550 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY public affairs of his township. He is a member of the Methodist Protestant church. Mr. Sloane was married to Patience Jewett, who died September 19, 1889, leaving one son, Charles O., who resides with his father. J. H. GLENN, an experienced business man of Toronto, who is manager and buyer of the dry goods department of the well known department store of the John Franey Company, with which he has been connected since its organization, and for the last six years has been a member of the company, was born on a farm in Columbiana County, Ohio, August 25, 1852, a son of William and Louisa (Davidson) Glenn. William Glenn was engaged in farming for many years, but finally sold his land and moved to East Liverpool, O., where his wife died, J. H. Glenn being at this time but thirteen years old. When he had reached the age of eighteen years he left the home farm and worked at the carpenters' trade until he reached his majority. and at this time he was married and came to Toronto, where he has lived ever since, a period of nearly forty years. His first employment was with Hartford, Roberts & Company, where he was a clerk for a few years, and he then spent six years in the employ of May Brothers, of Steubenville. as clothing salesman, leaving this concern to connect himself with the John Francy Company. Mr. (Glenn's services with this large enterprise have covered a long period, his twenty-fourth year ending in April, 1910, and he has been manager and buyer of the dry goods department for eighteen years. Mr. Glenn was married to Miss Alice Ansley, of Columbiana County, Ohio, and two children were born to this union Blanche, who married H. S. Carey, of Steubenville, and has one son—Robert Glenn ; and Gertrude, who married Robert Rodgers, of Long Beach, Cal., and has two chil dren—Alice and Elizabeth. Mrs. Glenn died June 23, 1897. Mr. Glenn is a 32d degree Mason, a member of the Blue Lodge, member of Lake Erie Consistory, at Cleveland, O., the Lodge of Perfection, the Prince of Jerusalem and the Rosecroix, having attained the eighteenth degree in Masonry. He was a member of the local town council for three terms. For a quarter of a century Mr. Glenn has interested himself in choral work, and he is now conductor of the choir of the United Presbyterian church, of which church he has been treasurer for more than eighteen years. WILLIAM McDOWELL, who is engaged in the lumber business at Steubenville, with planing mill situated at No. 215 South Seventh Street, is one of the representative citizens, and came to Steubenville about 1868. He was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, April 29, 1834. Mr. McDowell remained in his own county until early manhood and then went into the milling business in Washington County, Iowa, where he remained for seven years. In 1862 he entered the Union army for service in the Civil War, enlisting in Company C, 19th Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and won promotion, being commissioned corporal. He served until almost the close of the war and was then discharged on account of disability. During this period he was a prisoner of war for ten months and received a slight wound in the leg. After receiving his honorable discharge, Mr. McDowell came to Jefferson County and spent some few years in the country before coming to Steubenville. For a time he worked at stair building and in a planing mill and later acquired his own mill, which he has fitted up with first class equipments. He has lumber interests also, and as a reward of years of well directed effort he enjoys a competency. Mr. McDowell was married to Miss Nancy McConnell, who was born in Jeffer- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 551 son County, and they have two surviving children: Jane Walker and John, the latter of whom is a general contractor and is in business with his father. Mr. McDowell and son are Republicans. He is widely known and enjoys the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens, with whom he has had relations extending over thirty years. ROBERT A. HOLMES, owner of a valuable 100-acre farm which lies in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, was born on this place April 28, 1854, and is a son of Thomas and Mary (Snider) Holmes. Thomas Holmes was one of the leading men of his day in Cross Creek Township. He was a millwright and miller and owned what was known as Holmes' mill for some thirty years, and was the first postmaster, the present name of the office being Fern-wood. He was a Jacksonian Democrat. He reared his family according to the discipline of the Episcopal church, in which he was a senior warden. He married Mary Snider, and they had nine children: Hiram, Kate N., Thomas B. and David are all de- ceased; Elizabeth, now deceased, was the wife of James Collins ; Allen, deceased, was, like his three above named brothers, a soldier in the Civil War; Isaac lives at Milwaukee, Wis., and Robert A., who is the youngest of the family. Robert A. Holmes attended the local schools only and then assisted on the farm for a few years, and after that began railroading, and during the six years in that business was promoted to be a section foreman. When his father died Mr. Holmes received his present farm, a part of the 134 acres which his parent had owned, and he settled here and has engaged in farming ever since. In February, 1892, Mr. Holmes was married to Miss Sarah Virginia Skinner, a daughter of David and Mary Jane (Ice) Skinner. The parents of Mrs. Holmes were natives of Ohio and her father was a river man. Of the large family of Mr. and Mrs. Skinner only four survive : Dora, wife of Frank Culp; Emma; Florence, wife of Robert Fielding, and Mrs. Holmes. Mr. and Mrs. Holmes have five children : Harry, Anna, Mary, Edith and Herbert. The Holmes family from the time of the grandfather, Thomas Holmes, has been connected with the Episcopalian church. In politics Mr. Holmes is a Democrat, but the only office he ever consented to accept was on the school board, and he served one term. JAMES BUCHANAN MAXWELL, who has been identified with the business affairs of Mingo, Ohio, since October 19, 1682, has river interests and is extensively engaged in ferrying, and is a stockholder of the Tri-State Investment Company. He was born February 13, 1858, on a farm in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Daniel and Sarah (Watters) Maxwell, and comes of one of the early pioneer families of Washington County. The Maxwell family is of Scotch-Irish descent. Daniel Maxwell was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and died at the age of sixty-six years at Wheeling, W. Va., where he had located about 1867. His wife was a native of Wheeling, and died there at the age of fifty-five years. Daniel and Sarah Maxwell were the parents of twelve children : William; James Buchanan; John, deceased; Maggie, who is the wife of William Horner; Laura; Clara M., and George, both deceased ; Catherine; Charles, deceased ; Daniel S.; Anna, who is the widow of Charles Frieberger, and Clarence. James B. Maxwell was seven years of age when his parents removed to Wheeling. and after attending the local schools for three terms began working as a puddler in the La Belle Iron Works. In 1882, when the Laughlin Junction Iron, Steel and Nail Company was established, he came to Min- go and worked with that concern as a puddler until that form of work was abolished. He was then elected marshal of Mingo on the Democratic ticket, and served five suc- 552 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY cessive terms in that capacity, being elected for the last two terms on the Independent ticket Since April, 1892, Mr. Maxwell has been engaged in ferrying. He has served as a member of the council, board of trade, and is at present a member of the Mingo School Board. Mr. Maxwell is the owner of several pieces of residence property at Mingo Junction. Mr. Maxwell was first united in marriage with Louise Baker, who died in Wheeling, W. Va., leaving one child, John William, a resident of Glassport, Pa., who married Minnie Garrety and has two children, Gladys and Anna. Mr. Maxwell formed a second union on May 19, 1886, with Catherine Mazingo, and to them have been born: Alma, who married Edwin Galvin, and they have one child, Catherine; Rhea; James A. Arthur; Della V., and Charles, who died aged two years and two weeks. Mr. Maxwell is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men, degree of Pocahontas, of which he is also a trustee; the Golden Eagles ; F. O. E.; Uniform Rank of Knights of Pythias, of which he is trustee, and is also a member of the German Schutzen Club, of Mingo Junction. EARLE