AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 725 these children was a member of the Presbyterian Church and at death was interred in the Presbyterian cemetery at Cross Greek. James Daily is a self made man and from the age of sixteen years has been self supporting. He went to school during boyhood but as soon as old enough for hard work, found employment, digging coal and performing other duties whenever an opportunity could be found, in this way gradually adding to the fifty cent piece which was his sole capital when he started out. Finally he engaged with William White, in Cross Creek Township, to work for him at farming on shares and remained for seventeen years, after which he bought a small place of 18 1/4 acres, on which he remained for fourteen years and when he sold that tract bought his present farm on which he has lived ever since. On October 26, 1865, Mr. Daily was married to Miss Eliza Jane Foster, who was born in Ireland October 7, 1841, and was brought to America by her mother when eight years of age. Her parents were Robert and Martha Matilda (Marshal) Foster, the former of whom died in Ireland. The mother then brought her four children—Robert Marshal, Eliza Jane, John and William—to America, where she subsequently married Edward Rouse. Mr. and Mrs. Rouse had four children : Sarah, Thomas, John and Mary. Mr. and Mrs. Daily have the following children : Robert Franklin ; Adeline Elizabeth ; Matilda Jane, who married John Hardwick, and has one daughter, Mary Jane ; William J., who married Sarah H. Barricklow ; John. Thomas ; Mary Catherine ; Anna May, who is the wife of J. R. Stone and the mother of two children—George Wesley and Eva Marie ; Edward E., who married Blanche Ohler, and has two children—George A. and Ethel May ; and Florence Nancy, who married Joseph Scott, and has one daughter, Emily Marie. Mr. Daily and family are members of the Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a Democrat and he has served one term as road supervisor. GEORGE F. BARROWS, manager of the Tri-State Gas Company, at Toronto, O., is a representative of a younger generation of business men who capably fill many responsible positions in Jefferson County, scarcely being out of school before their services find a market. He was born at Buffalo, W. Va., June 30, 1883, and is a son of William Austin and Mary Margaret (Hamm) Barrows. George F. Barrows was ten years old when he accompanied his parents to Gallipolis, O., where he pursued his education in the graded and high schools. On account of possessing a decided talent for music, he spent some time in a music school at Cincinnati, after which he took a commercial course in Duff's Business College at Pittsburgh. Shortly afterward he became a bookkeeper in the employ of the Manufacturers' Heat and Light Company, at Pittsburgh, six months later coming to Toronto, having been appointed manager of the Tri-State Gas Company. Mr. Barrows makes his home with his parents, who are also residents of Toronto. He is an active citizen in all that concerns the business interests of the city but he has no political ambitions. T. H. KELLY, of the firm of Kelly & Westmyer, proprietors of the Eagle Bottling Works, with business location at No. 130 North Court Street, Steubenville, O., is a native of the city of which he is a representative business man, having been born here in 1855. Thomas Kelly, father of T. H. Kelly, was born at Rochester, Pa. He was engaged in the steamboat business on the Mississippi River and made his home for a part of his life at St. Louis, Mo. He was married in Jefferson County and resided first at Steubenville. T. H. Kelly was mainly reared of Steubenville and attended the schools here, after which he began work in a grocery store. Seven years afterward he went into the grocery business for himself at Denver, Colo. Two years later he came back 726 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY to Steubenville .and then went into the manufacturing of soft drinks with Mr. Westmyer, under the firm name of the Eagle Bottling Works. This business is the oldest of its kind in the city and the partners have been associated together for twenty years. They deal also in cigars, tobacco, glasses, cheese, crackers and pretzels. The quality of their goods is always standard and as business men they are held in high esteem. Mr. Kelly is an active Democrat but, while working in the interests of his party, has never been accused of neglecting the claims of good citizenship. For eight years he served as a member of the city board of elections. In 1888 Mr. Kelly was married to Miss Ella Powers, who was born and reared at Steubenville, and they have five children : John, who is a traveling salesman for the Eagle Bottling Works ; and Margaret, Helen, Katherine and Marian, at home. Mr. Kelly and family are members of the Holy Name Catholic Church. He is identified with the Catholic Mutual Benevolent Association and is an active member of the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce. LEWIS McLAIN, who not only owns seven farms aggregating 1,400 acres of land, lying in Boss and Knox Townships, Jefferson County, Ohio, but is also energetic enough to manage them all himself, is a native of Jefferson County and was born in Ross Township, December 5, 1846. His parents were William and Elizabeth (Clark) McLain. William McLain was born in Pennsylvania and was a son of John McLain, who brought his family to this section and owned a farm in Ross Township. When William McLain settled in the township a large part of the land was covered with timber and it took many long months of "grubbing" before any crops could be secured. After making a clearing, he built a log cabin in which he lived until 1846. He then built a frame house in Ross Township and lived in it until 1859 and then moved to the home now occupied by his son. He died on this place in his seventy-first year. He owned 447 acres of valuable land, 130 of which he cleared himself. He married Elizabeth Clark, a daughter of Abner Clark, and they had eleven children, all of whom lived to marry. His death occurred at the age of seventy-one years and that of his wife when she was somewhat older. They were for years members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Pine Grove and their burial was there, but in their latter years they were members of the church at Mooretown. In politics William McLain was a Democrat up to the candidacy of Abraham Lincoln, after which he voted the Republican ticket. He was an honorable, upright and industrious man and was universally respected. Lewis McLain attended school in his boyhood when he could be spared from home but hard work on the farm was his portion for many years. The farm came into his ownership before he married and at that time he assumed possession of it. He made many improvements and practically rebuilt the residence. Mr. McLain is one of the largest farmers in Jefferson County and all his seven farms are well stocked. He is the largest wool grower in the county. Mr. McLain married Miss Fannie Clark, a daughter of Daniel Clark, of Carroll County, Ohio, and they have four children: William, who married Rose Pitenger, and has one son, Frederick ; and Daniel Clark, Homer Watson and Charles Roy, these three sons being yet unmarried. Mr. McLain is a Republican. RAPHAEL B. COHEN, one of the most progressive members of the legal profession at the Jefferson County Bar. has been a resident of the city of Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio, for the past seven years. He was born on the 26th day of October in the year of 1880, in the city of Philadelphia, Pa., where he was reared and attended the local schools, graduating from the Philadelphia High School, and thereafter graduating from a classical course in Temple College in the city of AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 749 Philadelphia. He later matriculated in the law department of the University of Pennsylvania, taking a thorough course in law, and was admitted to the practice of his profession in the Supreme Court of the state of Ohio in the year of 1905, immediately taking up the practice of law at Steubenville, O., since which time he has earnestly followed his profession with abundant success, building up a large and representative clientage. Previous to locating in Steubenville, and while still at college, Mr. Cohen spent his extra time for three years in the office of A. S. L. Shields, one of the most prominent attorneys in the city of Philadelphia. In the year of 1902, Mr. Cohen was joined in marriage with Estelle E. Mishkin, of Philadelphia, and they have one daughter, Henrietta Cohen. Mr. Cohen i3 a member of the Knights of Pythias, Red Men, Woodmen, Eagles and various other fraternal orders and institutions, and is a member of the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce, being an earnest and public spirited citizen. DANIEL O. FINDLEY, one of Island Creak Township's substantial citizens, where he owns, a valuable farm of ninety-two acres, which is richly underlaid with coal, was born in Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, January 29. 