800 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY Congleton was an old soldier of the Revolution. The roster of the company is published in the history of Henry Clay. Campbell Tarr, when young developed a fondness for river life and later he and his brother, William, became traders and shippers. Shrewd business men, they made a business of buying flour and produce on both sides of the river, which they shipped to New Orleans and Cuba. Both were in business at Wellsburg and both died here, Campbell's death occurring in November, 1859. He married Frances Hunter, a daughter of John Hunter, who had come to Hancock County from Maryland, becoming the owner of several mills and 2,000 acres of land. Mrs. Tarr was born in 1808 and died in 1886. They had eight children born to them, as follows : John C.; William Hunter ; Virginia, who married O. W. Langfitt ; Washington; Eugene ; Ellen H.; Lucy ; and Clarence. Of the above mentioned, John C., Virginia and her husband, Washington and Clarence are deceased. William Hunter Tarr grew to manhood at Wellsburg, and after attending private schools became a student at Bethany College. Subsequently he became associated with a cousin, Campbell Tarr, in the management of a store at Wellsburg. In 1856, at the first announcement of the government sale of Indian lands, he, in partnership with his brother, John Tarr, an attorney, bought up over 14,000 acres in Kansas, in which state he lived until the opening of the Civil War, when the death of his father, about that time, caused his return to West Virginia in order to look after home affairs. Mr. Tarr was married May 3. 1560, to Miss Laura J. Johnston, who is a daughter of Smiley Johnston, who was one of the old settlers and large landowners of Wells Township, Jefferson County. Ohio. It was on the suggestion of his father-in-law that Mr. Tarr, in 1862, bought land in Ohio. purchasing first the old William Barrett farm, in Wells Township, afterwards the Hukill farm, in Cross Creek Township. and still later the Blockhouse farm near Brilliant in all 600 acres, all in Jefferson County. Senator Tarr owns at present 2,000 acres of improved land in Kansas, beside his Ohio lands, and valuable real estate at Wellsburg, including his handsome three-story brick residence located on Main Street. Mrs. Tarr owns 1,100 acres of the old Smiley Johnston estate in Jefferson County. They have three daughters: Anna T., who is the wife of Rev. R. G. Nolan; Frances, who is the wife of C. M. Tarr, and the mother of two children—Loren and Virginia ; and Bessie A., who is the wife of E. L. Herndon, and has two sons—William H. and Edward L. Mr. and Mrs. Tarr are members of the Presbyterian Church, of which he is a trustee. He belongs to a stanch old Democratic family and has long been an important factor in politics in his section. JAMES McLEISH, who is now living retired in the city of Steubenville, 0., to which place he came in August, 1848, enjoys the comforts of a beautiful home which is situated at No. 247 South Seventh Street. He was born in Scotland, October 15, 1839. Mr. McLeish accompanied his parents when they came to America in 1842. They located first near Pittsburgh, Pa., later moving to Columbiana County, Ohio, and then—before coming to Steubenville—stopping for a time at Martin's Ferry, where the father engaged in the manufacture of wool. In his father's factory Mr. McLeish proudly earned his first ten cents, but as he showed an aptitude for foundry rather than factory work, he was permitted, when ten years old to become an employe of W. L. Sharp, with whom he remained until 1863. After that he worked in different places, a part of the time at Pittsburgh. On February 14, 1865, he entered the Means foundry at Steubenville, where he continued until July, 1892, when he retired from active business life. It is not often that success in life along any line is accidental, it must be attained except in exceptional eases, by hard work and a measure of good judgment. and Mr. Me- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 801 Leish has attained independence in this way. He is one of Steubenville's most respected citizens. On September 23, 1869, Mr. McLeish was married to Miss Louisa Yocum, who died March 7, 1892. Five of their children surtvive, namely : Charles, residing at Steutbenville ; George, councilman-at-large at Steubenville, and Edith, James and Cora. For a half century Mr. McLeish has been a member of the Dock Street Christian Church and has frequently served in official capacities. PETER ADAMS, one of Brush Creek Township's substantial farmers and stock raisers, belongs to an old Jefferson County family, his grandparents having come to this section of Ohio when his father was a child of seven years. Mr. Adams was born in an old log house that stood on a farm adjoining the one he now owns in Brush Creek Township, November 24, 1831, and is a son of John and Hannah (Peckham) Adams. John Adams was born at Brownsville, Pa., and was a son of Thomas and Bathsheba (Hartley) Adams. The first of the family to come to Jefferson County was Martin Adams, who became a man of large estate and he was a brother of Thomas Adams. He came with a .party of surveyors and was so pleased with the appearance of the land that he patented a number of tracts, including what later became the Cope, the Robert Russell and the Joseph Beard farms and he also selected 160 acres for his brother, Thomas Adams. To this tract, Thomas Adams later added a second 160 acres. Martin Adams never married, his death taking place on what is now the Cope farm. Thomas married Bathsheba Hartley, who belonged to a wealthy Philadelphia family. Of his children, John Adams survived until April, 1882. He inherited the large estate and added to its volume during his lifetime. He comtbined farming with other activities, one of these being the raising of fine live stock. He married Hannah Peckham, a daughter of Charles and Rhoda Peckham. They were of Rhode Island and came into Jefferson County in their cart drawn by oxen and lived to see years of comfort surrounding them in the country they had entered as pioneers, living to nearly one hundred years of age. They settled first on the site of Irondale and moved from there to Somerset Ridge and from there to the farm on which their grandson, Peter Adams, resides. He owns a large amount of land, 292 acres of surface and 372 acres of coal property. The coal is being developed. The whole of the surface land is richly underveined with coal, there being four veins of three and six feet, and two others of less extent. Peter Adams attended school at Monroeville in his boyhood and has been engaged in agricultural pursuits ever since, together with looking after his valuable coal interests. In 1874 he, built his comfortable residence and in 1884 erected his substantial barn. On October 8, 1869, Mr. Adams was married to Miss Marjorie McBane, a daughter of Angus McBane, of Brush Creek Township, but a native of Scotland, from which country he came to Jefferson County in 1818. Mr. and Mrs. Adams had four daughters and two sons born to them, namely : John W., an attorney at law located at Wheeling, W. Va., who