T. JENNY, landscape architect, who came to Steubenville, Ohio, in 1904 to assume the superintendency of the Union Cemetery, has also a professional reputation in several other states. He was born at Greenwich, in Huron County, Ohio, in the fall of 1874. Mr. Jenny was educated at Earlham and Oberlin Colleges, after which he taught school for several winters and then spent some years in securing his technical training. At the opening of the Spanish-American War he enlisted, but an accident to one hand caused him to be rejected. and since then he has been continuously occupied with work along professional lines. His beginning was as his father's assistant. For three years he was located at South Bend, Ind. ; also was professionally en gaged in Michigan and later at Rock Springs Park, in Chester, W. Va.; also made the decorative plans for the grounds of the Odd Fellows' Home in West Virginia, and has had equally important contracts at other points. In August, 1904, he came to Steubenville and took charge of the Union Cemetery. He has some 200 acres under his supervision and has done a great work here. Mr. Jenney was married in May, 1903, to Miss Mary Edith Hall, of Laporte, Ind., and they have two children: Ruth Hall and William Earle. Mr. Jenney is a member of the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce and of the Country Club. HON. JOHN M. COOK, + circuit judge of Jefferson County and president of the Union Deposit Bank of Steubenville, for a number of years has been prominently identified with both the public affairs and the business interests of this section of eastern Ohio. Judge Cook was born March 6, 1843, in Burlington County, New Jersey, and is a son of David and Margaret Cook. He is of English ancestry, both parents having been born within England's borders. They were married in 1835, at Philadelphia, Pa., and immediately afterward settled in Burlington County, New Jersey. David Cook was a well educated man, and he was also equipped with a good trade, that of shoemaker. He conducted a boot and shoe business at Burlington and later at Allegheny City, Pa., to which place he moved with his motherless children in 1856, two years after the death of his wife. He survived until 1859. The boyhood of Judge Cook was spent in Allegheny City and his public school training was secured in the Third Ward School of that city, and this was later supplemented, through his own efforts, by three years of academic instruction in the same city. Having chosen law as a profession, in the fall of 1866 he entered the Ohio+ + Since this article was written Hon. John M. Cook on July 10, 1910. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 555 State and Union Law College at Cleveland, O., where he was creditably graduated on June 30, 1868. Immediately following his admission to the bar, January 7, 1869, he entered upon the practice of law at East Liverpool, O., where he continued to reside until October 1, 1872, when he came to Steubenville, as offering a wider field for his special talents. Being an acute lawyer and a good orator, his advance to a leading position at the Jefferson County bar was rapid and resulted in his being chosen prosecuting attorney in 1879, to which office he was re-elected in 1881, and through the whole period of five years which he served the arduous duties of this responsible office were faithfully and courageously performed. In 1901 he was called to the Circuit Bench, his election taking place in November, 1900, his associates being Judges P. A. Laubie, of Columbiana, County, and J. B. Burrows, of Lake County, and was re-elected in 1906. For this position he was eminently qualified, and his judicial administration has but further added to his professional laurels. As a broad-minded citizen and lover of his country and her institutions, he has taken an active interest in political matters ever since casting his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln, in 1864. He has more or less directed the policy of his party in the county at various times, having served for a number of years as chairman of the Republican County Central Committee of Jefferson County. On December 23, 1874, Judge Cook was married to Miss Elizabeth A. Little, who was born July 25, 1846, at Steubenville. Her parents, James and Mary S. (Reynolds) Little, were former residents of Pennsylvania and Maryland. Judge and Mrs. Cook have three children, Homer C., Mary G. and Ida M., all of whom are married. Judge Cook and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; they are active in benevolent work and are representatives of the best in the city 's quiet social life. Fraternally, Judge Cook is a thirty-second degree Mason, a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Benevolent Order of Elks.. WILLIAM F. MORELAND, treasurer of Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and engaged in business at Toronto as a florist, was born in Island Creek Township, June 13, 1866, and is a son of Daniel A. and Mary A. (Findley) Moreland. Daniel A. Moreland is now deceased, but his widow survives and resides at Toronto. His father was David Moreland, an early resident of Steubenville. While living on his farm, Daniel A. Moreland served for a number of years as assessor of Island Creek Township. William F. Moreland was reared and educated in his native township and for a number of years before coming to Toronto, was interested there in the coal industry and had two coal banks leased. In 1907 he established his florists' business at Toronto and has greatly prospered. He has two greenhouses, the dimensions of which are 70 by 20 feet, situated at the head of West Euclid Avenue. He keeps a choice collection of the plants and flowers that are most in demand and finds a ready market at Toronto and New Cumberland, W. Va. In politics he is a Republican and is serving his third term as treasurer of Island Creek Township, this fact alone proving his high standing in his community. Mr. Moreland was married on January 2, 1892, to Miss Lena Chambers, a daughter of Joseph Chambers, of Toronto, formerly of Island Creek Township, and they have four children : Janet I., Harry McC., Leon W. and Nancy. Mr. Moreland and family are members of the First Presbyterran Church at Toronto, of which he is a trustee. GEORGE V. SHARP, proprietor of a furniture store and an undertaking establishment, and one of the representative citizens of Mingo Junction, Ohio, was born June 29, 1866, on his father's farm in 556 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY Washington County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Thomas A. and Olivia (Walker) Sharp, and a grandson of John Sharp, one of the pioneer settlers of Washington County, Pennsylvania. Thomas A. Sharp was born in 1829, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and is now living in retirement, his home being situated across the river from Steubenville, Ohio. He was reared and spent his early manhood on a farm in Washington County, but later removed to Steubenville, Ohio, where for several years he engaged in the livery and undertaking business. He is a Republican in politics and served two terms as commissioner of Jefferson County, Ohio. Thomas A. Sharp was united in marriage with Olivia Walker, a native of Washington County Pennsylvania, who died January 28, 1910, at the age of seventy-nine years and ten months. To them were born the following children: Laura, James W., Joseph G., Alexander E., George V., and Elizabeth, who is the wife of W. Moulds. George V. Sharp was reared on the farm in Washington County, and when about eighteen years of age removed with his parents to Steubenville, where he engaged in business with his father. He subsequently learned embalming with James J. Flannery & Company, of Pittsburgh, and in 1900 came to Mingo Junction, where he engaged in the undertaking and furniture business in partnership with W. H. Ferry, operating under the firm name of Ferry & Sharp. On July 1, 1901, Mr. Ferry retired from the business and Mr. Sharp has since continued as sole owner of same. He carries a full line of carpets and furniture in connection with his undertaking establishment, and in 1902 built a fine two-story business block on Commercial Street. Mr. Sharp is now serving his second term as a member of the Board of Education. His religious connection is with the Presbyterian church. On December 21, 1899, Mr. Sharp was married to Miss Laura E. Priest who is a daughter of Henry M. Priest, of Steubenville, Ohio. CARL ARMSTRONG, a member of the Jefferson County Bar, was born in this county September 1, 1876. The son of David Armstrong and Sarah Fell, he had as his birthplace the farm which has been in the