1843, and is a son of William and Letitia (Todd) Findley. William Findley was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in 1801, and having lost his parents in boyhood, he left his old home and came to Jefferson County and after reaching Steubenville learned the tailor's trade but worked at it for only a short time. He came then to Island Creek Township, where he followed milling and owned a grist-mill on Island Creek, near what is now Costonia, in partnership with John Bray. This was one of the early milling firms in this section. William Findley was 0 elder in the Island Creek Presbyterian Church. Tie was a man of high atanding. in his community and at times served in township offices. He married Miss Letitia Todd, a native of Ohio, who, at the time of marriage was a school teacher. Daniel O. Findley grew to manhood in his native township and obtained a district school education in what was known as the Bray School, where many of his old neighbors also were instructed, He found himself dependent upon his own resources when he started out in life and his present state of independence has been gained entirely through his own industry guided by good judgment. His farm of ninety-two acres is valuable for its agricultural possibilities and also on account of its bituminous coal deposits. Mr. Findley mines about 40,000 bushels annually, which he disposes of to his neighbors. He has always been an active citizen of his township but has cared little for public office. He is a Republican and was an ardent admirer of the late President McKinley, whose birthday was precisely the same as his own. In 1864, during the Civil War, he enlisted in Company H, 157th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Capt. Edward T. Findley, and served about four months, his time being mainly spent at Fort Delaware, his duty being guarding prisoners. After be was honorably discharged he returned home and resumed farming. Mr. Findley married Miss Tilley Powell, a daughter of Aaron Powell, a former resident of Island Creek Township. Mrs. Findlay was a teacher prior to marriage. They have one son, John P. Findley, who is an electrician for ihe Allegheny County Light Plant, and resides at Knoxville, Pittsburgh. Mr. and Mrs. Findley are members of the First Presbyterian Church at Toronto, 0. He belongs to E. M. Stanton Post, G. A. H., at Steubenville. REV. JOSEPH A. WEIGAND, pastor of the Holy Name Catholic Church, of Steubenville, 0., was born in Baden, GermanyTune 8, 1866, and is one of a family of eleven children born to his parents who were Felix and Genevieve (Schmidt) Wei- 730 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY gaud. The father was a farmer and was a good and worthy man. His death occurred in Germany in 1895. In 1879 Father Weigand came to the United States and ten years later was ordained to the priesthood, by Cardinal Gibbons. In boyhood he attended the Catholic schools, later was a. student in St. Vincent College, in Pennsylvania, and completed his course in theology at St. Mary's .Seminary, Baltimore, Md. His first station was in Columbus, 0., where he served as assistant priest for six months, after which he was placed in charge of the Catholic Church at Bridgeport, 0., and continued there until he came to his present parish, March 21, 1904. The Holy Name Church is one of the handsomest and most impressive religious edifices in the city of Steubenville. It is the only titular Church of the Holy Name in the diocese of Columbus, also in this part of the Ohio Valley. Its graceful and majestic proportions proclaim from its silent walls and noble towers the honor and glory of Him whose Holy Name it bears. Yet, without the unselfish and generous contributions of its congregation and the zealous and enthusiastic encouragement of its former pastor, this noble edifice could never have been erected. Going back for a number of years it is found that this congregation originally belonged to old St. Peter's, but the time came when a new church became a necessity. in 1885 a neat and commodious edifice was erected in the southern part or the city and for a number of years it sufficed hut the time came when again a new Atwcll was demanded. the congregation having. increased in membership. and under the prompting of their devoted pastor, gave assurance that in the course of time this new church would he worthily built. On July 20, 1S98, Rev. Father James J. I Hartley announced to the people his in tention to commence the building of the new church, his fund for the same at that time amounting to about $2,000. On the 25th day of March, 1899, ground was broken, on June 11th the corner stone was laid with impressive services, and on Oc- tober 14, 1900, the Feast of the Maternity Moeller, solemnly consecrated it. The building is 130 feet long, 56 feet wide and the main tower is 140 feet high and the smaller one 105. The windows are a revel- ation of artistic beauty to all who see them, as are the Stations of the Cross. The com- munion rail is a work of art and beauty. There are five altars in the church, of white and colored Italian marble enriched with gold mosaic work. A mere word picture can give no adequate idea of the beauty and magnificance of the whole building. The lighting is done by electricity. From excellent authority it is learned that this unusually ornate and beautiful church was built by subscriptions and do- nations voluntarily offered to the pastor; b that they were given almost exclusively by the members of the congregation, one that 6 was poor in worldly goods, but rich in Christian spirit. In 1904, when Rev. Father Weigand was appointed pastor of this parish, he found many openings for still further development. To his energy and zeal the. people owe the fine parsonage as well as the many church organizations which serve to encourage the Catholic spirit and bind the members closer together. ROBERT JAMES McCLEARY, justice of the peace at Connorville, O., and owner of 150 acres of farm land, on which he re- 'I sides, in Warren Township, Jefferson County, was born December 19, 1856, at Warrenton, this county, and is a son of Joseph C. McCleary. Robert McCleary, grandfather of our subject, was of Scotch-Irish descent and one of the pioneer settlers of Warren Township, Jefferson County, Ohio. He was a farmer and was one of the first justices of Ohio as well as of Warren Township. He was survived man years by his widow, who later in life removed from the old home place to Raylaud, where she spent her declining years. Joseph C. McCleary was born in 1812, in Warren Township. Jefferson County, and AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 731 was the youngest of a numerous family of children, the larger number of whom went west to live. His brother, George McCleary, settled in Iowa and became Secretary of State. Joseph McCleary grew to manhood here, learned brick laying with a Mr.. Miller of Mt. Pleasant, and afterward visited the principal cities of the United States and Canada. When he returned to Jefferson County he embarked in business with William Smith, who was one of the pioneers of Warren Township. Mr. Smith was the owner of 640 acres of land which he entered from the Government, and he operated a grist mill and distillery, and he and Joseph McCleary conveyed their produce down the Ohio River by flatboat, making several trips to New Orleans. Mr. McCleary was subsequently admitted to the bar and followed the profession of law for some years. About the time of President Lincoln's administration he was elected a state senator, and was later appointed. revenue collector, with offices at Steubenville, O. In 1869 he located on the Smith farm of 350 acres, Which he purchased and cultivated