married and has two children—Elizabeth and Eleanor ; Jeanetta M., who resides at home ; Orpha, who married Charles Hart, of Salineville, 0. and they have three children— Marjorie, Helen and one unnamed ; Angus Hays, who manages the home farm ; Elizabeth, who has adopted the noble profession of a trained nurse, resides at Wheeling ; and Blanche, who married Roy Ramsey, of Mechanicstown, Carroll County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Adams are members of the United Presbyterian Church. CHARLES L. BRAY, one of the leading contractors and builders of Toronto, 0. of which city he has been a resident for about thirty years, was born at Bray's 802 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY Mill, Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, June 7, 1857, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Boyer) Bray. John Bray was a native of Jefferson County, and for many years operated Bray's Mill. For two terms he served as county treasurer. His wife was a native of Kentucky, and both are now deceased. Charles L. Bray was reared at Bray's Mill, where he learned both the flour milling and wool milling trades. On growing older he learned the trade of brick laying in Pittsburgh, and after leaving that city came to Toronto, where he has resided to the present time. He has erected many large and substantial structures in this city and the surrounding country, among which may be mentioned the National Bank building, the McCann building, the ice plant and the residences of R. M. Franey, E. E. Franey and H. G. Mooney. Mr. Bray 's own residence is situated at the corner of Third and Clark Streets. Mr. Bray was married to Miss Theodosia Dawson, daughter of J. W. Dawson, of Jefferson County. Fraternally Mr. Bray is connected with the F. & A. M. EDWIN G. McCULLOUGH, who comes of an old and prominent family of Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, is the owner of a tract of 100 acres of well improved land. He was born in this township February 28, 1864, and is a son of Joseph and Mary Jane (Brown) McCullough. His paternal grandparents were John and Jane (Hanlin) McCullough, and his maternal grandparents, George and Isabel (Cunningham) Brown. Joseph McCullough was for many years engaged in farming in Cross Creek Township, and met with a high degree of success. He was in the 100-day service during, the Civil War, being a member of Company E, 157th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. A Republican in politics, he was elected to the office of township trustee which he filled most creditably. He and his estimable wife were members of Long's M. E. Church, and were both buried in the cemetery at that church. They were parents of three sons: William C., John W., and Edwin G. Edwin G. McCullough attended the public schools of his native township, after which he took up farming. For a period of twelve years he rented his present farm of 100 acres from his father, and at the end of that time purchased the place. For many years he has operated a threshing outfit and shredder in partnership with his brother, William C. McCullough. He was married October 25, 1893, to Miss Anna Ekey, a daughter of Edward T. Ekey, a well known agriculturist residing at Fernwood. She was one of the following children born to her parents : Anna, James, Harriet, John Howard, Mary E., and Ida S. The subject of this sketch and his wife have one son, Howard Stanton, who is attending school. Mr. McCullough is a Republican in politics, but is not a seeker for office. He and his wife are members of Long's M. E. Church. WILLIAM McMULLEN, for many years one of Steubenville's able business men and founder of the large general grocery supply house at No. 521 Franklin Street, now lives retired in Union County, New Mexico, where the mild climate has restored his health, which was seriously impaired by the exposure and hardships he endured during a long service in the Civil War. He was born in Harrison County, Ohio, December 2, 1842, and is a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Sands) McMullen. William McMullen came to Steubenville in 1860 and secured work at the shoemaking trade. When the call came for soldiers, in the following year, he heeded it and enlisted for service. His father had been a hero of the Mexican War. The latter received a wound in New Mexico and died from it at New Orleans, on his way home. Mr. McMullen enlisted first in Company H, Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served three months. He re-enlisted in Company H, First Ohio Volunteer Infantry, October 7, 1861, in which he served until he was honorably discharged, Janu- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 805 ary 26, 1865. During this protracted period of service he participated in the battles of Pittsburgh Landing, First Bull Run, Shiloh, Corinth, Iuka, Tullahoma, Chatta nooga, Stone River, Perryville, Resaca, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Strawberry Plains and the siege of Atlanta. In June, 1864, he was captured by the Confederates at the battle of Stone Mountain, Georgia, and spent seven months as a prisoner in a southern fortress under conditions which made his survival of them a miracle. Mr. McMullen's record as a soldier is without a blemish, showing him to have been dependable at all times and often unusually courageous and resourceful. Upon his return to peaceful pursuits, Mr. McMullen found his health shattered and until he had sufficiently recuperated to enable him to enter into business he utilized a part of his time in completing a commercial course in the Iron City Business College at Pittsburgh. Afterward for some fifteen years he engaged in the florist business and then turned his attention to the grocery trade and continued in that line for the remainder of his active business life. His sons continue the business, the family home being still at Steubenville. Mr. McMullen was married August 4, 1869, to Miss Elizabeth King, who was born at Steubenville in 1841, a daughter of Matthew and Jane (Sands) King, natives of Ireland. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. McMullen : Jennie B., William K., Maggie M., and Matthew F. Mr. and Mrs. McMullen are members of the United Presbyterian Church. He is actively interested in the Grand Army of the Republic and enjoys attending the reunions of this body, his standing as a former soldier making him an honored member. Mr. McMullen has always been identified with the Republican party. WILLIAM C. McCULLOUGH, a substantial farmer of Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, resides on the old home farm of 106 acres, on which he was born June 7, 1861. He is a son of Joseph and Mary Jane (Brown) McCullough. He attended the public schools until he was twenty years of age, and has always engaged in farming. He purchased the farm of the other heirs of his father and has a valuable and well improved tract. During the past thirty years he has engaged in the threshing business, in which he has his brother, Edwin G., as a partner. They also operate a shredder and do considerable clover hulling. Mr. McCullough raises quite a bit of stock, generally