775 - AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS with the business interests of Steubenville, being successor of the Basler Real Estate Agency, the first established real estate agency at Steubenville. In his political views the late Thomas Barclay was a Republican. He was a man of Christian endeavor and high personal character and he and wife were valued members of the Methodist Protestant Church. DAVID N. LAWRENCE, who successfully carries on general farming in Springfield Township, owns seventy-four acres of fine land situated one-quarter of a mile north of Amsterdam. He was born in Carroll County, Ohio, December 27, 1858, and is a son of William and Anna (Noble) Lawrence, the former of whom was born in Ireland. David N. Lawrence was the third of his parents' six children. He attended school in Carroll County and then engaged in farming and continued to live there for eleven years after his marriage, when he came to Springfield Township and bought his present farm from his brother-in-law, Hezekiah Rankin. It is well adapted for general agriculture and there is a possibility that oil and gas may sometime be found, though no tests have yet been made for them. Mr. Lawrence was married October 13, 1886, to Miss Elizabeth Rankin, a daughter of Thomas and Aim Jane (Tenant) Rankin, and a granddaughter of Robert and Hester (Dennis) Rankin, natives of Ireland, who settled on the present farm of Mr. Lawrence in 1832. Thomas Rankin was born on this farm, which was mainly cleared by his father, and died here December 23, 1893. He married Ann Jane Tenant, who died January 16, 1905, and both she and husband were buried in the Amsterdam cemetery. Her father, John Tenant, of Carroll County, lived to the venerable age of one hundred years. To Thomas Rankin and wife six sons and three daughters were born. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence have three children, Mary, Anna Belle and William. Anna Belle is a mem ber of the class of 1910 in the Amsterdam high school. Mr. Lawrence and family belong to the Presbyterian Church. He is a Democrat, as were also his father and father-in-law. JAMES L. CABLE, a leading citizen of Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where he carries on general farming and stock raising on his farm of 135 acres, was born in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, June 3, 1850, and is a son of William W. and Sarah (Roberts) Cable. William W. Cable was born in Jefferson County and became a prominent citizen of Steubenville, of which he was postmaster for a time and was a successful merchant. there. Later he engaged in farming in Cross Creek Township, where his death occurred shortly after the close of the Civil War. He married Sarah Roberts, who was born in Cross Creek Township, and of their family of children, the following survive : Esther A., who is the widow of William Porter, formerly of Cross Creek Township but now of Wellsville, O.; Benjamin G., who resides in Tuscarawas County James L. and Mary E., who is the wife of George N. Henry and lives in Steubenville. James L. Cable was reared and educated in Cross Creek Township. He was left an orphan when thirteen years of age and was then thrown on his own resources and what he owns in the way of material wealth, he has earned through his own industry. He has been interested in agricultural pursuits from early youth and is numbered with the successful farmers and stockmen of the township. He remained in Cross Creek until about the time of his marriage and since then has resided in Island Creek Township, which has been his home for over a quarter of a century. Mr. Cable was married March 2, 1882, to Miss Mary E. Thompson, who was born in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, a daughter of Robert Thompson, and nine children were born to them. all of whom survive except the eldest, Robert 776 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY T. The others are: William P.; Nellie G., who is the wife of John Swickard, of Ashtabula County, Ohio; Nannie, Frances, Gregg, Esther, Robert and Walter S. Mr. Cable has given his children the educational advantages which he was more or less denied in his Own youth. He has always been interested in the public schools and served as a member of the township school board for some years. While a resident of Cross Creek Township he was elected township assessor but since coming to Island Creek Township he has not accepted public office. With his family he attends the Island Creek Presbyterian Church, of which he is a member and a trustee. 11.e has been greatly interested in the Sunday-school and has served as superintendent of the same. GEORGE P. McCRACKEN, conducting an extensive real estate and insurance, business at. Steubenville, O.. is prominently known over Jefferson County, which he served two terms as treasurer. He was born in Steubenville in 18G2, and is a son Of John 'McCracken. The latter came from Pennsylvania in 1827. and here passed the remainder of a and useful life. his death occurring February 24, 907. At an early date he was working as clerk in a store ill Steubenville, and later was secretary of the old cotton factory. For many nears, and at the time of his death. he was secretary of the Lilian Cemetery Association. He was also, during. his business career, secretary of the Jefferson Fire Insurance Company, of Steubenville, and was identified with the construction of the early water works of the city. George P. McCracken received a public school education and at the age or seven teen years went to Columbus, O., where he was employed ill a railway office until he then engaged in the insurance business with his father at Steubenville. In 1900 Mr. McCracken was elected treasurer of Jefferson County, Ohio, and served two. terms in a most capable manner. Since the close of his official service he has met with much success in the real estate and insurance business, maintaining an office in the National Exchange Bank Building. Mr. McCracken married Miss Ella Ferry, of Steubenville. In religious attachment he is a member of Hamline M. E. Church and has been very active in the affairs of church. In 1904 he was the representative as delegate from the Eastern Ohio Conference to the General Conference held at Los Angeles, Cal. He is treasurer of the church organization. He is also a member of the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce and is identified with the Young Men's Christian Association. FLOYD M. YOCUM, who resides in a beautiful buff brick house at 505 North Seventh Street, Steubenville, is prosperously engaged in the roofing business. He was born in this city in 1873, and is a son of Cyrus M. Yocum, a. general building contractor here. He was graduated from the high school in 1892 and then took a commercial course at the Steubenville Business College. -Upon completing the course he succeeded his father in the roofing business, in which he has since been engaged. he is also a dealer in all kinds of roofing materials and tins spacious yards conven loudly located at No. 616 Logan Street. He has been successful as a business man, and has also found time to display sonic useful activity in civic affairs. for five years serving on the Steubenville Board of Education. Ile is a member of the board of directors of the Young .Men's Christian Association and has always been found ready to respond to the call of duty whenever it has been a question of promoting the moral or material welfare of his adopted city. For some years he has been identified with the order of Modern Woodmen and also with Lodge No. 1. Knights of Pythias. April 28, 1898, Mr. Yocum was married to Miss Sarah D. Bair. who died in November. 1899. ln 1901 he married Miss Mary Katherine Lloyd, of Steubenville. 0., and of this union there are three children, Katherine V.. Floyd H. and Julian Giles. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 779 Mr. and Mrs. Yocum are members of the Christian Church, the former having served as one of its officials. JOHN R. MADDEN, postmaster and merchant at Hammondsville, Jefferson County, Ohio, is a native of this state and was born at Yellow Creek Station, in Saline Township, December 25, 1884. He is a son of W. M. and Anna (Porter) Madden. W. M. Madden, father of John R., was brought from Liverpool, England, to Jefferson County when three years old by his parents. His father was Robert Madden, who died in Jefferson County in 1900, at the age of seventy-seven years. His business was farming and coal mining. He married the widow of a Mr. Roley and she had four children : Stewart, Andrew, John and Elizabeth Roley. Robert Madden and wife had three children : W. M. and Thomas, both born in England; and Margaret, who was born in America. The wife of Robert Madden died February 22, 1894. W. :M. Madden was only seven years old when he went to work in the coal mines and later he found an easier post as a brakeman on a railroad and worked as such for seventeen years. In 1894 he embarked in the mercantile business at Hammondsville and has met with very satisfying results. In January, 184, he was married to Miss Anna Porter, who was born at Hammondsville and is a daughter of Bartholomew R. Porter, who is a large owner of real estate at Yellow Creek, Jefferson County. The mother of Mrs. Madden was Susan Roberts and to Mr. and Mr,. Porter the following children were born: John Porter, who is a railroad man in Michigan; Edward, who is an electrician, living in Pittsburgh; William, a railroad man, who was killed by a train at Wellsville; Margaret, who is the widow of Samuel Gorsuch; Susan, who is the wife of W. C. Carter, of Wellsville, 0.; Mary, who is the wife of Frederick Brughamire, of Pittsburgh; and Anna, who is the mother of John R. Madden, of this record. To Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Madden two sons and two daughters were born, namely : John R.; Margaret, who lives at home ; Maynard, who is a student in the public schools; and Dorothy, who is a school girl of thirteen years. John R. Madden attended the common and high schools at Hammondsville and when seventeen years old entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Wellsville for a little railroad experience, and then entered Scio College and proved exceedingly studious and easily graduated first in the class of 1907. After leaving college he immediately entered the ticket office of the Pennsylvania road at Wellsville, and as proof of his efficiency received three raises i.n salary within one year. On October 30, 1907, he was appointed postmaster at Hammondsville and in November of the same year took charge of the office, parting with his railroad friends with regret on both sides. He is also agent for the Adams Express Company at this point. His political affiliation is with the Republican party. He is a member of Lodge No. 471, F. & A. M., at Irondale and of Davidson Lodge, Knights of Pythias, at the same place. EDWARD T. EKEY, one of Cross Creek Township's most substantial farmers, where he owns 272 acres of valuable land, was born in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, February 22, 1830, and is a son of Andrew and Nancy. (Howden) Ekey. The parents of Mr. Ekey are long since deceased and their remains rest in the Ekey Cemetery, one-half mile from the old Ekey homestead. On both sides their parents came from Ireland, John and Nancy Ekey and Andrew and Margaret (Taylor) Howden all being natives of County Cavan. To Andrew and Nancy Ekey the following children were born : Andrew and David, both of whom are deceased ; Edward T. John H., who was accidentally killed on the railroad east of Fernwood, 0., in 1907, (was a Methodist minister) James and Wesley, both of whom are deceased : Mar- 780 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY garet Jane, who married James Robertson; Mary Ann, who married Benjamin Barkhurst ; and Phoebe, who married Abraham Holmes. Edward T. Ekey obtained his education in to neighborhood of his home and as soon as old enough began to assist his father on the farm. Later he engaged in railroad work for a year and also did some carpenter work, but his main occupation through life has been farming. His father willed him 124 acres of his present property and the remainder he purchased and at different times has made substantial improvements. His handsome brick residence he remodeled and rebuilt from a one-story structure and he has a commodious barn and all other necessary farm buildings. In the fall of 1861, Mr. Ekey was married to Miss Serena Crawford, who died in March, 1905. She was a daughter of James and Anna (Taylor) Crawford, and she had brothers and sisters as follows : Abel J.; Edward T. James H.; Carrie, wife of Henry Oliver Roberts ; Harriet, wife of Frank Smith ; and Emma, wife of Rev. W. Slease. Mr. and Mrs. Ekey have the following children : James ; Anna, who is the wife of Edward McCullough ; ,Harriet ; J. Howard ; Mary E. and Ida. Mr. Ekey and family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a Republican in politics and has frequently been elected to township offices, serving three years on the school board, several terms as road supervisor and also as trustee. DR. F. B. GROESBECK, a prominent physician and highly esteemed citizen of Steubenville, 0., who has been identified with the medical profession of Jefferson County for the past four years, was born December, 1875, in Granville, N. Y. Dr. Groesbeck was about five years of age when his parents removed to Titusville, Pa., where he was reared and obtained a common school education. His parents subsequently removed to Florida and in 1895 he entered the Homeopathic Medical College of Cleveland, from which he grad uated with the class of 1899, and immediately afterward embarked in the practice of medicine at Buffalo, where he was asso ciated with Dr. Dewitt G. Wilcox, a distinguished physician and surgeon of this locality, and owner of a private hospital known as the Lexington Heights Hospital. Dr. Groesbeck continued his association with Dr. Wilcox until 1905, when he came to Steubenville, where he has established an extensive practice and possesses to the fullest extent the esteem and confidence of his fellow men: Dr. Groesbeck is a member of the Ohio State Homeopathic Medical Society, the Ohio and West Virginia Homeopathic Medical Society, and the American Institute of Homeopathy. He is medical examiner for several insurance companies, among them the Protected Home Circle, the North American Union Life Insurance Association, the Roman Catholic Union of America, and the Columbus Mutual Life Insurance Company. Dr. Groesbeck is also identified with other business interests of Steubenville. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, is fraternally an Elk and Knight of Pythias, and his religious connection is with the St. Stephens Episcopal Church. Dr. Groesbeck was married November 15, 1889 to Florence S. Stone, of Buffalo, N. Y. DANIEL O. AULT, a prominent factor in Republican politics in Jefferson County, Ohio, and formerly city clerk of Toronto, was born at Jeddo, now the southern part of Toronto, January 6, 1866, and is a son of William W. and Sarah Jane (Carnahan) Ault. William W. Ault was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, and was a son of Daniel Ault, who, for a long period was a well known river pilot. William W. Ault enlisted for service in the Civil War, from this county, becoming a member of Company E, 52nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He suffered so severely while enduring imprisonment at Andersonville and Libby Prisons, that he contracted consumption, from which he died in 1870. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 781 Daniel O. Ault was only four years old when he lost his father. He attended school for a short time but had not passed his boyhood years before he felt it his duty to go to work in order to help his widowed mother support the family. While an employe of the John Porter Clay Manufacturing Company, when he was twenty-one years of age, he met with an accident which resulted in the loss of his left arm. After he had recovered from the shock of this injury, he began to work for the C. & P. Railroad, as lamp-tender, in the meanwhile applying himself to the study of telegraphy and after becoming proficient in that art, has made telegraph operating his main business since. He has always been an active and interested citizen. He served the city of Toronto in the office of city clerk for nine years and in 1910 was candidate at primary for county auditor. Mr. Ault married Miss Florence Willison, a daughter of J. M. Willison, a former farmer near Woodsfield, 0., who now resides at East Liverpool. Mr. and Mrs. Ault have one daughter, Olive May. Mr. Ault is identified with the Knights of Pythias, the Red Men, the W. 0. W., and the M. W. A. ANDREW JACKSON ANDERSON, a retired farmer, and highly respected citizen of Springfield Township, was born on his present farm of 240 acres, which is one of the most valuable properties in this section of Jefferson County, Ohio. He is a son of Andrew and Esther (Blazer) Anderson. Andrew Anderson was born in York County, Pennsylvania, in 1795, and was two years old when brought to Jefferson County, Ohio, by his parents who bought the farm now owned by the subject of this sketch, which was then the property of Henry Jackman. This was sometime during the twenties and Andrew Anderson never moved from this farm, where he died October 4, 1876. He cleared up a part of the land and during his active years kept up the improvements and erected the build- ings now standing. The two-story brick house, which now stands in a good state of repair, is the oldest in this vicinity and was built in 1838. The barn, 65x40, was erected in 1831. At one time Mr. Anderson owned 420 acres of land north of the center of Springfield Township and all of it is now owned by his heirs, four of his children still living. When the Republican party was organized he identified himself with it and continued during life to give it support. He married Esther Blazer, who was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1803, and died February 12, 1880. They were worthy members of the Presbyterian Church. Their burial was in the Amsterdam Cemetery. Ten children were born to them, namely : Sarah Jane (Babbitt), Ellen, John, Elizabeth (Babbitt), David, William, Mary Ann (Blazer), Margaret, James Monroe and Andrew Jackson. Of these William, Margaret, James Monroe and Andrew Jackson are now living. Andrew Jackson Anderson and his brothers and sisters attended school in Jefferson and Carroll Counties. The survivors are all substantial people and among the best known in this part of the county. Mr. Anderson lives on that part of his farm which lies in Section 12, but seventy-nine acres are situated in Section 15. He has one very productive oil well on the place and is making preparations to drill another well near his residence. Mr. Anderson and his brothers are all Republicans in politics and Presbyterians in religious faith. Grandfather Anderson in the early days had cut off a willow walking stick which he without intention left standing in the sand along the creek on his property. This stick took root and grew into a magnificent tree, some 5 feet thick, and is a land mark in this vicinity. From it many trees have been started all along the head waters of Yellow Creek. CHARLES A. VAIL, a member of the legal profession of Steubenville, 0., who 782 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY has been a resident here since February, 1903, was born in 1874, at Coshocton, 0., and is a son of John D. Vail, a Methodist minister, whose death occurred March 17, 1910, at Scio, 0. His youth as a consequence was spent in various towns. After an elementary education he attended Mt. Union College and Scio College, from which he was graduated with the degree of P. H. B. with the class of 1897. Previous to that year he had taught school for four years and he also taught for one year after 1897. In 1892 he was graduated from the Ohio State University, receiving the degree of L.L. B. Shortly afterwards Mr. Vail located at Steubenville, 0., where he has since been actively engaged in the practice of his profession, and is recognized as one of the rising young lawyers of the city. He is a member of the County Bar Association, is an official member of the Elks, and is also affiliated with the Modern Woodmen. He is a member of the Hamline M. E. Church. Mr. Vail was married in September, 1903, to Elizabeth Ford, who was born and reared in Jefferson County, and is a daughter of H. K. Ford. CHRIS MERKEL, whose excellent farm of 127 acres is situated in Section 30, Warren Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, is one of the leading men of Warren Township, in which he has passed his whole life. He was born near Warrenton, January 18, 1861, and is a son of Henry and Mollie (Miller) Merkel. Henry Merkel and wife were both born in Germany and were married there. After the birth of their first child they emigrated to America and settled first at Wheeling, W. Va., where Mr. Merkel found work in a mill. Later he came to Jefferson County and engaged as a farm hand with Mr. Kimble, in Warren Township and from there went to the P. Medill farm and before investing in any land for himself, rented the farm his son now owns for two years and later bought the property, then a tract of 136 acres, nine of these having subsequently been sold. Henry Merkle was a very industrious and careful business man and in the course of time he bought still another farm, of 250 acres, situated farther up the creek, in Warren Township. He died on that place when aged sixty-six years, his wife having passed away seventeen months and seventeen days before. They had nine children born to them, all of whom survive with one exception, Henry, who was the seventh in order of birth. The others are : August ; Chris ; Caroline, wife of Henry Shrickel ; Mary, wife of Charles Gerke ; Minnie, widow of John Zerger ; and Charles, William and Albert. Chris Merkel remained at home working for his father until he married and then purchased his present farm from the estate and has resided here ever since. He has done a great deal of improving, in fact has put up all of the substantial farm buildings and has made his property very attractive. He carries on general farming and as he thoroughly understands his business, finds the balance at the end of every year on the right side of the ledger. He is an intelligent, wide awake man and takes an active part in all matters pertaining to the public welfare of Warren Township and for a number of years has been kept almost continuously in public office by his fellow citizens. For seven years he served as township trustee, for three years as road supervisor and as school director and at present is a member of a very efficient board of turnpike commissioners. In politics he is identified with the Democratic party. Mr. Merkel was married March 30, 1885, to Miss Minnie Gerke, a daughter of Henry Gerke, Sr., and they have had four children : Harry, who completed his education at the Normal College at Ada, 0., and has been a teacher in the Warren Township schools since 1908 ; William, who died aged six months ; Mayme, who attended Scio College, and has been a teacher in Warren Township since 1909; and Ora, who remains at home. The different members of this family are well known in this section and they are held in esteem in all circles. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 785 GEORGE W. BURNETT, deceased, was one of Cross Creek's most highly respected citizens and well known farmers. He was born in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where his father,. Edward Burnett, was also a farmer, and his death took place in January, 1906. He was the sole survivor of his parents' family—Robert, Harvey, John and Sarah having died previously. George W. Burnett was married first to Elizabeth McClain, who, at death, left five children: Nettie, wife of Hiram A. Pittinger; Jennie, wife of Lucas McClelland Flora, wife of John Clark J. S., and John. In August, 1877, Mr. Burnett married Miss Jennie Ryan, who was born May 25, 1842. Her parents were Samuel and Elizabeth Ryan, the former of whom is not living, but the latter survives and is now in the ninetieth year of her age. To Samuel Ryan and wife nine children were born, as follows : William, Jennie, Samantha, James T., Elizabeth, John, Anna, Belle and Simpson. Mr. Ryan was a farmer in Jefferson County. Mrs. Burnett resides on the farm of 152 acres which was left her by her husband, who was thoughtful enough when he found his health failing to put in her name. Both were active workers in the Methodist Episcopal Church when they were young and always were among the leading members, Mr. Burnett being a church officer for many years. FRANK W. STONE, one of the enterprising business men of Empire, 0., a member of the firm of James Stone's Sons, merchants and lumber dealers, was born at