Armstrong family for over a hundred years. The first of the family in this country was John Armstrong, grandfather of Carl Armstrong, who came here from Carlisle, Pa., in 1799, and settled and cleared the farm in Wells Township, where the subject of this sketch was born. The grandfather was a near relative of John Armstrong, who founded Carlisle, Pa., and who was a brigadier-general of the Revolution and commanded a wing of the army at Germantown. Carl Armstrong attended the public schools and taught several years in this county; entering Mt. Union College, he studied there two years and then went to Ohio Northern University, where he completed the course in law and graduated with the degree of bachelor of laws. He then located temporarily in Mingo, of which place he became solicitor in 1908; early in 1910 he moved to Steubenville and established an office there. In 1901 he was married to Miss Bertha Scott, who is also a native of this county, and they have two boys, David W., born in 1902, and Lamar McCalmont, born in 1903. The family are members of the Methodist church and Mr. Armstrong is a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows orders, and Sigma Nu, a college fraternity. Both Mr. Armstrong and his wife are of Scotch ancestry, hence he takes a deep interest in English and local history and literature. JAMES E. CARR, manager of the Toronto plant of Gill Bros. Company, the extensive glass manufacturers of Jefferson County, has occupied this important posi- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 557 tion since August, 1905. Mr. Carr was born at Allegheny, Pa., August 11, 1862, and is a son of John W. Carr. Mr. Carr is a practical glass worker. He attended school until he was twelve years old and then came to 'Steubenville, Ohio, to live with an uncle, Frank Gillespie, and there entered the glass works of Beatty Bros., and later the works of Gill Bros. For seven years he was the executive member of the trade organization known as the Glass Workers' Union and had his headquarters at Coraopolis, Pa., and during a part of this time he was in the employ of the Consolidated Glass Company at that place. He came then to Toronto and has made investments here and is identified with the general interests of the town. Mr. Carr married Miss Mamie Mann, a daughter of Thomas F. Mann. Mrs. Carr was reared at Steubenville. Nine children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Carr, the eight survivors being: Thomas, James R., Lizzie May, Marie, Bessie, George, John and Mamie. Walter died when aged but four months. ERNEST H. HAYNE, cashier of the Citizens' Savings Bank, of Mt. Pleasant, and widely and favorably known in business circles, was born at Adena, in Smithfield Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, April 23, 1878, and is a on of Alonzo and Anna M. (Parker) Hayne. Alonzo Hayne was born at Adena, on the farm adjoining the old homestead, May 18, 1841, and was a son of Nathan and Phebe (Morris) Hayne, and a grandson. of Daniel Hayne, who settled in Smithfield Township, this county, near the present site of Adena, in 1800. Daniel Hayne parried Mary Stoneman. He lived to the extreme age of 101 years. He was one of the earliest pioneers of this section. His son Nathan was born on what is now the Russell farm, near Adena, and died here May 31, 1896, when aged eighty-seven years. He was a successful farmer and was prominent in local business affairs and for a number of years was a director in the First National Bank. In 1879 he moved to Mt. Pleasant and was long one of the town's most respected citizens. He married Phebe Morris, who survived him until April, 1897. Their children were : Alonzo (deceased) Elisha, who lives at Mt. Pleasant, and married Rachel Wagner; Mary E., who resides at Mt. Pleasant; Laura J., who is the wife of W. P. Moore, of Adena and three who died young. Alonzo Hayne was a prosperous farmer in Jefferson County for a number of years. He was active in Republican politics and for thirty-five consecutive years served as a trustee of Smithfield Township. During the Civil War he was a member of Company H, 157th Ohio National Guards, and was identified with Updegraff Post, G. A. R., at Mt. Pleasant. He was reared in and gave support to the Methodist Protestant church. After an illness of but twenty-four hours he died, on May 29, 1908. He married Anna M. Parker, who was born in 1851, at Barnesville, Ohio, a daughter of Dr. Harvey Parker, who was once a very prominent physician in Belmont County. They had five children: Ernest H. Ralph A., who resides with his mother on the farm near Adena Jessie P.; Effa K.; and Fred, who died in infancy. Ernest H. Hayne attended the Rehobeth School, near which. he was reared, the same in which both his father and grandfather had received primary instruction, and he, as did they, alternated school attendance with farming. Later he took a business course in a commercial college at Scio and subsequently put his knowledge into practice in the Mt. Pleasant National Bank and the Peoples' Savings Bank at Martins Ferry. When the Citizens' Savings Bank of Mt. Pleasant was organized he was tendered the position of cashier, one that he has very capably filled up to the present time. The Citizens' Savings Bank of Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, was organized January 23, 1905, and was opened for business April 1, 1905, with a capital stock of $25,000. The 558 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY bank has been on a sound and paying basis from the start. It is a savings institution and was organized by the following citizens of Jefferson County : R. W. Chambers, president ; Oliver Thomas, vice-president ; Ernest H. Hayne, cashier; R. W. Chambers, Oliver Thomas, Evan G. Evans, Alonzo Hayne and Richard E. Roberts, composing the board of directors. After receiving the papers of incorporation, C. M. Brown. H. G. Cheffy and O. M. Bracken became additional directors. After the death of Robert Chambers, Cassius M. Brown was elected president ; C. F. Scott succeeded H. G. Cheffy on the board of directors. The bank has the full confidence of the people and has a large list of depositors. In its fine brick building it has a massive steel vault and all the various appliances for safeguarding the funds entrusted to its care. Ernest H. Hayne was married June 6, 1907, to Miss Esther Burris, a daughter of Addison and Ella (Caldwell) Burris, and a granddaughter of Hanson Burris, who, for many years, was a hotel proprietor in Mt. Pleasant Township. Mr. and Mrs. Hayne have two children, Anna Elizabeth and Ralph Burris. Before he was twenty years old Mr. Hayne united with the Adena Presbyterian Church and is now a member of the First Presbyterian Church at Mt. Pleasant. In politics he is a Republican, and in the fall of 1909 he was elected township treasurer. He is a representative in the fourth generation of one of the county 's oldest and most prominent families. JOHN A. MEDCALF, proprietor of the Steubenville Building & Lumber Company, with yards at No. 512 Dock Street, Steubenville, Ohio, is interested in other prospering enterprises of the city and section, and is a representative business man in several different lines. He was born at Hagerstown, Maryland, in 1866. When John A. Medcalf was four years old his parents moved to Irwin, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he was sent to school, and later was employed in the coal mines. When twenty-two years of age he came to Toronto, Ohio, where he worked at the carpenter trade for nine years, and then came to Steubenville. Here he went into the general contracting and lumber business under the style of the Steubenville Building & Lumber Company, of which he is sole proprietor. He is a stockholder in the Steubenville Ice Company and also of the Interstate Lumber Company, of Pittsburgh. His business is conducted along well regulated lines and his name stands high commercially. Mr. Medcalf was married at Irwin, Pa., to Miss Anna M. Blake, and they have five children : Lydia J., who married Sherman Martin, of Steubenville ; and James Lewis, Laura Belle, William Lawrence, and Anna Mary. Mr. Medcalf and family attend the Methodist Protestant church. He is identified with the order of Maccabees and the Junior Order of American Mechanics. CARL ECKHARDT, whose dairy farm is situated in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where he owns 167 acres of excellent land, was born in Germany, December 11, 1867, and is a son of Carl and Augusta (Becker) Eckhardt. The parents of Mr. Eckhardt were natives of Germany and the father died in that country. The mother survives and resides at Steubenville. They were parents of the