keeping some seventy-five head of sheep. He is well known over the township and has many friends. He is a Republican in politics, and is a member of the Methodist Church. J. OSCAR NAYLOR, a prominent attorney of Steubenville, 0., who has been a resident here since 1897, was born in 1872 at Smithfield, Jefferson County, Ohio, and is a son of Oliver P. Naylor, also a native of Jefferson County, whose birth occurred in 1843, and who is extensively engaged in farming at Smithfield, 0. John S. Naylor, grandfather of our subject, and, a native of Baltimore, Md., located in Jefferson County in 1800. J. Oscar Naylor obtained his educational training in the public schools of Jefferson County, Ohio, after which he taught for four years. He then read law for two years with Judge Pearce, of Cadiz, 0., and A. C. Lewis, of Steubenville, and in 1897 was admitted to the bar of Jefferson County. After his admission to the bar, Mr. Naylor was first associated with A. C. Lewis during his term as prosecuting attorney, and then spent three years in partnership with him in the practice of law, since which time he has attained considerable prominence as a practitioner in all of the courts of the state. Mr. Naylor was united in marriage in 1900 with Grace Meek, of Mt. Pleasant, 0. He is a member of the Hamline M. E. Church, of Steubenville, in which he is a steward, also being a member of the board of trustees. He belongs fraternally to the 806 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY Knights of Pythias, and the Eagles, of which latter order he is chaplain. ROBERT THOMPSON, a representative citizen of Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where he owns a valuable farm of 174 acres, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, August 8, 1830, and is a son of Isaiah and Ellen (Grant) Thompson. Isaiah Thompson was a well known man in his day in Belmont County, and was a farmer all his life. He married Ellen Grant and both have long since been numbered with the lead. Their burial was in Steubenville, O. Isaiah Thompson was twice married and by his first union became the father of William and Thomas. The children of his second marriage were : Robert, Daniel, Mary and Catherine. Mary married Joseph McConnell. Robert Thompson was brought to Cross Creek Township in 1835 when he was five years old and has lived here ever since and in every way has done his share in the development of this part of Jefferson County. School advantages being rather limited in his boyhood he early became associated with his father in the cultivation of the home farm. Finally he rented land of his own and thus continued for fifteen years, then buying the farm on which he now lives, from William Roberts and here he has resided ever since. For a number of years he carried on large agricultural operations by himself but many of his former responsibilities have since been assumed by his sons. In August, 1858, Mr. Thompson was married to Miss Nancy Stark, a daughter of James and Elizabeth (McGee) Stark, who were farming people in Jefferson County, and whose children were : Walter, James, William, Robert, Matthew, Mary, Eliza, Marian and Nancy. Mary married William Hanlon, Eliza married William Porter, Marian married Alexander Meikle, and Nancy married Robert Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have five children : Mary, who married J. L. Cable, and has eight children—William, Nellie, Nancy, Frances, Gregg, Esther, Robert and Walter; James, who married Ada Welday, and has one. son, William Welday; William W., who married Jeannette Scott, and has two children—James Scott and Wilma Jean; Elizabeth, who married J. W. Hottel, and has three children—Grace, Robert and Herbert; and Grace, who married J. T. Rinker, and has one son, James. Nellie Cable married John Swickard, and they have a son, James Leslie. Mr. Thompson and family are members of the Presbyterian Church. With his sons he is a Democrat and formerly was very active in public affairs in the township, serving on the school board and as road supervisor and township trustee. DANIEL TARR., who is engaged in general farming and gardening on a tract of eighty acres in Wells Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, was born August 24, 1860, on a farm on Salt Run, in that township, and is a son of Elza Andrew and Mary Ann (Brainerd) Tarr. Daniel Tarr, grandfather of our subject, was a soldier in the War of 1812. He was one of the early settlers of Wells Township, where he owned a farm of 336 acres, and he died on the old home farm, which is now owned by W. H. Haines. He was the father of the follow= ing children : William, deceased; John V., deceased ; Franklin J., deceased ; Jane ; Sarah A., deceased; Elza Andrew, father of Daniel ; Grafton W., deceased ; and Christian. Elza A. Tarr was born April 11, 1830, on the home farm in Jefferson County, Ohio, and subsequently inherited part of the home place, which he operated for some years. He is still hale and hearty at the advanced age of eighty years and thinks nothing of walking to Steubenville. He was married to Mary Ann Brainerd, who came to Jefferson County from Warren, 0. and who died in 1901 at the age of seventy-five years. Mr. and Mrs. Tarr reared four children : Caroline, who is the wife of Albert Lloyd ; John V. ; Daniel ; and William E. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 807 Daniel Tarr grew to manhood on the home farm and continued to live there for twelve years after his marriage. In 1901 he located on his present farm of eighty acres, which he and his brother John V. inherited from their uncle, John V. Tarr. He subsequently purchased his brother's interest in the property and is engaged in carrying on general farming and gardening. Mr. Tarr was married October 22, 1889, to Ella Scott, a daughter of Hon. T. B. and Mary (Carter) Scott, and of their union have been born the following children : Ira Eugene, Lula Mary, Harry Vincent, Loran A., and Junia Jane. Mr. Tarr is a Republican in politics. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is class leader and superintendent of the Sunday-school. LEAMAN W. MARTIN, senior member of the firm of Martin & Brown, ice dealers at Millvale, Jefferson County, Ohio, has been engaged in the ice business for twenty-five consecutive years. Mr. Martin was born December 9, 1843, and is a son of John and Anna Martin. His father died in his infancy and his widowed mother came with him to Steubenville when he was two years old. Mr. Martin was twelve years old when his mother died. He remained at Steubenville until he was fifteen years old, remaining with his stepfather, Asa Travis, a carpenter by trade, who is also deceased. In the meanwhile, the youth had attended the public schools and was well informed when he started out for himself but this knowledge was his only capital. He went into the country and worked on farms for a number of years, mainly in Island Creek Township, and then embarked in the ice business at Millvale, carrying it on alone at first but later admitting Hugh H. Brown to partnership and they have continued together for over twenty-three years, under the firm name of Martin & Brown. Each