Empire, February 21, 1867, and is a son of James and Mary E. (Myers) Stone. James Stone was born near New Philadelphia, 0., and was a son of Alexander Stone, who spent a number of years in Hancock County, West Virginia, but died at East Liverpool, 0. James Stone was a very successful business man although from his youth he was dependent for his advancement on his own industry. In 1860 he came to Empire and in the following year founded the mercantile business to which his sons succeeded and which they have still further developed. For many years he was one of the leading business men of the town and took part in all public movements. In politics he was a Republican. He was one of the most active and liberal supporters of the Methodist Protestant Church, of which he was a trustee. For a long time he was identified with the Odd Fellows at Empire and also with Empire Lodge, No. 352 Knights of Pythias. His death occurred December 7, 1897. He married Mary E. Myers, who was born in what is now Toronto, 0. She was a daughter of William Myers, who was a son of Oliver M. Myers, who was distinguished in the early Indian wars. Of the children born to James Stone and wife, the following survive : William and Frank W., both of Empire Mary E., wife of Henry Sind-linger, of Brilliant, 0.; and Emma F., wife of Robert H. Bruney, of Brilliant. Those deceased were James, Jr., and a daughter. Frank W. Stone was reared and educated at Empire and since 1897 has been a member of the firm of James Stone's Sons and is at the head of the lumber and building material department. He is a practical builder and contractor and is thus thoroughly acquainted with all the demands of trade in this direction. Having spent his life in this place, Mr. Stone is deeply interested in its prosperity and takes an act lye part in public-spirited movements. He has been clerk of the village council, of which he is a member at present, and served for a considerable period on the school board of the Empire Special School District and a part of the time was president of that body. On June 28, 1891, Mr. Stone was married to Miss Sarah E. Culp, who was born in Knox Township, Jefferson County, a daughter of Alexander B. Culp, of Wellsville, 0., and they have two daughters : Mary V., who was born November 16, 1896, and Elda L., who was born September 24, 1899. Mr. Stone is a member of the Meth- 786 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY odist Protestant Church, in which he is a trustee. He is identified with Empire Lodge, No. 352, Knights. of Pythias, and Lodge No. 583 F. & A. M. at Toronto. CAPT. B. F. PRENTISS, one of Steubenville's best known citizens, residing at his comfortable home, No. 218 North Fifth Street, Steubenville, came here in 1856. He was his title first in early manhood, when he ran a canal boat on the old Pennsylvania Canal, and later, when he raised a company for service in the Civil War. He was born at Milton, Pa., in August, 1835. After coming to Steubenville, in 1856, he went to work for the Jefferson Iron Company, later for a Wheeling concern and then went to Pittsburgh from which, city he returned to Steubenville in 1859. He was working in the La Belle Iron Works when the Civil War broke out and he immediately went out with Co. G, Second Ohio, that served one month in the State defense. He then came back to Steubenville and raised a company that was mustered into the service as Co. H, First Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in October, 1861. Some eighteen months later he resigned and returned to Steubenville. When General Morgan made his spectacular raid through the State, Captain Prentiss was one of the soldiers that fought to repel him. In 1864 he became manager of the nail manufacturing works at Benwood and was connected there about three years. He has had other interests and for twelve years served with the greatest efficiency as a justice of the peace. Since 1867 he has been a member of E. M. Stanton Post, No. 166, G. A. R., and for many years he has been identified with the Masonic fraternity. In 1863 Captain Prentiss was married to Miss Margaret Jane King, who was born and reared at Steubenville. Their two daughters, Mary K. and Jennie B. reside at home. The former is principal of the Washington school of Steubenville. The latter is one of the city's successful physicians. She was graduated first from the Steubenville High School and in 1890 from the Homeopathic College of Cleveland, with her medical degree. After spending one year in dispensary work in Cleveland, she established herself at Steubenville and has built up a very lucrative practice. She is a member of the Ohio Valley and the Ohio State Homeopathic Medical Societies. Dr. Prentiss is a member of the United Presbyterian Church. JOHN J. WATSON, one of the substantial and leading citizens of Amsterdam, Ohio, an attorney at law, with a practice that covers the town and environs, is a property owner both in the village and county. He was born in Athens, N. Y., December 19, 1852, and is a son of Rev. John and Eliza (Buchannan) Watson. Mr. Watson was brought to Jefferson County in childhood by his parents who afforded him excellent educational advantages. He attended school at Harlem Springs and Mt. Union and later took a collegiate course at Harlem Springs College. He then spent some time as a. school teacher, in Jefferson, Carroll and Stark Counties, and afterward read law in the office of James Dayton, in 1876 being admitted to the Ohio bar. He practiced law at Steubenville for about one year, at Carrolton, for two years, and at Bergholz for thirteen years. An earnest and convincing speaker, and a sound and logical reasoner, he never failed to impress his hearers' and gained quite a reputation for eloquence. On April 12, 1909, he came to Amsterdam, purchasing a lot and comfortable and attractive two-story residence. 116 owns one farm of 110 acres situated one mile south of Amsterdam and a second farm of 122 acres, situated in Springfield Township, within two miles of Bergholz. These farms are in charge of capable tenants. Mr. Watson makes a specialty of collections and is the accredited agent of all the agencies in this section. On November 7, 1882, Mr. Watson was married to Miss Annie J. Wallace, who is a daughter of Isaac and Matilda (Kane) Wallace. They have no children. They AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 787 are members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Watson is identified with the Democratic party but takes no very active part in public matters. He was at one time his party's candidate for prosecuting attorney, and again in 1906 for probate judge, on both occasions receiving a liberal vote, although the county is strongly Republican. EDGAR S. MINOR, Vice-president and general manager' of the Minor Fire Brick Company, with extensive plant situated near Empire, 0., was born at Hammondsville, Jefferson County, Ohio, December 22, 1864, and is a son of Samuel D. and Hannah (Garlick) Minor. Samuel D. Minor, who is a retired resident of Wellsville, 0., was born in Hancock County, West Virginia, eighty-three years ago. Formerly he was a very active business man and was the founder of what is now the Minor Fire Brick Company, which he conducted for thirty years, and was also the practical head of what was formerly known as the Minor Fire Clay Company. In his earlier years he was a river pilot and also operated flatboats on the Ohio River, then went into the business of manufacturing fire brick at New Cumberland, W. Va. As this business developed he came to Jefferson County where he purchased the interests of the old firm of Franey & Stewart and began the making of brick on the present site of the Minor Fire Brick Company's plant and continued until 1899. He was numbered with the progressive and useful men of Knox Township and was particularly concerned in the advancement of the public schools. He has been a stanch Republican since the formation of the party. At the time he lived at New Cumberland he was an active member of the Lodge of Odd Fellows. Edgar S. Minor was a boy when his parents came to Empire and he attended the village schools and later the Iron City Business College at Pittsburgh, where he remained until he was graduated. From youth he has been identified with the Brick industry and through practical knowledge of manufacturing, is