AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 651 James Clark has been a lifelong resident of Island Creek Township, having , been reared on the old homestead. For a short time he was absent while attending Richmond College, an institution now discontinued. His life has been profitably devoted to farming and stock raising. In September, 1899, he was married to Miss Mary A. Elson, who was born at Steubenville, 0., but spent the larger part of her life in Island Creek Township, where her death occurred in October, 1900. She is survived by one son, Clarence C. Mr. Clark is a Republican in politics. NELSON D. MILLER, a member of the legal profession of Steubenville, O., was born in this place September 6, 1876, a son of Martin L. Miller and Eliza MacDonald Miller. Mr. Miller spent his boyhood in Steubenville, graduated from the high school, attended Stanford University in California for two years, and later took the course in the Law School of Columbia University in the city of New York, where he received the degree of LL.B. in 1901. He was admitted to the bar in New York state in 1901, and engaged in practice in New York City for about six months. He then came to Steubenville, and was admitted to the bar of Ohio in 1902, since which time he has been engaged in the practice of law in Steubenville, as a member of the firm of Miller & Miller. Mr. Miller is a member of the Masonic order, the Elks, Country Club, Y. M. C. A., Chamber of Commerce, and the Jefferson County Law Library Association. 1 fis religious connection is with the First Presbyterian Church. JOSHUA F. RINE, postmaster at Fernwood, O., manager of the telephone exchange and for the past nine years township clerk of Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, was born at New Alexandria, O., October 8, 1859, and is a son of John B. and Lillian (Lashley) Rine. The venerable parents of Mr. Rine still survive, both being in the eighty-first year of their age. The parents of John B. Rine were Joshua and Mary (Ralston) Rine, who came to Cross Creek Township in 1795, from Maryland, and spent the remainder of their lives here. The parents of Mrs. Rine were John and Susan (Davis) Lashley. John B. Rine and wife had five children : Alfaretta, Belle, Joshua F., C. E., and William. Belle is the wife of Charles McDevitt. Joshua F. Rine had only common school advantages but he was a faithful student and was only seventeen years of age when he secured a certificate that entitled him to teach school, his first paper of this kind being limited to six months, but he afterward. secured a certificate without restrictions and continued to teach during the winters for a number of years, giving his summers to the farm. His official duties in late years. have absorbed a large part of his time. In politics he is a Republican. He is identified with the Jr. O. U. A. M., at New Alexandria, and the F. & A. M., at Smithfield. Mr. Rine was married July 4, 1907, to Miss Mary L. Holmes, eldest daughter of Hiram and Martha (Gilkison) Holmes, and a granddaughter of Thomas and Mary (Snyder) Holmes, (the former a native of 'Virginia) and of William and Mary (Watt) Oilkison. The father of Mrs. Rine served four years in the Civil War, being commissary sergeant in Co. H, 40th Ohio Volunteer nfantry. His death occurred November 5, 1907, but his widow survives and lives on the old homestead. Mrs. Rine had three sisters : Ora, who died when aged ten years ; Elizabeth, who married Michael Loftus; and Myrtle, who resides with her mother. Mrs. Rine is a member of the Cross Creek Presbyterian Church, while Mr. Rine belongs to the Methodist Protestant Church at New Alexandria. HON. JOHN A. KITHCART, formerly a member of the Ohio State Legislature, and for many years a prominent attorney at Steubenville, is senior member of the law firm of Kithcart & Bigger, attorneys and notaries public, with offices at No. 323 652 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY Market Street. Mr. Kithcart was born November 9, 1847, at Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio, and is a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Sherrard) Kithcart. On both sides, the grandparents of Mr. Kithcart were natives of Pennsylvania. His father, Joseph Kithcart, was born at Uniontown, Pa., in 1823, and his mother, in Jefferson County, Ohio. Joseph Kith-cart followed an agricultural life and during its larger part resided in the vicinity of Mt. Pleasant. Although John A. Kithcart enjoyed only the advantages offered by the district school in which he had formerly been a student, later he attended the Hopedale Normal College through one winter, preparatory to entering Washington and Jefferson College, where he was graduated in June, 1871. While completing his preliminary and necessary reading of law, Mr. Kithcart continued to teach school, but his final preparation was made under the preceptorship of Hon. Jared Dunbar, at Steubenville, and his admission to the bar followed on October 1, 1873. He was immediately taken into partnership by Mr. Dunbar, who recognized his pupil's ability, and the law firm of Dunbar & Kithcart became an active one in all the county courts and continued until April 1, 1898, when Mr. Kithcart formed a partnership with his son, Joseph B., which continued until the latter's death, in 1903. In the latter year Mr. Kithcart entered into his present partnership and this firm has been closely connected ever since with the larger amount of important litigation in the courts of this section. Individually, Mr. Kithcart is solicitor for the Miners and Mechanics Bank of Steubenville, having sustained this intimate relation for some time. He has always been an active, in.- terested citizen, has served on many civic boards and in political bodies, and in 1881 was elected a member of the Ohio State Legislature, in which he served with marked efficiency during his term of two years. On December 26, 1871, Mr. Kithcart was married to Miss Sarah J. Bigger, a daughter of William Bigger, a former prominent resident of Jefferson County. Five children were born to this union, Nancy S., Joseph B., Mary H., Elizabeth J. and Wilma A. Mr. and Mrs. Kithcart are active members of the Third Presbyterian' Church of Steubenville, in which he has been a ruling elder since January 1, 1876. The pleasant family home is situated at No. 209 South Third Street. WILLIAM J. GALLAGHER, druggist, and one of the leading citizens of Tiltonville, Jefferson County, Ohio, was born October 23, 1871, at Latrobe, Pa., and is a son of William. and Mary (Welch) Gallagher, both of whom are natives of Dublin, Ireland. The parents of our subject came to the United States in 1862, shortly after their marriage, and first located in Pennsylvania. In 1874 they moved to Wheeling, West Va., but subsequently went to Bridgeport, O., where the father died in February, 1905, aged sixty-nine years. He was a miner by occupation. His widow survives. They had the following children : John, deceased ; Anna, who is the wife of John W. O'Neal ; Mary, deceased ; Patrick deceased ; Michael ; William J., our subject ; Thomas ; Martin ; Edward, deceased ; Margaret, deceased wife of Dr. William Oates, deceased ; Charles ; Elizabeth ; and Mamie. William J. Gallagher was reared in Wheeling, West Va., where his parents located when he was about three years old, and there attended the Catholic Cathedral School. He has been a resident of Tiltonville, 0., since February 22, 1893, and has been operating a drug store here since January 11, 1909. He was married July 26, 1892, to Catherine Easthorn, who is a daughter of James P. Easthorn of Jefferson County, Ohio, and they have one daughter, Elizabeth M. Mr. Gallagher is politically identified with the Democratic party, has served as a member of the school board for five years and as treasurer of Tiltonville, and in 1908 and 1910 ran as a candidate for sheriff of AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 653 Jefferson County. He is a member of the B. P. O. E. No. 895, and of F. O. E. No. 456, both of Martin's Ferry. The religious connection of the family is with the Catholic Church, at Martin's Ferry. A. C. DOUGLAS, a progressive business citizen of Steubenville, with offices in the National Exchange Building, came to this city with a successful business experience of a number of years behind him, and in 1.904 established himself as a merchandise broker. His interests have increased and he is connected with a number of the developing business concerns of this section. Mr. Douglas was born at Chicago, Ill. in 1870, and shortly after the great fire his parents moved tc Kansas City. He was educated in the schools there and in the University of Kansas, at Lawrence, after which he became an employe of the Kansas City. Stock Yards Company. Later he was connected with Swift & Company of Kansas City and then became connected with the Chicago office as traveling auditor. Later he was made manager of the branch office of the company at Wheeling, W. Va. where he remained five years. When he severed his relations with Swift & Company, he had been identified with that great packing corporation eleven years. Mr. Douglas then entered into busines for himself at Steubenville and in addition to the enterprise above alluded to, he is manager of the Steubenville Distilled Water Company and is a stockholder in other successful concerns. Mr. Douglas was married November 11, 1909, to Miss Hattie B. Ewing, a daughter of Henry B. Ewing. They are members of the Congregational Church. He is a Knight Templar Mason and belongs to the various Masonic bodies at Wheeling. He is also a member of the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce and is secretary and treasurer of the Steubenville Country Club. GEORGE A. SHANE, a leading citizen of. Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, clerk of the township-school board and the owner of a farm of 100 acres, was born in Medina County, Ohio, February 6, 1854, and is a son of John C. and Rachel R. (Ault) Shane. John C. Shane was also born in Island Creek Township and was a son of James Shane who was one of the early settlers here and became a man of considerable consequence. John C. Shane moved to Medina County, after his marriage and later to Hardin County and from there enlisted for service in the Civil War. He was a martyr to the cause, being taken prisoner and incarcerated in a terrible southern prison pen at Salisbury, N. C., where he died in 1864, at the age of thirty-three years. His widow and a family of children survived him and of the latter the following are living: Margaret, who is the wife of Homer B. Crawford, of Toronto, O.; Catherine M., who is the widow of George Fulks, and resides at Seattle, Wash.; George A. James H., who resides at East Orange, N. J.; and Oren C., who lives at Colon, Mich. George A. Shane resided in Hardin County until 188:3 and obtained his education there and since coming to Island Creek Township has made farming and stock raising his leading interests. In all that concerns the public welfare of the township, Mr. Shane is interested and especially is this the case in regard to the public schools. He has been a member of the special school district No. 2, and has been clerk for some time and has also served as clerk of Island Creek Township. He casts his political vote with the Republican party. Mr. Shane married Miss Belle J. Galbreaith, a daughter of .Tames and Elizabeth (Kerr) Galbreaith. He was born in July, 1819, in Pennsylvania, and died in Island Creek Township, December 2, 1893. His Parents were Samuel and Isabella Galbfeaith, natives of Ireland. He married Elizabeth Kerr, who was born in Washington County, Pa., and was a daughter of James and Margaret (Sheets) Kerr, of. Washington County. Mr. and Mrs. Shane have three children : Florence W., who is 654 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY attending college at Athens, O.; Rachel B., who is a teacher in the schools of Island Creek Township ; and James G., who is connected with the construction department of the C. & P. Railroad. JAMES WILLIAM WHIGHAM, whose excellent farm of eighty acres lies three and one-half miles south of Amsterdam, in Springfield Township, was born at Hopedale, Harrison County, Ohio, November 30, 1856, and is a son of Andrew and Mary (Davis) Whigham. Andrew Whigham came to America from Ireland and secured work at Hopedale, O., where he met and married Mary, a daughter of John Davis. She died in 1863, in Hardin County, Ohio, having been the mother of three children: James W.; Jennie, who died when aged five years; and Dora. The last mentioned married C. P. Merryman and they reside near Smithfield, in Jefferson County. After the death of his first wife Andrew Whigham married a widow, a Mrs. Walker, and they had four children: Frank, Jennie, Jessie and Josephine, the last named dying in infancy. Andrew Whigham lived in Harrison County for some four years after his first marriage, and then moved to Hardin County, where he resided until his death, in 1871. A member of Co. A, 82nd O. Vol. Inf., in the Civil War, he was fortunate enough to escape all injury while in the service. He and wives attended the Presbyterian church. Before he settled down to industrial life J. W. Whigham attended the public schools in Hardin County and at Unionport, and also the Hopedale Normal School, and has found that a good education has helped materially to make him a successful farmer, capable of applying improved methods of agriculture. In the spring of 1890 he moved from near Unionport to his present farm. purchasing. it from G. M. Gault. The old log cabin that was built on the place by pioneers is yet standing on the farm, but the other buildings were erected by Mr. Whigham after coming here. His land is all cleared with the exception of two acres, and besides general farming he raises sheep, keeping about one hundred head over the winter. In politics he is a Republican, as was his father in his later days. Mr. Whigham was married first in 1883, to Miss Edna McCullough, a daughter of the late Dr. McCullough. She died in 1884 and was buried at Unionport. Mr. Whigham was married secondly October 25, 1887, to Miss Iantha E. Gault, a daughter of George M. and Lucinda (Betts) Gault, and they have had three children: Zella L., who is attending Bethany College; an infant son that died unnamed; and Ethel A., who is at school. Mr. Whigham and family are members of the Christian church at Bergholz, in which he is an elder, an office he also held for several years in the Unionport church. Mrs. Whigham's grandfather, John Gault, came from Washington County, Pennsylvania, to German Township, Harrison County, Ohio, when his son, George M., was twelve years of age, and the latter grew to manhood there. He married Lucinda Betts. a daughter of William Betts, and they had five children : John, who married Margaret Miser; Loretta; Iantha E., who married Mr. Whigham ; William B., who married Laura Miser ; and McKinney V.. who married Cora Davidson, a daughter of Cicero Davidson. After marriage George M. Gault continued to live on the old home farm until late in life and then moved to a small farm on the Salem and Jefferson Road, where he died, in 19n4. his wife having passed away in 1894. They were buried at Salem, being members of the Presbyterian church there. During the Civil War George M. Gault was in the 10n-dav service. He owned at his death about 218 acres of land, and forty-eight of this lies in Jefferson County, Ohio, but at an earlier period was a large land owner. Ill politics he was a Democrat. W. H. FERRY, proprietor of one of the leading furniture establishments of Jeffer- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 655 son County, Ohio, has been a resident of Steubenville for twenty-seven years, and during this time has built up a business from humble beginnings into one that exceeds almost every other of its kind in this section. He was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, December 3, 1840, and was there reared and attended school. As soon as he was old enough Mr. Ferry went into the railroad service on the old Central Ohio line, beginning at the bottom and working his way up until he became passenger conductor on the Piqua road, running out from Columbus. During the Civil War he was in the army—for a time in the railroad transportation service—but in the fall of 1863 he was attached to the regulars and served thus for six months, being then honorably discharged at Columbus. He is a member of the E. M. Stanton Post, G. A. R., at Steubenville. After leaving the railroad Mr. Ferry took a little time to look around before he decided to establish himself in the furniture business at Steubenville. He had but a small amount of capital to invest at that time but he was judicious in placing it, as very soon he found his business developing and growing even beyond his expectations. His success was permanent, and in the course of time he took possession of his present fine quarters, at No. 145 N. Fourth Street, where he has salesrooms of 29 by 180 feet, store room 55 by 29 feet and a warehouse in the rear 80 by 80 feet. With such accommodations Mr. Ferry is able to carry a large stock, the value of which runs into many thousands of dollars. He is interested also in oil and gas properties. In 1863 Mr. Ferry was married to Miss Sarah L. Harper, a daughter of Robert Harper, who was postmaster at Bellaire, Ohio, for more than a dozen years, and they have two daughters, Myra A., who is the wife of D. M. Gruber, and Ella Elizabeth, who is the wife of George P. McCracken. Mr. Ferry is a charter