Year they have expanded their business to larger proportions and during a part of the season they operate four wagons, delivering to patrons only. Their business has been developed with considerable enterprise and the partners have quite an amount of capital invested. Mr. Martin was married on March 18, 1875, to Miss Sarah Priest, of Jefferson County, Ohio, and they have had ten children born to them, the survivors being as follows : Jennie, who is the wife of William Baughman, of Island Creek Township ; Albert J. Hugh H., Harry E., Myrtle, John V. and William, all of whom live in Island Creek Township. Mr. Martin and family are members of the First Christian Church,. at Steubenville, in which he formerly was a deacon and of which he is now a trustee. For several years Mr. Martin has served as a director of the Oak Grove School in Island Creek Township. He is one of the representative business men of Millvale. DAVID McGOWAN, of Steubenville, president of the Miners and Mechanics Bank, and also of The McGowan Bros. Co., is one of a generation of merchants upon whose enterprise, industry and foresight, much of the material prosperity of Steubenville has been builded. Mr. McGowan was born in this city January 17, 1838, and is a son of David and Mary M. (Reed) McGowan. The paternal grandfather, William McGowan, came to America from Ireland in 1813, and shortly afterward settled with his family in Salem Township, Jefferson Ohio, where he subsequently died. David. McGowan, son of William McGowan, was the founder of the present business at Steubenville, which is the oldest wholesale grocery house in the state of Ohio. He was born near Belfast, Ireland, in 1799, and was fourteen years of age when he accompanied his father to America, his mother having died in Ireland. A few years later he located at Steubenville and in 1827 embarked in business on his Own account. He succeeded, for he possessed not only the shrewdness accredited to the Scotch-Irish race, but also the pluck, 808 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY energy and enterprise of a strong and forceful character. In a few years, when his first quarters became too small for his rapidly developing business, he purchased a part of the ground on North Third Street, on which the McGowan business house now stands. In 1838 he erected on this site what was then the largest business house in Steubenville and one of the largest in the state and it remained in use until 1883, when it gave way to the present immense warehouses of the firm. Mr. McGowan was not only an astute business man but was active in public affairs to a large degree, although never consenting to hold public office. He was an ardent anti-slavery man and had the courage of his convictions. He was a personal friend of Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, the great war secretary, and it is said that whenever it became necessary for Stanton in the discharge of any of his duties to give bond, the name of David McGowan always appeared as surety. He was a man of exemplary life, a strict Presbyterian, and a valuable and valued citizen in every way. Mr. McGowan lived until 1873, surviving his wife. seven years. David McGowan, second of the name, was the fifth of his father's. family of seven children and possesses many of the leading, characteristics of that parent. After completing his public school and academic studies, he served an apprenticeship of three years to the jeweler's trade, but did not follow it much longer, as he almost immediately became his father's clerk and bookkeeper, and in 1864 both he and his brother William were admitted to partnership by the elder. David McGowan. The firm then became McGowan & Sons, and so remained until the death of the senior partner in 1873, which was followed six weeks later by that of William McGowan. The surviving partner, David McGowan, then carried on the business alone until the following fall, when another brother, Robert McGowan, who is now treasurer of the Stanton Monument Association, became his associate, and the style of the firm was changed to McGowan Bros., but in 1901 was incorporated as " The McGowan Brothers Co." As a citizen he is highly estimated, being broad-minded and public-spirited and is ever ready to bear his share of a citizen's responsibilities. He has served on civic boards and was especially useful in promoting the efficiency of the board of waterworks. His influence in both business and public affairs has always been exerted with beneficial results. He is a member of the board of the Union Cemetery Association and formerly was its president. On October 3, 1865, Mr. McGowan was married to Miss Ella Easton, a daughter of Rev. John S. Easton, D. D., a. minister of the United Presbyterian Church. To this marriage were born five children, two sons and three daughters, one of the latter dying in fancy. Of the former, John Easton McGowan is a. member of " The McGowan Brothers Co." The family home is at No. 612 North Fourth Street. JOHN QUINN, president of the First National Bank of Mingo Junction, Ohio, and also president of the school board, is master mechanic in the Carnegie Steel Company's mills at this place, and is one of the town's leading citizens. He was born at Belfast, Ireland, November 17, 1850, and is a son of Hugh and Jane (Odgers) Quinn, both of whom died in Ireland. They had three sons, John, Buzzie and Hugh, of whom Buzzie and Hugh are deceased. Both John and Hugh came to America. John Quinn attended school at Belfast and subsequently worked as a compositor in the office of the Belfast News Letter until coming to America in 1870. After reaching Cleveland, 0., he secured work as a printer in the office of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, but before accepting that position definitely he found more satisfactory work and wages as a fireman with the Cleveland Rolling Mill Company, and within a few months had commenced to learn the machinists' trade, for which he had a natural aptitude. In the fall of 1872 he went to Martin's Ferry and began work in the machine shops of Culbertson & AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 811 Wiley. Later he worked as machinist for the Top Mill and also at Sweeney's Foundry and Machine Shop, N orth 'Wheeling, also two years for the Bellaire Nail Company, at Bellaire, 0., after which he returned to Martin's Ferry, where, for two and a half years he had charge of the machinery, as master mechanic, for the Ben-wood Iron Works Company. From there Mr. Quinn came to Mingo Junction,, and for eighteen months was master mechanic at the Mingo Iron Works. He then returned to Martin's Ferry. In 1880 he made a visit to Ireland, but without any intention of remaining in his native land, having achieved a reasonable success in the country of his adoption, where he had made hosts of business and personal friends. On his return from Ireland Mr. Quinn went to work as master mechanic for the Riverside Iron Company at Benwood, W. Va., where he continued until August, 1882. He then returned ,to Mingo Junction and as a master mechanic was identified with the Junction Iron Works until it was succeeded by