well qualified for official position in the business of which he is part proprietor. He is an active and thoroughly interested citizen of Empire of which he has been mayor on several occasions, is a member of the village council and also of the school board. In politics he is a Republican. On September 25, 1895, Mr. Minor was married to Miss Mary Atkinson, a daughter of John Atkinson, who was a native of West Virginia and lost his life while serving as a soldier in the Union army during the Civil War. Mrs. Minor was born in Jefferson County. They have one son, John A., who was born August 28, 1896. Mr. and Mrs. Minor are members of the Methodist Protestant Church. He is identified with the Knights of Pythias at Empire. SAMUEL MAY, a member of the firm of May & Leopold, furniture dealers at Steubenville, 0., is a native of this city, born in 1875, and is a son of William May, one of the old and respected citizens of Steubenville. Samuel May was educated in the Steubenville schools and the first work he ever engaged in was with his brother, in the hat and fur business, with which he remained connected for five years. He then went into the clothing business with his uncle, Joseph May, and so continued until March 15, 1904, when, in partnership with L. M. Leopold, he established the firm of May & Leopold. The firm is in a very prosperous condition, having shrewd business men to manage it and an exceptionally fine location. The four-story building and basement situated on the corner of Market and Court Streets is occupied, each floor being 18 by 120 feet in dimensions. Only reliable furniture is carried in stock although every grade is represented, it being the aim of the firm to satisfy every taste and purse. Mr. May is an active member of the Steubenville chamber of Commerce. He is identified with the Elks. 788 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY ROBERT E. LAME, township trustee and one of the representative agriculturists of Warren Township, is the owner of a fine farm of 226 acres located in Section 24, of this township, and was born June 5, 1849, at Kirkwood, Belmont County, Ohio, and is a son of Joseph and Sarah E. Large. Joseph Large was born on a farm near Philadelphia, Pa., and in 1820, after the death of his father, came to Ohio with his mother, sister Betsey, and brother Robert. They settled in Belmont County, near Wheeling, where Joseph followed carpentering for some years. He later removed to Rayland, 0., where he ran a warehouse and boatyard for Squire Bane, of West Virginia, and in 1832 returned to Belmont County, where he engaged in carpenter work at Kirkwood. The old Bane warehouse and boatyard were destroyed by the flood of 1884. About 1857 Joseph Large removed his family to Marshall County, Virginia, then. in 1861 purchased a tract of 200 acres on Chestnut Ridge, Wells Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and in the fall of 1868 came to Warren Township, where he purchased 320 acres, upon which he resided until the time of his death in 1882, at the advanced age of ninety-two years. He married Sarah E. Kirkwood, whose father, Joseph Kirkwood, was one of the pioneers and large land owners of Belmont County, Ohio. Her father served in the War of 1812 and, with his wife, came to Ohio on horseback from Baltimore. He was also the owner of a section of land in Wells 'Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, but spent the greater part of his time in Belmont County, his death occurring at Kirkwood, which was named after him. Sarah E. Large died in 1886. There were twelve children born to the parents of our subject : Kirkwood, George and Mary Aim all deceased ; Adeline ; Margaretta, deceased; Elizabeth; Sarah W.; Thomas, deceased; Catherine: Franklin. who died in the war Robert E., and Hanna M. Robert E. Large came to Jefferson County during his boyhood days and remained under the parental roof until the time of his marriage, when he bought his present farm, and has since followed farm. ing on the home place. He added more land to the original home farm, erected substantial and modern buildings, and is at present farming the place with his son Joseph. Robert E. Large was married October 23, 1873, to Angeline Bake, a native of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and a daughter of William and Sarah Bake, who were born and married in England. Mrs. Large departed from this life, February 24, 1904. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Large: Mary E., who is the wife of Edward Gerke ; Anna; Joseph W., who was married in June, 1909, to Pearl McMannis; Adeline, and Esther. He is at present trustee of Warren Township, being elected on the Democratic ticket, and formerly served nine years in that capacity. The family are members of the Presbyterian Church. of Rayland, O. DAVISON S. GAULT, in whose death on April 20, 1898, Cross Creek Township lost one of its best known and most respected Citizens, was a farmer by occupation. He was born on the farm now owned and operated by his widow and children, in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, August 1, 1945, and was a son of john Gault, mention of whom is made on another page of this work. Mr. Gault attended the public schools during his boyhood and then turned his attention to agricultural pursuits which he followed throughout his active life. He bought the home farm of 119 acres from his father's heirs and conducted it successfully until his demise. He always took an earnest interest in the affairs of the community and for years was a member of the township school board. He was a Democrat in politics, and was affiliated with the Patrons of Husbandry. On November 30, 1871. Mr. Gault was married to :Miss Nancy E. Stark. a daughter of James and Margaret (Todd) Stark. her rather a native of Jefferson County, AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 791 Ohio, and her mother of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Stark was young when she came to Jefferson County with her parents, who were Joshua and Rebecca (Wilson) Todd. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Gault were James and Elizabeth Stark, pioneers of Jefferson County. She was one of the following children born to her parents, both of whom died and were buried in Noble County, Ohio ; Rebecca, deceased wife of Joseph Windham; Adaline, wife of James Robison; Mary Eva, Nancy E. (Gault), and William. To Davison S. and Nancy E. Gault were born the following children : John J.; Ada, who died at the age of seventeen years ; William W. ; Mary Boyd, wife of Samuel Crawford ; Thomas Chambers ; Charles Stark; Etta Usher, wife of Reed Scott; Frank M. ; Margaret E. ; and Elizabeth Alma. In religious faith, all are members of the Presbyterian Church. HARRY EDWIN ARMSTRONG, superintendent of the Steubenville and East Liverpool Railway & Light Company, with offices on the corner of Fourth Street and Market, Steubenville, is a representative member of a body of enterprising and able young business men who are doing much to advance the interests of this city and make its various industries prosperous and profitable. He was born in the city of Philadelphia, in 1883, but was reared in Brooklyn, N. Y., where he attended school, later taking a commercial course in the Steubenville Business College. Immediately after leaving college, Mr. Armstrong became connected with his present company, in the capacity of night receiver, and in November, 1908, was made superintendent to the company. Mr. Armstrong was married in 1907 to _Miss Inez Walton, of Steubenville. They are members of the Second Presbyterian Church of this city. I. SULZBACHER, proprietor of the largest dry goods and department store at Steubenville, 0., is a native of Germany, and came to this country when he was fourteen years old. His father Was also a dry goods merchant. He was educated in his native land and after coming to America was employed in various retail houses, after which he was for nine years in the employ of a lace and embroidery firm in the city of New York. He located in Steubenville in 1888. Here he entered into business for himself in the line of ladies' furnishings and has broadened out gradually until be now has the largest department store between Pittsburgh and Columbus. His establishment is located in the National Exchange Bank Building, occupying