member of the Hamline Methodist Episcopal Church, being on its official board at the present time. He is identified with the Knights of Pythias and the Elks, both at Steubenville. JAMES WILLIAMSON, Sr., residing on a valuable tract of land containing twenty-two and three-fourths acres, situated on North River Avenue, Toronto, which property is owned by himself and wife, came to this place in 1870 and is now retired from active pursuits. He was born on a farm on Little Muskingum Creek, in Washington County, Ohio, August 25, 1833, and is a son of Moses and Sidney (Tice) Williamson. James Williamson was reared on the home farm and engaged in agricultural pursuits and also learned the carpenter trade. When the country was plunged into civil war in 1861 Mr. Williamson felt it to be his patriotic duty to enter the army to help in preserving the Union, and he became a member of Co. B, 75th O. Vol. Inf., and remained a soldier for three years and four months. He participated in many dreadful battles but was injured but once, a bullet taking off a part of the first finger of his right hand. At the battle of Gettysburg he was captured by the enemy, but effected his escape within an hour, a miracle he can only attribute to his show of bravery when he declared he would die before he would be incarcerated in the prison pen at Libby Prison. His companions were not so fortunate and a number of them languished their lives away in the dungeons of Libby. Mr. Williamson was honorably discharged at Columbus, 0., and then resumed farming, and for a number of years worked also at the carpenter trade. In 1858 Mr. Williamson was married to Miss Naomi Myers, a daughter of William Myers, who was an early settler in this section and owned the land on which Mr. and Mrs. Williamson reside. Mrs. Williamson was born at Steubenville, 0. After marriage they resided on a farm in Washington County, ten miles up the river from Marietta, and in 1870 came from there to 656 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY their present place. To Mr. and Mrs. Williamson ten children were born, and although they have lived to celebrate their golden wedding, there has never yet been a death in their ranks. This is somewhat remarkable and speaks well for the vigor of the stock. All the children are married and the record reads as follows : Mary, wife of Moodie Coburn; Mrs. Ollie Gritten Alonzo; Mrs. Margaret Paisley; Mrs. Artiemesia Morrow; William; James, Jr.; Mrs. Nettie Craig; Orthie Iona, wife of Frank Myers; and Andrew Newton. Mr. and Mrs. Williamson have the comforts of life and the good health to enjoy them. Their children are almost all settled within visiting distance and they have every reason to take pride in their descendants. They have riches to which thousands of acres of land would not compare—the affection of children and grandchildren and the esteem of those with whom they have lived in neighborliness for forty years. HENRY IDEN McMILLAN, who conducts a general merchandising business at Emerson, Jefferson County, Ohio, was born here when the village was known as New Trenton. May 6, 1862. His parents were Thomas H. and Julia Ann (Evans) McMillan. Thomas R. McMillan was born in Maryland, in 1832, and was a boy when he came to Jefferson County with his parents, who were Mahlon and Rachel (Richards) McMillan. They had four children: William, who died at Maynard, 0., and is survived by his widow ; Ruth Hannah, who was the wife of ,Jeremiah C. Walker, and lived and died at Emerson ; Thomas Richards, who was the father of Henry lden ; and Sarah Ann, who was the wife of Stewart Furbay, and lived and died at Emerson. Thomas R. McMillan was married in Mt. Pleasant to Julia Ann Evans, who was born in Mt. Pleasant Township, a daughter of George T. and Sarah (Griffith) Evans. Her people came to Jefferson County from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Five children were born to Thomas R. McMillan and wife, namely : Mary Inez, who died unmarried; Henry Iden; George Addison, a resident of Emerson, who married Clara M. Heaton, a daughter of Francis M. and Ann C. (Meredith) Heaton, Charles P., manager of the Mt. Pleasant Telephone Company, who married Jennie F. Conelly, of New Athens, O.; and Eleanor M., who is the wife of George W. Walker, of Emerson. Henry Iden McMillan attended the common and high schools in Mt. Pleasant Township, leaving school when twenty years of age in order to engage in farming, his father being busy as a wheelwright, at which trade he worked for a number of years at New Trenton. Later Henry Iden engaged in the mercantile business at Emerson and served three and a half years as assistant postmaster, under Postmaster Jones, who assumed the duties of that offiee on July 1, 1905. Mr. McMillan has been prominent in Republican politics, has been assessor for fifteen years and from 1896 until 1907 was a member of the Republican Central Committee. On October 31, 1894, Mr. McMillan was married to Miss Anne S. Jones, who was born in Mt. Pleasant Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Benjamin E. and Amanda J. (Foulke) Jones. They have one child, Alice Eleanor, who was born August 13, 1902. Mr. and Mrs. McMillan are members of the Hicksite branch of the Society of Friends. Benjamin Jones, the father of Mrs. McMillan, was born in North Carolina, and came to Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1834, at that time being two years old. His parents were Burrel and Rebecca Jones, who formerly lived near Murfreesboro, N. C. On October 30, 1860, Benjamin Jones was married to Amanda. J. Foulke, who was born on a farm lying along the turnpike road between Harrisville and Bridgeport, 0., and died May 9, 1885. For his second wife Mr. Jones married Sabina T. Dungan, a daughter of Jesse and Margaret (Grisell) Dungan. Her father was born AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 659 in Maryland and her mother in Pennsylvania. This marriage took place October 14, 1886. Three children were born to .his first marriage : Anna S., wife of Henry I. McMillan. Mary Elizabeth, who died aged ten years and Alice, wife 'of Frank W. Clark. Mr. Jones came to Emerson in 1880 and for many years was in the mercantile business here. He is a stanch Republican. He was reared in the Society. of Friends. The McMillan, Evans and Jones families have been prominently identified with this part of Jefferson County. JOHN D. KILGORE, a prosperous and well known citizen of Island Creek Township, was born in Steubenville, this county, March 18, 1833, son of William and Anne (Hill) Kilgore. William Kilgore was born on King's Creek, Hancock County, W. Va., on July 18, 1796, and came to Steubenville in 1815. Here he entered into mercantile business and fifteen years later erected the brick block on the northeast corner of Fourth and Market Streets, which was long the principal business block of the town, at this writing about to be replaced by D. J. Sinclair's modern office building. He became identified with the leading industrial enterprises of the place, was director of the Steubenville & Indiana Railroad, one of the original builders of the Jefferson Iron Works, now the La Belle, president of the Jefferson Bank, and was interested also in glass and wollen manufacture. His home on Fourth Street, now the site of the Specht Block, was surrounded by spacious grounds. He was married, September 16, 1824, to Anne, daughter of Samuel Hill, a native of England, who came to the United States at an early day and served in the American army in the War of 1812-15. Samuel Hill settled at Harrisburg, Pa., where he resided until his death. William Kilgore died January 1, 1877, and his wife on October 8, 1872. None were more highly esteemed in the community, and few or none did more than he to develop the industrial interests of Steubenville and the vicinity. They were the parents of six children, of whom John D. Kilgore is the sole survivor. The subject of this sketch was reared in Steubenville. He was educated at Grove Academy, a former institution of learning here, and while quite young took up the study of dentistry with Dr. Henry Morrison, who had moved from here to Pittsburgh. He began the practice of his pro! fession at Salineville, remaining there three years, when he removed to Indianapolis, where he lived ten years. Returning to Jefferson County in 1878, he purchased the Castner farm in Island Creek Township, about nine miles west of Steubenville, which he has converted into a model farm, prosperous as well as attractive. Here, besides general farming he has engaged successfully in stock raising. He has been especially active in the promotion of pikes, interurban electric lines, and everything that could turn to the advancement of the community. Mr. Kilgore served four months in the Union army during the Civil