following children : Louise, who is the wife of Henry Kleinecke ; Lena, who is the wife of William Woltjen ; Wilhelmina. who is the wife of Jacob Engel ; and Carl. Carl Eckhardt attended school in Germany before coming to America and spent six months at school in the United States. His father had been a weaver but the young man desired to engage in agricultural pursuits and soon found employment on the dairy farm of William Becker, in Jefferson County, Ohio, for whom he worked for ten years. After that he rented land until he purchased his present farm. Mr. Eckhardt keeps about thirty head of cattle and for fifteen years has conducted a milk route in Steubenville, numbering among his pat- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 561 rons some of the oldest families of the city. Mr. Eckhardt was married March 28, 1894, to Miss Lena Bothe, a daughter of William and Wilhelmina (Bya) Bothe. The father of Mrs. Eckhardt was a well known gardener in Cross Creek Township. She has one brother, William, and two sisters, Anna and Kate. Mr. and Mrs. Eckhardt have three children: Clara, Wilma and Florence. The family belongs to the Zion Lutheran church. In politics he is a Republican. HON. FRANK H. KERR was born on a farm near Richmond, this county, February 5, 1862. He is of Scotch-Irish ancestry, his father, William E. Kerr, being a farmer ; his mother's maiden name was Mary A. Stoneman. When Mr. Kerr was nine years of age, his parents moved to Richmond, and during the period between childhood and early manhood, young Kerr assisted in the support of the family by doing odd jobs on neighboring farms and clerking in the village store. Being one of a family of eight children, he naturally had to rely largely on his own efforts to make his way in the world, especially as the opportunities in a small country town were not extensive. Fortunately he was able to secure a good education in the village schools, subsequently taking a course in Richmond College. Before reaching his majority he began taking an interest in politics, working on behalf of the Republican party, and very soon after reaching the age of twenty-one years was elected central committeeman of his precinct. Salem Township, in which he resided, had always been strongly Democratic, and in order to keep the Republican organization intact, he was twice nominated for township clerk, and came within very few votes of being elected. He was elected and served two terms as clerk of Richmond village in the years 1886 and 1887. In 1888 he removed to Steubenville, having been appointed .deputy clerk of the Probate Court of Jefferson County. While here he studied law and was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court at Columbus, on October 8, 1891. After seven years' service as deputy in the Probate Court, Mr. Kerr retired and began the practice of law. In 1899 he was nominated by the Republicans of his county for probate judge, after an active contest, in which he broke all precedents by being chosen over the chairman of the county central committee, who was also an aspirant. At the regular fall election following he ran 300 votes ahead of his ticket. He was re-elected in 1902, and retired at the end of his second term in 1906, and resumed the practice of law. Judge Kerr was appointed by Governor Herrick one of the three delegates to represent Ohio in the Uniform Divorce Law Congress, which met in Washington City in February, 1906, and again in Philadelphia the following November. In 1908 Judge Kerr was strongly urged for the nomination of lieutenant governor of Ohio, and would doubtless have been awarded the same had not geographical considerations influenced a selection from another part of the state. Mr. Kerr has taken an active part in all matters of public interest to the community. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Order of Elks. He is a leading Mason and Knight Templar, having taken all the degrees to and including the thirty-second, and is a member of the Royal Order of Scotland. He is vice president of the Stanton Monument Association, and was chiefly instrumental in reviving the work of that body, now about to be brought to a satisfactory conclusion. He is also a member of the Wells Historical Society, and is deeply interested in all that pertains to our local history. On April 27, 1905, Mr. Kerr was married to Miss Bella Cochran, an estimable young lady of Steubenville, and occupies a pleasant home on North Fourth Street. 562 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY MRS. MARGARET FRAZIER, who, with her sons, conducts the well known homelike hostelry, the McNeal Hotel, at Mingo Junction, Ohio, is one of the best known and most highly respected ladies of this place. Mrs. Frazier was born in the town of Cardiff, Wales, March 1, 1853, and is a daughter of David and Mary (Davis) Davis. David Davis was a competent mill worker, beginning in boyhood and becoming a heater, puddler and roller. In 1863 he brought his family to America, and for the first three years they lived at Mt. Savage, Pa., and from there moved to a farm in Preston County, West Virginia. Five years were spent there and then Mr. Davis removed to Cairo, Ill, where he died, in 1877, at the age of forty-eight years. His widow survived him a long time, her death taking place at the home of her only son, David Davis, at Mingo Junction. There were eight children in the family, Margaret being the eldest. The others were : Mary Jane, who is the wife of James Brooks, of New Castle, Pa.; Ruth, now deceased, who was the wife of Benton Fell, of New Alexandria ; Naomi, a twin sister to Ruth, who died aged four months ; David, who resides at Chicago, Ill.; Sarah Ann, who married Clarence Rine, of Kentucky ; and two children, both bearing the name of Benjamin, died young. Mrs. Frazier was ten years old when the family came to America and easily recalls the long voyage of sixteen days on the ocean. She remained at home with her parents until her marriage, which took place at Cairo, Ill., to William Frazier, and to their marriage six children were born, namely : Minnie, who married Garfield Gilgrist, of Columbus, Ohio, and has six children—Florence E., Thomas A., Carl V., Robert Randell, Emily B. and Forest M. ; Harry W., living at Steubenville, who married Mary Jane Bates, and has one child, Margaret; Blanche, who married George Simmons, of Mingo Junction, and has two children—Harland and Minnie ; George J.; Sarah Ella, who married Carl Trig, and re sides at Mingo Junction ; and Benjamin H. In May following their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Frazier came to Mingo Junction, where he secured work in the mill, and she added to the family income by keeping boarders. From this she drifted into the restaurant business and for years, with her sons, conducted the Home Restaurant at Mingo Junction. It prospered because it justified its name. Finally Mrs. Frazier and sons decided to go into the hotel business, and after selling out their restaurant to Thomas Hughes, they took charge of the McNeal Hotel, in October, 1909. This is a convenient, well appointed house, with twenty-five sleeping rooms and a commodious dining room, parlor, office and kitchen, all of which are fitted up according to modern demands. Mrs. Frazier charges from one dollar a day upward, according to location of apartments, baths, etc. While she has found it profitable to cater to railroad men to a large degree, her patronage is by no means confined to them. She has never operated a bar in any of her business enterprises, but has provided comforts of all kinds and keeps a table unexcelled for good, wholesome food. She owns valuable real estate at Mingo Junction. Mrs. Frazier is a capable woman and has proved her efficiency in everything she has undertaken. She is beloved by her family and is held in the highest esteem by all who know her. For a number of years she has been identified with the W. C. T. U. at Mingo Junction and is a valued member of the Free Methodist church at the same place. JOSEPH ROBERTSON, M. D., who has been successfully engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery at Steubenville, Ohio, for twenty years and is closely identified with its many interests, was born in 1852, on his father's farm, four miles north of this city. His parents were David and Margaret L. (Plummer) Robertson, and his grandfather was Joseph Robertson, who came from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Tie settled in Jefferson AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 563 County prior to the War of 1812, in which he took part. David Robertson, father of Dr. Robertson, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1825, and