five floors, besides a large warehouse, and having 38,000 square feet of floor space. The stock includes almost everything in the dry goods line. Mr. Sulzbacher is a member of one of the largest buying agencies in the United States, having warehouses at Nos. 320-322 Church Street, New York, and offices at No. 6 Argyle Place, Regent Street, London, in the Rue de Lechiquier, Paris, and at No. 18 Lohstrasse, Chemmintz, Saxony. He gives employment directly to about 125 people, and is also interested in other prosperous business enterprises. He is one of the leading citizens of Steubenville, and his establishment is an important factor in the mercantile development of the city. In 1892 Mr. Sulzbacher was married to Miss Seville Kraus, of Wheeling, W. Va., and they are the parents of one child, Helen F. Sulzbacher. DANIEL L. MAPLE, who resides on his fine farm of 110 acres in Saline Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, comes of a family which has for generations been numbered with the prominent citizenship of the county. He was born near the mouth of Yellow Creek in Saline Township, November 19, 1831, and is a son of Jesse R. and Margaret (Marshall) Maple. The first of the Maple family to come to Jefferson County, Ohio, was William Maple, great-grandfather of the subject of this record, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, who came here while this was the 792 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY northwestern territory. He served in the battle of Trenton, and other engagements of the war. William Maple was of English parentage, the family having been transplanted to American soil in the colonial days. He moved from Trenton, N. J., to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and subsequently to Jefferson County, Ohio, crossing the river between Elliottsville and Empire, and locating in what now is Knox Township. He was buried on the hill above Port Homer, on the Patrick Haley place. Capt. Benjamin Maple, grandfather of Daniel L., gained his title through service in the War of 1812. He was thrice married, his first union being with Mary Rich, his second with a Miss Lewis, and his third with a Miss Fitzpatrick, and he was father of twenty-one children, in addition to which he reared a lad named John Grimes. Of his children, Pizarius Maple was a soldier in the Mexican War. Captain Maple was buried at Pine Grove. Jesse R. Maple was born near Somerset, Jefferson County, Ohio, July 18, 1.809, and spent his entire life in Saline Township. In 1850, he moved upon the place now occupied by his son, :Daniel L. Maple, and there he continued to reside until his death in December, 1905. at the unusual age of ninety-six years. He was married to Margaret: Marshall, who was born in Knox Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, a ml was a daughter of Joseph and Mary Marshall, who had come from Pennsylvania at an early date. Mrs. Maple died in 1854, and was survived by the following children Mary, who died in 1909, at the age of seventy-eight years. clad was the widow of Samuel McClain ; Caroline, who lived but a few years after her marriage to Benjamin Peckham ; Kiziah, widow of George Phillips, residing in Chester, W. Va..; Frances Inn, of Cleveland, O., widow of E. H. Gray, who was a soldier in the Union army during the Civil War ; Sarah Melinda, of Cleveland, )., is the wife of Charles Shipley, who served in the Union army throughout the entire Civil War ; Daniel L., whose name heads this record ; and Albert G., who is in the oil supply business at Oil City, Pa. The last named married Susan Stevenson, of Wellsville, O. Daniel. L. Maple attended the public schools of his native county, where he remained until the Civil War, when he went to Allegheny, Pa., and worked on the railroad. After the war he returned to Jefferson County and located on his present farm, where he has lived continuously since 1866. The farm consists of 110 acres and is finely, equipped with buildings and well improved, bespeaking the labor and care Mr. Maple has given to it. He has always taken a public-spirited interest in the affairs of the community and county, and is a Democrat of the Jefferson and Jackson type. He is an active party man and has been a delegate to every county convention (luring the past forty years. He has served as central committeeman and has been a member of the election board ever since the enactment of the Australian ballot. He has served on the United States jury at Columbus, and many times on the jury in his county. On May 6, 1858, Mr. Maple was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Albaugh, what then was Bowling Green, now Osage, Jefferson County. She is a daughter of Reuben and Sarah (Rider) Albaugh, her maternal grandfather being George Rider. She was one of the following children born to her parents. Jacob of Oxford, Burton County, 'Indiana ; Catherine (Pierce), deceased; Isaac, who lived at Hot Springs, Ark., at his death ; Jane, widow of David Eddy, of Toronto, 0., George, who married Emma Maple and resides at Cleveland, O.; William, who met an accidental death near Somerset ; Levi, who married Lydia Stanley and resides in Indiana; Margaret, who married Cephus Eddy and resides in Toronto ; Harriet, who died young, and Elizabeth (Maple). Mr. and Mrs. Maple reared the following children: Jeanette, who married W. H. McCarle, of Wellsville, and has three sons,—Frederick, Charles and Jay; Emma, who married AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 793 Charles Bradley, of Wellsville, and has three children,—Elizabeth (wife of James Harrison, by whom she has a son, Ralph Harrison), Jeanette, and George Bradley ; and Francis Marion, who married Mary McGinley, of Pittsburg, and has two children,—Daniel and Catherine. The last named is proprietor of a restaurant at Salineville, where he resides. The subject of this sketch is a member of the Christian Church at Hammondsville. He was formerly a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. H. D. McCULLOCH, M. D., who has been engaged in the practice of his profession at Toronto, 0., since July, 1906, maintains offices in the Morrow Building, on Fourth Street. He was born on a farm near Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio, August 4, 1871, and is a son of W. C. and Sarah E. (Sproat) McCulloch. Dr. McCulloch was reared on the farm, and for a period of twelve years was engaged in teaching school, a profession which his father also followed many years. During the latter part of the period mentioned he attended college at Ohio Normal University at Ada, 0., and afterwards became instructor in the high school at Washington, Guernsey County, of which institution he became superintendent. He took up the study of medicine and attended lectures at Ohio Medical University at Columbus, 0., graduating therefrom in May, 1906. In July of the same year, he located at Toronto, where he has built up a splendid practice. The doctor was united in marriage with Miss Jennie U. Jeffrey, of Washington, Guernsey County, 0. In religious attachment, they are members oh the Presbyterian Church. HENRY WESTMYER, a representative business man of Steubenville, a member of the firm of Kelly & Westmyer, proprietors of the Eagle Bottling Works, has been a resident of this city since 1888. He was born at Wheeling, W. Va., in 1.849 and there went to school until he was thirteen years of age. Mr. Westmyer's boyhood and youth were not idly spent, for as soon as he left school he went to work in a nail factory and continued there until 1888, when he came to Ohio and shortly afterward became associated with Mr. Kelly in the manufacturing of soft drinks. The products of the Eagle Bottling Works find a ready market all through this section. In 1873 Mr. Westmyer was married to Miss Anna Schwinehart, of Pittsburgh, Pa., and they have nine children : Theodore A., who is a resident of Wheeling, W. Va.; Theresa, who is the wife of Patrick Foley ; Frank, who resides in Nevada ; George, who lives at Toledo, 0.; and Mary, Clara, Margaret, John and Emma, who are at home. Mr. Westmyer and family are members of the Holy Name Catholic Church, at Steubenville. JAMES EDWIN GAULT, general farmer, residing on the old Gault homestead of 156 acres which is situated in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, was born on this farm, April 6, 