War, enlisting in Co. A, 143d Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He took part in the Siege of Peterburg and at the end of his term received an honorable discharge. He is a Master Mason, joining the order at Steubenville and later belonging to a Masonic Lodge at Indianapolis, from which he received a. demit on his return to Jefferson County. He is much interested in promoting the welfare of the order. Mr. Kilgore was married, July 18, 1880, to Mrs. Elizabeth. James. She is a daughter of George and Susan (Johnston) Strickler, her father being a native of Fayette County. Her mother was born near Steubenville, 0., of which place her maternal grandfather, Abram Johnston, was an early settler. Mr. and Mrs. Kilgore are the parents of two children, William and Jay S., both of whom reside in Island Creek Township. Mrs. Kilgore is a member of Two Ridge Presbyterian 660 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY Church. By her first marriage she has one son, Charles C. James, who is a resident of Island Creek Township. A. C. LEWIS, prominent attorney, and one of the leading citizens of Steubenville, 0. was born on a farm near Smithfield, Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1858, and is a son of Isaac Lewis (deceased), a native of Pennsylvania, who located in this county during early manhood and here carried on farming for many years. A. C. Lewis was educated in the public schools of Steubenville and the Washington-Jefferson College, and after studying law in the office of John McClave was admitted to the Jefferson County bar. He then studied law one year at the University of Michigan, since which time he has been continuously engaged in the practice of his profession. With the exception of a short time spent in Denver, he has carried on an extensive practice at Steubenville, where he has won the confidence and esteem of his fellow men. From 1897 to 1903 Mr. Lewis served as prosecuting attorney of Jefferson County. He is a member of the Masonic order, in which he has attained the seventeenth degree, of the "Eagles," the Knights of Pythias, and the Country Club. Mr. Lewis married Ida E. Graham, who died in 1897, leaving three children : Mildred E., Robert O., and Addison C. Lewis, Jr. S. TAYLOR ELLIOTT, who resides in the same house in which he was born, June 7, 1848, owns the old home farm of eighty-three acres which lies in Cross Creek Township. His parents were John and Elizabeth (Young) Elliott. John Elliott was also born in Cross Creek Township and was a son of Hugh Elliott. The greater part of his life was spent as a farmer but in early manhood he was engaged for a time in the manufacture of woolen goods, having a factory on Cross Creek. He was married three times, his first wife being Elizabeth Young, who was a daughter of William Young, and was born in Hancock County, West Virginia. She died in 1849 and both parents of Mr. Elliott were buried in St. James Cemetery, Cross Creek Township. To his first marriage John Elliott had three sons born to him: George, John and James ; to his second three sons, William A., S. Taylor and Andrew ; and to his third one son, Nathan. S. Taylor Elliott went to school during boyhood as opportunity presented, but soon became interested with his father in cultivating the home place, and has always resided here, purchasing the interests of the other heirs when his father died. This is one of the real old homesteads of Jefferson County—productive land, flourishing orchards, many improvements and comfortable general surroundings. The same old roof tree shelters the children of the present generation as it did those of a half century ago. Mr. Elliott was married June 7, 1875, to Miss Bethan Pauntney, whose death occurred February 19, 1910, a daughter of John and Charlotte (Clayton) Pauntney. The parents of Mrs. Elliott resided on their farm in Wells Township, where both died, and their burial was in the Tent Cemetery. They had the following children : Sarah, who married James Clayton ; Stavin ; Eliza, deceased, who was the wife of William Armstrong; Elizabeth, deceased, who was the wife of James Snell ; Josephine, deceased, who was the wife of Alfred Graham; John, who is deceased; Ellen, who married Philip Trainer; and Mrs. Elliott. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott had three children : John, Gertrude and Mary, Gertrude being the only survivor. Mrs. Elliott and daughter were members of the Presbyterian church. In politics Mr. Elliott is a Republican. Although he has never advanced himself as a candidate for public office, he has served in many responsible positions through the wish and will of his fellow citizens. For thirty-four years he has been township trustee and has also been a. member of the school board. For many years AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 661 he has been identified with the Odd Fellows and belongs to Wildwood Lodge, No. 590, at New Alexandria. MOSES B. COLE, one of the leading citizens of Wells Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, a successful farmer and stock raiser, owns 220 acres of excellent land, which is situated in both Wells and Warren Townships, lying on both sides of the turnpike road and about five miles northwest of Rayland. He was born in Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, September 18, 1852, and is a son of John T. and Margaret A. (Blackburn) Cole. John T. Cole was born also in Wayne Township and was a son of Ezekiel Cole, who, with his brother, came to Jefferson County from Maryland and entered land in Wayne Township. Ezekiel Cole lived to be eighty years of age and died on his farm in Wayne Township. He had six children: Roland and John T., twins, Judiah, Catherine, Mary A. and Sarah, all of whom are now deceased. John T. Cole remained in his native township until he was thirty-five years old and then moved to Wells Township and bought a. farm one mile east of Smithfield, and died there, in August, 1904. For many years he was in partnership with his twin brother, Roland, in farming and wool growing. He married Margaret A. Blackburn, a daughter of Moses Blackburn, who then was a well known wool buyer in Jefferson County, but later moved to Knox County, Ohio. Mrs. Cole died in May, 1910. To John T. Cole and his wife nine children were born, namely: Moses Blackburn ; Sarah, wife of William Starr ; Catherine, wife of William Varnholt ; E. R.; Anna. J., deceased, formerly the wife of Thomas Burriss ; William and Charles, twins; Tabitha, wife of C. H. Hunter; and Edwin J., deceased. Moses Blackburn Cole was a boy when his father moved to Wells Township and here he grew to manhood and obtained a district school education. In the fall of 1876 he visited for a short time through the West, but found no more desirable section in which to settle than the home one, and in the spring of .1877 he located on his present farm, which he rented from his father for five years, and then bought the property. Mr. Cole has been making improvements ever since. In 1904 he erected the comfortable and attractive 12-room residence, which is supplied with everything in the way of convenience that a rural home can have, and in 1900 he had built his substantial barn, which, with its dimensions of 48 by 66 feet and 511/2 feet in height, is the largest structure of its kind in the township. For his large operations Mr. Cole has needed plenty of accommodations. Formerly he was a large and successful sheep raiser and has taken many prizes for his fine flocks at different exhibits and fairs. In April, 1904, oil was found on his farm, and there are now four producing wells on the place. He has numerous business interests aside from his agricultural ones, being a stockholder in the Jefferson County Oil Company, a stockholder in the Findlay Lumber Company at Weems, 0., and a director in the First National Bank at Smithfield, 0. Mr. Cole was married March 24, 1880, to Miss Sarah Sixsmith, a daughter of George and Jane (Lewis) Sixsmith, old residents of Jefferson County, and they have three children, Edna, Ida J. and Ethel. Mr. Cole and family belong to the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a Republican in his political sentiments but cares nothing for public office. CARL H. SMITH, one of the leading members of the Jefferson County bar, who has been a resident of Steubenville, 0., since November 1, 1901, was born in East Liverpool, Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1876. At the' age of four years he came with his parents to Jefferson County, Ohio, and located on a farm in Knox Township. After obtaining a primary education in the local schools he was graduated, in 1896, from the Empire High School. He then entered Westminister College, from which he received the degree of A. B. in 1900, 662 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY after which he was for one year an instructor in the college at Knoxville, Tenn. His knowledge of law was obtained in the office of E. E. Erskine and the Law Department of the Western Reserve College at Cleveland, where he spent one year, in 1903 being admitted to the bar. He immediately located at Steubenville for the practice of his profession, and in January, 1906, formed a partnership with E. E. Erskine, with whom he has since practiced in the various courts of the state and in the federal courts. He is a member of the Jefferson County and Ohio State Bar Associations, a director in the Herald Publishing Company, vice president of the Means Foundry & Machine Company and vice president and trustee of the Chamber of Commerce of Steubenville. Mr. Smith holds membership in the United Presbyterian Church, being superintendent of the Sabbath School. His fraternal affiliations are with the "Eagles" and Masonic order, he having advanced as far as the Chapter and taken the eighteenth degree, Scottish Rite. Mr. Smith was married January 9, 1907, to Bessie C. Crowther, who died about eighteen months later. leaving an in-rant daughter. Bessie Crowther Smith. GEORGE A. VAUGHAN, one of the prosperous farmers and stock raisers of Island Creek Township. in which his farm of 370 acres is located. has devoted the whole of his mature lire to these industries. He was born at Wellsville, 0., February 12, 1846. and is a son of Samuel and Rebecca ( Walker) Vaughan. Samuel Vaughan was a resident of Island Creek Township for many years and was a son of James Vaughan, who came from Pennsylvania and was an early settler in this township. To Samuel and Rebecca Vaughan a large family was born and the following members of it survive : James W. and George A.. both of island Creek Township; Benjamin F. and William, of Steubenville; Ross, residing in New York City ; Harry, a resident of Steubenville ; and Nevada, widow of Nesley Winters, who lives in Colorado. Samuel Vaughan died in 1892. He was a well known man and was engaged in farming and stock dealing. George A. Vaughan was small when his parents removed from Wellsville to Island Creek Township and he has resided here ever since. He has carried on his large business operations, incident to owning such a large body of land, with success and is one of the financially independent men of this section. In his views on public question he is broad minded and inclined to do his own thinking which results in his casting his vote as his judgment dictates. He has acquaintances and friends in all sections of the county. THOMAS L. MOORE, who was born near Mooretown, in Ross Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, January 6, 1851, has spent his entire life in this county and is a representative of one of the old and leading families of this section. Mr. Moore owns a one-half interest in 678 acres of land lying in sections 21, 22 and 23, Ross Township. His father was Cyrus and his grandfather was Mordecai Moore. Mordecai Moore was born near Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. When he came to Ross Township, Jefferson County, he possessed so little of this world's goods that, in the light of future events, the following story is very interesting. The workmen on the salt well near Mooretown were his boarders and through some misfortune or delay about delivering his supplies, the honest Quaker awoke to the fact one day that he had no meal with which to feed the hungry men in his kitchen: In this emergency he applied to the miller at Mooretown for the loan of a bushel of meal, but Miller Coe declined to trust him and from there he went to a neighbor named Henry Crabb, who, against the advice of his wife, loaned the bag of meal. Within one year. Mordecai Moore had acquired enough capital through his industry and prudence, to buy the mill of Mr. Coe and about the same time purchased the salt well, it then not be- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 663 ing a paying proposition. Mr. Moore was a shrewd business man; he saw methods that would improve the output of the well and he believed that by substituting coal for wood he could reduce cost of production. After acquiring the salt works he operated them profitably. He hauled the salt over the mountains and at first secured $14 a barrel in the eastern markets. On one occasion he lost his entire load when fording' Yellow Creek. He became a man of wealth, at one time owning 2,000 acres of land in Jefferson County, and no man ever accused him of obtaining one foot of it dishonestly. He was held in the highest esteem and lived the upright life of the religious body to which he belonged. He served one term as county surveyor of Jefferson County, and served also as a county commissioner. In association with his son. Abner, he owned and operated a woolen factory at New Lisbon, 0., for several years. Cyrus Moore, a brother of Mordecai, was of Carroll County and he was the first man to bring sheep into Eastern Ohio and both brothers became important in the sheep industry. Mordecai Moore died at the age of sixty-nine years and was buried in the Pravo Cemetery at Moore-town. He was universally mourned for he was so universally respected. .Although he was far richer than his neighbors the fact was recognized by them that he had better judgment than they and that his wealth was all acquired through legitimate channels. He never would hold a lease or mortage on his neighbors' farms and, although strict in business matters, he never was more strict with others than with himself. He married Mary Laughlin and they had nine children, two of whom died in infancy. Cyrus Moore, father of Thomas L. and son of Mordecai Moore, was born near Mooretown and there grew to manhood. When old enough he joined his father in his various enterprises and paid particular attention to dealing in cattle and sheep and made many trips over the mountains with his flocks and herds. He married Jane Patterson, who was born near Zion Church in Ross Township, and they had eight children born to them, four of whom survive. An interesting story is told of Mary Armstrong, who was the mother of Mrs. Cyrus Moore. She was born in Ireland and accompanied her father to America. He entered the Patriot army and was made a captain of artillery and when the British stormed Fort McHenry, near Baltimore, his wife baked bread and made coffee for the soldiers, and it was little Mary who carried the food and sustaining drink to the artillerymen. Thomas L. Moore resides on land that was a part of his grandfather's farm and his father's homestead. A sister, Margaret Moore, resides with a brother, Cyrus C., who is an eminent physician in Philadelphia.. Another sister, Mary (Dallas), lives about four miles south of Smithfield. Mr. Moore married Miss Eliza Cogsil, a daughter of Oliver Cogsil, of Carroll County, Ohio, and they have four children : John C., William P., Eugene G. and Elizabeth. Mr. Moore was reared in the United Presbyterian Church. ROY N. MERRYMAN, one of the rising young attorneys and a native of Steubenville, 0., where his birth occurred in 1882, is a son of D. M. and Hannah May (Armstrong) .Merryman, the former of English and the latter of Irish ancestry. The father, who was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1852, is a prominent building contractor of Bloomfield, O., and is one of the active workers in the interests of the political affairs of that borough. The mother of our subject, was also born in Jefferson County, and is a daughter of Robert Armstrong, who is an old settler of the county. The paternal grandfather was Samuel Merryman, also a native of Jefferson County. Roy N. Merryman grew to manhood in Jefferson County, graduated from the Bloomfield High School, and after taking a commercial course at the Iron City Business College, at Pittsburgh, read law some time with lion. J. A. Mansfield, of Steuben- 664 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY ville, this county. He completed his course in law at the Cincinnati Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1906, after which he entered into a partnership with Judge Mansfield at Steubenville, with whom he has since been associated, practicing in the various courts of the state, and in the United States courts. Mr. Merryman is secretary and tresurer of The Tri State Investment Company, and also The Mingo Junction Water and The Mingo Junction Light Company. He holds membership with the Second Presbyterian Church of Steubenville, and is secretary of the Brotherhood of that church. Fraternally, he is a member of the Steubenville Lodge, B. P. O. E. He is also a member of the Y. M. C. A., and a charter member of the Steubenville Country Club, and is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, in which body he is