AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 675 government service at an early date and in return for his service was offered either money or land. He chose the money, and with it purchased the farm now owned by his grandson, James W. Myers. He for some time lived in an old stone house down by the river, but owing to floods sought higher ground. In 1832 he built a brick house which. still stands, and is located on what is now known as River Avenue. William Myers grew up on the home farm and always engaged in agricultural pursuits. He owned 150 acres of land, now mostly laid out in town lots, and in 1852 erected the large brick house now occupied by his son, located on River Avenue, just opposite the old brick erected by his father. He and his wife both lived on the home farm until their respective deaths. James W. Myers was reared on this place and received his education in the local schools. He has made farming his main business, owning some forty acres of the old place, but was also •interested in the Myers Fire Clay Company and in the real estate business. Mr. Myers was married to Miss Jennie Robertson, a native of Island Creek Township and a daughter of Andrew Robertson. She died, and was survived by three of the four children born to them, namely : Dorcas L., wife of B. T. Hodgens Julia, deceased; Homer, of Toronto and William R., who lives with his father. Mr. Myers formed a second union with Amanda Brown, a daughter of James Brown, of Hancock County, West Virginia. Religiously they are members of the Methodist Protestant church. JOSEPH HOTCHKISS, hardware merchant and representative citizen at Dillon-vale, was born in Scotland, August 2, 1869, and is a son of Joseph and Mary (Cranston) -Hotchkiss. His parents were both born in Scotland. They came to America in 1870, the father dying two years later. The mother survived him until March 21, 1898. They had the following children : Janet, who married John T. Huffman, of Cannelton, Pa.; Edward, who is a farmer near Cannelton Jennie, who is the wife of Finley Rhodes, of Dillonvale; John, who is a farmer in Pennsylvania; James, who is employed in the baggage department of the Union Depot, at Pittsburgh; Joseph, subject of this sketch and Michael, who resides at. Cannelton. The parents settled first at Cannelton, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Before leaving Scotland Joseph Hotchkiss, the father, had been a mine contractor. Both he and wife were members of the Presbyterian church. Until he was seventeen years of age the subject of this sketch attended school, and then became a clerk in a general store at Cannelton, where he remained for two years. He then entered a drill manufacturing establishment at that place, learned the trade and continued at work there for seven years. During this time he learned all about hardware, and as he by that time was a skilled drill manufacturer, in 1893 he went into partnership with his brother-in-law, Finley Rhodes, and they established a factory for the making of drilling machines at Dillonvale. After ten years Mr. Hotchkiss sold his interest and organized a company for the same purpose, with which he remained connected for two years more, and then, in May, 1902, embarked in the hardware line. He has greatly prospered, haying a thorough knowledge of his goods, fine trade connections and an excellent conception of business methods. He has invested in property since coming to Dillonvale and his investments have proven profitable. He owns his own building together with other real estate, and is a director in the First National Bank at Dillonvale. He has taken a hearty interest in developing the town and during his sixteen years of residence has proved himself a good citizen, one ever to be found on the side of law and order. In April, 1898, Mr. Hotchkiss was married to Miss Nellie Nicholson, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Nicholson, of Dillonvale, and they have three daughters and one son. In politics he is a Republican. 676 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY E. D. RICHARDS, of the firm of Richards Brothers, electric contractors, at No. 168 N. Fourth Street, Steubenville, O., carries on a prosperous business in this line and is numbered with the representative business men of this city. He was born at Steubenville, in 1879. His business associate is his brother, Stewart M. Richards. A. F. Richards, father of the Richards brothers, was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and came from there to Steubenville, where the remainder of his life was spent, during his active years being engaged at the nail factory. E. D. Richards became a clerk in a meat market after his school days were over, and from there entered the employ of the Steubenville Gas & Electric Company, where he remained for about seven years, gaining a thorough knowledge of the business, which enabled him to enter into the same line himself. He associated his brother with him, who is also a practical electrician, and the firm does all kinds of electrical repairing and contract work. In 1901 Mr. Richards was married to Miss Marie E. Wilson, who was born in Pennsylvania, and they have two daughters, Grace and Helen. Mr. and Mrs. Richards are members of the Christian church. He belongs to the order of American Mechanics, the Knights of Pythias, the Red Men, the Modern Woodmen and the Eagles, all of these Organizations having lodges at Steubenville. Mr. Richards is not very active in politics. but is a good citizen and always lends his influence to the side of law and order. JOHN McCOY, a prominent citizen of Jefferson County. Ohio, who served four years as sheriff, is a general farmer in Cross Creek Township, of which he was township treasurer for three years. He was born in Cross Creek Township, October 3, 1836, and is a son of James and Jane (Day) McCoy. James McCoy :was also a farmer and a carpenter and was well known all through this section. He was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and was a son of Robert McCoy. Two of his sons served in the Civil War, George B. and John. The former was a member of Co. A, 98th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died in the infamous prison at Andersonville, Ga. The latter, who is the oldest of the family, was in the same company and regiment as his brother and served with courage and faithfulness from 1862 until the close of the war. The other members of the family were: Sarah, who is the wife of. Thomas Davis; Mary, whs is time wife of Edwin Ross; Emma, who is the wife of R. B. White; Armstrong McCoy who lives in Cross Creek Township; Martha, who is the wife of James Dinsmore; and J. J., who is a physician engaged in practice at Steubenville. The parents of the above family have been deceased for many years. After his school days were over, John McCoy learned the carpenter trade and worked at the same first in Illinois and then in Missouri, and was in the latter state when the Civil War broke out. In the section where he lived the people were in sympathy with the Confederates and on that account he left there and returned to Ohio and shortly afterward entered the Union army. Since the war, Mr. McCoy has given the larger part of his attention to farming. He has always been an active citizen and has frequently been chosen for public office by his fellow citizens. On January 1, 1894. he assumed the duties of sheriff and faithfully performed them during his term of four years. He is a member of Stanton Post No. 590, G. A. R. In March, 1876, Mr. McCoy was married to Miss Mary Dinsmore, a daughter of Samuel and Fannie (Leonard) Dinsmore. The parents of Mrs. McCoy were farmers in Cross Creek Township and they had the following children : William, deceased; Walter; Alexander, deceased ; Hiram ; Emily, wife of Robert Copeland ; Jemimah, deceased, wife of William Winters, also deceased; Elinor, deceased ; Thomas; Joseph, deceased; Mary. wife of Mr. McCoy; and James. Mr. and Mrs. McCoy have four AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 679 children : Fannie, who married Frank Rogers, has two children, Lillian and Evaleen Rogers; Jennie R., who married James Kirk, as one son, James ; Jessie, who is thee wife of Willis Porter, has one son, John; and Mary and James Stewart, both of whom are at home. CHRISTIAN AUGUST HEIL, a well known general merchant of Rayland, 0., has been a resident here since 1905, and was born January 17, 1853, in Baltimore County, Maryland, a son of Nicholas and Elizabeth E. (Stechrath) Heil, both of whom were natives of Germany. His parents came to this country with their three oldest children, settled for a short time near Baltimore, and subsequently located on a small farm in Belmont County, Ohio. Here the father engaged in butchering until late in life. He died here in 1875, aged sixty-eight years, the mother dying in 1884 aged seventy-three years. Nicholas and Elizabeth Heil were the parents of five sons: John B., deceased; Charles ; August W.; George W. and Christian August, the subject of this record. Christian August Heil was quite young when his parents came to Belmont County, Ohio, and here was reared, and attended the public schools, later taking a course at Wilson Harding's private school at Wheeling, West Va. He grew up in his father's trade and at the age of twenty engaged in the business for himself on the old home place. In 1883 he removed to Wheeling, where he carried on an extensive business for ten years, and in 1893 removed from there to Martin's Ferry, 0., where he operated a grocery store in connection with a market until 1905. He then entered into partnership with Frank L. Heinrich, and soon after purchased his present business at Rayland from T. J. Stringer, leaving his daughter Bertha L. in charge of his interests in the Heil & Heinrick store at