for twelve years, then erected a residence at Rayland, O., where he .died at the age of eighty-two years. Mr. McCleary was married three times, his first and second wives having been sisters, and daughters of William Smith. His third union was with Isabella Grey, of Belmont County, Ohio. Robert J. McCleary was quite young when his rather located on the farm in Warren Township, ;Ind at the age of fourteen went to St. Louis. Mo.. where he attended school for four years. Ile then returned to the farm attended the Hopedale school for four years and Mt. Union College for the same length of Lime. After completing his education he taught the school of his home district one year and taught in the Springfield, Mo., schools three years, after which he spent one year on a steam-boat between Wheeling and Parkersburgh, West Va. He then took entire charge of his father's farm, and after his marriage bought out his father's heirs and has since followed general farming on the home place. Mr. McCleary furnishes the mines of this locality with considerable lumber from his farm, and is interested in real estate, owning several dwellings which he rents. He opened up and built the first houses at Connerville, of which village he was the first postmaster. Mr. McCleary is now serving his third term as justice of the peace and has his office at Connorville, he has also served as township trustee, and for some years has been a member of the board of education. He belongs to the Jr. 0. U. A. M., K. of P., I. 0. 0. F., B. P. O. E. and the Masons. In December, 1886, Mr. McCleary married Emma L. Cummins, a daughter of George M. Cummins, deceased, of Steubenville, 0., and they have one son, Fred E., who is a graduate of the Ohio State University, and is chemist for the Chicago, Rock Island R. R. at Chicago. He married Anna Williams, of Newton Falls, in 1908, and they have one son, Robin C. OLIVER J. BROWN, who, for eighteen years served in the office of township trustee for Cross Creek, resides on his valuable farm of ninety acres, which he devotes to general agriculture. He was born and always lived in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, May 24, 1846, and is a son of George and Isabel (Cunningham) Brown. George Brown was born in Cross Creek Township, April 4, 1818, a son of Stephen and Mary (Baxter) Brown, early settlers, and his birth and death occurred in the same house. Elected on the Republican ticket, he served as township trustee, and was one of the substantial, solid men of this section. He married Isabel Cunningham, who was born March 5, 1821, a member of another early family of Cross Creek Township. They had the following children : Mary (deceased) born November 16, 1842, was the wife of Joseph McCullough; John C., born March 13, 1844 ; Oliver J.; Rebecca E., born November 19, 1848, married A. M. Smith ; Laveria C., born August 20, 732 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY 1853 ; Samantha F., born May 31, 1856 ; and George S.. born May 27, 1859. The parents of the above family were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. With the exception of the period between May and September, 1864, during which he was a soldier in the Union army serving in Co. F, 157th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil War, Mr. Brown has spent almost his entire life in his native section, obtaining his education here as well as his farm training and for many years has been one of the leading agriculturists of the township. In December, 1874, he was married to Miss Mary E. Connell, a daughter of William and Anna (Johnston) Connell. The father of Mrs. Brown was married first to a Miss Richards and they had two sons, Robert and Joseph. Of his second marriage three children were born, Albert W., Nancy J. and Mary E. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have had four children, as follows : Harry A., born June 29, 1876, married Olive Baxter, of Brooke County, West Virginia, and they have two children— Sarah Edith and Helen Elizabeth ; Anna Belle, born December 24, 1878, married Elliott L. Smith, and they have one daughter, Mary Agnes ; John C., born February 19, 1884; and Edwin, who was born April 12, 1887. Mr. Brown and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Fernwood. He is identified with the Republican party and has been an active and useful citizen in his township. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, having membership in Lodge No. 182, F. & A. M. at Smithfield. ROY R. CARPENTER, an attorney at law, and a resident of Steubenville, 0., since January, 1909, was born in 1881 in Warren Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and is a son of A. Pierce Carpenter, and a grandson of Andrew Carpenter, one of the pioneer settlers of the county. The father was born in 1852 in Warren Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and has spent his entire life there engaged in general farming and stock raising. Roy R. Carpenter is a graduate of the Mt. Pleasant High School, Oberlin Academy, and Oberlin College, from which he received the degree of A. B. in 1906, and also of the University of Michigan, from which he received the degree of L.L.B., graduating with the class of 1908. He was admitted to the bar in December, 1907, and in January, 1909, became associated with Attorney A. C. Lewis in the practice of law. Mr. Carpenter attends the Second Presbyterian Church, and is fraternally a member of the Elks. HENRY COIT IDDINGS, township trustee and leading farmer of Saline Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, was born on the farm on which he resides, one of the most valuable in this part of the county, July 24, 1871. His parents were Henry and Ruth Ella (Moore) Iddings. Henry Iddings was born in the Scotch settlement in Columbiana County, Ohio, and was brought to Saline Township, Jefferson County when two years old and spent his life here. He was a man of unusual business capacity and became a man of wealth through farming and dealing in stock. At various times he acquired land and at the time of his death, in August, 1906, when aged eighty-four years, he left an estate of 1,000 acres to his family. During a large portion of his life he was a strong adherent of the Republican party, but in his later years identified himself with the Prohibitionists. On many occasions he acceptably filled township offices. Both he and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Hammondsville. He married Ruth Ella Moore, who was reared in Richland Township, Belmont County, Ohio and died in Jefferson County in 1898, at the age of sixty-seven years. She was a daughter of Rev. James A. Moore, a Methodist minister. They had eight children, namely : James M., who conducts the home farm with his brother, Henry C.; Sarah Jane, who is the wife of W. C. Yeagley, of Knox Township ; William H., who is engaged in farming near Somerset ; Sue Ellen, who is the wife of W. C. Parsons, AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 735 of Cleveland; Edward K., who is a farmer in Harrison County ; Henry C.; Cora E., who is the wife of Malcolm R. Hart, of St. Louis; and Esther E., who is the wife of James A. McMillan, of Richmond, Jefferson County. Henry Coit Iddings attended school at Hollow Rock and afterward went to work on the home farm which has occupied him ever since. The farm contains 1,000 acres, and is underlaid with coal and also a fine vein of a particularly valuable clay. Farming and stock raising are the industries pursued here with great success. In March, 1907. Mr. Iddings was married to Miss Nettie J arvis, a daughter of T. L. Jarvis, of Stark County, Ohio, and they have one son who bears the family name of Henry Iddings. In politics, Mr. Iddings is a Republican and he is serving as a member of the township board of trustees. WILLIAM B. SHUSTER, superintendent of No. 14 plant of the American Sewer Pipe Company at Toronto, Jefferson County, Ohio, has been engaged in this line of business throughout his business career. He has additional interests with his cousins, W. B. and S. B. Goucher, owning the Toronto Ferry Company. The subject of this record was born in Newburg, now Toronto, 0., June 24, 1857, and is a son of Samuel and Amanda (Porter) Shuster. He was reared at Toronto and has been identified with the sewer pipe industry ever since old enough to labor, working in different capacities around the plant until 1890, when he was placed in charge