engaged in farming all through life. He married Margaret L. Plummer, of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and Dr. Robertson was the first born of their five children, the others being Molly, Sally J., Jessie and Annie, the latter of whom is the wife of R. J. Lyle, of Washington County, Pennsylvania. Sally J. is now deceased. Joseph Robertson attended the local schools and spent one year in Washington and Jefferson College, after which he read medicine with private preceptors and subsequently graduated in medicine and surgery from the Columbus Medical College, in 1881. He located first near the old hcme of the grandfathers, in Westmoreland County, later moved to Harrison County, Ohio, and one year afterward returned to Jefferson County. He is a member of the Jefferson County and the Ohio State Medical Societies and of the American Medical Association and keeps thoroughly abreast with the times in all that concerns his science. Dr. Robertson was married in 1884, to Miss Martha B. Smith, who died in 1886. Dr. Robertson is a member of the United Presbyterian church at Steubenville and belongs to the Session. FRANK P. JEWETT, a well known agriculturist of Island Creek Township, where his valuable farm of seventy-five acres is situated, belongs to an old family of the county which came originally from New Hampshire. Mr. Jewett was born in Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, December 3, 1853, and is a son of Sumner and Priscilla (Sweat) Jewett, the latter of whom was born in New Hampshire. Sumner Jewett was born in Massachusetts and was young when he accompanied his father, Mark Jewett, to Jefferson County, and they settled on the farm now owned by Frank P. Jewett. It is located on the river road in a desirable part of Island Creek Township and the commodious brick residence, which is probably the oldest in the township, was built by Sumner Jewett in 1838. His subsequent life of twenty years was spent on this farm. Of his children the following survive : Mary L., who is the wife of J. C. Ault ; Hettie V., who is the wife of John Tope, of Toronto ; and Frank P. Farming and stockraising have been the main occupations of Frank P. Jewett's life, and in both industries he has prospered. On September 20, 1890, Mr. Jewett was married to Miss Oma Lee, a daughter of James Lee, a well known citizen of Costonia, O., and they have six children : Anna P., Lee M., Hettie, Sumner, Frank and Rader. In politics Mr. Jewett is a Republican and as a citizen he stands very high in public esteem. W. E. PELLEY & BROTHER, a firm conducting the oldest established business at Mingo Junction, O., operate the leading drug store and are graduated pharmacists. The firm is made up of William Ellsworth and Thomas M. Pelley, both sons of Ambrose L. and Mary A. (Morgan) Pelley. The parents of the Pelley Brothers were residents of West Virginia. They had four children : William Ellsworth ; Emma, who is the wife of Dr. A. R. Warden, of Grafton, W. Va.; Anna, who is the wife of M. E. Gorman, an attorney, at Morgantown, W. Va.; and Thomas M. William Ellsworth Pelley was born at Benwood, W. Va., August 4, 1861. He remained at home until he reached manhood and obtained his education in the local schools. He then became a clerk and student in the drug store of Dr. Leonard Eskey, at Benwood, W. Va. In 1888 he came to Mingo Junction and bought the drug store of Dr. W. J. O'Connell, opposite the city building, where his quarters were burned in January, 1897. He then was located for several years in the city building before erecting the firm's present fine building, in 1902. It is a handsome two-story brick structure on Commercial Street. A stock of first class goods that 564 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY may be found in every modern store of this kind is carried, while only pure drugs are ever handled. In 1889, William E. Pelley was married to Miss Carrie Vance, a daughter of Robert and Harriet (McAuley) Vance, and they have three children: Mary V., Laura and Harriet. THOMAS M. PELLEY was born April 8, 1868, at Sherrard, W. Va. He was educated in the public schools and took a course in the Wheeling Business College and the Pittsburg College of Pharmacy, Where he graduated in the class of 1892. In 1888 he also came to Mingo Junction and became his brother's partner in the drug business, which they have so successfully carried on ever since. n November 26, 1902, he was married to Miss Jennie Quinn, a daughter of John Quinn, of Mingo Junction. They have a pleasant home on Steuben Street. Both brothers are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and both are Republicans in their political attachment. During the administration of President Roosevelt, William E. Pelley, was appointed postmaster, but he declined to serve, feeling that from the nature of his business he should have no divided interests. He is a member of the Odd Fellows, at Mingo, while Thomas M. Pelley is identified with the Masons at Steubenville. F. C. CHAMBERS, secretary of the Steubenville Coal & Mining Company, has spent the larger part of his life in this city and has many business and other interests here. He was born in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1861, and is a son of Thomas Chambers, who was born in northern Ohio but later became a farmer in Cross Creek Township and subsequently a merchant at Steubenville, where he died, April 18, 1909, in his eighty-eighth year. F. C. Chambers was reared and educated mainly at Steubenville and later was associated with his father in the mercantile business. For the past twenty-two years he has been identified with the Steuben ville Coal & Mining Company, of which he is now one of the, officials. He is a director in the National Exchange Bank and also a director of the Steubenville Coal & Mining Company and owns stock in other enterprises. He has been a dependable. citizen at all times, has served on the board of education and is a member of the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce. In 1884 Mr. Chambers was married to Miss Georgia Gertrude Peters, who was born and reared at Steubenville. Her father was William Raney Peters. Mr. and Mrs. Chambers have two sons and two daughters : Charles F., who is power man of the United Gas & Improvement Company, of Philadelphia ; George P., who is chemist for the United Gas & Improvement Company, of Philadelphia, Pa.; Mary S., who is a student in the Steubenville High School ; and Margaret, who also attends school. Mr. and Mrs. Chambers are members of the First Methodist Protestant Church, of which he is a trustee and secretary of the board of stewards. He is identified with the Masonic fraternity. DAVID MORROW, whose long and useful life was mainly spent in Island Creek Township, Jefferson Comity, Ohio, where he died, February 17, 1007, was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, July 8, 1826, and was a son of David and Rebecca Morrow. David Morrow was a small boy when his parents moved to Jefferson County, Ohio, and settled near what is now the village of Pekin, and at that time but few other homeseekers had reached this section. David Morrow spent the rest of his life there, with the exception of a few years passed in Steubenville. He was considered a good business man, a kind neighbor and an excellent husband and father. He was a man of upright life and for many years was a leading member of the Methodist Protestant church at Toronto. David Morrow was married first to Nancy Viers, of Island Creek Township, AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 567 and they had three children, the one survivor being Oscar, who lives at Toronto. Mr. Morrow married secondly. Maria Taylor, also of Island Creek Township, and of their children the following survive : Fred, residing at Jeddo, O., Howard. residing at Steubenville; Joseph, living at Steubenville ; and Laura, wife of Frank Carnahan, of Lisbon, O. Mr. Morrow married for his third wife the estimable lady who survives him. She was at that time Mrs. Samantha J. Wells, the widow of Thomas J. Wells. Mrs. Morrow was born in Meigs County, Ohio, but she has been a resident of Island Creek Township for, a half century. She was married first to. Thomas J. Wells, who was born in Washington County, Ohio, and was a son of James and Eliza (Oliver) Wells, with whom, when a small boy, he moved to Meigs County, Ohio, where he was reared. On April 15, 1858, Mr. and Mrs. Wells were married, and on May 20, 1860, they came to Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, and settled in the stone house on the river road at Wells' Cove, which remained his home until his death, April 21, 1903. He carried on farming