chairman of the legislative committee. ROBERT L. BROWNLEE, who belongs to Steubenville's large colony of substantial retired citizens, resides in his comfortable residence at No. 539 Sixth Avenue. He was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, July 22, 1835, and is a son of W. T. Brownlee. Mr. Brownlee was reared and educated in Washington County, attending Washington College. In 1867 he came to Steubenville and embarked in the wholesale grocery business in partnership with J. W. Lippincott, under the style of Lippincott & Brownlee, which was continued after W. F. Davidson was later admitted to the firm. After remaining in the grocery business for fourteen years, Mr. Brownlee turned his attention in another direction, starting the Ohio Valley Clay Company, with which he was connected for two years. He then became president of the Jefferson National Bank and continued as such until the bank's charter ran out. When the Steubenville National Bank was organized he became president of that institution and remained so until the expiration of the charter, when the bank interests were pur chased by the National Exchange Bank.. Since then Mr. Brown served for four and one-half years on the board of public service. He is financially interested as a stockholder in the Ohio Valley Clay Company, the Steubenville Hardware Company, the National Exchange Bank and the People's National Bank. During a long and busy life he has also found time to take note of the pressing needs of the city at different times and has given time and means to aid movements for the betterment of conditions. Mr. Brownlee was married September 30, 1857, to Miss Elizabeth J. Davidson. They are members of the Steubenville United Presbyterian Church and he has long been a member of its session. THOMAS JEFFERSON CAMPBELL, funeral director and embalmer, at Toronto, 0., was born on a farm in Knox Township, Jefferson County, not far from the Island Creek line, August 21, 1853, and is a son of Thomas Jefferson and Harriet (Pontious) Campbell. They were farming people and both survived into respected old age and died on the old homestead. Thomas Jefferson Campbell, bearing his father's name, grew to manhood in Knox Township, attending the local schools and working for his father. He secured quarters for his undertaking business at Toronto, in March, 1906, and in the following year secured his licence as an embalmer, at Dayton, O. He has all equipments necessary for the undertaking business, operating two hearses, one of these being a, beautiful black and the other a silver grey. He carries caskets of all kinds and in all that pertains to funeral directing gives adequate and dignified service. Mr. Campbell married Miss Matilda J. Woodruff, a daughter of John Woodruff, and they have three children Lena ; Roy, who fills the position of engrossing clerk in the Ohio Senate ; and Margaret, who is the wife of Herman Tope. Mr. Campbell is a member of the Masonic fraternity. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 667 FRED HORNICKEL, general superintendent of the W. & L. E. Coal Mining Company, at Dillonvale, O., is a prominent citizen of this place and is serving in his fifth year as a member of the town council. He was born at Youngstown, O., January 16, 1860, and is a son of John and Catherine (Ludt) Hornickel. Both parents of Mr. Hornickel were born in Hessen-Castle, Germany. The father, John Hornickel, came to Vermillion, 0., when twenty years of age, where he followed the blacksmithing trade and later owned and operated a canal boat named the "Time and Tide," plying between Youngstown and Cleveland. He continued in boating until the building of the railroad, about 1858, took away his profits. He then became associated with the Andrews & Hitchcock Company which was engaged in mining coal—the first operators in the Mahoning Valley. Later he purchased a fine farm eight miles north of Youngstown, and there he spent the rest of his life, his death occurring in 1896, at the age of seventy-two years, at Vienna. His widow then removed to Hubbard, 0., where she still resides, being now in her eighty-fifth year. Her parents, Peter and Catherine Ludt, brought her very early to Youngstown, where she married. To John and Catherine Hornickel ten children were born, namely : Sophia, who is the wife of Frank L. Stein, of Neosho, Mo. ; Charlotta, who is the wife of L. A. Dennison, of Coalburg, 0.; Vine, who is the wife of A. W. McKelvey, of Hubbard, O.; Lute, retired coal operator residing at Cleveland, who married Maggie Davis, of Church Hill ; Fred, of Dillonvale ; Frank, who died at the age of twenty-four years ; John, who was killed in a mine explosion near Monongahela City, while in the employ of the Hazel Kirk Gas and Coal Company, as superintendent, had married Maggie Gillespie ; Mary, who died at the age of two years ; Nettie, who lives with her mother; and George, at present a prospector in British Columbia, who for seven years was general superintendent of the Massilon Coal Mining Company. He married Miss Carrie Kerr, of Brookfield, O. Fred Hornickel attended the public schools at Youngstown and at Vienna but left his books when thirteen years of age to become a trapper boy in the local mines. This was the beginning of a career which has been constantly upward. He has learned every detail of his work thoroughly and thus qualifield himself for the responsible positions he has been called on to fill. From Mahoning County, in 1894, he went to Borland, Pa., as a master mechanic and two years later he served one year in the same capacity at Port Royal and later at Manown, Pa., thence returning to Borland for three more years. Early in 1899 he became identified with the Jeffries Manufacturing Company of Columbus, O., and in 1900 he became superintendent of Lock No. 4. in the Rostraver mine, in Pennsylvania, where he remained until 1903 when he came to Dillonvale and entered the employ of the W. & L. E. Coal Company. There is no doubt about his having been a busy man during all these years and it is somewhat remarkable that he has never asked for a single place of all he has filled, since he timidly offered himself for the first one in his boyhood. Mr. Hornickel was married November 23, 1887, to Miss Elmina Leish, of Poland, Mahoning County, Ohio, a daughter of Anthony and Margaret Leish, and they have four children : Mildred, who is an accomplished musician, residing at home; Edna, who is a student at Scio College; Raymond, residing at home, who is a member of the Dillonvale Citizens' Band and Margaret, who is now two years old. Mr. Hornickel has been an active and useful citizen and despite his private business interests has found time to accept the duties of citizenship. He is a Republican in politics. He is identified with Lodge No. 181 F. & A. M. and the Chapter, at Smithfield, and to the Commandery, Lodge of Perfection and Scottish Rite branches at Steubenville. He 668 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY is identified also with the Elks and is a charter member of that organization at Monessen, Pa. ABEL A. DEITZ, a prosperous business man of Steubenville, dealing in gents' clothing, furnishings and shoes, with a fine location on the corner of South Third and Adams Streets, was born in Russia in 1875, and came to America in 1891. Mr. Deitz has been connected with mercantile business almost since early boyhood. After reaching the United States he lived for four months at Clarion Mines, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. He then went to Springfield, Mass., and was traveling salesman for a business firm there for a year and a half. A brother of his was in business in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, and Mr. Deitz joined him and worked as a clerk for him for four months. The brother then moved to Curwensville, in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, and the brothers continued together for one year. From there Mr. Deitz went to South Africa, where he represented certain business interests for a year. He then returned to Springfield, Mass., shortly afterward going to Oxford, Md., where he was a clerk for his brother-in-law. For two years subsequently he was in Charlottesville, Va., going thence to Waynesboro, Pa., where he remained for five years. He then came to Steubenville. Here he was at first a clerk in the employ of Mr. Levinson, but subsequently entered into the candy and confectionary business for himself, still later turning his attention to the line in which he is now interested. When Mr. Deitz began business in Steubenville, on the corner of Third and Adams Streets, it was under his own name, and on a small scale, his sole capital being $235. 