Martin's Ferry. Mr. Heil is assisted in his store at Rayland, where he carries a general line of merchandise, groceries, meats, ete., by his son Herbert L. and daughter Emma. E., his other business interests often calling him out of town. Mr. Heil was first married July 4, 1875, to Caroline Kanzig, who died in 1879, leaving two daughters ; Emma E., and Bertha L. His second marriage, which occurred in August, 1882, was with Eva Holpp of Monroe County, Ohio, and of this union were born; Jessie May and Herbert L., the former of whom is the wife of Albert T. Blumenberg and has two children, Dorothy E., and Helen J. Mr. Heil is politically a Democrat and is fraternally a member of the B. P. 0. E., No. 895 Martin's Ferry, and the A. O. U. W., No. 6 Welcome Lodge, of Wheeling, W. Va. DANIEL OSCAR CARPENTER, who owns a fine farm of 100 acres on the north line of New Alexandria, O., was born at Brilliant, Jefferson County, Ohio, September 7, 1850, and is a son of Robert and Delilah (Bucey) Carpenter. Robert Carpenter was a son of Daniel Carpenter and they were both farmers in Jefferson County. Robert married Delilah Bucey and they had four children, Charles, Daniel 0., Robert, and Eliza, who is the widow of John Bone. Robert Carpenter died in 1856. Later his widow married Benjamin Linton and four children were born of that marriage, William, Cora, John and Laura. Mrs. Linton still survives, being now in her eighty-fifth year. Daniel O. Carpenter was six years old when his father died and when he was nine he commenced to support himself, finding work on neighboring farms. For about thirteen years he worked for $2.50 a month and even when fifteen years of age could secure only $3 a month for the hardest kind of work. He was learning farming, however, in every detail and when he married, at the age of twenty-four years and rented farm land for himself, he undertook a line of work with which he was entirely familiar and hence made a success of it. He is now one of the independent and substantial men of his township. In politics 680 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY he is a Democrat, and has served at different times on both the election board and the school board. On August 16, 1874, Mr. Carpenter was married to Miss Amanda S. Farquar, a daughter of John and Nancy (Brownlee) Farquar. The parents of Mrs. Carpenter are deceased. They had the following children : Thomas, John, Joseph, Rachel and Matilda, all deceased ; Mary, wife of John Thompson, Amanda S., wife of Daniel 0. Carpenter; Margaret, widow of John T. Huff, and Virginia, deceased, who was the wife of R. K. Pennell. Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter have one son, Harry M. Carpenter, who is an instructor in the Grant School at Steubenville. He married Stella Wood, and they have a daughter, Estelle Gertrude. Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In August, 1884, Mr. Carpenter joined Wildwood Lodge, No. 590, Odd Fellows, at New Alexandria, 0. O. F. BISHOP, general superintendent of the Blooming Mills, Nos. 3, 4, 5 skelp mills, of the La Belle Iron Works, at Steubenville, 0., has been a resident of this city for seven years. He was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 1866, and is a son of William S. and Mary F. Bishop, the latter of whom is deceased. William S. Bishop is one of the oldest and leading business men of Pottstown, Pa. Mr. Bishop was reared in his native county and attended the public schools until seventeen years of age, and a private academy conducted by Prof. John F. Arms, now deceased, for three years, and then the Hill School of Prof, John Megs, at Pottstown. Mr. Bishop is an experienced man in the iron and steel business, hating been connected with these industries almost since boyhood. He first went to work in the Basic Bessemer steel mill at Pottstown, under Joseph Hartshorne, where he remained for three years, and then was with the Pencoyd Iron and Steel Company of Philadelphia as assistant superintendent of their rolling department, for two years, afterward working for four years with the National Steel Company at Sharon, as assistant general manager. He then went back to the Philadelphia company and afterward was for three years in charge of the branch office, at No. 813 Betz Building, Philadelphia, of The R. W. Hunt Company, of New York. He then came to Steubenville and has been identified with the La Belle Iron Works ever since. In 1888, Mr. Bishop was married to Miss Mary J. Wolfe, of Pottstown, Pa., and they have four children : Robert, Dorothy, Anna Grace and Richard. Mr. and Mrs. Bishop are members of the Lutheran Church at Pottstown. He takes no active interest in politics but is recognized as a citizen of value, and as a man of marked efficiency in his special line. WILLIAM W. MURRAY, a leading farmer of Mt. Pleasant Township, Jefferson County, Ohio,, where he owns a well improved and finely cultivated farm containing 1631/2 acres, was born near East Wheeling, in Ohio County, West Virginia, January 27, 1852, and is a son of William and Euphemia (Mason) Murray. William Murray was born in the city of Edinburg, Scotland, where he married. In 1848 he came to America and shortly afterward entered the employ of Albany & Richards, at New York and had charge of their greenhouse, gardening being his business. From there he went to Wheeling, W. Va., but later moved across the Ohio River and located on Glenn's Run, on the east side of Martin's Ferry, where he remained until 1860. He then came to Mt. Pleasant Township and for about eleven years lived one mile west of the village of Mt. Pleasant, on the old plant road. Later he returned to West Virginia and engaged in farming for three years in Marshall County. Returning again to Jefferson County he settled on what was called the Nathaniel Rix farm, which property he later bought from Milton Pettit. He lived on that farm for about ten years and then moved back to Mt. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 681 Pleasant. While residing here he made a trip to Scotland, and subsequently while on a second trip to his native land to revisit the scenes of his earlier life, his death occurred, on March 13, 1902, when he was aged sixty-two years. He was buried as he would have wished, with his forefathers in the historic old city of Edinburg. He was twice, married, first to Euphemia Mason, who died in 1884, and afterwards to Miss Betsey Fowler, also in Scotland, who died in 1904. To the parents of William W. Murray there were born eleven children, several of whom died in infancy, and of these, John, the first born, died on the Atlantic ocean. James grew to manhood and died at Martin's Ferry. William W. was the third in order of birth. Elizabeth, who is deceased, was the wife of James Caldwell. Effie belongs to that band of courageous and self sacrificing women, who have devoted their lives to missionary work in far-off China. Mary is the wife of William Heburn, a road contractor, residing at Mt. Pleasant. Annie died when aged eighteen years. John owns an excellent farm near Smithfield, 0., and is also engaged in teaming. George died at the age of three years. The parents of this family were members of the Presbyterian Church at Martin's Ferry. William W. Murray obtained his education by attending school for a short time at Emerson, 0., and also at Long Run, W. Va. He early began agricultural work, and after his marriage operated the Nathan Pettit farm in Jefferson County. Subsequently he moved to the Maggie Harrison place, in Warren Township and from there, two years later, to the old home place. He then purchased a farm of thirty-two acres, south of Mt. Pleasant, but subsequently moved to the Lloyd farm in Belmont County, and lived there for three years before coming to the property he now occupies. He bought this land from George Sixsmith or his heirs. It was formerly known as the Washington Mitchell farm and after it had changed hands, as the Dr. Updegraff farm. Mr. Murray has lived on this place for the past eight years. He has put the land under fine cultivation and has made excellent improvements. Through his own industry and prudence he acquired the capital he has thus invested, and through his excellent agricultural methods his farm is increasing yearly in productiveness. On August 28, 1882, Mr. Murray was, married to Miss Rachel Scamahorn, a daughter of Aaron and Emeline Scamahorn, of Warren Township, this county, and there are living six of the ten children born to them, namely : Allen, who married Mary Wells, a daughter of Theodore Wells, and has two children—Edna and Gertrude Clara, the wife of Charles Woods, of Smithfield, and mother of one child, Esther Woods ; Grover, who married Ethel Goff, daughter of Ross Goff ; and Duncan, Elma and Velma, all residing at home. Four children died in infancy. In politics Mr. Murray is a Democrat. He is affiliated with the Masons. WILLIAM TYLOR KING, one of the leading citizens of Rayland, O., who deals extensively in real estate, has been a lifelong resident of Jefferson County, and was born July 11, 1849, at Warrenton, O. a son of William T. and Jane (Church; King. Stephen King, grandfather of our subject, and one of the pioneers of Jefferson County, came to Ohio from Massachusetts and located at Warrenton, where he engaged in building and contracting. He died on the old place at Warrenton, and was the father of ten children : Stephen ; Asa ; Sylvester ; Campbell ; W. Benjamin; William T. ; Clarissa, who married Andrew Brantner ; Hanna, who married John McAdams ; Melvina ; all of whom are deceased; and Josephine, who is the widow of Capt. A. M. Keith. William T. King, father of our subject, was born December 27, 1820, at Warrenton, Jefferson County, Ohio, and died November 26, 1866. During his younger days he was a pilot on a coal boat running between Pittsburgh and New Orleans, but later in life followed con- 682 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY tracting. He was married in 1844 to Jane Church, who was born January 23, 1823, and died May 19, 1850, and of their union were born two children : John W., who was born July 12, 1847, and died June 6, 1860 ; and William Tylor, the subject of this record. William T. King was reared and educated at Warrenton, O., and for several years during his early manhood dealt extensively in lime stone, Which he furnished for the Jefferson Iron Works. He subsequently engaged for a time in carpentering and contracting, then was a clerk in the store and was postmaster under his uncle at Warrenton, for about thirty years, and in 1891 came to Rayland, then known as Portland, and has since been successfully engaged in the real estate business. Mr. King was married November 15. 