and dairying very successfully. During the Civil War he served in the Union army for a time. He was a highly esteemed citizen. Mrs. Morrow resides on her farm of ninety-seven acres located at Wells' Cove. Sheds a very active and useful member of the Methodist Protestant church at Toronto, and belongs to the Foreign Missionary Society of the church ; is also a member of the Ladies' Aid Society and belongs to the W. C. T. U. at Toronto. Her time is much occupied in looking after her business affairs, her church and social duties and her many benevolent interests. J. FRANK STROBEL, whose well improved farm of 127 acres is situated in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, was born near West Liberty, W. Va., in February, 1859. His parents were Frederick and Elizabeth (Kentner) Strobel. Frederick Strobel was born in Germany, where he followed farming, but after he came to America he worked in the coal mines in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. He married Elizabeth Kentner and they had the following children : Louisa. J. Frank, Christina, Godfrey, Frederick and John Charles. By a former marriage Frederick Strobel had three children, Jacob, Godfrey and Louis.. J. Frank Strobel obtained a common school education and has been engaged in farming since early manhood. He purchased his present farm, which had already been improved, from Robert Dinsmore, and through his excellent agricultural methods has made the investment a paying one and proves that Jefferson County farmers are well in the lead when it comes to agricultural independence. In September, 1888, Mr. Strobel was married to Miss Elizabeth Raab, a daughter of Martin and Elizabeth (Lutz) Raab, who were farmers in Washington County, Pennsylvania. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Raab were : John ; Elizabeth, who became Mrs. Strobel ; Mary, who is deceased; Frank ; Kate, who is the widow of Joseph Winters ; and Henry. Mr. and Mrs. Strobel have six children, all at home, and the older ones attending school : Marybell, Martin, Frank, Ola, Walter and Vira. Mr. Strobel and wife are members of the German Lutheran church. In politics he is a Democrat and is serving as a school director in Cross Creek Township.. He is a self-made man and is one of the township's most respected citizens. DOHRMAN J. SINCLAIR, one of the leading citizens of Steubenville, O., who is cashier of the Union Deposit Bank and is identified with other institutions and enterprises of importance in this section, was born at Erie, Pa., in 1860, and is a son of Thomas Sinclair. Corning to Steubenville when five years old, he was educated in the schools of this city. In 1873 he entered the Union Deposit Bank, in a subordina te capacity, and has been continu- 568 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY ously connected with this large financial institution ever since. He has been a most active and public spirited citizen, and it is largely to his untiring efforts that much of the material prosperity of Steubenville and the vicinity is due. In advancing the interests of the community he has been unsparing of his time, labor and means. Never an office seeker, he has been a force in local politics which has always been exerted for the public good. As president of the city council he instituted important reforms in municipal management, and as a member of the board of water works trustees he inaugurated and carried out the present magnificent water system, conceded to be she best in the Ohio Valley. Practically he was the Board of Trade for a number of years, and it was chiefly due to his untiring efforts that the enlarged La Belle Iron Works were located here, also the Pope Tin Plate Works, and the Follansbee and Wierton Works, across the river, which, with the Jefferson Glass Works, have built up two thriving manufacturing suburbs with access to the city by the fine suspension bridge, also erected through his efforts. The electric line to Follansbee, with another projected to Wierton, is also among the fruits of his efforts,' as are the extension to Toronto and short line to Mingo, to say nothing of the magnificent brick boulevards leading from the city north and south on both sides of the river. He has been one of the most active members of the Ohio River Improvement Commission, which is now making steady progress towards the canalization of the river, and rendered material aid in the construction of the Wabash Railroad system through Jefferson County, including the projected extension up the river northward from Steubenville. In most of the enterprises we have mentioned he is a member of the board of directors, where his work and counsel are always sought. In fact, the mere enumeration of his numerous enterprises, of which the above are only a portion. would fill a volume. In 1884 Mr. Sinclair was married to Miss Mary Donaldson, a daughter of W. B. Donaldson, and they have five children: Marie, who is the wife of Harry F. Grant, of Franklin, Pa.; Wilma,- who is the wife of G. B. La Van, of Steubenville ; Frank D., who is associated with his father; Dohrman J., Jr., and Catherine. Mr. Sinclair is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the order of Knights of Pythias, and the board of trustees of the Union Cemetery Association. S. OSBORNE BARKHURST, M. D., for a decade a resident of Steubenville, O., is one of the leading physicians and surgeons of the city, successfully engaged in general practice and taking a good citizen's interest in public affairs. He was born in Smithfield Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, in August, 1863, and is a son of William B. Barkhurst. The founder of the Barkhurst family in Jefferson County was the great-grandfather, William Barkhurst, who was a soldier in the War of 1812. He was of Revolutionary stock, his father having been with General Washington at Valley Forge, where he almost lost his life. With several companions he had left the unhappy camp of almost starving soldiers, in the hope of securing some supplies in the surrounding country. He was so weakened, however, from previous hardships that he would have perished but for the kindly ministrations of some Indians, who guided him back to the camp. William B. Barkhurst, father of Dr. Barkhurst, was born in Jefferson County, in 1831, and died in 1903. His father, Jacob Barkhurst, was also born in Jefferson County. Dr. Barkhurst was reared on his father's farm in Smithfield Township, attended the local schools and later Mt. Union College. He spent four years teaching school, during that period doing his preliminary medical reading, and later entered the medical department of the West ern Reserve College at Cleveland, where he was graduated in 1888. He located at AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 569 Smithfield and practiced there for thirteen years and then came to Steubenville. He is a member of the Jefferson County and of the Ohio State Medical Societies and of the American Medical Association. Since 1897 Dr. Barkhurst has been a member of the Board of U. S. Pension Surgeons. of which he is secretary. He has interests outside his profession, here and at other points. In April, 1900, Dr. Barkhurst was married to Miss Mary E. Graham, who was born in Jefferson County, and they have three children: Marjorie, who is a member of the graduating class of 1910 in the Steubenville High School; and Helen Leonora and Miriam Katherine, both of whom are students. Dr. Barkhurst and family are members of the Second Presbyterian Church, in which he is a deacon. Fraternally he is a Mason. THOMAS JOHNSON, who is a member of one of the old pioneer families of Jefferson County, has been a resident of Island Creek Township, where he owns a valuable farm of 133 acres, since 1843, but he was born in Salem Township, June 17, 1823. His parents were Thomas and Christina (Carroll) Johnson. The father of Mr. Johnson, also Thomas Johnson, bore his father's name of Thomas, and both were born in Ireland. Grandfather Thomas Johnson emigrated to America when his son Thomas was twelve years old, and settled first in the Tuscarawas Valley, Pennsylvania, and from there came to Jefferson County early in the 18th century and died in Island Creek Township in 1835. Tie was survived by his son, Thomas Johnson, until 1842. The latter married Christina Carroll, who was born in Germany. Thomas Johnson, the third of the name, resided in Salem Township until he was in his twentieth year and then came to Island Creek Township and lived on the present farm with his two aunts. who owned it. He remained with them as long as they lived and afterward bought the place, and has continued to reside here. Mr. Johnson has devoted himself