the Laughlin Junction Iron and Steel Company, later the Junction Iron and Steel Company, the Aetna Standard Iron and Steel Company and the National Steel Company, at present being master mechanic for the Carnegie plant. In addition to his responsibilities in connection with these great industrial interests, Mr. Quinn has found time and opportunity to interest himself in other enterprises, and since 1902 he has been president of the First National Bank of Mingo Junction, a prosperous financial institution of Jefferson County. He has been an active and public spirited citizen wherever he has lived and since locating permanently at Mingo Junction has invested in property here and identified himself definitely with the development of the place. He is serving as president of the school board, of which he has been a member for fifteen years, and in this capacity, as in all others, his good judgment and business foresight have been valuable to his fellow citizens. He was one of the original organizers of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Mingo Junction, of which he is a member and is serving on its official board, being trustee, steward and class leader and also treasurer. On December 4, 1874, Mr. Quinn Was married to Miss Martha J. Carmichal, a daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Carmichal, of Martin's Ferry, and they have six children, namely : Robert S. an assistant master mechanic, who married Mary V. Litten and has one child, Robert ; Jennie 0., who is the wife of T. M. Pelley, the leading druggist at Mingo Junction; Herbert L., foreman in a machine shop at Mingo Junction, who married Bessie Priest and has one child, John ; Elizabeth S., who is a student, attending Morgantown University, and Mary L. and Martha C., residing at home. Mr. Quinn and family have an attractive home on Steuben Street. In his political views he is a Republican. He is not identified with fraternal organizations, but is a liberal dispenser of charity and is justly valued and esteemed by his fellow citizens. WILLIAM A. JUDKINS, a highly regarded retired citizen of Smithfield, 0., for many years a successful merchant here, was born at Steubenville, 0., January 23, 1832, and is a son of Dr. Anderson and Catherine (Carr) Judkins. Dr. Anderson Judkins was born in North Carolina and bore his father's name. He came to Jefferson County at an early time and died in 1835, leaving a widow and children. She was a daughter of Thomas Carr and was born in Baltimore, Md., and died in Ohio in 1854. The children of Dr. Anderson and Catherine Judkins were : Elizabeth, who married John Burriss, both deceased ; Martha, who married Thomas F. McGrew, both deceased; Mary, who died young; Letta, who died young; Ann, who married Gen. John S. Mason, both deceased ; James, who died in infancy; Catherine, who also died in infancy William A.; and Maria, who is the widow of Benjamin Ladd. 812 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY William A. Judkins was three years old when his parents moved to Smithfield, where he had school advantages until he was fourteen years of age, at which time he started out to take care of himself. He decided on a mercantile career and became a clerk in a general store conducted by Carr & Mather, remaining there practically for eighteen years, though during this period came his service in the Civil War. With others at Smithfield he enlisted in Company B, 52nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Daniel McCook, a military idol in that section of Ohio at the time, and was commissioned first lieutenant of his company. He served nine months and was then appointed a member of the staff of his brother-in-law, Gen. J. S. Mason, and was sent to California, where he remained eighteen months. Upon his return to Smithfield he became a clerk again for the firm with which he had formerly been associated and later became a partner, the style becoming C. Mather & Co., after the death of Mr. Carr. At a later date Mr. Judkins sold out his share in the business, retired, and bought a farm of eighty acres adjoining Smithfield. There is a saying in the Judkins family that to be born with the name is to be born a doctor and its truth has been shown many times, there being a number of prominent medical men in this family, but in the case of William A. Judkins, the commercial instinct was stronger and he became a successful business man. On June 3, 1856, Mr. Judkins was married to Miss Mary W. Bates, who died five years later. The two children of this marriage died young. Mr. Judkins was married again on June 18, 1863, to Miss Rebecca Wheeler, who died in 1886. In November, 1893, he was married to Mattie Henderson, who died March 1, 1901. On March 18, 1894, Mr. Judkins was married to his present estimable wife, who was Miss Sarah E. Tipton. Mr. Judkins has one daughter, Nellie W., who is the wife of Thomas Purviance and they have one child, Mary Judkins. Mr. Judkins has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church since 1861 and has been superintendent of the Sunday-school for forty-five years. In 1880 the school presented him with a handsome Bible to show its appreciation of his long and faithful service. Politically Mr. Judkins is a Republican and has served in numerous offices. He is a member of Daniel McCook Post, G. A. R., at Smithfield. JOHN A. BICKERSTAFF, deputy auditor of Jefferson County, Ohio, and one of the leading business men of Steubenville, conies of one of the pioneer families of the county. He was born in 1859 in Steubenville, 0., and is a son of Samuel Holmes Bickerstaff, who was born in 1831 in Jefferson County, where he spent the greater part of his life working as a carpenter and millwright. The grandfather, Augustine Bickerstaff, was prominent among the early settlers of the county. J ohn A. Bickerstaff grew to manhood in Steubenville, where he secured a common school education, and subsequently graduated from the Eastman Business College, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He then engaged as clerk and timekeeper for the old Jefferson Iron Works from 1880 until 1887, when he accepted a position as payroll man. He was then invited to accept a position as head bookkeeper, paymaster and cashier of the Steel Works at Mingo Junction, with which he was identified ten years, after which he became an assistant to Mr. Harden, then auditor of Jefferson County, Ohio. He later became deputy auditor under Mr. Harden, and has been chief deputy for the present auditor, Mr. Reynolds. Mr. Bickerstaff was first married to Jennie Crewson, now deceased, and his second marriage, which occurred in October, 1892, to Ida B. Myers, resulted in the birth of two daughters : Martha V. and Grace A. Mr. Bickerstaff is a Knight Templar Mason, being past commander of the Commandery, and is a member of the Grand Commandery of the state of Ohio. JOHN HOLLIDAY PYLE, a much respected citizen and retired farmer of War- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 813 ren Township, and the owner of 352 acres of farm land in Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, was born November 4, 1836, on a farm