of the piant of the Royal Fire Clay Company at Midville, near Urichsville. He remained there two and one half years and then returned to Toronto in 1893 as superintendent of the plant with which he has since been identified. it then being known as the Forest City Sewer Pipe Factory. He is a man of ability and enjoys high standing in the community. For four years he was a member of the board of public service in Toronto, relinquishing that office on January 1, 1910. Mr. Shuster v as united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth J. McFarland, a daughter of Benjamin McFarland, she being a native of Steubenville. Fraternally he is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Eagles. JOHN M. LINTON, residing on his valuable farm of 124 acres, a part of which is situated in Cross Creek and a part in Wells Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, was born in this county, February 17, 1843, and has been settled here ever since he completed his service as a soldier in the great Civil War. His parents were Otho and Nancy (Newhouse) Linton. Otho Linton was a son of Jeremiah Linton and both were substantial farmers in Jefferson County. Otho Linton married Nancy Newhouse and they had thirteen children born to them, three of whom died in infancy. Benjamin and George died in manhood. Amanda (deceased) was the wife of George Ebers. Eliza Jane, now deceased, was married first to William Cowan and afterwards to Isaiah Vermilion. Susan, deceased, was married first to August Collins, John Carpenter being her second husband. Levi, Jeremiah and Otho are all deceased, the two last named dying while serving as soldiers in the Civil War. John M., the ninth member of the family, is the subject of this sketch. Nancy is the wife of John Gilchrist. John M. Linton remained at home until 1862, when he enlisted in Company E, 52d Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served faithfully during two years and ten months, facing danger and death on many a field of battle. He is a member of E. M. Stanton Post, No. 166, G. A. R., at Steubenville, O. Mr. Linton has been engaged in general farming on his present place for about forty-five years. He is one of the best known and highly respected representative citizens of this section. In politics he is a Republican and for nine years he served as a member of the township school board. In February, 1866, Mr. Linton was mar- 736 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY ried to Miss Maggie Sullivan, the oldest child of the late Cornelius and Mary Ann Sullivan, former residents of Steubenville. Mrs. Linton had two brothers, James and Henry, both of whom are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Linton have one son, Frank, who is superintendent of the Mingo public schools. He married Elizabeth Yost and they have three children, Alice, John and Frank. Mr. Linton and wife are members of the Methodist Protestant Church. He has long been identified with Wildwood Lodge, No. 590, Odd Fellows, at New Alexandria, 0. WILLIAM E. McELDOWNEY, who is doing the leading business in the sale of agricultural implements in Steubenville was born in Adrian, Mich., in 1870, but the larger part of his life has been passed in Steubenville, to which city he came in September, 1882. Mr. McEldowney attended school in Canada, and at Detroit and Steubenville, and later took a commercial course at Duff's Business College, Pittsburgh. He then became bookkeeper and collector for the Chautauqua Lake Ice Company, where he remained one year subsequently coming to Steubenville to close out his grandfather's business. In 1893, in partnership with Mr. White, he bought his present business, which was conducted under the style of White & McEldowney until 1894, when he bought Mr. White's holdings and since then has been sole proprietor. He has other interests and is a stockholder in several financial institutions. As a wide awake citizen he has taken much interest in civic betterment ; he has served for two years as a member of the city council and has advocated many reforms. Mr. McEldowney married Miss Anna Wagner, of Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio, and they have four children : Caroline, Ida Virginia, Anna and Mary Wilma. Mr. and Mrs. McEldowney are members of the Second Presbyterian Church. JOHN D. WILSON, whose well improved farm of 295 acres is situated in Ross Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, was born in Monroe County, Ohio, May 22,1848, and is a son of James and Sarah (Shepherd) Wilson. Mr. Wilson was married in Jefferson County, Ohio, to Miss Lucy Shepherd, who is a daughter of Thomas and Lucinda (Arbuckle) Shepherd. Thomas Shepherd was born in Drumlane, County Cork, Ireland, and was nineteen years of age when, in 1812, he came to Steubenville, 0., and from there to this farm. He had brought his. parents with him and their first experiences of pioneer life were very trying. The first house was built of green logs, laid on a stump foundation and their beds were made of tree boughs with the feather mattresses laid over them, these latter comforts having been brought with them from Ireland. They fashioned chairs and tables out of rough boards and thus supplied the necessities of life. The time came, however, when ample means brought not only necessities but luxuries within their reach. Thomas Shepherd married Lucinda Arbuckle, and they had the following children born to them : Sarah, who is the widow of George Crabb ; William, who married Elizabeth Watt ; James, residing in Iowa, who married Annie Grigg ; George A., who died in Nevada ; John R., who married Mary Jane Swickard ; Thomas, who married Melissa Whitcomb ; Eliza Ann, who married James Wycoff ; Andrew, who married Netta McCollough Hezekiah, who married Annie Adams ; Martha, who is unmarried; Lucy E. S., who is the wife of Mr. Wilson ; and Mary, deceased, who was a school-teacher all her mature life. Mrs. Wilson is one of the best known, respected and admired ladies in Jefferson County, where she has been a leader in educational matters for a long period and for three years she served on the school board in Ross Township. As a result of this unusual innovation, the schools of Ross Township are acknowledged to be of high grade, and more general interest is taken in their progress than in many other just as favorably located sections. The father of Mrs. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 737 Wilson .erected excellent buildings which have not had to be replaced but only repaired, owing to the ordinary deterioration caused by the weather. His death occurred December 8, 1881, when aged eighty-nine years, and his widow survived until April 7, 1887, her age being eighty years. They were valued members of the Bacon Ridge Presbyterian Church and they were interred in the Montgomery Cemetery, in Ross Township. The present farm was secured by the grandfather when James Madison was President of the United States. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have resided on the present place ever since marriage. They have no children. Mr. Wilson is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and his wife of the Presbyterian Church. He has been a life-long Republican but has never consented to accept office. CLARENCE E. GOURLEY, M.D., physician and surgeon at New Alexandria, 0., where he has been established for the past six years, was born at Big Run, Jefferson County, Ohio, April 19, 1876, and is a son of George M. and Martha Ruth (Hamilton) Gourley. George M. Gourley was a well known business man in Jefferson County, where he engaged in milling and lumbering for many years. He served as a soldier in the Civil War and was identified with the Grand Army of the Republic. In politics he was a Republican. He married Martha Ruth Hamilton and the following children were born to them : Myrtle B., who married John M. _Miller; Silas H., who married Isabella Allison; Wilda P., who married Dr. J. F. Wood; Sylvester R., who married Zulia Rudolph ; and Lon R., who remains at home. Clarence E. Gourley was graduated from the Big Run High School in 1895, and afterward attended the Indiana Normal School for one term, and then entered the Ohio Medical University at Columbus, where he was graduated in 1903. He practiced his profession for one year at Mt. Pleasant and then came to New Alexandria, where he has built up a large business. Dr. Gourley married Miss Catherine