1882, to Catherine Oliver, who is a daughter of Henry and Chloe (McCain) Oliver, and to them was born one daughter, Catherine, who, died in youth. Airs. King's father, Henry Oliver, was a miller by trade and was born June 6, 1823, at Rush Run, Jefferson County, Ohio. He was a son of Dr. William Oliver, who was a native of Ireland, and one of the pioneers of Jefferson County. Henry Oliver later in life came to Rayland, where he erected the residence in which our subject and wife now reside, and died here December 18, 1901. His marriage with Chloe McCain, who was a daughter of David McCain, and a representative of one of the early families of the county, resulted in the birth of the following children : Margaret Aim, deceased wife of James McGrew (was the mother of one child, Olive May) ; David R., who has been successfully engaged in gold mining in California since 1876, and is the father of two sons, David B., and Albert Roscoe ; Sarah Catherine (Mrs. King) ; William H. who is a resident of Stockton, Cal.; Eliza H., who died in youth; Mary Martha, who died young; Chloe Isabell, who married Edward Elliott, of Cleveland, and has one daughter Olive ; and Albert H., who is a resident of Mingo Junction. Mr. King is politically identified with the Republican party, has served as township clerk, and is at present a member and treasurer of the school board. He is a member and treasurer of Union Lodge, No. 12, I. O. O. F. at Rayland. Both he and Mrs. King are members of the Presbyterian Church, of which he has for eight years been treasurer and trustee. HARRY B. STONEBRAKER, a representative business man of Steubenville, 0., where he has resided since 1901, is president and general manager of the Steubenville Stone Company and belongs to one of the early settled families of Jefferson County. He was born in this county, in September, 1870, near Two Ridge Church, nine miles west of Steubenville, and is a son of John D. and a grandson of John David Stonebraker. John D. Stonebraker was born in Jefferson County, in 1846, and now resides at Reeds' Mills, where he has been engaged in general gardening for the past sixteen years. During a part of his active life he was a coal miner. During the Civil War he served almost three years as a soldier, being a member of Co. K, 5th O. Vol. Cav. Harry B. Stonebraker obtained his education in the common schools. When he went to work he began at the bottom, entering the employ of the contracting firm of McDonald & Timmons as a laborer. This firm was engaged in public work and he assisted in the construction of eighty-five miles of turnpike road in Jefferson County. During this time he was advanced by his employers until he became foreman of a gang. In December, 1893, Mr. Stonebraker went to California and remained there until 1897, when he returned to Jefferson County, and shortly afterward entered the employ of the Pan Handle Railroad and assisted in the building of twelve miles of turnpike road for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and helped to build the Bessemer iC Erie Railroad line, m Butler County, Pennsylvania. Later he became foreman for the Furnaceville Iron AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 683 Company that was making improvements on the Erie Canal from Buffalo to Rochester, N. Y., and after the conclusion of that work came back to Jefferson County and went to work in the old steel plant at Mingo. Mr. Stonebraker kept on the lookout for construction work, having had so much experience in that line, and later became employed by the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad in its extension work, and helped construct the upper end from Wellsburg to Wheeling of the Wellsburg and Wheeling traction line, and was made general foreman in charge of the stone work and excavating. When all the contracts involved were satisfactorily completed he returned to Steubenville, and in 1903 he formed a partnership with Frank Stecker in a general stone contracting business, and one year later established an artificial stone company, and in 1905 incorporated his various interests under the present title of The Steubenville Stone Company. The officers of the company are: Harry B. Stonebraker, president and general manager; Frank X. Stecker, vice president; and G. H. Hamilton, secretary and treasurer. The business of the company includes doing all kinds of stone and cement work, artificial stone work, paving, excavating, etc.; work that enters into and is a necessary part of public and general improvements of all description. In politics Mr. Stonebraker is a zealous Republican, but his private interests are too large to permit him to consider offers of political office. Mr. Stonebraker was married October 28, 1903, to Miss Henrietta E. Hout, a daughter of George A. Hout, of Steubenville, and they have three children : John A., Elizabeth M. and Otis H. Mr. Stonebraker has erected a beautiful residence at Pleasant Heights, a choice suburb of Steubenville. He is identified with the Masonic fraternity, belonging to the Chapter, and is a member also of the order of Modern Woodmen of America. HENRY ZEYER, whose fine stock farm of 119 acres is situated in Mt. Pleasant Township, is one of the most progressive and successful breeders of fine cattle in Jefferson County, and he is credited on high authority with owning the finest herd of registered Jerseys in the state. He was born on his father's farm in Mt. Pleasant Township, between Harrisville and Pleasant Grove, and is a son of Charles and Catherine Zeyer. The parents of Mr. Zeyer were born in Germany, the father in 1830 and the mother in 1832. They came to America in 1855 and located in Jefferson County, Ohio. After all transportation expenses had been paid, Charles Zeyer had but a small amount of money left, but this he invested in sixty-six acres of land in Mt. Pleasant Township, which he later increased to more than 135 acres, and on this farm he and his wife have lived for fifty-three years. Here also their eleven children were born, namely: Mary, John, George, Elizabeth, Albert, Henry, Fred, Martin, Lewis, William and one that died in infancy. Mary lives at home and cares for her venerable parents. John lives at Harrisville. George never married and died at the age of thirty-one years. Elizabeth is the wife of John Beam and they reside near Emerson, in Mt. Pleasant Township. Albert owns a farm of seventy-five acres lying just beyond Shepardstown, on which he breeds cattle, horses and stock, and is a very successful business man. Fred married Maud Bowers and is engaged in farming near Uniontown, 0. Martin, deceased, was a butcher in business at Pittsburgh, and is survived by a widow. Lewis and William remain at home and operate the farm for their father. Henry Zeyer attended the Science Hill School in his youth and worked on his father's farm until he reached his majority. he then began work by the month, being in the employ of James Hanna for one year and nine months, on a farm near New 684 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY Athens, and for eight years and three months was in that of Rev. W. G. Waddell, a minister of the United Presbyterian church. With his father's assistance, in 1895, he purchased his first land, contracting to pay for it from his wages, and two years later, on March 20, 1897, he moved to it, and has lived here ever since. From March to July Mr. Zeyer kept bachelor's hall and then was married to the estimable lady who has done so much, as he asserts, to further his fortunes. At that time the farm contained seventy-six acres, but three acres were later sold to David Buchanan. Later he purchased his father's half of the farm and also the Updegraff farm, and now owns 119 acres, which is probably one of the most productive farms in Jefferson County. Mr. Zeyer started his great stock farm with the purchase of one cow—a registered Jersey—and this taxed his resources, as he was getting but $12 a month in wages ; but he had been reared to careful, frugal habits and' had the determination and perseverance that usually conquer success. From this cow came his fine herd of Jerseys, although at first he bought some other cattle, but for a long period he has bred his own and, as noted above, his present herd of Jerseys, comprising thirty-eight animals, has been declared the finest in Ohio, a tribute of praise of which he may well be proud. Mr. Zeyer has no trouble in disposing of his registered cattle at good prices. He never sells a heifer calf under $50 and has obtained as high as $110 for a fine young specimen. He is a wide awake and progressive man and while he has had unusual success in his stock raising in the past, he sees still better prospects ahead and does not hesitate to make heavy investments with a view to future profits. Hence he has recently purchased some very fine thoroughbred pure St. Lambert Jerseys from the veteran stockman, A. M. Bowman, of Salem, W. Va., these