in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Joseph and Rebecca (Holliday) Pyle. Joseph Pyle was born in 1812 near New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. His father, who came to this country in 1784 with a brother, from whom he separated in New York, settled in the timberlands of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, shortly after coming to the United States. Joseph was one of a large family of children, most of whom are living in various parts of the United States. During his early days he was engaged in farming, then operated a water-mill at Camp Run, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, after which he returned to the farm, where he died at the age of eighty-eight years. He married Rebecca Holliday, who was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and died at the age of sixty-three years. They were the parents of the following children : Jane E., who is the wife of Dallas Lestnet ; John Holliday, our subject; Harvey; Amos, deceased; Johanna, deceased wife of Henry Bauder; Marietta, deceased wife of I. White; and Sylvester. John H. Pyle grew to manhood on his father's farm and attended the public schools of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. At the age of fifteen he entered Westminster College at New Wilmington, Pa., and after attending there two years began teaching, making that his vocation from 1853 until 1893, during part of which time he also farmed. He taught in Lawrence County; Pennsylvania, until twenty-one, then went to Lawrence County, Ohio, where he taught one year, and in 1858 came to Jefferson County, Ohio, and taught ten years at Tiltonville, and ten years at Warrenton, 0. In 1879 he purchased 230 acres of his present farm in Warren Township. He taught seven years at Tiltonville and another term of five years at Warrenton, and in 1893 retired from school work. He then devoted his entire time to farming, until 1908, since which time he has been living in retirement. During the time he taught he was assisted by his sons with the farming. In 1865 Mr. Pyle enlisted in Company I, West Virginia Veterans, and served until the close of the war, being quartermaster's clerk during the greater part of the time. He is a member of the Martin's Ferry G. A. R. Post, and in politics is a Republican. January 17, 1861, Mr. Pyle was married to Sarah Jane Chapman, a daughter of Aaron and Comfort (Lamare) Chapman, who were well known residents of Tiltonville. The following children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Pyle : Ida May, who died aged twenty years ; Cora Leola, the wife of Henry A. West, of Wheeling, W. Va. ; William H., who married Edna Floyde and resides at Detroit, Mich.; Elvin Lloyd, who is a resident of Butler, Pa., and married Agnes Kennedy; Howard F., who married Elizabeth Lower, and is a resident of Bellaire, 0.; John; who is married and lives in Colorado ; Clara, the wife of Thomas Wise, of Dillonvale, 0.; Joseph Edward, who married Gertrude Marshall and is a resident of Jefferson County, Ohio ; Ada B., who married Harry Stillwell, of Mingo Junction, O,; and Dessa May, who is the wife of j ' John E. Ring, of Tuscarawas County, Ohio. J. C. AULT, who deals extensively in real estate and insurance at Steubenville, 0., comes of one of the old established families of Jefferson County and was born in 1843 in Island Creek Township, near Steubenville, a son of George Ault. George Ault was born in 1802 in Island Creek, and was a son of Andrew Ault, who was one of the prominent early settlers of Jefferson County, who located on a tract of timber land in Island Creek Township in 1797. George Ault was reared on the farm, which he helped to clear, and in 1852 went to California, where he remained until about 1879, at which time he returned to Jefferson County, where he followed farming the remainder of his life. 814 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY J. C. Ault was reared in Island Creek Township, attended the local schools and the academy at Wellsville, where he was a student until the beginning of the Civil War, when he enlisted in Company H, 1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served three years in the army, participating in many important battles, including those of Pittsburgh Landing, Stone River, Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge, where he was wounded in December, 1863, and also engaged in numerous skirmishes. His discharge was received at Chattanooga, in 1864, at which time he was quarter master sergeant of the regiment. After returning to Jefferson County he engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1879. He then traveled for two years, and in 1885 engaged in the fire insurance business, which he has followed continuously since at Steubenville, and also deals extensively in real estate. Mr. Ault had also been prominently identified with the development of oil in Jefferson County, and in partnership with Mr. Linduff, drilled the first oil well that connected with the pipe line in Jefferson County. Mr. Ault was married in 1865 to Mary L. Jewett, of Island Creek Township, and they have had the following children : Frank, who is employed by the W. W. S. Walker Wholesale Notion House ; May, who is the wife of James H. Mosel, head of the Mosel-Johnson Grocery Company ; Abbie, who is the wife of Frank McGee, mechanical engineer of the Carnegie Steel Company, of Mingo and Bellaire ; and Howard J., who died at the age of seven years. Mr. Ault is politically a Republican, and his religious connection is with the Second Presbyterian Church, of which he is a trustee. He is fraternally a member of the I. 0. 0. F., Jefferson Lodge, No. 6, K. of P., Steubenville Lodge, No. 1, Stanton Post, G. A. R., the Elks, and is a director of the Stanton Monument Association. SEYMOUR AMOS GRAHAM. township trustee and an enterprising citizen of Wells Township, whose farm of eighty-one acres lies about three miles west of New Alexandria in Section 30 on both sides of the pike, was born October 9, 1864, on his present farm and is a son of Robert and Lydia (Scott) Graham. Robert Graham conducted a hotel during his early life and then came from Mt. Pleasant, 0., to Jefferson County, settling on the farm now owned by our subject in Wells Township. He married Lydia Scott, who was born and reared in Wells Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and to them were born the following children : Zechariah, deceased ; John C.; Elizabeth, deceased wife of T. B. Porter ; Amzi ; William, Anna, who is the wife of C. A. Fellows ; Wiley David and Seymour A., who are twins. Robert Graham was the father of several children by a former marriage and was sixty-four years of age when the subject of this sketch and his twin brother were born. He died in 1868, and his widow, who was born in 1820, died in 1896. Seymour A. Graham was reared and has always resided on his present farm, having inherited a part of it at the time of his mother's death. He attended the district schools of the township, and since old enough to work has been engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was married April 1., 1892, to Nanie Long, widow of Fred