. Stephen
937 Reynolds. Frank
938 Reynolds, Harry K
939 Reynolds Jacob
940 Reynolds, Mrs Jacob
941 Reynolds, Sirs Jacob R
942 Reynolds. Jacob R
943 Rex. Mrs Martha
944 Richardson, Wm
945 Richardson. Joseph
946 Richards. William
947 Richards. Wm
948 Rickey, Macho
949 Ridgely, Alice
950 Ridgely. Mrs Frank
951 Riley, James
952 Risher, Rev Frederick
953 Risher, Airs Frederick
954 Risdon, Susan
955 Risdon, Solomon
956 Risdon, Mrs Solomon
957 Ritson, James
958 Robinson. William
959 Robinson, Mrs William
960 Ross. James
961 Robinson. William
962 Robinson. Tames
963 Robinson. Win
964 Robinson. Mrs James
965 Robinson. Harry
966 Robinson. James
967 Robertson. William Jr
968 Robertson, Wm
969 Robertson. Mrs R 1.
970 Robertson, John
971 Robertson. John C
972 Robertson. Mrs \\'m
973 Robertshaw. Harry
974 Robertson. Mrs John
975 Roberts. Wm
978 Roberts. Mrs Susan
977 Roberts, James
978 Roberts, Matthew
979 Robertson, Mrs David
980 Rodgers, Dr J H
981 Rodgers, Ruben
982 Rothacker, Mrs Samuel
983 Rothacker, Frank D
981 Rush, Mrs Eliza McDonald
985 Russell, James
986 Ruddick, John
987 Russell. John P
988 Runyon. Mrs R
989 Sage. Warren J
990 Salmon, Samuel
991 Salmon, Mrs Samuel
992 Salmon, William
992 1/2 Sarratt, Wm H
993 Schnorenberg, R
994 Scott, William
995 Scott, George
996 Scott, Cyrus
997 Scott, Hon Thos B
998 Scott, J P
999 Scott, James E
1000 Scharlott, George
1001 Scull. S F
1002 Scullion, Barnard
1003 Selah, Mary E
1004 Shaw, Mrs Alfred
1005 Shaw, Wm T
1006 Shaw, Benny
1007 Shaw, Anna
1008 Shaw. Lizzie
1009 Shaw, Ambrose
1010 Shaw, Mrs Ambrose
1011 Shaw, F C
1012 Shane, Miss Kate
1013 Shane, A M
1014 Shane, Isaac
1015 Shane, Mrs Isaac
1016 Shane, Joseph
1017 Shane. Mrs Joseph
1018 Shane, Miss Mary
1020 Sharp. B M
1021 Sharp, Mrs W L
1022 Sharp. Won
1021 Sharron, Mrs Martha
1024 Shanks, Gertrude
1025 Sherrard. Master Hobert
1026 Sherrard, Robt Jr
1027 Sherrard, Robt Sr
1028 Shields. Harry C.
1029 Spouse. Capt John
1030 Spouse, Jacob
1031 Spouse. Geo W
1032 Shoemaker. Adam
1033 Shoemaker. Mrs, Adam
1034 Silcox. Hezekiah
1035 Simeral, W F
1036 Simeral, Mrs John A
1037 Simpson, Bishop
1038 Sinclair, Mrs Nancy K
1039 Sinclair. James
1040 Slack, James H
1041 Slack, John D
1042 Slee, Elias
1043 Smith, Oliver C
1044 Smith, Noah
1045 Smith. Jabez
1046 Smith, Mrs Jabez
1047 Smith, Alexander
1048 Smith, L R
1049 Smith, Eli
1050 Smith, John
1051 Smurthwaite. John
1052 Spaulding. David
1053 Spencer, J C
1054 Spencer. Capt Wm
1015 Speer, Robert
1056 Speer, William
1057 Springer, Rev
1058 Springer, John
1059 Springer. Mrs Jane
1060 Sproat, Laura
1061 Stanton, Hon E M
1062 Stanton, Benjamin
1063 Stanton, Mrs Lucy
1064 Stanton, Dr William
1065 Stark, Naomi
1066 Stark, Wm
1067 Stark. John
1068 Stark, Mrs Lenora
1069 Stanley, Chas
1070 Steele. Matthew
1071 Steele, Mrs Matthew
1072 Steadman. Mrs L
1073 Sterling. Hugh
1074 Sterling. Mrs Hugh
1075 Stephenson, Bishop
1076 Sterling. James
1077 Sterling. Mrs James
1078 Stewart; Richard
1079 Stewart, Dr J W
1080 Stewart. Mrs Dr J W
1081 Stewart. Capt Wm
1082 Steuben, Baron
1083 Stewart, Rev O V
1084 Stephens. Samuel
1085 Stiers, Mrs Sarah
1086 Stiers, D W
1087 Stokes. Mrs John
1088 Stonecypher, Mrs E
1089 Stokely, Mrs F. Mountford
1090 Stonebraker, Rebecca
1091 Stone, Mrs James
1093 Strayer, H B
1094 Strayer. Jacob
1095 Stringer, Malcolm
1096 Sutherland. Hon Jno K
1097 Sutherland, Wm
1098 Sunderland, Michael
1099 Sunderland. Mrs Michael
1100 Stitcher, George
1101 Swearingen, Henry
1102 Swearingen, Mrs Henry
1103 Swearingen, Errett
1104 Swords, Kinsey
1105 Swickard, Daniel
1106 Swearingen, Wm
1107 Swickard, Wm
1108 Swearingen, Geo D
1109 Swearingen, Mrs Geo D
1110 Swearingen, Hon Henry
1111 Swearingen, Mrs Henry
1112 Tappan, Charles
1113 Tappan, Judge Benjamin
1114 Tappan, Dr Benjamin