being acknowledged superior in pedigree to any other stock. For a number of years Mr. Zeyer was in the dairy business and for twelve years supphed butter for the Wheeling market. When he started into the butter business he sold his product at twenty-five cents a pound, but the last he disposed of brought him forty cents a pound and his creamery is taxed to its full capacity. Like all his farm equipments, this creamery is modern in every particular and he operates it with an engine churn and has separators 'installed. His handsome residence was built by Frank Lupton and Watson Walker and his barn has been fitted up within the past three years with twenty-five concrete stalls in order that his fine cows may have sanitary quarters. With a coat of white paint covering all the buildings and concrete walks leading through his grounds to them, his place is admirably complete and attractive. Mr. Zeyer was married July 8, 1897, to Miss Cora O. Barcus, who was born near Georgetown, in Harrison County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Joshua Barcus, a farmer in that section. Mr. and Mrs. Zeyer have one son, Charles William, who is now twelve years old, and is a bright student at school. They are members of the Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church. Mr. Zeyer was reared a Democrat. but has been identified with the Republican party for some years. He has never sought office, but has been content to add to the prosperity of his section by the capable management of his private affairs. He belongs to the local Grange and his opinions on agricultural matters command respectful attention. He has attracted the attention of the Institutes and has many appreciative visitors to his farm. His reputation as a stock breeder especially is widely extended. He is a member of a local organization known as the Society for the Protection Against Horse Thieves in Mt. Pleasant Township. Mr. Zeyer has conclusively shown what may be accomplished bv in- dustry and perseverance combined with thorough knowledge, for he has kept in the van of progress. He reads the best literature obtainable on the subjects in which he AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 685 is interested and attends the meetings of organizations where agriculture and stock raising are as gravely considered as are questions of state by politicians. Hence his marked success. JOHN BLAIR NEELY, who is successfully engaged in operating a general store at Rayland, O., was born January 25, 1866, in Warren Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and is a son of Matthew M. and Rosabella (Blair) Neely. Matthew M. Neely was born near Dillonvale, Warren Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where his father, William Neely, settled at an early period. His father was a native of Ireland, and after reaching manhood came to this country and first located in Middletown, Pa., but subsequently moved into Warren Township, Jefferson County, Ohio. Matthew Neely is the only surviving child of the seven sons and seven daughters born to his parents, and is now living in retirement at Rayland. He was reared on the home farm, which he subsequently inherited, and married Rosabella Blair, a daughter of James Blair, who was a resident of Warren Township. Eight children were born to the parents of our subject : John Blair ; Mary; Edwin, deceased; Lulu, who is the wife of Ralph Bethel; Emma ; and three who died in infancy. John Blair Neely was about ten years old when his parents removed from the farm in Warren Township to Kansas. and about eighteen months later (1577) they returned to Ohio, locating in Harrison County. In 1878 the parents came to Jefferson County and located at Warrenton, where our subject was reared and attended the public schools. After completing his education at the Normal School of Lebanon, O., he taught ten years in the schools of Rayland, Martin's Ferry and Warrenton, and in 1898 bought out the general store operated by his father-in-law at Warrenton. Four years later he removed his stock to his present location in Rayland, where he carries on an extensive business and carries a full line of groceries, meats, dry goods, notions, boots, shoes, etc. Mr. Neely was married June 4, 1890, to Myra King, a daughter of A. P. W. and Anna (Welch) King, well known old residents of Warrenton, where the father served forty years as postmaster. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Neely : Paul, Lotta, Winslow, Jean, King and McKeever. Mr. Neely is politically a Republican and served as clerk of the township some years ago. He and Mrs. Neely are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. J. ROSS MYERS, president and treasurer of the Myers Company, of Steubenville, O., scene painters, decorators and expert fresco artists, was born at Steubenville, in 1874, and is a son of John K. Byers. The latter was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1843, and was a son of John Myers, who came to this section among the pioneers of 1800. John K. Myers founded the present business of the Myers Company. J. Ross Myers has been identified with the decorating and painting business ever since he left school—in fact, may be said to have grown up in the industry which he has made his life work. In 1904 the Myers Company was organized and incorporated and the present officers are: J. Ross Myers president and treasurer and S. H. Carey vice president and secretary. All kinds of inside decorating is their specialty, expert workmen being employed in the fine fresco work, and they contract in every kind of scenic painting and general painting of every description. Their artistic decorating may be found in many of the finest buildings in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky, and their contracts for scene painting come from all over the country. There are few houses of this kind in eastern Ohio that can enter into competition with the Myers Com- 686 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY pany, whose name stands for perfection in design and finish and punctuality and honesty in the practical part of the work. In 1897 J. Ross Myers was married to Miss Daisy C. Johnson, of Cadiz, 0., and they have four sons and one daughter : Walter, Charles, Ralph, John and Marion Marie. Mr. and Mrs. Myers are members of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. EDWARD B. STONE, who was born in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, October 23, 1857, owns a valuable farm of 101 acres in this township, which he devotes to general agriculture and stock raising. His parents were William D. and Elizabeth (Harris) Stone. William D. Stone also was born in Cross Creek Township, where his father, John Stone, had settled as a pioneer. William. D. Stone engaged in farming throughout his entire life. His widow and four of his six children survive. The family were as follows : Charles E., who is deceased; Edward B.; Mary Valinda ; Ermina, who married Wesley Eckfeld ; Emma, who is deceased; and Jesse, of Cross Creek Township. Edward B. Stone attended the winter sessions of school in Cross Creek Township until he was twenty years of age, working on the farm during the summers from boyhood. Farming has been his chosen pursuit and he has met with very satisfying results in the management of his land. his farm is well stocked and he makes use of improved machinery. In 1903 Mr. Stone was married to Miss Mary Margaretta Cunningham, who was born and reared on a farm in Cross Creek Township, and was a daughter of Baxter Cunningham. Her death occurred May 11, 1905, surviving the birth of a son, Day Cunningham, who was born April 7, 1905, but a few days over a month. Mr. Stone is a member of the Presbyterian church, as was his wife. He is not very active in politics, but he is a good citizen, and always casts his vote with the Republican party, with which he has been identified since attaining manhood. EARL R. BRUNER, proprietor of the Steubenville Pure Milk Company, who has been identified with the business interests of this city for seven years, was born at Uhrichsville, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in 1881. When he was six years old the parents of Mr. Bruner moved to southwestern Kansas, where he lived until he was sixteen, when he returned. to his native place, where later he engaged in the milk business and continued until 1903, when he came to Steubenville, where he has proved an enterprising and useful business man and good citizen. For the first two years he was connected with the Ohio Valley Ice and Storage Company, going from there to the Steubenville Pure Milk Company, and on October 1, 1908, he bought the plant. Mr. Bruner made many improvements and all his changes added to the sanitary condition and greater facilities for handling a larger business. He deals in pure milk, both wholesale and retail, and manufactures ice cream and other products. The quality of his goods testify to their excellence and his business is prosperous. Mr. Bruner was married October 23, 1905, to Miss Mary Marken, of Uhrichsville. Her death occurred May 9, 1909, one son surviving the young mother, Edward M. Mr. Bruner is a member of Eureka Lodge, No. 35, Knights of Pythias, at Steubenville, and of the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce. RICHARD WRIGHT, who was one of the early settlers in the northern part of Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, spent a long and useful life there and when his death occurred, on January 25, 1886, there were many who felt that this section had lost a man of real worth, one whose influence had always been exerted for good. He was a native of Pennsylvania, where he was born July 22, 1815. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 687 In 1857 Mr. Wright settled on the farm of eighty acres in Island Creek Township, which remained his home and is now the property of his four daughters, who reside there. His life was devoted to agricultural pursuits including the growing of grain, fruit and stock. He identified himself with the Republican party after its formation but took only a good citizen's interest in public matters. While not a member of any religious organization, he was a man of moral character and kind and charitable impulses and was an attendant in his later years of the United Presbyterian Church at Richmond, 0. In domestic life he was a kind husband and careful father and in his neighborhood his reputation for honesty was such that his word was taken in business transactions where many another man's bond would have been required. On January 9, 1845, Mr. Wright was married to Miss Elizabeth Henderson, who was born in Island Creek Township and was a ,daughter of William and Elizabeth (Harper) Henderson. The Harper family came to Jefferson County from Pennsylvania. Mrs. Wright died October 14, 1862. She was a consistent member of the United Presbyterian Church at Richmond. Eight children were born to Richard and Elizabeth Wright and of these four daughters survive, namely : Elizabeth H., Rebecca J., Mary E. and Martha M. Two sons and two daughters are deceased. The eldest son, Benjamin E. Wright, died February 28, 1903. The surviving daughters manage the whole estate left them by their father, which includes the home farm of eighty acres and a second farm of sixty acres. They are all well known through Island Creek Township, have many pleasant social connections, and are respected and esteemed. S. C. BOWERS, master carpenter of bridges of the P. C. C. & St. L. Railroad at Steubenville, 0., is a prominent resident of this city where he has been located since 1872.. He was born at Richmond, Jefferson County, Ohio, January 9, 1861, and is a son of William H. and Sarah A. (Allensworth) Bowers, his mother being also a native of Jefferson County. William H. Bowers was born at Wellsburg, W. Va., and in 1858 came to Steubenville, where he worked at the miller's trade throughout his business career. He and his wife are still living, and of the eight children born to them seven survive, namely : S. C. Bowers, Frank M., William E., John, Charles and Lulu, wife of George Rady, of McKees Rocks, Pa. S. C. Bowers was eleven years of age when he came to Steubenville and, here he attended the public schools. His first work was in the coal mines Where he drove a mule for two years. On September 3, 1876, he began work for the railroad, working on the pile driver, and from that position went on the force of bridge carpenters. He was later made foreman of carpenters, and on December 1, 1899, was made master carpenter, with 166 miles of main line and eighteen branches to cover. He has a thorough knowledge of all the requirements of his position and enjoys favor with his higher officials and workmen under him. Mr. Bowers was married in 1882 to Miss Kate E. DeSilrey, a native of Steubenville, and they have two children : S. C. Bowers, Jr., a student at Duff's Business College at Pittsburgh; and Nellie, wife of Orison Stoltz, of Dayton. 0. Mr. Bowers is a member of the Hamline M. E. Church and is serving on the official board. He is a York Rite Mason, a Knight Templar and a member of the Protected Home Circle. He also is a member of the volunteer fire department of Steubenville, and treasurer of Employees' Association, Pittsburgh Division, P. C. C. & St. L. Railway. JAMES WEATHERSON, a retired farmer and highly respected citizen of Ray-land, 0., is the owner of 138 acres of farm land in Warren Township, and was born August 28, 1855, on his father's farm in Pease Township, Belmont County, Ohio, and is a son of John and Mary (Shipley) Weatherson. 688 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY John Weatherson was born and reared in Edinburg, Scotland, and when a young man came to this .country, his parents, Alexander and Jeanette (Craig) Weather-son, _following later. John settled on a farm in Maryland, which he rented, and was there married to Mary Shipley, who was born in that state. Shortly after their marriage they came over the mountains by stage and settled in Belmont County, where they purchased a farm, which they subsequently sold and in 1870 came to Jefferson County and purchased a farm of 110 acres in Warren Township. John Weatherson later in life retired and spent his declining years at Martin's Ferry, 0., where his death occurred April 15, 190Q, when aged eighty-five years. His wife died March 7, 1909, aged eighty-three years. Five children were born to John and Mary Weatherson ; Alexander ; James ; Jeanette, who is the wife of John Fulton ; and John and Luke, both deceased. James Weatherson was about fifteen years of age when his parents came from Belmont County to Jefferson County. He was reared in Warren Township, attended the district schools and has always followed farming in a general way. His farm, which he purchased in two tracts, was obtained from S. B. McMannis and Charles Jones and contains 138 acres. Mr. Weatherson retired from business activities in 1908, and with his wife he then spent one year in visiting and traveling through Florida, and other southern points of interests, and since May, 1909, has been a resident of Rayland, O. Mr. Weatherson is a Democrat politically, and has served four terms as township trustee, and is at present land appraiser. In December, 1877, Mr. Weatherson was united in marriage with Nannie McGrew, who is a daughter of Josiah and Nannie (Barkust) McGrew, old settlers of Jefferson County, and of their union have be born the following children : J. Harley, resides on the home farm in Warren Town- ship, who married Margaret Hooper, and has two children, Walter and Chalmer ; W Wallace, who married Myrtle Wood, lives on our subjects farm in Warren Township; Carrie, who is the wife of George H. Dar- rah of Belmont County, Ohio ; and Russell, who died aged four years. CHARLES W. STARK, formerly a trustee of Island Creek Township, residing on the Steubenville turnpike road, where he owns a farm of 125 acres, was born in Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, .Ohio, August 22, 1866, and is a son of Matthew and Mary J. (Stone) Stark, both of whom were born in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County. Matthew Stark was a son of James Stark, who was born in Scotland, and came to America in 1825 and located in Jefferson County, Ohio. For many years Matthew Stark was a highly respected farmer in Island Creek Township, where his death occurred in 1908. He married Mary J. Stone, who still survives with five of their children : Howard, who lives in Island Creek Township ; Ada V., who is the wife of James H. Fisher, of Cross Creek Township ; George W. whose home is in this township ; Harry who is pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Saginaw, Mich. ; and Charles W. The mother of the above family is now in her seventy-ninth year, but is still in the enjoyment of good health, and enjoys meeting her family and friends just the same as for many years past. Charles W. Stark attended the district schools of Island Creek Township, and since then has been more or less continu- ously engaged in farming, settling on his present property in 1899. In large degree he has made his own way in the world, and is entitled to the high regard in which he is held in his neighborhood. As was his late father, he is a Republican and by that party was elected township trustee, and served two terms, being president of the board, and has also frequently been a member of the school board. He is a very intelligent, liberal minded man, in every . way a good citizen. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 689 Mr. Stark married Miss Emma M. Crawford, a daughter of the late Edward Crawford, of Island Creek Township, and they have four children : Harry C., Mary V., Helen F. and Hawley E. Mr. Stark and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Wintersville, and has served on its board of trustees. JOHN C. DAVIS, who is engaged in the drug business at Toronto, O., has been a resident of this place since May 1, 1899. He was born at East Rochester, in Columbiana County, Ohio, October 6, 1874, and is a son of David and Mary (McDonald) Davis. David Davis was a farmer at that time and is now a resident of Salt Lake City, Utah. John C. Davis spent his early years on the home farm and attended the district schools until he secured a certificate entitling him to teach and for four winters he taught school in the country districts and in the summers attended the Ohio Normal School at Ada, where he was graduated as a pharmacist. His first work as a druggist was in a drug store at Hanovertown, Columbiana County, and from there he went to Lisbon, O., where, he remained until May, 1899, when he came to Toronto and bought his present store from J. Ross Forsythe. Mr. Davis is an experienced and thoroughly qualified druggist, handles pure drugs only and for many years has enjoyed the full confidence of the public. Mr. Davis married Miss Mary Dorwart, a native of New Lisbon, 0. They are members of the Presbyterian Church. He is identified with the Masons. ROSS C. ANDERSON, a leading business citizen of Steubenville is a member of the firm of Anderson & Sons, dealers and contractors in stoves, ranges, tin, copper and sheet-iron utensils and work, together with gas fixtures and cabinet mantels. This is the oldest business in its line in Jefferson County, it having been established at Steubenville over seventy years ago. Mr. Anderson was born at Steuben viile, in 1881, and is a son of Randolph and a grandson of Joseph Anderson. Randolph Anderson succeeded his father, Joseph Anderson, who founded the present business about 