1857, and is a son of John and Mary (Davidson) Gault. John Gault was born in Pennsylvania, and he was a farmer throughout his entire mature life. He was industrious and provident, and acquired the excellent farm which his widow and children own. His death occurred in September, 1869, and his burial was in Cross Creek Township. He married Mary Davidson, who was born in Maryland. She still survives, and resides on the homestead and, considering that she is in her eighty-fourth year, is in the enjoyment of remarkable health. The children born to John and Mary Gault were as follows: Davidson Stewart, Margaret Ann, William Chambers, Rebecca Elizabeth (wife of Robert Crouch), and James Edwin. James Edwin Gault obtained his education in the country schools. When eighteen years of age he took many of the la- 794 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY bors of the farm on his own shoulders and has continued on the homestead, and since the death of his father has operated the farm for his mother. The land is fertile and under Mr. Gault's excellent methods produces abundantly. In November, 1900, Mr. Gault was married to Miss Julia Underwood, a daughter of John and Mary (Mansfield) Underwood. The father of Mrs. Gault is deceased, but the mother survives and resides with a daughter at Steubenville. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Underwood were : Julia; Agnes, wife of J. B. Nicholson ; and Carrie, wife of J. M. Reynolds. As was his father, Mr. Gault is a Democrat, but he is no seeker for office. He belongs to the Presbyterian Church and his wife to the Episcopal Church in the township. His grandparents on the paternal side were Adam and Margaret (Stewart) Gault, and on the maternal, Elias and Susan Davidson, all old settlers in Jefferson County. BURCHARD WHITCOMB, postmaster at Empire, 0., and for fifteen years a justice of the peace, has long stood as a representative citizen of Knox Township and enjoys a large measure of public esteem. He was born in Jasper County, Iowa, a son of Joel and Catherine (Jarman) Whitcomb. His father was a native of Pennsylvania and his mother of Quebec, Canada. Burchard Whitcomb was reared in Iowa and when about two years old, his parents moved to Council Bluffs, where he secured excellent school advantages. On March 31, 1864. he enlisted in the Union army, entering Company C, 1st Battalion Veteran Volunteer Cavalry, and remained with the Western army that was then serving on the plains, his regiment having a great deal of Indian fighting to do, a dangerous warfare from which he fortunately escaped without serious injury. He was honorably discharged in September, 1865, after which he returned to Council Bluffs, which place remained his home until 1869, when he came to Jefferson County, Ohio, locating first at Knoxville. From there, in 1870, he moved to New Cumberland, W. Va., shortly afterward returning to Jefferson County and locating in Knox Township until 1880, when he came to Empire, where he embarked in a mercantile business and conducted a general store in the village until 1907, when he lost his property by fire. In January, 1908, he was appointed postmaster and is a popular official. In 1868, Mr. Whitcomb was married to Miss Melissa Coyle, a daughter of James Coyle of Knox Township. Mrs. Whitcomb died in 1893 and three of the family of children survive her : August F., Lillian and James S., all residing at Empire. Lillian is the widow of Jacob Myers. Three children are deceased. Mr. Whitcomb is a leading member of the Methodist Protestant Church at Empire and belongs also to the Knights of Pythias and the G. A. R. Post at Toronto. JAMES JOHNSON, a retired farmer, residing on his farm of 140 acres of land situated in Ross Township, O., was born in Salem Township, November 16, 1832, and is a son of Thomas and Christina (Carroll) Johnson. Thomas Johnson was born in Ireland and came to America and to Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, when small. He grew to manhood there and then was married to Christina Carroll, in Salem Township, where the remainder of his life was spent. He was a man of great industry, and cleared almost all of his farm of 160 acres. He died when aged sixty-two years and was buried in the Salem Township Cemetery. He cast his vote with the Democratic party. While he was a Presbyterian in religious faith, his wife was a Lutheran. She survived to the age of eighty-six years. They had the following children : Henry, who lives in Springfield Township ; Thomas, who resides in Island Creek Township ; Jane, who lives at New Philadelphia, O..; Samuel, who lives at Reeds' Mills; Christina, who lives at Annapolis, 0.; James; Harriet (Miser), who lives in Salem Township ; Rosanna. who AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 797 died at New Philadelphia ; Michael and Rosanna (2), both of whom died in infancy; and Nimrod, who lives near Union-port, in Salem Township. James Johnson remained at home until he was nineteen years of age, and assisted his father and went to school. He then decided to become a blacksmith and learned the trade at Bowling Green, in Jefferson County, and in 1854 started into business for himself, locating at Mooretown, in Ross Township. He conducted his shop there for seven years and then moved it to Bacon Ridge, where he continued for six more years, after which he came to his present place, then called Timothy Ridge, where he continued at his trade and engaged also in farming. He erected all the substantial buildings on his place and made many improvements to add to its value and appearance. Mr. Johnson continued his blacksmith business until 1899, having a reputation for fine work that extended all over the county. In September, 1859, he was married (first) to Miss Lucinda Adams, a daughter of William Adams, who left the following children : Howard, of Coshocton, and Oren, Ida, Ada, Wesley, Cora, Margaret and Mary. Mr. Johnson married his second wife, Miss Nancy Jane Maple, a daughter of James Maple, of Bacon Ridge. Mr. Johnson is a Democrat, but has never taken any strong interest in politics and has never sought public office. JOHN ORR, for many years a representative business man of Steubenville, 0., extensively engaged in the wholesale grocery trade, was born in Ireland, in 1827, and came to America in 1846, locating at Steubenville, where his uncle, John Orr, was already established in the grocery business. John Orr, the elder, left Ireland in 1818 and in 1822 started a store at Steubenville, having been to some degree trained in mercantile business, as that was the family occupation in Ireland. Five years after coming to Steubenville, in 1851, John Orr, the younger, started his grocery at Steubenville, and when his uncle, John Orr, died in 1860, he succeeded to the latter's business, and, with few intervals, the family has continued in this same line of industry here, the present firm being known as John Orr's Sons. For a short period, Mr. Orr was interested in the operation of oil refineries at Steubenville and Pittsburgh, but the main business of his life was merchandising. In 1882, in partnership with his son, Robert H. Orr, Mr. Orr went into the wholesale trade, under the firm style of John Orr & Son, and in the same year erected the substantial business house on the corner of Market and Fifth Streets. Additions have been made subsequently, as the business increased yearly in volume. Mr. Orr died in 1891, leaving . behind him a reputation not only for business sagacity; but for commercial integrity, upon which he had built as upon a stone foundation. He was a faithful member of the Second Presbyterian Church, of which he was a trustee. For many years he was identified with the Masonic fraternity, and was a recognized supporter of all movements for the advancement of our city's interests. John Orr, Jr. (our subject) married Miss Mary J. Orr, the daughter of his uncle, John Orr. Their three sons, Robert H., John F. and William M., make up the firm of John Orr's Sons. WILLIAM HARDEN, formerly one of the best known and most highly esteemed citizens of Cross Creek Township, where, for many years he was successfully engaged in general agriculture, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, in 1831, and died on his farm of 210 acres in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, January 29, 1905. His