to general farming and stockraising, and has met with much success in these industries. In large measure Mr. Johnson had his own way to make in the world and the ample fortune he has gained has been secured by years of industry. Mr. Johnson was married on August 1, 1861, to Miss Margaret J. Lawson, of Wheeling, W. Va., a daughter of Robert and Sarah. Lawson. Mrs. Johnson was born in Ireland and was only six years old when her parents left there, settling first in Canada and later moving to West Virginia and still later to Jefferson County. Mrs. Johnson died August 10, 1904. She was an estimable lady and a consistent member of the Island Creek Presbyterian Church. To Mr. and Mrs. Johnson eleven children were born, and nine of these are living: Henrietta, wife of Crawford Spencer; Cochran, of Island Creek Township; Sarah J., wife of Chalmers Slentz, of Hancock County, West Virginia; Rosanna, Wife .of John Johnston, of Knox Township; Ida M., wife of Joseph F. McConnell, of Island Creek Township; Margaret; Thomas, who married Zetta McBride, lives on a farm which his father owns; and Joseph, Ella C. and Clara M., all of whom are at home. Thomas (1) and Charles are deceased. Mr. Johnson is a Democrat in polities. For many years he has been a member of the Island Creek Presbyterian Church. He has witnessed many changes take place in this section, has survived many of those who started out. in life with himself, and he can tell most interesting tales of the long ago when, in his youth, so many things were different. CHASE D. COOPER, M. D., formerly a successful and beloved physician, whose decade of professional life was passed at New Cumberland. W. Va., and Toronto, O., was born in the old Cooper homestead near Port limner. Jefferson County, Ohio, March 26,, and died at his home in the 50 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY latter place, November 22, 1909. His parents are Ephraim W. and Harriet S. (Stewart) Cooper. Chase D. Cooper spent his happy boyhood on the home farm, this adjective being appropriate, for his was a. cheerful disposition and his whole life, in spite of its cares and responsibilities, was one of optimism. His mere presence in a sick room, during his practice, was helpful and stimulating. Ile early made a choice of profession and thereafter directed his studies along the line of medicine, and after completing the High School course at Wellsville entered the medical department of the Ohio State University, and subsequently the Illinois Medical College, and was graduated from the latter institution in the class of 1898. Ile entered into practice at New Cumberland and came from there to Toronto. Dr. Cooper possessed all the qualities which go to the making of a good physician, and not the least of these was a tender sympathy for those in distress and a human desire aside from his professional one, to give aid and relieve suffering. This devotion to his profession and the heavy demands that it made on him no doubt hastened the development of the disease which had attacked his system. Had he been less self-sacrificing, less concerned for the well-being of his patients. he might have found time to take remedial measures for himself. Ills ailment developed rapidly and reluctantly he had to give up his practice. after which the end soon came. It will be ninny years before the memory of this kind hearted. gentle mannered gentleman and able and faithful physician has passed out of the minds of those who loved. admired and appreciated him. Dr. Cooper was married October 19. 1899, to Miss Lena M. Lockhart. who survives with their three little daughters: Marjory. Alice and Elizabeth. HENRY B. GRIER, secretary of Gill Brothers Company, glass manufacturers. at Steubenville, O., is one of the city's of the board of education and also has been president of the city council. Mr. Grier has been ar resident of Steubenville for eighteen years, but his birth took place at Bellville, Canada, where he lived until twenty years of age. After leaving school, Mr. Grier went into business, selecting the city of Chicago as his field, and there he was engaged in the wholesale lamp and lamp supply business for twenty-five leading men and has served as president years, after which he came to Steubenville, and ever since has been with the firm of Gill Brothers & Co., of which he has been secretary since the reorganization of the business, in 1901. He is a director of the National Exchange Bank and has other interests, and is a trustee of the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce and is president of the Y. M. C. A. In 1875 Mr. Grier was married to Miss Ellen Goodman, of Chicago. and they have three children: William A., who is rector of Calvary Episcopal Church, at Philadelphia, is a graduate of Kenyon College; I henry G., who is with Gill Brothers Company; and Charles A., who is a civil engineer with the Riter-Conley Manufacturing Company, of Pittsburgh. Mr. Grier and family are members of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church and he is superintendent of the Sunday-school. ULYSSES GRANT POWELL. general farmer in Island Creek Township. was born here September 18. 1864, and is a son of Aaron B. and Julia (Ault) Powell. Aaron B. Powell was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, and was a son of Jehu Powell, who was also born there, and was probably of Welsh extraction. Jehu Powell came very early to Island Creek Township and was accompanied by 'his family. his son, Aaron B., being then but a boy. This family was one of the first to settle at the mouth of Island Creek. here Aaron B. Powell became a well known man and during his active years followed the trade of millwright. He cast his first Presidential vote for Martin Van Buren. After AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 571 some years of retirement, he died, in 1891. He married Julia Ault, who was born in Island Creek Township, and survived him some years. Of their children the following are still living: Tilley E., who is the wife of Daniel O. Findley, of Island Creek Township; Jennie P., who is the wife of Daniel Gallentine, of Pomona, Kan.; Alice, who is the wife of William J. Lee. of Island Creek Township ; and Ulysses G. Ulysses G. Powell was reared in his native township and has always lived here. In August, 1884, he was to Miss Norma D. Peacher, of Hancock County, West Virginia, a daughter of George W. and Eliza J. Peacher. The father was born in Maryland and is now deceased. The mother was born in West Virginia and resides with Mr. and Mrs. Powell. The latter have four children: Arthur T., Edna, Donald G. and Marjorie A. The family belongs to Bray's Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics Mr. Powell has always been a Republican. GEORGE L. PETERMAN, who conducts a first class livery and feed stable at Dillonvale, O., and also deals in stock, is one of the enterprising and successful business men of this place. He was born October 21, 1867, in Guernsey County, Ohio, and is a son of Leander and Sarah Ann Peterman. Leander Peterman brought his family to Jefferson County during the boyhood of his son, George L. He carried on a blacksmith's business during his active years. His death occurred March 7, 1908, when he was aged eighty-two years. His widow, who was born in Smithfield Township, Jefferson County, eighty-three years ago, survives, and resides with her son. George L., who is the youngest of the family of seven children. The others were : Elizabeth, now deceased, who was the wife of Thomas Watkins; Mary, who married Isaac Case, of Dillonvale; Maria, who married James McLaughlin. of Adena, O.; Josephine, who is the wife of R. P. Bell, residing in Illinois; Evaline, who married John Wostel, of Short Creek ; and Warren, who died in childhood. George L. Peterman obtained his education in the public schools and learned the blacksmith's trade under his father. For twenty-seven years he worked at this trade, sometimes going as far from home as Delaware, where he was in business for eight years. On August 26, 1909, he embarked in the livery business at Dillonvale, starting in with only two horses. He has greatly prospered, being now the owner of nine fine horses, eight buggies, a wagonette and a cab, all necessary to accommodate his growing trade. Mr. Peterman was married October 25, 1888, to Miss Emma McFarland, a daughter of Robert and Josephine McFarland, of Jefferson County, and they have had three children, two of whom died young, the only survivor being Clarence Peterman, who celebrated his seventeenth birthday on March 16, 1910. Mr. Peterman and family attend the Methodist Protestant church. In his political views he is a Democrat. JAMES MURRAY, sheriff