1840, and continued alone until 1904, when he admitted his son, Ross C. Anderson, when the firm became Anderson & Son, later, when Carl E. Anderson was admitted, Anderson & Sons. Ross C. Anderson attended school at Steubenville until old enough to enter his father's business, where he began at the bottom and thus learned the smallest details. Every branch of the business is of importance and the firm is favorably known all over the county. The firm also handle their own real estate and buy and sell Steubenville realty. In 1904 Ross C. Anderson was married to Miss Nannie Borden and they have one child, Helen Virginia. Mr. Anderson is identified with Steuben Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and the Elks, and belongs also to the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce and to the Interstate Mantel Dealers' Association. JAMES E. FINLEY, M. D., who, for forty years was actively engaged in the practice of medicine but is now retired from professional life, resides in Mt. Pleasant, O., and owns a large estate comprising 600 acres of land, situated in Mt. Pleasant Township. He was born in Mt. Pleasant December 23, 1837, and is a son of Dr. Robert and Angelina (Hamilton) Finley. Dr. Robert Finley was born in County Longford, Ireland, in 1803 and died in 1866, aged sixty-three years, having lived on American soil for just forty years to the day. When he lift Ireland his father gave him a small sum of money, anticipating that it would suffice until the son would have established himself as a physician, he having already given him a collegiate education in Dublin College. The voyage across the Atlantic Ocean consumed ninety-six days and by the time the New York harbor was reached the young man was ill 690 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY and before he recovered enough to take an interest in his future, his money had been almost spent. He had many adventures and experiences before he finally found the medical preceptor his father had imagined would be glad and ready to receive his son as a student. After seeking some kind of an opening in the strange city to which he had come, that would enable him to make his way to Mt. Pleasant, 0., where his older brother, Patrick Finley, was manager of the salt works on Short Creek, for James Updegraff, he became acquainted with a horseman who was in New York on business but whose home was at Wheeling, and the latter invited him to return there with him and when he reached there his capital had dwindled down to $2.50, and with that he bought a pair of shoes and thus managed to reach Mt. Pleasant. Here he was employed in the salt works during the day time while at night he kept the company's books. Hearing later of a desirable tract of land easily to be secured from the government, located in Guernsey County, he decided to take out a patent for it. It happened that some one else was of the same frame of mind but Mr. Finley reached the land office first, although it entailed a rapid horseback ride of eighty miles, and thus he became the possessor of the property which he later sold to his brother for a horse, bridle, saddle and $100. Notwithstanding many discouragements, Robert Finley kept to his determination to study medicine and at length became a student under Dr. William Hamilton, in Jefferson County. Later, Dr. Finley was associated in practice with Dr. Hamilton, who became his father-in-law and he continued to practice medicine in Mt. Pleasant Township for thirty-five years. He invested in land at different times, purchased first the James Gill farm on Short Creek and later the farm on which he subsequently died. He was a Democrat in politics and was an advanced Free Mason and at one time this fraternal relationship probably saved his life, as it may have done on other occasions during the disturbed state of the country, especially during the Civil War. His son recalls a notable incident of his personal courage. One morning while the latter was saddling the fine horse his father usually rode while making his professional calls through the country, two men rode up and made known their desire to have Dr. Robert Finley accompany them to see General Shackleford. Thinking it a professional call the physician accompanied them but had not gone far when he discovered their motive to be the theft of his horse and when he declined to give up the animal voluntarily one of the men started to take Dr. Finley into a neighboring cornfield to shoot him although the doctor boldly offered fight. In the meanwhile the supposed General Shackleford rode up and proved to be no other than General Morgan, the Confederate raider. The latter, however, recognizing in Dr. Finley a brother Mason, gave the order for his horse to be returned to him and that he should be allowed to go unharmed. In 1835 Dr. Robert Finley was married to Miss Angelina Hamilton, a daughter of Dr. William and Margaret (Norton) Hamilton. Her mother was a sister of James, John and Oliver Norton, pioneers of this county, who settled near Richmond. Mrs. Finley was born in 1819 and died in 1877. Her father, Dr. William Hamilton, was the oldest practicing physician in Jefferson County when he died. He was a man of striking appearance, tall of stature and weighing 245 pounds. He came to Mt. Pleasant in 1809, and passed through Steubenville when the place was nothing but an Indian post with timber standing. He died in Steubenville at the age of eighty-five years, having practiced in Mt. Pleasant Township until 1850. He was thrice married, there being no issue to his first union. Margaret Norton, the maternal grandmother of the present Dr. Finley, was his second wife, he marrying her before he was twenty-one years of age. She died in 1848, the mother of eight children—one son, Lavoyzier, and seven daughters. To Dr. Robert and Angelina Finley four chil- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 693 dren were born, two sons and two daughters: Margaret, who married John Hanna, and died at Cadiz, O., in 1872 James E.; Carrie, who married Archie Hanna, a brother of John Hanna, and died in Chicago, in 1906; and F. B., who is an attorney-at-law. The family has always been Presbyterian in religious attachment. James E. Finley was educated in the Mt. Pleasant schools and New Athens College, and later attended the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, where he was graduated in 1863. He then entered the Union army as a physician and. after being examined at Philadelphia was ordered to the King's Street Hospital, Washington, D. C., where he was occupied during the entire following year. He then returned to Mt. Pleasant, later located at Zanesfield, in Logan County, where he practiced for two years, and then retired to his farm. He continued his medical practice in the township for thirty-five years, in the meanwhile looking after his extensive agricultural and other interests. He is a director in the People's National Bank at Mt. Pleasant and his father was a director in the old State Bank from 1848 until his death and had been offered its presidency but declined. In 1865 Dr. Finley was married to Miss Amanda Hanna., who died in 1888. She was a daughter of James Hanna and was born in Harrison County, Ohio. They had twin sons born to them, Ernest and Robert. The latter died at the age of fifteen years. The former is a practicing attorney at Steubenville. He married Miss Julia White, who died in 1890, their children having been : Lillie, wife of James T. Koch Carrie, who died after graduating from the Steubenville Seminary; Carita, who died aged fifteen years; Earl, who died aged eighteen months; and Pauline, who resides with her father. In 1892 Dr. Finley was married secondly to Miss Lillie Sharon, a daughter of John Sharon. of Mt. Pleasant Township. Mrs. Finley died November 19, 1909, survived by two children, Robert and Virginia. In politics Dr. Finley is a Republican and fraternally he is a Mason. HARRY J. WELDAY, president of the Island Creek Township School Board, is one of the progressive farmers and stock raisers of this section, where he owns 347 acres of valuable land. He was born in Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, November 4, 1872, and is a son of Hon. David M. and Pamelia (Johnson) Welday. Hon. David M. Welday is one of Island Creek's best known citizens and he has long been prominent in public life, serving not only in many township offices with efficiency, but also in the Ohio State Senate. His father was Alexander Welday, who was a pioneer in this section, his parents having been of German birth. Tn old days, in Germany, the family name was written Velty, but later was changed to its English equivalent, Welday. Senator Welday still resides in Island Creek Township, being now in his sixty-fourth year. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Wintersville, 0., and was active in all that concerns the public welfare in his neighborhood. He was married first to Pamelia Johnson, who died April 4, 1892. She was a daughter of David Johnson, who came to Jefferson County from Washington County, Pennsylvania, in early days. Mrs. Welday was a lady of many Christian virtues and was a valued member of Two Ridges Presbyterian Church. Senator Welday married secondly Mrs. Lillian H. Scott, widow of Dr. J. F. Scott. Dr. Scott was a native of Cross Creek Township and later became a medical missionary and in that capacity went to China. Harry J. Welday has devoted the larger part of his life to his interest in Island Creek Township. After attending the public schools in his own township, he spent one year in the Steubenville High School, and three years at the Ohio State University at Columbus, where he paid particular attention to the scientific course. He has 694 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY carried on his agricultural operations carefully and systematically and has prospered. It is not men like Mr. Welday who ever become discouraged or see visions of agriculture ever becoming an unproductive occupation; on the other hand, he sees this oldest world vocation becoming more profitable than ever before. Mr. Welday is also interested as a director in the National Exchange Bank of Steubenville, a position his father formerly held. He is an active citizen in relation to all public affairs and has been particularly concerned in the improvement of the public .schools. Mr. Welday was married to Miss Blanche Winters, a daughter of John D. Winters, formerly a county commissioner of Jefferson County, and they have two children, David W. and Dorothy J. RANDOLPH ANDERSON, of the old business firm of Anderson & Sons, at Steubenville, O., bears a name that has been known in connection with the iron, tin, copper, tile and kindred lines of industry at Steubenville for more than seventy years. He was born in this city, in 1856, and is a son of Joseph Anderson. Joseph Anderson was also a native of Steubenville, born in 1826, and for over thirty years he was engaged in the tin and mantel work here. His father was Peter Anderson, a shoemaker by trade, who came to Steubenville from Pittsburg, in 1815. On July 4, 1863, Joseph Anderson was appointed by Governor Tod, second lieutenant of Company A, 1st Ohio militia, for military duty during the Morgan raid. Randolph Anderson has spent his entire life in Jefferson County and has always lived at Steubenville with the exception of seven years when he resided in Island Creek Township, and during the larger part of it has been in his present business. He was elected county commissioner of Jefferson County in 1900 and served in the office until 1906, retiring then with the esteem of his fellow citizens. Mr. Anderson was married in May, 1878, to Miss Eliza Stephens, and they have two sons, Ross C. and Carl ,E., both of whom are associated with their father as members of the firm of Anderson & Sons. JONATHAN M. HOOK, who owns one of the valuable old estates of Cross Creek Township, comprising ninety-five acres of farming land, was born here October 30, 1861, and is a son of Rudolph and Cora (Jenkins) Hook. Rudolph Hook was born also on this place, July 22, 1824, and died January 6, 1904. He was a son of Jonathan and Mary (Gould) Hook, who settled here in 1.818 and the farm has never. been out of the Hook name since that date. Rudolph Hook followed farming all his life and was one of the representative citizens of Cross Creek Township. He lived a long, useful and exemplary life. His death was occasioned by accident, on the Pan Handle Railroad tracks at Gould Station. He was a member and liberal supporter of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He married Cora Jenkins, who was born at Dover, Ky., in 1837, and survived him for some years. She accompanied her parents to Ohio when seven years of age. To Rudolph Hook and wife the following children were born : Mary C., who is the widow of Edson P. McConnell ; Jonathan M.; Newton M., who is train dispatcher on the Pan Handle Railroad at Carnegie; George, who died aged five years ; and Lilly, who died aged three years. Jonathan M. Hook obtained his education in the country schools and after he was seventeen years of age his time was mainly taken up with farm duties for his father, until the latter's death. He then managed the place for his widowed mother, after which the property came to him as the eldest son. Mr. Hook was married October 14, 1896, to Miss Ruth Ekey, a daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Maxwell) Ekey. The Ekey family is well known in Salem Township, where the father of Mrs. Hook is a prosperous farmer. She has one sister, Jennie B., who is the wife of Wesley Ekey, of a different branch of the family. AND REPRESENTATIVE. CITIZENS - 695 Mr. and Mrs. Hook have two children : J. DeMar, who was born July 21, 1906; and Joseph, who was born January 2, 1909. Mr. and Mrs. Hook are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He votes with the Democratic party. ORVILLE BENTON PIERCE, who is engaged in the drug business at Mingo Junction, 0., is a representative citizen of this busy town and is a member of an old Jefferson County family. He was born at New Alexander, Jefferson County, Ohio, October 5, 1866, and is a son of George W. and Emma (Batchelor) Pierce. George W. Pierce, who has been postmaster at Smithfield, 0., for seventeen consecutive years, was born on his father's farm in Wells Township, Jefferson County, July 31, 1837. His parents were John and Eliza Jane (Scott) Pierce. John Pierce was a native of New Jersey and came to Wells Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, among the early settlers. Although he died at the early age of thirty-six years, he had shown a large amount of business enterprise, engaging in farming to such an extent that he had flour and commodities to sell and also sold timber. He frequently made his own rafts and piloted them down the Ohio River to favorable ports. His widow survived him and subsequently married again. The children of John and Eliza Jane Pierce were : George W., father of Orville B.; John C., who resides in Florida ; and Sarah, who died in infancy. At the time of the death of his father, George W. Pierce was six years old. He was reared by his mother on the home farm and was given a collegiate education, at Cleveland. In early manhood he took a trip through the far West and often recalls the great herds of buffalo that then roved over the great plains. After returning he enlisted for service in the Civil War, becoming a member of Company B, 52nd Ohio Voluntary Infantry, which was commanded by "Fighting Dan" McCook. He served in this regiment for three and one-half years and during the greater part of the time had charge of the commissary department. While on a furlough home he was married, and at the close of the war he and his wife went to New Alexandria, where he embarked in the mercantile business, which he carried on for six years. He was then proffered a position in the post office at Pittsburgh, which he accepted and was retained there for nine years, after which he returned to Jefferson County and was subsequently appointed postmaster at Smithfield. He married Emma Batchelor and they have had seven children: Orville Benton ; Charles ; John ; Carrie, who married Joseph I. Reno, of Rochester, Pa.; Edith M., who married William M. Moore, of Jefferson County; Martha, who married Charles A. Cunningham, of Beaver, Pa.; and Alonzo, who died at the age of eight years. Orville B. Pierce was quite young when his parents moved to Pittsburgh and he attended school there and later at Smithfield and completed his education at the Ohio Normal School; at Ada, 0., from which institution he was recalled by the death of Dr. C. W. Clancy, of Smithfield, with whom he had been associated for several years previously in business. He took charge of Dr. Clancy's business, completed his pharmacy course and passed the State Board of Examiners, in 1892. He remained at Smithfield until 1898 and then opened a drug store at Bellaire, which he conducted for two years and then sold to Marion Huffman and in 1900 he came to Mingo. .lunation, at that time opening his present place of business on Commercial Street. I le is an active and useful citizen, in every way shown).- his interest in the welfare of the town and people. In politics he is a Republican and is a member of the Mingo School Board. He is secretary of the Mingo Building and Loan Company, which has been doing business here since 1898. Mr. Pierce was married August 18, 1898, to Miss Jessie L. Farmer, a daughter of John W. Farmer. an old resident of Jefferson County, and they have four sons: Ellis, George, Robert and Howard. Mr. and 696 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY Mrs. Pierce are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Mingo. He is identified with Lodge No. 45, F. & A. M., of Steubenville, and with Lodge No. 808, Odd Fellows, at Mingo Junction. SAMUEL D. HUNTER, a general paint contractor, residing at No. 1502 Ridge Avenue, La Belle View, a beautiful suburb of Steubenville, O., was born in the latter place in July, 1849, and is a son of T. C. Hunter. T. C. Hunter was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, and during his entire period of business life, followed the painting trade. He was a representative business man and served in the city council. He married Mary Jane Gamble, who was born in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and they had three children : Mrs. Irene Little, of Steubenville ; Samuel D. ; and William U., of Bergholz, 0. The father of T. C. Hunter was Samuel D. Hunter, who was one of the first sheriffs of Jefferson County and also one of the pioneer glass manufacturers of this section. The Gambles were early settlers in the county also, and the mother of the wife of T. C. Hunter, Mrs. Martha Gamble, was the first white child born in Cross Creek Township. Samuel D. Hunter bears his grandfather's honored name. He was reared and educated at Steubenville and learned the painter's trade which he has followed ever since, doing a large business in contract painting. He takes a good citizen's interest in politics and was elected on the Republican ticket to membership in the city council, in which he served for four years and eight months. Mr. Hunter was married in July, 1880, to Miss Elizabeth Buchanan, who was born in West Virginia but was reared in Jefferson County, and they have three children: Mary J., who is the wife of Frank Heitman, of La Belle View ; Thomas D., who is associated with his father; and Samuel D., who is employed in the office of the Carnegie works at Mingo Junction. Mr. Hunter and family