Long, and a daughter of William T. Dalrymple. Mr. Graham is a Democrat in politics and was elected trustee of Wells Township in January, 1910. H. P. POWERS, a contractor in plumbing, tinning and heating at Steubenville, 0., enjoys a prosperous business in this line. He has been a resident of the city for a period of twelve years, having come from Columbus, O. Mr. Powers was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., February 14, 1884, and was about eight years of age when taken by his parents to Columbus, 0. There he completed his schooling, after which he came to Steubenville. Prior to this time he had worked three and a half years at the plumbing and tinning trade and he continued it AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 815 here. In 1896 he came to Steubenville and May 1, 1906, established a business for himself and has since continued it with uninterrupted success. He is a member of the Master Plumbers' Association, the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce, the Y. M. C. A., and Knights of the Maccabees. He belongs to St. Peter's Catholic Church. FRED SCOTT, a leading citizen of Wells Township, where he owns 145 acres of well improved land, devotes it to general farming and is numbered with the substantial and representative men of this section. He was born on his father's farm in Cross Creek Township, near New Alexandria, 0:, March 7, 1877, and is a son of William T. and Margaret (Elliott) Scott. William T. Scott was born in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, December 18, 1828, and was a son of Rev. Andrew Scott. The latter was of Scotch-Irish extraction. At an early date he came from Washington County, Pennsylvania, to Jefferson County and settled in Cross Creek Township, building his first house in the midst of the woods. He was one of the early Methodist preachers in this section and was known and esteemed all through the township over which he traveled to minister to the people's spiritual needs: He died on the farm in Cross Creek Township and his burial was at New Alexandria. He was the father of the following named children: Elizabeth, Wesley, William T., Thomas, Caroline, Isabella, James, David and Adam Clark. William T. Scott assisted his father to clear the pioneer farms the latter. acquired and later bought one on which he lived until about fifteen years before his death, when he purchased the farm which now belongs to his son, Fred Scott, from Mark and John Willits, and here his death occurred in September, 1898. He married Margaret Elliott, who survived him for six years, being aged sixty-eight years at the time of her death. She was a daughter of Andrew Elliott, of Cross Creek Township. There were nine children born to William T. and Margaret Scott, namely : Mary, who died when aged four years ; Andrew, who lives in Kansas Henry ; Carrie, who is the wife of T. H. A. Wise, of Pittsburgh; Elmer, who died young ; Howard, who is pastor of a. Methodist Church at Cleveland; Ida, who resides at Boston, Mass..; Walter, who is an attorney-at-law in Boston ; and Fred, who has remained on the old place in Wells Township. Fred Scott was yet young When the family moved to Wells Township and he obtained his education in the country schools. When his father died, 208 acres of land were left to Ida, Walter and Fred Scott. Later Walter and Fred added forty acres but still later they sold 103 acres. In 1909, Fred Scott bought his brother Walter's interest, the latter having become a professional. man instead of farmer. General farming, together with raising some first class stock, is successfully carried on. Mr. Scott owns a very valuable Percheron draft stallion, Highland King, weighing 1,800 pounds, a noble animal, which is .well known all over Jefferson County. Mr. Scott takes a great deal of interest in his land and has been careful to secure and preserve all the legal papers pertaining to it. He has the first deed ever granted for Section 35, Township 5, Range 2, which was given to Samuel Coope, of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, on October 1.6, 1805. It hears the signature of Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States, and of James Madison, Secretary of State. He also has every deed and transfer ever made for his farm which is a part of the above section. This indicates a methodical, practical mind and that Mr. Scott possesses such is demonstrated in the way he manages his numerous business undertakings. On October 9, 1901., Mr. Scott was married to Miss Grace McHugh, who is a daughter of John W. and Sarah (Umpleby) McHugh, who came to Jefferson from Monroe County. Mr. and Mrs. Scott have one child, Gladys Elizabeth. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics Mr. Scott is a Republican but 816 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY cares nothing for public office. He is a stockholder in the Miners and Merchants Bank at Smithfield, 0., and for some years has been interested in the local telephone systems. In association with E. R. and M. B. Cole, he organized the Smithfield Telephone Company, which later became the Ohio Valley Telephone Company, of which he was president. Subsequently this company was consolidated with the Jefferson and Harrison Telephone Company, and Mr. Scott remains a leading stockholder. JAY S. PAISLEY, prosecuting attorney of Jefferson County, Ohio, and a leading member of the bar at Steubenville, has been prominently identified with the social, business and political interests of this city since 1899. He was born in Hammondsville, Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1876, educated in the lrondale High School, the Ohio Northern University at Ada, from which he graduated in 1897, and the Ohio State University, from which he graduated in law in 1899, since which time he has been 'successfully engaged in the practice of law at. Steubenville. Mr. Paisley has al- ways taken an active interest in the affairs of the Republican party, has served two years as chairman of the Republican County Committee, and in 1908 was elected prosecuting attorney of Jefferson County. He is fraternally affiliated with the B. P. O. E., the Knights of Pythias, Red Men, and the Maccabees, and his religious connection is with the First United Presbyterian Church. In March, 1907, Mr. Paisley was united in marriage with Nina Vance, of Jefferson County, Ohio, and to them have been born two daughters, Mary Katherine and Margaret. J. N. LEECH, city engineer of Steubenville, 0., which city has been his home for some four years, was born in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1874, and is a son of the late John Leech. John Leech was born in Jefferson County in 1825, his father having been a pioneer settler. Tie engaged in farming all his life and when he died in 1905, was mourned as a loss to his community. J. N. Leech attended school in Cross Creek Township, then spent one year of study in Scio College and one year in the University of Wooster, and then engaged in teaching school for five years. He then entered the Ohio Northern University at Ada and was graduated in the civil engineering department in 1902. After this completion of his long course of study, he became a member of the engineer corps of the B. & 0. 