of Jefferson County, Ohio, was born in 1866 and was reared and educated at Toronto, Jefferson County, where he attended school until he was sixteen years of age. Sheriff Murray is a self-made man and from boyhood not only took care of himself, but also of his widowed mother. When he left school he went to work for the Sewer Pipe Company, at Toronto, and remained there for thirteen years. Mr. Murray developed an interest in politics in early manhood, and as he possessed courage and stability of character, he was chosen for office by his fellow citizens while almost a youth. He served for seven years as town marshal of Toronto and then became deputy under Sheriff Voorhees, whom he succeeded as sheriff through election in November, 1908, on the Republican ticket. His administration of the office has been an entirely satisfactory one to the county. On December 19, 1889, Sheriff Murray 572 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY was married to Miss Nannie M. Martin, and they have one son and three daughters : John H., who graduated from the Toronto High School in 1908, and is now in the employ of the Tri-State Gas Company ; and Emeline E., Louise and Nellie. Mr. Murray and family belong to the Second Methodist Episcopal Church of Steubenville. He is identified with the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, the Elks and the Modern Woodmen of America. HON. JARED DUNBAR, one of Steubenville's most representative citizens, has made this city his home for a period covering forty-three years and during this time has been prominently identified with its professional and political life. He is the Nestor of the Jefferson County bar and is senior member of the law firm of Dunbar & Sweeney, with offices at No. 107 North Third Street, Steubenville. Mr. Dunbar was born in Albany County, New York, July 30, 1823, and is a son of Alexander and Hannah (Lanfar) Dunbar. The Dunbar family is of Scotch blood, the grandfather, John Dunbar, coming to America from the Highlands in the early days of pioneer settlement in Albany County, New York, acquiring large tracts of land. Of his five children, Alexander was the youngest. He spent his whole life in Albany County. marrying, there and in turn rearing a family of five children and dying in 1836. His widow survived into her eighty-seventh year. Jared Dunbar remained in Albany County until 1855, coining then to Ohio and taking up the study of law at Cambridge. In January, 1860, he was admitted to the bar and remained for six years at Cambridge engaged in professional work, and then, in 1866, seeking a wider field, came to Steubenville. Here he early became an attorney for the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad, and finding that he had particular talents in this direction, has made more or less of a specialty of railroad law, and as a railroad attorney and authority has few equals in eastern Ohio. While his first attention has always been given to the claims of his profession, Mr. Dunbar has been continuously an active citizen, and at various times has accepted offices of state, county and civic responsibility. During a term in the state senate he advocated and assisted in bringing about some much needed legislation, and later, as a member of the city council of Steubenville, his intimate knowledge of municipal affairs made his service one of the greatest benefit to the city. He remains prominently identified with the Republican party in Ohio and continues an influential force in the affairs of his city, legal and otherwise. Mr. Dunbar married Miss Jemima Bates and they had one daughter, Fannie L., who is now the wife of Alexander Sweeney, a prominent citizen and politician at Steubenville. Mr. and Mrs. Sweeney have two children, May and J. R. JOSEPH C. AULT, a prosperous farmer and leading citizen of Island Creek Township, residing on his excellent form of 132 acres, belongs to a pioneer family of Jefferson County, which was established here by his grandfather. Mr. Ault was born at Steubenville, O., November 18, 1834, and is a son of Jacob and Catherine (Wilkie) Ault. Jacob Ault was also born in Island Creek Township and was a son of Andrew Ault, who came from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to Jefferson County, in 1796, settling in Island Creek Township. For some years after Jacob Ault reached manhood he resided at Steubenville. where he followed the cabinetmaking trade and then settled on a farm in Island Creek Township, in 1844, where he died, in 1865. He was a member of the Methodist Protestant church. Joseph C. Ault was ten years old when his parents settled in Island Creek Township and he has lived here ever since, with the exception of the time he passed as a soldier during the Civil War. On August 28. 1861, he enlisted at Camp Dennison. in AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 575 Company E, 2nd O. Vol. Inf., which was attached to the Army of the Cumberland, and before he again saw his peaceful home he had passed through many trying experiences. He participated in the battles of Perryville, Stone River and Chickamauga, anti it was at this place that he was taken prisoner by the enemy. He was confined first in a prison at Atlanta and later was taken to Andersonville, but was released before he had suffered as did some of his comrades. He returned to Jefferson County and has engaged in farming and stockraising ever since. Mr. Ault was married December 21, 1865, to Miss Annie Fleming, who was born in Island Creek Township, June 17, 1839, and is a daughter of John and Nancy (Porter) Fleming. Her father was born in New Jersey and her mother in Jefferson County. To Mr. and Mrs. Ault four children were born : Cora E., who is the wife of Samuel Palmer, of West Virginia ; Robert D., who is serving in the office of township clerk of Island Creek Township; Eva J., who is the wife of Benjamin Lee, of Wellsville, O.; and Leoto B., who is the wife of Wilfred Douds, of Island Creek Township. Mr. and Mrs. Ault are members of Centre Chapel of the Methodist Episcopal church in Island Creek Township and he has frequently filled church offices. Mr. Ault is a Republican and has served two terms as treasurer of Island Creek Township. EPHRAIM W. COOPER, a retired farmer now residing in his comfortable home on Daniel Street, Toronto, O., retains the ownership of a farm of 200 acres lying near Port Homer, in Saline Township, Jefferson County, having disposed of other tracts which he formerly possessed. Mr. Cooper was born in Knox 'Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, on a farm his fa- ther owned that was on the dividing line of Knox and Saline Townships, on June 24. 1834. His parents were Alexander and Elizabeth (Van Tilburgh) Cooper. Alexander Cooper was a grandson of the founder of the Cooper family in Washington County, coming here from England in very early times. Alexander Cooper engaged in farming until within a few years of his death, when he sold his farm and retired. Ephraim W. Cooper grew to manhood on the home farm, and with the exception of five years, during which he was engaged in merchandising, he was actively engaged in farming, fruitgrowing and stockraising throughout his active years. When he was young and vigorous it was his custom to buy cattle and drive them over the mountains to eastern points. During his many years of residence in Saline Township Mr. Cooper was one of the foremost men of his community. In April, 1865, he was elected a justice of the peace, and with the exception of four years he continued in that responsible office without interruption until he moved to Toronto, in March, 1906, where he had purchased his fine residence on Daniel Street. Mr. Cooper was married first to Miss Martha Ellen Cole, who died one year later and was survived by a daughter, Sabra Jane, who died when aged nineteen years. Mr. Cooper married secondly Miss Harriet S. Stewart, of Hancock County, West Virginia. Her father was James Stewart and a great uncle. named Stewart was a colonel in the Revolutionary War. Mr. and Mrs. Cooper have had seven children: Armor S., residing at New Cumberland, W. Va., who is clerk of the courts of Hancock County; Edwin W., who resides at Toronto Lorena B., who is the wife of Dr. William Carroll, of Youngstown, O.; Chase D., whose brilliant career as physician and surgeon was cut short by death in his thirty-eighth year; Ralph Hayes, who is traveling agent for the Hartford Insurance Company, with headquarters at Wheeling, W. Va.; and two who died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Cooper are members of the Toronto Methodist Episcopal Chinch, in which he has been a class leader since 1865. He has always performed every