are members of the Sec ond Presbyterian Church, in which he is a trustee. He is a member of the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce and is identified with the order of American Mechanics, the Woodmen and the Knights of the Golden Eagles and is president of the Master Painters' Association at Steubenville. AUGUST SCHROEDER, one of the enterprising and successful farmers of Cross Creek Township, resides on his farm of 115 acres, on which he has placed substantial improvements. He was born in Germany, March 6, 1858, and is a son of Fred and Christina (Bratz) Schroeder, both of whom spent their lives in Germany. August Schroeder attended school in his native land and remained at home until he reached the age for military service, after which he went into the army and spent four years as a German trooper. Thus, when he came to America in 1882, it was an honorable departure from his own land, he having complied with the laws of the empire. He located in the state of New York, where for eight years he was in the lumber business and for two years was engineer in a mill. He came then to Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, and took possession of his present farm. Within five years he has changed completely its appearance and has added hundreds of dollars to its value. All the fencing and new structures of all kinds he has put up, including a fine bank barn, and has a place that equals any in the township in its appearance of thrift and solid comfort. In 1881 Mr. Schroeder was married to Miss Wilhelmina Crausa, a daughter of Christian And Philamina (Breatka) Crausa. The parents of Mrs. Schroeder never came to America, and she has one sister in Germany—Augusta—and Mr. Schroeder has two sisters there : Carolina and Augusta, and Minnie, who lives in New York state. Mr. and Mrs. Schroeder had one little daughter, Augusta, who died in Germany. They have reared Julius Rhoda as their own son since he was eleven AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 697 years of age. He was born in Switzerland in 1887 and his adopted parents are now giving him educational advantages at Ada College. In politics Mr. Schroeder is a Democrat. With his estimable wife he belongs to the German Lutheran Church at Steubenville. JAMES R. MANSFIELD, a leading citizen of Wayne Township, where he has been prominently identified with Republican politics for many years, has resided on his present farm of ninety-seven acres since the spring of 1860, and has been one of the township's well known agriculturists and stockmen. Mr. Mansfield was born in Wayne Township, Jefferson County, 0., June 20, 1831, a son of James and Susan (Davis) Mansfield, the former a native of Wayne Township, and the latter of Mt. Pleasant Township. James Mansfield, the father of James R., was a son of Thomas Mansfield, who settled in the woods of Wayne Township at an early day. James Mansfield died, during the early '80s. Of his children the following survive: James R.; John W., residing in Wayne Township ; Nancy, who is the wife of John Hill, residing at Hopedale, O.; Amanda, who is the widow of Samuel Baxter, residing at Hopedale; Mary E., who is the widow of Alexander Rittenhouse, residing in Wayne Township, near Unionport ; Emmeline, who is the widow of Reason Holmes, residing at New Athens, Harrison County, O.; and Susan, who is the widow of Leslie Harrah, residing in Harrison County. James R. Mansfield was reared to manhood in Wayne Township, where his education was secured in the public schools. This youth was spent much the same as other farmers' sons, and he chose the calling of an agriculturist as his life work, settling on his present place in the spring of 1860. For a period of five years prior to this date he worked in a number of western states. He finally bought a quarter section of land within three miles of Winterset, Iowa. He returned to his old home and was married and then for two years he and his wife lived in their western home. In 1860 he returned but did not sell his Iowa farm until a couple of years later. During the Civil War he became a member of Company G, 157th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the 100 days' service, and received an honorable discharge, after which he returned to his farm, where he has resided ever since. Mr. Mansfield is a self-made man, having achieved success through his own individual efforts. In addition to his agricultural interests and the raising of valuable cattle, he keeps, on an average, of 200 sheep. On April 22, 1858, Mr. Mansfield was united in marriage with Miss Lizzie Coe, who was born in Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, a daughter of Moses Coe, a well known agriculturist of that township. She died in 1908, having been the mother of five children, of whom three are living: Ida, who is the wife of Amos Hammond, residing in Wayne Township ; Ellsworth E., who farms the home farm in Wayne Township, and also owns a farm two miles south of here; and James C., a prominent attorney of Cleveland. Miles C. and Esther E. are deceased. Mr. Mansfield has been an active and useful citizen and served several terms as township treasurer. His religious connection is with the Bloomfield Methodist Episcopal Church, where he is now acting in the capacity of steward and class leader. JOHN FREILING, farmer and general merchant, a member of the firm of John Freiling & Son, of Mingo Junction, 0., has been a resident of Jefferson County for twenty years and a citizen of this town since 1890. He was born in what is now Prussia-Germany, February 20, 1854, and is a son of John and Catherine (Klingenhafer) Freiling. The parents of Mr. Freiling were also natives of Prussian Germany. The father was a farmer and carpenter and also taught music, understanding all musical instruments and frequently having classes 698 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY of from eighteen to twenty young men as students. He died when aged forty-eight years, but his widow lived to be eighty-four years old. They had five children : Henry, who lives in Germany; Elizabeth, who died in Germany ; John; Catherine, who is the wife of Henry Peter, in Germany; and Peter, who lives on the old farm in Germany. John Freiling was reared with his brothers and sisters and had all the advantages of education offered them, but he was not altogether contented and was probably more enterprising than they, for when he was but sixteen years of age he left kindred and home comforts behind him and started to make his own way in America. In some ways he was quite independent, as he had received a good education and his father had taught him the carpenter's trade. The long voyage of six weeks he will never forget, as the vessel was caught in the ice and delayed by great storms before he was safely landed at Baltimore, Md. He was fortunate in securing work as a carpenter, being in the employ of an honest German by the name of Conrad Ripple, with whom he remained for two years, and then left Baltimore, having a desire to see other parts of the United States. When he reached Wheeling, W. Va., he was employed by a Mr. Everwine, and remained with him for a year, and then learned the butcher's trade and worked in the meat business for George Siggler for six years. On account of a large part of the work being done in the ice house, Mr. Freiling was taken sick, and, on the advice of the physician he consulted, he gave up the meat business and then went to work in the steel mill at Wheeling. Within three years he had acquired sufficient capital to start a small general store, and as Mingo Junction seemed to offer a good business field at that time, he came here. He prospered and later purchased his present store from John Powell, and in the course of time took in his sons, Henry and Charles as partners. Although Mr. Freiling no longer gives the store his personal attention, he retains his interest, the sons conducting the business. In 1903 he erected a handsome residence on the electric line running by his farm at George's Run, where he lives in great comfort, occupying himself with looking after his real estate, which is situated at Mingo Junction and also at Brilliant. Beginning life with no money capital, Mr. Freiling steadily made his way upward, and for years has been looked upon as one of Jefferson County's substantial men. Mr. Freiling married Miss Albedina Baker, who was also born in Germany, and eleven children have been born to them, namely : Lena, who married Daniel Heist, and has five children—Lena, Dan, John, William, and George ; Charles, who married Mary Shutter, has one child, Charles; Henry, who married Bertha Jackson, has two children—Bertha and Gladys ; Ada, who is the widow of Edward Sincer, has one child, Edward. The others are John, Bertha, Alfreda, Harry, William, and two that died young. Mr. Freiling and family belong to the German Lutheran Church at Steubenville. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias at Mingo Junction. M. KEANE, of the firm of M. Keane & Sons, proprietors of the largest and most complete retail grocery store in the Ohio Valley, with commodious quarters at Nos: 134-136 South Third Street, Steubenville, has been a resident of this city for forty-five years and is well known all through Jefferson County as a reliable man of business. He was born in Ireland in 1846 and came to America and reached Steubenville in 1865. Mr. Keane occupied himself during his first few years in.various public works, and in 1876 he embarked in the grocery business in the same block in which he is now located. Business conditions at that time were somewhat unsettled on account of the long period of civil strife just being concluded, and Mr. Keane had only a limited capital to start on. He had business qualities, however, of a high order, as was dem-