E. Anderson, a daughter of Thomas C. and Hannah Jane (Kerr) Anderson. Mrs. Gourleys' brothers and sisters are Joseph M., David H., Thomas R., Alfred P., Elmira, Alonzo G., Annie, Bertha and Maria. Dr. and Mrs. Gourley have two children: Audrey Jane, who was born December 17, 1906; and Martha Elizabeth, who was born February 23, 1909. Dr. and Mrs. Gourley are members of the Methodist Protestant Church at New Alexandria. He is an Odd Fellow and a Scottish Rite Mason. ERNEST L. FINLEY, a lawyer and citizen of prominence of Steubenville, 0., has been identified with the Jefferson County bar since March, 1894,, and comes of one of the prominent and old established families of the county. His grandfather, Robert Emmett Finley, a native of Ireland, came to Jefferson County, Ohio, about 1820 and was engaged in the practice of medicine here until his death in 1866. Dr. James Emmett Finley, father of Ernest L., was born in Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio and has for years been one of the prominent physicians of the county. Ernest L. Finley was born in Logan County, Ohio, but was reared in Jefferson County. He obtained his education in the local schools and at the University of Wooster, from which he took his degrees of A. B. and A. M. After a post graduate course in law and literary work at the University of Michigan he entered the office of Judge Richards and in March, 1894, was admitted to the Jefferson County bar. He was engaged in the practice of law at Steubenville until 1897, when he located at Mt. Pleasant, where he was attorney for several coal companies and carried on a general practice until 1901. He then returned to Steubenville, where he has built up a lucrative practice. Since 1902, Mr. Finley has been United States Commissioner of this district. 738 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY In 1901 Mr. Finley was joined in marriage with Julia B. White, who is a daugh- ter. of J. A. White, of Mt. Pleasant, O., and to them have been born two children, Elizabeth Louise and Catherine Ricks. Mr. Finley holds membership in the Second Presbyterian Church of Steubenville, and the Young Men's Christian Association. He also belongs to the Knights of Pythias, the B. P. O. E., and to a Greek letter fraternity. Mr. Finley is an active and useful citizen of Steubenville and possesses in a high degree the confidence and esteem of his fellowmen. His influence is always on the side of progress and good government. JEWELL BAISE, one of the leading citizens of Connorville, 0., is not only the pioneer merchant of the place but is one of the largest property owners and enjoys the distinction of having been the first purchaser of a town lot and was the first resident. He was born in Belgium, December 8, 1850, and is a son of Pierre and Catherine (Bodwin) Baise. They died in Belgium and of their seven children, only two, John and Jewell, came to America. Jewell Baise had very few opportunities in his youth as he was obliged to enter the coal mines when he was only eight years old and thus help his father in taking care of the family. He continued to work in the same way in Belgium until 1885, when he came to the United States and in September of that year reached Primrose, near McDonald, Pa. He easily secured employment in the coal mines there and made excellent wages as he was industrious and dependable and soon was able to start a little store and conducted that while he kept on working in the mines for eleven years. In the meanwhile he kept on the lookout for just such an opportunity as the one he took advantage of in 1894, when he came to Connorville and bought a lot and started his grocery store. He also worked at the carpenter trade, and keeping busy all the time, soon had ways of turning his money over so that he shortly was able to purchase more land and now owns his own comfortable residence and store building, owns four other dwellings that he rents and also a store room which he rents out as a town hall, and also rents six lodge rooms in the same building. Mr. Baise also acts in the capacity of a private banker, loaning money to other business men until they get also established in business. The growing town owes much to his energy and enterprise. Mr. Baise was married (first) to Marie Mabell, in the old country, and they had the following children : Juliet, who is the wife of Frank Vanderbot Victor, who is deceased Josephine, who is the wife of Harry Mueller Maria, who is the wife of Julian Culligan, Julia, who is deceased; Mary and Jewell, who is deceased. The first wife died and on October 1, 1901, Mr. Baise was married to Mrs. Melanie (Hubert) Sheverley, widow of Frank Sheverley and daughter of Julian and Marie Hubert. She was born in France and came to America in 1894. By her first marriage she has two children : Frank and Eugenia, the latter being the wife of Joseph Longom. Mr. Baise is an entirely self made man. He has a wide acquaintance and there is little of importance that concerns this section that he does not take part in, using his money and time and giving advice whenever either may be necessary. AARON M. WILES, whose fine farm of 137 acres is located in the northern part of Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, is a prominent and respected citizen of this section, and few men are better known here. He was born in Ross Township, Jefferson County, September 29, 1846, and is a son of John and Barbara (Swickard ) Wiles. John Wiles was born in West Virginia and was a son of John Q. Wiles who brought him to Jefferson County in boyhood. John Wiles spent many years in Ross Township but for some time previous to his death in 1877, he had lived in Island Creek Township. Aaron M. Wiles grew to manhood in Ross AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 741 Township and there .attended the district schools in his youth. The larger part of his life has been devoted to agricultural pursuits. For forty seasons he followed threshing. In 1875 he settled on his present farm, on which, in the fall of 1908, oil was found and at present he has ten producing wells on his place. He has always been a well balanced business man, industrious and provident, and is numbered with the substantial citizens of this section. He has, at various times, consented to hold township offices, serving as school director and judge of elections, but his main interests have been farming, threshing and cattle and stock raising. Mr. Wiles married Miss Barbara J . Householder, who was born in Knox Township, Jefferson County, a daughter of Jacob Householder, and they have had six children, the four survivors being: Myrtle, who is the wife of John D. Hanlin, of Island Creek Township ; Florence, who is the wife of Ford Grimm, of Knox Township ; Elma J., who is the wife of J. Sapp, of Island Creek Township ; and William C., who lives at home. John R. and Olive B. are both deceased. Mr. Wiles and family belong to the Lutheran Church at Osage, O.', of which he is a trustee. FRANK S. MAXWELL, D. D. S., who occupies a prominent position in the professional circles of Steubenville, 0., where he has been in the active practice of dentistry since 1880, was born in Washington, D. C., July 15, 1859, and is a son of the late John S. and Mary L. (Wilson) Maxwell. When Dr. Maxwell was twelve years old, his parents settled at Steubenville and the youth had the advantages afforded by the city's excellent schools. He proved his mental capacity by graduating from the High School at the age of seventeen years. He immediately decided upon the study of dental surgery, and after suitable preparation, in the fall of 1878 he entered the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery at Philadelphia graduating with his coveted diploma in February, 1880. After a few months of practice in Philadelphia, he returned to Steubenville. His profession has proved a congenial one to him and he has never ceased to be a close student. He is identified with the Ohio Valley Dental Society, the Ohio State Dental Society, the Odontological Society of Western Pennsylvania, and the American Dental Association, being held in esteem in Lill these bodies and serving officially in some of them. On June 3, 1886, Dr. Maxwell was married to Miss Anna Tracy Means, a daughter of Hon. Joseph Means, formerly of Steubenville. They enjoy a beautiful home, situated at No. 831 North, Fourth Street. Dr. Maxwell maintains his office, which is equipped with all the appliances demanded by the latest and most approved methods of practice, at No. 402 Market Street. Politically he is identified with the Republican party and has served from the old fifth ward on the school board for four years. SPENCE WALLACE, city treasurer of Steubenville, 0.; has been A resident of this city since he was two years of age. His birth took place at Barnesville, 0., in August, 1851, but to the schools of Steubenville he is indebted for his educational training. Prior to 1900 Mr. Wallace was engaged with different business houses in a clerical capacity, in that year being appointed assistant postmaster, and serving as such until 1904. In 1908 he was elected city treasurer and both officially and personally he enjoys the esteem. and confidence of the public. In 1874 Mr. Wallace was married to Miss Helen B. Sarratt, a daughter of Joseph H. Sarratt, and they have one daughter, Nellie R. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace are members of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Mr. Wallace is identified with the fraternal orders of Elks and Knights of Pythias, and in the latter order is very prominent, being vice grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias of Ohio. HENRY WELDAY SCOTT, a prominent citzen of Wells Township, who is en- 742 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY gaged in general farming on a tract of 146 acres located about one and a half miles west of New Alexandria, was born January 10, 1859, on his father's farm in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and is a son of William T. and Margaret (Elliott) Scott. This branch of the Scott family was established in Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1804 by James Scott, great-grandfather of subject, who brought his family here in wagons from Washington County, Pennsylvania. Andrew Scott, who came with his parents in 1804, subsequently inherited the old home farm, and spent the remainder of his life here. He married Jane Thompson, a native of Ireland, who was one year old when her parents emigrated to this country, and of their union were born the following children : Wesley, deceased ; William T. ; Elizabeth, widow of Henry Welday ; James, deceased ; Thomas ; Mary Jane, widow of S. B. Warren ; David; Clark, deceased; Isabell, wife Of Dr. Samuel Jepson ; and Caroline, who is the widow of Clark McCann. William T. Scott, father of subject, was born December 18, 1826, at New Alexandria, Jefferson County, Ohio, and was there reared to manhood. He resided in Cross Creek Township until 1882, when he came to Wells Township and was a resident here until the time of his death, September 26, 1896. He married Margaret Elliott, who was born in Cross Creek Township and died in 1902, aged sixty-seven years. To them were born nine children, two of whom died in infancy ; Andrew E.; Henry W. ; Carry, who is the wife of Theodore Wise; Howard H. ; Ida Bell ; Walter and Fred, Henry W. Scott was reared on the old home farm in Cross Creek Township, and after obtaining a common school education taught three years in this township. Since his marriage Mr. Scott has followed farming on his present farm, part of which was originally owned by the Meholin family since 1840. He is one of the most successful farmers of the township and his fine ten-room frame residence was erected in 1908. Mr. Scott was married February 8, 1888, to Martha Meholin, who is a daughter of Joseph and Margaret (Trainer) Meholin, well known residents of Jefferson County, and two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Scott : Joseph M., who is a student at Mt. Union College at Alliance, O. ; and Estella Margaret. Mr. Scott is a director of the First National Bank of Mingo Junction, O. He is a Republican in politics and has served as justice of the peace and township trustee. The religious connection of the family is with the Methodist Episcopal Church. HON. WILLIAM J. McCANN, mayor of the village of New Alexandria, 0., and a leading citizen of the community, is an attorney at law and has been further honored by his fellow citizens by being elected to the position of superintendent of schools. He was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, March 17, 1846, and is a son of John and Catherine (Moore) McCann. John McCann was a quiet, industrious man, a shoemaker by trade. His father was Samuel McCann, who was probably born in Ireland. John McCann married Catherine Moore and they had the following children : William John; Samuel Wesley, who is engaged in a real estate business in Oklahoma ; James C. who is a car- penter and contractor at Wellsville, O.; Sarah, who is the wife of R. M. Thompson; and Clarissa J., who is the wife of William Rabe, a merchant at Bloomingdale, 0. The parents of this family died in Hocking County, Ohio. William J. McCann attended school until he was eighteen years of age and then went into the army, enlisting for service in the Civil War, in Company E, One Hundred and Fifty Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry. After passing safely through the dangers of one year, Mr. McCann received a gunshot wound at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain which so seriously disabled him that it brought about his discharge. He is a valued member of Stanton Post, G. A. R. at Steubenville. After he returned from AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 743 the army, Mr. McCann read law with a local attorney and was admitted to the bar and ever since has been a prominent factor professionally and politically in this section of Jefferson County. On the Republican ticket he was elected mayor of New Alexandria and his administration has been an exceedingly satisfactory one. In 1908 he was also elected superintendent of schools, and the citizens of New Alexandria point with pardonable pride to the high standard maintained in their educational institutions. In his performance of public duties, Mayor McCann has always shown that he appreciated the responsibilities resting upon him, to the best of his ability discharging them and bringing about results that add to the safety, happiness and general welfare of the people. In 1873 Mayor McCann was married to Miss Lucinda Hukill, a daughter of Jesse and Mary (Bridenthrall) Hukill, who were natives of Pennsylvania. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Hukill were : Charlotta, deceased, who was the wife of Jacob Bicker-staff; Mary Jane, who was the wife of John Ramsey ; Ruhamah, who is the widow of Isaiah Ramsey; Elizabeth, deceased, who was the wife of the late Francis Wells ; Rebecca, who married Edward McCune ; Catherine, deceased, who was the wife of John Liggett ; Sarah, deceased, who was the wife of the late Alexander Mooney; Lucinda, who is Mrs. McCann ; and Franklin. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. McCann, the survivors being Rubie, who is the wife of Samuel McCullough; Bertha, who is a teacher. in Jefferson County; and Cora, who resides at home. Mayor McCann and family are members of the New Alexandria Methodist Protestant Church, of which he is secretary. He is identified with the Masonic. Lodge at Smithfield and with Wildwood Lodge No. 590, Odd Fellows, at New Alexandria. HARRY L. MAY, one of the rising young members of the Jefferson County bar, and an enterprising citizen of Steuben ville, was born in 1884 in Steubenville, 0. He is a son of Joseph May, a native of Germany, who in 1864 came to Steubenville and was engaged in the mercantile business for many years. The latter is now the president and general manager of the Tri-State Investment Company. Harry L. May secured an education in the preparatory schools of Steubenville, and then entered the law department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, from which he received the degree of L.L. B. in 1905. He immediately located in Steubenville for the practice of his profession and was for two years assistant to W. R. Alban, during the latter's term as prosecuting attorney of Jefferson County. He practices in all of the courts of the State and in the Federal courts. Mr. May is identified with the Republican party in politics. He is a stockholder and director in different oil companes and has incorporated and built up a large number of enterprises in Steubenville. Mr. May is a 32nd degree Mason, Scottish Rite, also a member of the B. P. 0. E. and of the Steubenville Country