1115 Tappan, Mrs Oella Stanton
1116 Tappan, Eli Todd
1117 Tate, Mrs Daniel
1118 Taylor, Alfred
1119 Taylor, William
1120 Taylor, Thomas B
1121 Teaff, James
1122 Teaff, Mrs James
1123 Teaff, Mrs Nimrod
1124 Thatcher, George
1125 Theinpont, Rev Father
1126 Thompson, Dr J W
1127 Thompson. James
1128 Thompson, William
1129 Thompson, Robert
1130 Thompson, William
1131 Thompson, Mrs William
1132 Thompson, Henry A
1133 Thompson. William
1134 Thomas, Jas
1135 Thornburg, J S
1136 Thorley, James
1137 Thrapp, Rev Israel
1138 Tipton, William
1139 Toomey, Rev Father
1140 Tonner. E A
1141 Turner. Frank
1142 Turnbull. James
1143 Travis, Beni
1144 Trotter, James
1146 Updegraff, D B, D D
1147 Updegaff, Hon J T
1148 Urquhart, Moses
1149 Urquhart, Mrs Moses
1150 Underwood, James
1151 Vanhorn, Lafayette
1152 Vance, Mrs T B
1153 Vandyne, Henry
1154 Viers, John
1155 Viers, Haze
1156 Veirs, Brice
1157 Venable. Samuel
1158 Watters, Spence
1159 Waters, Mrs Catherine
1160 Walker, Airs Martha
1161 Walker, Martha A
1162 Walker, Lewis A
1163 Walker, Hess
1164 Walker, John Sr
1165 Wallace, James H
1166 Wallace, Chas
1167 Wallace, Ebb
1168 Walden, Capt W A
1169 Wannemacher, Joseph
1170 Wagner, William
1171 Warren, Scott
1172 Watson, Matthew
1173 Watt, Robert
1174 Weaver, Matthew
1175 Weaver, Mrs Mat
1176 Wetherald, Harry D
1177 Webster, Mrs George
1178 Webster, Col Geo W
1179 Weems, Theodore
1180 Weems, Mrs Theodore
1181 Wells, Ross
1182 Wells, David
1183 Wells, Nathaniel
1184 Wells, Bezaleel
1185 Wells, Mrs Bezaleel
1186 Wells, Francis A
1187 Wells. Mrs Francis A
1188 Welday, Mrs D M
1189 Welsh, Thomas
1190 Whiter, W L
1191 Whitaker, Scott
1192 Whitaker, Hiram
1193 Whitaker, Mark
1194 White, David
1195 White, John
1196 Wilkins. Thos
1197 Wilcoxen, Mrs Sarah
1198 Wilson, James
1199 Wilson. Samuel
1200 Wilson. James, former of Steubenville Herald
1201 Wilson, David
1202 Wightman, Mrs Rev
1203 Williams. Mrs Thomas G
1204 Wintringer, Mrs N
1205 Winters, Mrs
1206 Woods, Mrs Robert
1207 Woods, Mrs David
1208 Woods. Joseph
1209 Woods, J A B
1210 Woods, William
1212 Woods, Jessie E
1213 Wolff, Mrs Cora
1214 Wilson. James. former editor of the Herald
1215 Worthington, Mrs B D
1216 Worthington, O A
1217 Workman, Gorden Sr
1218 Yarnell, Peter
1219 Yocum, John Sr
1220 Young. C
1221 Young, Mrs C
1222 Zellars, Nicholas
1223 Zink. Miss Mary
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 359
Among the residents of Saline Township in the later sixties was E. K. Collins, of SPAN' York, who came there with the view of prospecting for oil. Mr. Collins was the head of the Collins line of steamers, it being the first line of regular packets to ply between New York and Liverpool. He was also the first to discard the use of the bowsprit on steam vessels, being the first step towards discarding sails. His line flew the American flag and had the contract for carrying the mails, for which it received $858,000 a year. The company met with a series of disasters, and Mr. Collins's wife and son and daughter were lost off of the Arctic, one of his steamers, on the 27th day of September. 1854, in a collision with the, Vesta off the banks of Newfoundland, in a dense fog. There were sixty women on board the vessel and they were all lost. Ile came to Yellow Creek and bought the hidings property, operated some in the coal and oil business, made his home there for four or five years and then returned to New York and died about 1878. He had six steamers. About the time of these disasters the Cunard line, assisted by subsidies from the British government, came to the front and this competition, with the other troubles, was more than could be withstood. The company became bankrupt and it was many years before the American flag again floated from a trans-Atlantic liner.