only brother, Merritt, died in California. His two sisters, Harriet and Sarah, are both married, the former to J elan Miller and the latter to William Kirkpatrick. William Harden spent his boyhood in acquiring an education and in assisting on the home farm. thus securing the training 798 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY that made him able subsequently to successfully manage his own extensive farm industries. He acquired and owned one of the best agricultural properties in Cross Creek Township, the said property having been formerly owned by his father-in-law. On September 22, 1859, Mr. Harden was married to Miss Elizabeth Jane Hanlin only child of John and Isabel (Lockart) Hanlin. They were prominent people in Cross Creek Township and they owned and lived on the farm which is now Mrs. Harden's property. Mrs. Harden's grandparents were Joseph and Elizabeth Hanlin. Mr. Harden was a Democrat in his political views. He and wife belonged to Long's Methodist Episcopal Church in the Bloomingdale district. C. T. BEANS, plumber and gas fitter, doing a large and paying business at Steubenville, with location at No. 205 South Fourth Street, was born in this city April 12, 1869, and is a son of James S. Beans and a grandson of Charles Beans. James S. Beans was also born at Steubenville, about 1846, where his father, Charles Beans, had located early. The latter was known all over the county, for a number of years being the driver of a stage coach. After settling permanently in Steubenville, he operated a grocery store and still later was elected to the office of street commissioner. James S. Beans was a machinist by trade. He also was elected street commissioner and was serving in that office at the time of his death in 1891. C. T. Beans was reared in his native city and attended the public schools. His first work was in the office of the old Herald and from there he entered the Jefferson Iron Works, after which he learned the plumbing trade and worked at it for six years, at Pittsburg. He then returned to Steubenville, and in 1902 embarked in business for himself. He is engaged in plumbing contracting and can do any kind of work of this character. He has completed many satisfactory contracts, some of more than usual difficulty. He carries a full line of all the latest improvements in plumbing and gasfitting apparatus. In 1892 Mr. Beans was married to Miss Annie Kidd, who was born and reared at Steubenville. They have four children,—Harriet, Flora, Sarah and Charles. Mr. Beans and family belong to the Methodist Protestant Church. He is identified with Steuben Lodge, No. 1, K. of P., and with the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce. JOHN T. WILLIAMSON, formerly one of Island Creek Township's most respected citizens, whose death occurred on February 25, 1898, bringing to a close a long and useful life, was a native of Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he was born in February, 1825. He was a son of James and Esther (McNary) Williamson. John T. Williamson was reared to manhood in his native county, and obtained his education in the district schools. He then accompanied his parents to Brooke County, West Virginia, where he continued to live until 1863, when he moved to Jefferson County and settled on the farm of 157 acres, which is situated near the village of Island Creek. On this farm he spent many busy years, successfully cultivating the land and increasing his livestock. He became one of the prominent men of the township and enjoyed the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens, and for fourteen consecutive years was elected town- ship treasurer. He was public-spirited, and took an interest in all that promised to be of permanent benefit to the community in which he lived. He was an earnest supporter of the principles of the Republican party, with which he had identified himself soon after its organization. For many years he was an elder in the United Presbyterian Church at Knoxville, to which his widow belongs. On June 12, 1851, in Brooke County, West Virginia, Mr. Williamson was married to Miss Anna Bosley, who was born there September 7, 1828. Her parents were William and Susan (Thorley) Bosley, both of whom died in Brooke County. Of the AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 799 family of seven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Williamson, but two survive : John, who lives in Island Creek Township ; and James C., who resides at Steubenville. The former resides with his mother on the home farm and is the manager of the estate. He married Sophia Kellermier, a daughter of Henry and Sophia (Ottken) Kellermier. The father and mother were born in Germany. The mother is deceased, but the father lives in Island Creek Township. To John and Sophia Williamson two children have been born : Ralph B. and Beulah S. With his wife he belongs to Centre Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is a trustee. In politics he follows the example set by his late father. HON. WILLIAM H. TARR. To mention the name of Tarr at Wellsburg, W. Va., or in any portion of Jefferson County, Ohio, is to call forth expressions of respect and esteem, for it is the name of one of the old and prominent families of this section. The early Tarrs were pioneers, thrifty, enterprising, ingenious men, and their descendants of the present generation are men of the same substantial fiber, in notable instances proving themselves masters of business and faithful and competent representatives of the people's interests in public life. Conspicuous among them is one of Wellsburg's leading citizens, Hon. William H. Tarr, who was elected to the West Virginia State Senate from Ohio, Hancock and Brooke Counties, in 1876, who served until 1880, and who was again so honored by his fellow citizens in 1893, serving with distinction until 1896. During the first session Mr. Tarr was honored by being made chairman of the joint senate and House Committee, whose object was the reorganizing the entire judiciary system of the new state, an important part of which was the doing away with the old county court system, and adopting from Ohio and New York a plan somewhat similar to that of the common pleas of those states, but under a different name. Many old and distinguished lawyers and judges of the new state served on that committee. On the second term .Mr. Tarr was made chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. Hon. William H. Tarr was born at Wellsburg, W. Va., February 22, 1832. He is the second son of Campbell and Frances (Hunter) Tarr. The father, Campbell Tarr, was born on King's Creek, Hancock County, Virginia, in January, 1799, and was a son of Peter Tarr, who went to Hancock County from Maryland, in 1792. It is recorded of Peter that he established the first iron furnace ever set up west of the mountains, locating it on King's Creek and the remains of this old furnace were still in evidence there up to 1880. He undoubtedly was a skilled and expert workman and fashioned the pots and kettles that the good housewives used in their great open fireplaces and later made the great sugar kettles for which he had orders from far down the river where sugar cane was grown on every plantation. These goods were taken to their destination on flatboats. He also made the unbreakable chains for the old-time chain bridges. He became the owner of large tracts of land and had many slaves whom he later liberated. He lived to be eighty years of age, dying in 1838. He was married twice, first to Mary Casper and secondly to Mary McConnell, who survived him. By his first wife he had seven children : William, Daniel, John, Campbell, Casper, Mary and Sallie. Of his second marriage two more were born, Jackson and Amanda. Four of the sons, William, Daniel, John and Casper became prominent in the early history of the Ohio Valley as river traders, soldiers and business men generally. William Tarr was out under Harrison in 1812 and was at Fort Meigs. Casper Tarr was supposed to have been in Jackson's army at New Orleans and died on his way home. There was no direct communication with the South in those days, so his history and fate are uncertain. Daniel and John Tarr joined old Major Congleton's Company of picked riflemen at Wellsburg, Va., and marched across the mountains on foot to defend the capital. Major