Club. JAMES WESLEY SWINDLER, who has been a valued resident of Irondale, 0., for twenty-seven years, and, until .1908 largely interested in the real estate business, was born in Hancock County, Ohio, October 30, 1846, and is a son of Nathan and Margaret (Russell) Swindler. Nathan Swindler, father of James W., was born in Jefferson County, Ohio on Sugar Grove Ridge, March 1, 1821, and was a son of James and Elizabeth (Shaw) Swindler. The latter was a daughter of Nathan Shaw, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War from New Jersey, whose record, copied from the papers in the office of the adjutant-general of the State of New Jersey, is as follows : "Nathan Shaw, in commission as ensign and lieutenant under Capt. John Smith, in First Battalion, Cumberland County, New Jersey Militia, 1776, at the battle of Trenton, New Jersey, December 26, 1776 ; battle of 744 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY Princeton, New Jersey, June 3, 1777, afterwards until 1781, lieutenant of Capt. Jonathan Beasley's and Capt. George McLaughlin's companies, died in Jefferson County, Ohio, June 24, 1820." The parents of Nathan Swindler settled on Sugar Grove Ridge. They acquired land and among their possessions was the Hollow Rock Company meeting grounds. He was a farmer and was accidently killed while hauling a load of wheat to market. There were three sons born to James and Elizabeth Swindler : Nathan, Henry and Jesse, and six daughters : Eliza, Julia Ann, Sarah, Elizabeth, Maria and Susan, the last named dying in infancy. Henry Swindler died of cholera, in 1849. With his brother Nathan he was part owner of the steamboat, the "Governor Waite," of which he was clerk for a time and he also taught school at Steubenville for six years. Jesse Swindler went to Hancock County in 1836, carrying the sum of $500 in his belt, which he paid for land and engaged in farming in Hancock County, where he died in 1884. Eliza Swindler married Charles Hale, a son of Randall Hale, of Sugar Grove. Julia Ann married Calvin Hale. Sarah married Jacob Grubaugh and survived until 1903. Elizabeth married Michael Roller. Maria married Dr. Philander Haven, who practiced medicine at Lisbon and East Liverpool, O., and died at Mansfield. The father of this family was a soldier in the War of 1812. Nathan Swindler was a farmer and teacher and he moved to Hancock County, Ohio, in 1837. He was a soldier in the Civil War, a member of Company K, 118th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He refused a commission as captain and served mainly on detached duty. His death occurred in 1864 as a result of army exposure. He married Margaret Russell, who was born in 1824 and died in 1902. She was a daughter of William and Margaret Russell, the former of whom came to America from County Tyrone, Ireland. He was a hatter by trade and worked at the same at Pittsburgh but later moved to Brush Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where his wife died and she was buried in the Mooretown United Presbyterian Church Cemetery. They had four daughters and one son: Eliza, who married Jesse Swindler ; Mary, who never married; Margaret, who became the mother of J. W. Swindler; Jane, who married Henry Van Dyke, of Jefferson County; and William. The latter married Eliza Taylor and they moved to Hancock County and both died there. Ten children were born to Nathan and Margaret (Russell) Swindler. Mary Jane, who died in 1880, at Findlay, 0., was the wife of Chesterfield Jumper. William Russell married Mrs. Sadie Sargent. He is a carpenter and contractor and is also engaged in the oil business. Henry is a resident of Bowling Green, 0., where he engages in contracting. He married Nancy Underwood. Thomas Benton, who is unmarried, lives at Findlay, 0. Elizabeth, who is the wife of Samuel Creighton resides at Findlay ; John is now deceased. Silas AI., a painter by trade, resides with his family at Forest, 0. Margaret Ellen has not married. Elmer Ellsworth, who is in the real estate and mining business, resides at Findlay. He married Jeanetta Routson, a daughter of David Routson. This record, with James Wesley, completes the family. James Wesley Swindler was afforded excellent school advantages. He attended the Union school in his own neighborhood and later an academy at Delaware, O., in preparation for a theological course, but the precipitation of the Civil War brought about a change in his plans and he never completed his theological studies. He enlisted for service in Company G, 118th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served through three years and during this period marched with the forces of General Sherman on the memorable march to the sea. He was seriously wounded at the battle of Resaca and still has a constant remainder in the shattered bone of his arm. Nevertheless he participated in every engagement in which his regiment was concerned AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 745 except the battle of Franklin, and received his honorable discharge June 24, 1865. After the termination of his army service, Mr. Swindler returned to his home in Hancock County and entered the office of Colonel Mungen with whom he read law. Later, in association with his brother Thomas he began the manufacturing of tile on the home farm and remained there until 1882, when he came to Irondale and entered into the real estate and fire insurance business. This he continued until 1908, when he retired, proposing to give the larger part of his attention to looking after his real estate in the West. On May 9, 1877, Mr. Swindler was married to Miss Jeanetta Taylor, a daughter of John and Mary (Swickard) Taylor. The Taylor family is of Scotch-Irish extraction. John Taylor, father of Mrs. Swindler, was born in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, February 23, 1829, and died July S, 1902. I le was a farmer and cooper. His parents were George and Jane (Snodgrass) Taylor and they came to Jefferson County from Maryland. On the trip over the mountains, George Taylor and his one sister became separated and they never were reunited. The children of George and Jane Taylor were : Eliza, who is the wife of. Samuel Ryan, and still survives, being now in her eigth-seventh year and lives near Steubenville ; Washington, who died young ; .James, who was accidentally killed by a horse ; Margaret, deceased, who was the wife of James Gilkison ; Mary Jane, who married Absalom Gilkison, and lives in Missouri; Ann; who is Mrs. Mecums, also lives in Missouri ; Andrew, who was a soldier in the Civil War from Jefferson County, later moved to Indiana and died there ; Alexander, who died in the army during the Civil War; Sarah, who is the widow of David Holmes, and resides at Milwaukee, Wis., and John, the father of Mrs. Swindler. The maternal grandfather, Daniel Swickard, was a soldier in the War of 1812, and his father, Martin Swickard was a Revolutionary soldier. After the close of the war he secured lands by patent, near Richmond, Jefferson County, and was able to give each of his sons a farm. He was twice married and reared many children. To John Taylor and wife the following children were born: Margaret Jane, wife of William Finnicum ; Sarah Jeanette, wife of J. W. Swindler ; Emery Milton; John Franklin, deceased ; Ada Elizabeth, wife of Lawrence Reed ; William Ross, deceased ; George Marquis ; Mary Belle, wife of Samuel Boop ; James Daniel; and Edward and Harry, both deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Swindler have two children : Stanley J. and Mabel Grace. Stanley J. Swindler attended the Irondale select school and Mt. Union College, where he was graduated in civil engineering. His first work was with the C. & P. Railroad, and for one year he was clerk and paymaster for the Murphy Construction Company near Cincinnati. On September 2, 1907, he went to Denver, Col., accepting the position of consulting engineer with the Colorado Construction Company. Miss Mabel Grace Swindler is principal of the Damascus public schools. She completed her education at Wooster College. Mr. Swindler has been very prominent in public affairs for a number of years and has been identified with politics in his native state ever since his return from the army. In 1896 he served as a delegate to the National Populist convention held at St. Louis, and in 1900 was a delegate to the Democratic National convention held at Kansas City. For four years he was a