CHAPTER XXI
THE COUNTY SEAT
Steubenville, Its Origin and Growth—Early Merchants and Old Taverns--Additions to the City—Rise and Progress of the Temperance Movement—Water and Lighting Facilities— Our Fire Fighters—Banking and Finance, Remarkable Industrial Progress— Most Beautiful Cemetery in the World—Schools, Churches and Fraternal Societies—Social Culture—Libraries, H ospitals and Y. M. C. A.—Public Buildings and City Government— Medical Society and a Great Philanthropic Measure — A Remarkable City and Its People.
Much of the history of Steubenville, as well as that of the other civic communities, has been given in the preceding chapters as part of the general history of the county. It will now only be necessary to refer to such matters and persons as pertain especially to its locality, and this applies generally to the towns and townships throughout the county. The old portion of the city lies in a natural ampitheatre surrounded by high hills on the right bank of the river sixty-eight miles by water and forty-three across the country from Pittsburgh. It is in 40̊ 25' north latitude and 3̊ 40' west longitude from Washington. The width of the river at a six-foot stage is about 1,000 feet from shore to shore, and at low water mark is 640 1/2 feet above the sea. The city is located on two benches of glacial terraces, the second being far abovethe highest flood line. Much of the soil is gravel of the original river bed and other parts varying from sand to loam. The river frontage is about three miles with an average width of a little less than a mile, including within its boundaries 1,676 acres.
As previously related, there were settlers here at least as early as 1786, when the building of Fort Steuben began, but the land still belonging to the government, they had no legal status as landowners. In 1796 Bezaleel Wells, then residing at Charlestown, now Wellsburg, seven miles down the river, attended the public land sale in New York and purchased Sections 30 and 36 of Township No. 2 of Range 1, the first of the seven ranges before described, lying north of a line drawn from a point just south of the present intersection of Market and Liberty streets to the
Ohio River below North Street, containing 1,204 acres at $2 per acre. James Ross, a wealthy resident of Pittsburgh and senator from Pennsylvania, purchased Sections 29 and 35 south of there, and the two gentlemen went together and laid out the town of Steubenville. The plat contained 236 inlots, 60x180 feet, beginning with No. 1 at the southeast corner of South and Water streets and numbered consecutively northward ten to a block to North Street, making forty in the row. No. 41 is at the northwest corner of High and South
- 360 -
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 361
streets, present site of electric plant, and 80 at corner of North 81 at northeast corner of Third and South to 120 inclusive at North; 121 at northwest corner of Third and South to 156 at North 157 at northeast corner of Fourth and South to 196 at North; 197 at northwest corner of Fourth and South to 236 at North. It will be observed that there is a hiatus of four lots on the west side of Third Street. This is caused by the reservation of the space of two lots on the south side of Market Street and the same on the north side marked public square. There has been an impression that the south tract was given to the city for a market house and could be used for no other purpose. There is no record evidence of any such action, and no direct title was ever given to the city beyond what was marked on the plat. Being a public square farmers naturally congregated there to sell their produce, and years after a market house was built on the place, which made way for the present city building in 1882. Whether ground that is practically covered by a building of any kind can he called a public square may be a subject of discussion, but the alleged market house restriction is not worthy of serious attention. The two lots north of Market Street were in the same situation, but the county commissioners before the erection of the first court house secured a deed from Mr. Wells and wife for the nominal sum of $5 vesting their title in the county. It will be noticed that Mr. Wells's land was north of Market Street, while Ross's was south. They afterwards reversed that by proper deeds, placing Mr. Wells's property on the south side. As indicated by the above figures the blocks were 600 feet long and 380 wide. having a twenty-foot alley through the centre. Market Street, the main east and west thoroughfare, was given a width of 66 feet and the others 60 feet, they being Adams (named after the President) and South on the south side, and Washington and North on the other, defining the platted portion of the town. Water Street on the river bank was laid out 60 feet wide, and High Street on the bench above 80 feet, as this was expected to be the residence boulevard of the place. Then came Third and Fourth streets, each 60 feet. The roads from up and down the river for many years came in on Water Street and ascended to the second bench or High Street by a road excavated in the side of the bank between Market and Washington streets. The first road out to the back country was via Wells's run, and subsequently up the ravine between Market and Washington streets. The town was encircled on the land side by twenty outlots of five acres each. The entire town plat included about 200 acres. The first public sale of lots took place on August 25, 1797, the original record of that sale being in possession of Misses Sarah and Agnes Wells, granddaughters of Bezaleel Wells. Following is the list of lots sold, with their purchaser and price :