1n June, 1905, he was compelled by the sale of the property, to remove to the Nicholson Building, next door, where he had to go to the expense of $600 to put the place in proper condition for his business and this brought on financial difficulties which resulted in his making an assignment for the benefit of his creditors. He was not discouraged however, and in July of the same year he resumed business, as manager for his wife Lillian, in the line of gents' furnishings and later added clothing and shoes to his stock. From this small beginning, through his energy and business capacity, he has developed a trade of $24,000 a year. On June 24, 1909, he moved from the Nicholson Building back to the Levinson Building and now occupies the same stand where he commenced in 1904. On March 7, 1910 he as manager and agent, bought a property of the John Vought heirs for the sum of $5,000, Lot No. 2, in the William R. E. Elliott addition to Steubenville, on South Third Street, under the name of L. R. Deitz, the latter being his wife, in whom he finds a ready helper. Mr. Deitz was married at Hagerstown, Md., on September 27, 1898, to Miss Lillian Baginsky, his capital at the time consisting of $40 and a borrowed suit to get married in. They have had five children, Joseph, Morris L., Bertha R., and Emanuel—the living—and a son, Lewis, who died when three weeks old. The family are members of the Jewish congregation. FORD DEMELVIN GEORGE, who was one of the representative citizens and substantial farmers of Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where he owned 220 acres of fertile land, was born in this township December 24, 1841, and died at Massillon, O., in 1904. The parents of Mr. George were Nathan C. and Mellicent (George) George; cousins. They reared the following children : Elmyra, Ford Demelvin, Rosanna, Anna Myria, Louisa, Clara, Stephen and William. Ford Demelvin George obtained his education in the common schools in Cross Creek Township. In early manhood he enlisted for service in the Civil War, serving through a first enlistment in the 104th 0. Vol. Cav., and re-enlisted in Co. H 157th 0. Vol. Inf., and served three years as a veteran. After he returned from the AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 669 army he settled down to farming and made that his life work. He was a man of substantial character and was valued as a citizen. In his political views he was a Republican and he was elected to the office of township treasurer and performed the duties of the same with honesty and efficiency. On March 8, 1865, Mr. George was married to Miss Eleanor Adams, who is a daughter of Lemuel and Nancy (McBane) Adams, and a granddaughter of Baldwin and Eleanor (Brock) Adams and of John. McBane. The father of Mrs. George died on his farm in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Her mother later married Edwin Mosher and they went to Iowa, where both died. To Mr. and Mrs: George the following children were born: Lurena, who married S. M. Floyd and has three children—John, Eleanor and William; James H., who married Jessie Welday, is a teacher in the schools of Winterville, and has four children—Estella, Mary, Harold and Myron ; Ross, who is deceased ; Emma, who is the wife of Charles Deselms ; Carrie, who married William Flinn and has three children —Lewis, Elizabeth and Alan ; and Nannie and Earl, the latter of whom operates the farm for his mother, who is the owner of the property. Mrs. George is a member of the Presbyterian church. The family is one that stands very high socially in Cross Creek Township. WILLIAM HOPE STRINGER, retired farmer and livestock dealer, of Rayland, O., has practically. been a lifelong resident of Jefferson County, but was born March 25, 1832, in Belmont County, Ohio, a son of Jefferson D. and Marian (Tilton) Stringer. William Stringer, great-grandfather of our subject. was a native of England and one of the earliest settlers of Chester County, Pennsvlvania. His eldest son William, and grandfather of our subject, was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania. and served in the Revolutionary War under General Green. His brother George served throughout the entire war. William was the father of fifteen children 'and died at the age of eighty-four years. Jefferson D. Stringer was born. in 1800, in West Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and in 1806 came with the family to Belmont County,, Ohio. He was reared in Peas Township, became a farmer and subsequently fell heir to the home farm. He married Marian Tilton, a daughter of Joseph Tilton,. and a descendant of the well known Tilton family of Tiltonville, Belmont County, Ohio, and she died in Belmont County in 1834, and three years later the family came to Jefferson County and settled at Rayland, Ohio, where Jefferson Stringer died, in 1888. He became one of the substantial farmers of the township and was the owner of three tracts of farm land. He was an adherent of the Republican party. Two sons were born to Jefferson and Marian Stringer : William H., the subject of this record ; and Joseph, who died in 1878. William Hope Stringer was quite young when his mother died and was afterward cared for by his aunt, Jane Stringer, who came to live with them. The father moved to Rayland, then known as Portland, O., and there our subject attended the public school and afterwards took a course at Jenkins College, of Mt. Pleasant, 0. Early in life he engaged in farming, and was afterwards for some time associated with his brother Joseph in the grain business, and then became interested in live stock, and for years was one of the most extensive shippers of hogs in the county. Mr. Stringer retired from business activities in 1890 and has been living at his present residence, which is known as the old stone house or John Bayless mansion, since April, 1859, and he also owns a tract of ninety acres in Warren Township. He is politically a Republican and has served six years as assessor, and was appraiser in 1880. Mr. Stringer -was married October 23, 1862, to Alzira Hutton, a daughter of Joseph and Mary (Tonner) Hutton, and to them were born the following children: 670 - HISTORY OF. JEFFERSON COUNTY Jefferson D., who married Emma Rodell, has three children—William, Helen and Anna Virginia; Mary Jane, who is the wife of J. P. O'Brien, has three children—James, Mary and Anna; Anna ; Jessie; Joseph Franklin ; Sallie ; Oliver C., who died aged twenty-six years ; Cornelia T.; George S.; Benjamin C.; and Edith E. Mrs. Stringer died January 29, 1910, aged sixty-nine years. The religious connection of the family is with the Presbyterian church. J. C. BIGGER, attorney at law at Steubenville, O., and practicing in all the courts of the state, has been established in this city since September 1, 1890, and has won an enviable position at the bar. He was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, May 23, 1863. Mr. Bigger was educated in the Beaver High School, Frankfort Academy and Curry University at Pittsburgh, and afterward taught school for a season preparatory to entering upon the study of law. He was prepared for the bar under the supervision of Hon. John M. Cook and was admitted to practice on March 2, 1892, and has made Steubenville his home. He is the local counsel for the Wabash Railroad and has served two terms as city solicitor. Mr. Bigger is a Knight Templar Mason and be belongs also to the Elks. He has an excellent office location on the corner of Fourth and Market Streets, Steubenville. WALTER A. STRAYER, M. D., physician and surgeon, at Mingo Junction, where, in addition to a large general practice, he is professionally retained by the Carnegie Steel Company and the Wabash and the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad, has lived in this place since 1903. He was born on the old family farm on which his grandfather settled, in Salem Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, April 11, 1878, and is a son of William A. and Mary (Calhoun) Strayer. William A. Strayer was born on the farm above mentioned and is a son of Samuel Strayer and a grandson of Andrew Strayer, who came from Germany in very early days. This farm is still in the Strayer family and the original patent from the government is preserved. William Strayer was engaged in agricultural pursuits in Jefferson County during his active years and now both he and wife reside in Cross Creek Township, west of Steubenville, being highly respected in that section. William A. Strayer married Mary Calhoun, who was born at East Springfield, O. Walter A. Strayer remained on the home farm during his school days, which included local attendance at the district school and a course in the Steubenville High School, where he was graduated in 1897. He then entered upon the reading of medicine with the late Dr. A. A. Elliott, of Steubenville, and from his instruction entered Jefferson Medical College, at Philadelphia, where he was graduated in 1903. He spent two years as an interne in the Western Pennsylvania Hospital at Pittsburgh and the Roselia Hospital, in the same city. In 1905 he came to Mingo Junction as assistant to Dr. W. W. McMillen, who was then physician and surgeon to the corporations which Dr. Strayer now serves, the latter succeeding to these important and responsible offices when Dr. McMillen retired, this appointment being made in October, 1909. Dr. Strayer is a member of the Jefferson County Medical Society, the Ohio State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, the Association of Surgeons of the Carnegie Steel Company and the Ex-Residents' Association of the Western Pennsylvania Hospital. He belongs also to the fraternal orders of the Masons, at Steubenville, and the Odd Fellows, at Mingo. He is a Republican in his political affiliations. Dr. Strayer was married in April, 1909, to Miss Henrietta M. Reineman, a daughter of George Reineman, of Pittsburgh. Dr. Strayer's residence is on St. Clair Street and his office is in the Brettell Block, Commercial Street, Mingo. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 673 ROBERT S.. HILL, a prominent citizen of Steubenville, whose comfortable and attractive residence is situated at No. 547 South Fourth Street, for the past sixteen years has been mainly occupied with looking after his large real estate interests. He was born on the old Hill homestead, Oak Grove farm, which is situated three miles south of Steubenville, O., in Jefferson County, October 4, 1858. His parents were Joseph W. and Mary Ann (Sherrard) Hill. Joseph W. Hill, father of Robert S., was born in 1811 on the Oak Grove farm, and there his entire life was spent, engaged in farming and stock raising. He was a son of Robert Hill, who was born in County Down, Ireland, in 1761, and who came to America in 1768. Robert settled in Washington County, Pennsylvania, the village of Hillsboro being named in his honor. After his marriage to Rosamond Welsh, he moved, in 1806, to Jefferson County Ohio, and became one of the leading agriculturists of this section. Joseph W. Hill married Mary Ann Sherrard, a native of Jefferson County, and they had five children, namely : Rosamond C.; Elizabeth J.; Martha S., who married Rev. David R. Kerr, president of Westminster College, at Fulton, Mo.; Mary R., who is the wife of Jesse M. Bennett, postmaster at Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson County; and Robert S. Robert S. Hill grew up on the old homestead and attended the old Hill school near by and later the Steubenville High School. When his father died in 1877 Mr. Hill took charge of his large estate and continued his father's former large agricultural operations until he retired to Steubenville. On June 30, 1885, Mr. Hill was married to Miss Mary Boggs Mears, who was born at Steubenville, January 20, 1864, a daughter of Thomas and Henrietta B. (Menager) Mears. Thomas Mears was born August 12, 1831, at Gortanewry House, one mile from Moneymore, County Derry, Ireland. He came to America in the fall of 1850 and, locating first at Pittsburgh, was in the employ of Marshall, Kennedy & Co. until 1856, when he came to Steubenville, Here he subsequently became a prominent business man. He went into the wholesale grocery and milling trade and acquired a fortune. Ile was always a strong Democrat, but was bound in ties of warm friendship with such notable men as ,Hon. Edwin M. Stanton and Col. George McCook. He was a son of John and Mary (Brooks) Mears, who also came to America, and spent the remainder of their lives at Pittsburg. The great-grandfather of Mrs. Hill was ,James Mears, who was a member of the Royal Irish Guards. The old Mears homestead is one of the finest estates in County Derry and is still owned by the Mears family. Thomas Mears married Henrietta B. Menager, who was born at Gallipolis, 0., September 22, 1833. She was a daughter of Edward S. and Mary Jane (Boggs) Menager, who were married at Pittsburgh in 1825, and among their wedding guests was no less distinguished a person than General LaFayette. After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Menager went to Virginia, where the Menager family owned Ashburton Plantation. They purchased the Blennerhasset slaves. The parents of Edward S. Menager were Claudius Roman and Mary (Bobine) Menager. The Menagers were French Royalists who fled from France to escape the horrors of the French Revolution and they were one of the first French families to settle at Gallipolis. To Thomas Mears and wife the following children were born : Edward James, who died in infancy; William Stanton, who lives at New Castle, Pa.; Edward M., who died April 5, 1900 ; Mrs. Hill ; and Henrietta, who died January 4, 1876, at the age of five years. To Mr. and Mrs. Hill five children have been born : Henrietta Menanger ; Mary Sherrard, who married Robert H. Watson, of Sault Ste. Marie, Canada (they have one son, Robert Henderson Watson, Jr.) ; Nancy Mears, who is a graduate of the Steubenville High School and Washington Seminary, at Washington, Pa.; and Anna 674 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY Virginia. Mr. Hill and family are socially prominent. They attend the First Presbyterian Church. JOSEPH E. BOOTH, who has occupied his handsome brick residence in Island Creek village since the fall of 1909, has been connected with the oil industry for a number of years, and before that was a railroad man. He has been a resident of Island Creek Township for more than twenty years, but is a native of Lancashire, England, where he was born, November 2, 1859. leis parents were Joseph and Martha. Booth, who came to America and to Steubenville, O., in 1864. The father died there in 1876 and the mother some years later at Toronto, O. Joseph E. Booth was five years old when his parents came to Ohio. he attended school at Steubenville but had no very favorable opportunities, as he began to work in the coal mines when young. Later he entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and was connected in various capacities with other systems for a long time amp then became a pumper in the Island Creek oil fields. he is at present in the employ of J. J. Crawford, of Toronto. O.. who is largely interested in oil in Jefferson County. In association with his wire. Mr. Booth owns seventy acres of excellent farm land in this township and resided on it prior to coming to the village. Mr. Booth was married January 29, 1884, to Miss Retta Wallace, who was born in Salem Township, Jefferson County, and is a daughter of ,James C. and Mary (Huff) Wallace. Her father, who died in August, 1900. was a native of Yellow Creek, O. Her mother, who was born in West Virginia. eighty-six years ago. resides in Island Creek Township, and Mrs. Booth has lived in this township since she was eight years old. Mr. and Mrs. Booth have had three children : James W., who is deceased; Rena M., who lives at Steubenville, and is an expert stenographer and bookkeeper; and Blanche E. G., who lives at home. Nominally Mr. Booth is a Democrat, but he is rather inclined to be independent on many issues. He has served two terms as road supervisor of Mt. Tabor District, but otherwise has accepted no public office. JOHN STILL, general contractor and one of Steubenville's substantial and representative citizens, has been established in this city since 1890. He was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, February 1, 1858, and is a son of Daniel Still, now deceased, who followed the cooper's trade and was engaged in farming in Jefferson County. John Still was reared on the home farm and attended the county schools through boyhood, but as his inclinations were in a different direction, he gave up agriculture and came to Steubenville, and for a quarter of a century has been engaged in general contracting here. He manages a large business in this line and is well known all over the county. He has invested in city property at various times and owns five verv valuable residence lots on the corner of Seventh and Ross Streets. Mr. Still was married in 1881 to Miss Loretta Smith, who was born in Pennsylvania. They have one son, Elmer Ellsworth, who resides at home. Mr. Still is identified with the Odd Fellows, the Woodmen and the Maccabees. JAMES W. MYERS, a member of the city council of Toronto, Jefferson County, Ohio, is a representative citizen and business man and comes of a family which has for generations been well known in the county. He has lived his entire life thus far on the farm situated on River Avenue, which his paternal grandfather acquired in pioneer days. Mr. Myers was born on the farm above mentioned May 2, 1840, and is a son of William and Sarah Ann (Abraham) Myers. His grandfather, known to history as “Auver Mike" Myers, was a scout in the