member of the National Committee of the Populist party and in 1896 was state chairman for Ohio. He traveled over a large portion of the country while active in political life and made his last political speech at Chicago; in 1900. He is identified with the Odd Fellows and belongs to the G. A. R. GUY JOHNSTON, vice-president of the National Bank of Toronto, O., and manager and treasurer of the Guy Johnston Company, builders and contractors, dealers in lumber and operators of a large planing 746 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY mill at this place, has been a resident of Toronto for a quarter of a century and is identified with its leading interests. Mr. Johnston was born at Steubenville, 0., September 8, 1860, and is a son of William B. and Louisa (Chambers) Johnston. He bears the honored name of his grandfather, who came to America from Ireland in 1830, and lived and died at Steubenville. In his native city, Mr. Johnston was reared and educated. He learned the carpenter's trade in Steubenville and Pittsburgh and then came to Toronto, where he worked as a carpenter for eight years. He first established himself in business at Steubenville, as president of the Union Lumber Company, but maintained his home at Toronto, and in 1902 founded his present large enterprise in the latter city. This was incorporated in 1904, with the following officers : B. F. Myers, president ; W. R. Gooch, vice-president ; W. B. Johnston, secretary; and Guy Johnston, general manager and treasurer. He has numerous other business interests, being president of the Ohio Plaster and Supply Company, of Steubenville, and president of the People's Sanitary Sewer Company, of Toronto. He has been an active and interested citizen for many years and is serving as a member of the Toronto council. Mr. Johnston was married to Miss Mollie Lashley and they have had three children: William B., who is secretary of the Guy Johnston. Company ; Mary Olive ; and James Stewart, the latter of whom died at the age of twenty-one years. SAMUEL R. STARK, one of Steubenville's foremost business men has been a resident of this city since 1880, and comes of a very ealy family of Jefferson County, Ohio. He was born in Cross Creek Township, this county, in 1856, and is a son of Robert Stark, who is now deceased. James Stark, his grandfather, was a native of Scotland and was one of the early settlers of this county, where his son, Robert was born in 1823. The latter was a farmer throughout his entire active life, and died in 1907 at a good old age. In politics he was a Republican after the organization of that party. Samuel R. Stark was reared and educated in his native county, and for some eight or nine years was engaged in school teaching. He then embarked in the grocery business in Steubenville and met with such success as to warrant him in engaging in the general mercantile business, which he did in 1899. After a time he discontinued the grocery department but continued the store until about the year, 1906, when he closed out the business. He has since that time been actively interested in the Steubenville Hardward and Supply Company, one of the substantial business firms of the city.. He also is a director in the People's National Bank, of Steubenville, and in the Tri-State Investment Company. In 1879 Mr. Stark was married to Miss Lydia Atkinson, of Steubenville, who died in 1905, leaving two daughters, namely: Beulah, wife of Frank Johnston, of Follansbee, W. Va.; and Lola, wife of Morris Dunlope, of Steubenville, 0.. Fraternally, Mr. Stark is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a member of the Second Presbyterian Church. HERMAN I. DAWSON, one of Cross Creek Township's substantial and representative citizens, resides on his valuable and well improved farm of 195 acres, and was born in Harrison County, Ohio, December 4, 1.854. He is a son of George W. and Esther A. (Irons) Dawson. George W. Dawson was a son of Nathaniel and Amelia (Howard) Dawson. in addition to operating a farm, George W. Dawson was a carpenter and followed that trade for many years. His death occurred August 11, 1891. He married Esther. A. Irons, a daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Moore) Irons, and she still survives and makes her home with her children. These were four in number : Herman I.; Carrie E., deceased, who was the wife of Robert F. Arthurs ; Howard, who is a resident of Pittsburgh ; and Effie, deceased, AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 749 who was married first to S. P. George, and second to J. S. Garvin. Herman I. Dawson attended school with more or less regularity until he was about twenty years of age, in the meanwhile also working at farming and teaming, and after his school days were entirely over he entered into farming as his life work, renting land at first from his father and after the latter's death, bought out the other heirs and now owns the homestead with the exception of his mother's dower right. On March 6, 1884, Mr. Dawson was married to Miss Mary V. Gamble, a daughter of Capt. Thomas and Matilda (Morrison) Gamble. Mrs. Dawson was born and reared at Steubenville and is the eldest of her parents' children, the others being: Anderson; William; Logan; Lola, who is the wife of Edward Brown and lives in Kansas ; Daniel W. and Mason. To Mr. and Mrs. Dawson the following children have been born : Dwight L., Anna B., Edward L., Forrest H., Harry E., Georgia L., Herman McKinley, Ellwood L. and Gladys. Death has entered this happy family on three occasions—Edward L., Forrest H. and Harry E., all having passed away, the first named in his twenty-first year. Mr. Dawson and family belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he is a Republican and he has served three terms as a member of the township school board. JAMES L. METCALF, the subject of the following sketch, was born in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, August 26, 1857, a son of William E. and Sarah (Hammerslay) Metcalf, whose ancestors were among the early settlers of the state of Maryland. His mother died when he was about the age of eleven years, shortly after which he left Maryland and came to Irwin, Pa., where he was employed in brick and coal works for some time ; then, learning the carpenters' trade, he came to Steubenville, 0., in 1881. He was married on January 10. 1882, to Viola Martin, a daughter of William B. and Emeline (Wallace) Martin and located in Allegheny City, Pa., working at the carpenters' trade during that time. Returning to Toronto, Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1887, he started in the lumber and building business with John W. Cooper and J. 0. Goodlin, in 1888, with whom he was associated for four years, after which time he and A. F. Taylor started the lumber and building firm known as the Toronto Building & Lumber Company. Mr. Taylor was only connected with the company about one year until his death, since which time Mr. Metcalf continued in the business. Mr. Metcalf, besides being a business man and builder of noted ability, is also a good architect, having planned the Toronto High School Building, the First Presbyterian Church, which is conceded to he the most beautiful church building in the Eastern Ohio Presbytery, besides the United Presbyterian and Greek Catholic Churches. Mr. Metcalf has planned and built most of the good residences and business houses in Toronto, besides a number of the best residences in Steubenville and other places. Mr. and Mrs. Metcalf are members of the Methodist Protestant Church and have always taken an active part in church and temperance work. Always interested in politics, Mr. Metcalf was elected and served two terms as water works trustee; he has been a member of the Board of Education for the last three years, two years of which be has been president of the board. Mr. and Mrs. Metcalf are great believers in education, having had six children, all of whom are being taught music, besides receiving other schooling. Lyn-dale M., the oldest, a graduate of the Toronto High School and the Steubenville Business College, is now pipe organist at the M. P. Church and head bookkeeper at the Kaul Clay Manufacturing Company's works ; Jay L., Jr., a graduate of the Toronto High School, is now a student at Adrian College, Michigan ; Emeline, the only daughter living, is a senior and John W. is a sophomore, in the Toronto High School ; Isabel, deceased, and Paul