5. W. Railroad, located at Chillicothe, and after eighteen months with that system, went to the Wabash Railroad and for one year was connected with the chief engineer's office at St. Louis. His next connection was with the Chicago & Northwestern, with headquarters at Chicago, and eight months later he came to Steubenville. For two years he was attached to the county surveyor's office, and on January 1, 1908, was appointed city engineer. His thorough training brought him technical knowledge which his practical experience thoroughly proved and the city of Steubenville thus enjoys the services of a skilled engineer. In 1904 Mr. Leech was married to Miss Anna Perkins, of Chillicothe, Ohio, and they have two children : Eleanor and Lorin. Mr. and Mrs. Leech are members of the First Presbyterian Church. He is identified with the Elks and the Knights of Pythias. JAMES PLUMMER MEHOLLIN, the owner of ninety acres of excellent farm land which is situated in Sections 35 and 36 in Wells Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, is one of the substantial citizens and enterprising business men of this section. He was born on the lower part of this farm November 24, 1871, and is a son of Thomas Johnston and Catherine (Plummer) Mehollin. Thomas J. Mehollin was born on the old Mehollin farm on Rush Run, Wells Township, and was a son of Thomas Mehollin, who came to Ohio from Ireland. He en- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 819 tered land from the government and became a man of property. He had the following children, all of whom lived to be over sixty-eight years of age, with the exception of one that died in infancy : William; Rachel, who married William Burriss; Sarah, who married James Parr ; Joseph; James J.; Thomas J.; and Martha, who married William Duvall. Of the above family, Thomas J., father of James P., spent his entire life in Jefferson County, where he died in 1908, aged seventy years. He came into the possession of 258 acres of land but later in life met with reverses and the farm of his son, James P., is all that is left of the once large estate. He married Catherine Plummer, whose father, James Plummer, was an old resident of Wells Township. She still survives and resides with her son, James P., on the homestead. By an earlier marriage, Thomas J. Mehollin had one son, Frank, who is deceased. Two children were born to his second marriage : Sylvia and James P., the former of whom is now deceased. James P. Mehollin was reared on the home farm and attended the public schools in Wells Township. He is interested in general farming and sheep raising, making the latter industry as well as the former a profitable one. He has other interests in the line of summer park amusements. He has served his township four years as assessor, but otherwise has not accepted public office. On October 11, 1898, Mr. Mehollin was married to Miss Martha J. Kith-cart, who is a daughter of Joseph and Martha Kithcart, of Smithfield Township, and they have one child, Zella May. Mr. Mehollin and family enjoy one of the finest rural homes in this section. After purchasing the farm from his father, Mr. Mehollin began making extensive improvements and all of the buildings now standing have been erected by him. The residence is a model of comfort and has a system of hot and cold water installed with other modern features. In politics, Mr. Mehollin is a Democrat. GEORGE BARTHOLD, JR., a contracting plasterer, and president of the board of city appraisers of Steubenville, 0., has been a lifelong resident of Steubenville. where he was born in 1842. He is a son of George Barthold, Sr., a native of Germany, who, in 1833, located in Jefferson County, Ohio, where he followed his trade as a plasterer throughout his active career. George Barthold, Jr., was reared and educated in Steubenville, and early in life learned the plasterer's trade with his father. With the exception of four or five years passed on a farm, he has spent his entire business life working at his trade as a contract plasterer. On September 10, 1864, he enlisted for one hundred days' service in Company C, 157th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was located at Ft. Delaware during the entire period. Mr. Barthold has always taken an active interest in politics, and was for four years a member of the city council, and is at present filling a very important office. He is affiliated with the I. 0. 0. F. and the E. M. Stanton Post, G. A. R., No. 166. His religious connection is with St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and he has served on the board of vestrymen. Mr. Barthold was first married in 1865 to Sally E. Wood, who died leaving two children : Lilly A., who is the wife of William McNully. of Denver, Colo.; and George Wood Barthold, of Steubenville. His second marriage was with Alice Jane Wilson, and they have two daughters : Rose Olive, and May L., the latter of whom is the wife of Herman Passavant, of Steubenville. CHARLES OTTE, conducting the Union Bakery at Mingo Junction, 0., has been a resident of Jefferson County all his life and was born on the old Otte farm near this town, April 5, 1880. His parents were George and Freda (Ulich) Otte. George Otte was born, reared and married first in Germany. After coming to America his wife died and in 1878 he was married (second) to Freda Ulich, who died 820 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY December 22, 1902. By a previous marriage she had two children, John and Elizabeth, the latter of whom married Joseph Lawyer. To the second marriage two children were born: Charles and Bertha, the latter of whom is the wife of Frank Knight. George Otte was married to his present wife in 1903. She was the widow of John McMannis. During his active years he was a farmer but since retiring has lived at Steubenville. Charles Otte had few business cares before he was eighteen years of age, having attended the schools of Mingo Junction until then. For several years afterward he engaged in farming and did considerable teaming also, as .he had two teams of his own. Desiring to see something of the world and gain new experiences, in September, 1903, he enlisted in the regular army, becoming a member of Company K, 12th Infantry, and served two years and four months in the Philippine Islands and alter completing his full three years, received his honorable discharge. He then came back to Jefferson County and at first worked as an employe of the Pure Milk Company and later purchased the business, which he conducted for six months and then sold to Charles Bell and came to Mingo Junction, where he operated the ice plant for the firm of Otte & Perkrulm until he met with an accident which caused the breaking of his leg. in July. 1.909, he purchased the Union Bakery from Haul & Browning and has made a success of his undertaking, his bakery store is located 4. Commercial Street and he operates a wagon to different parts of the town to accommodate his customers., On November 4, 1906. Mr. Otto was sarried to Miss Gertrude Tressell, a daughter of Addison Tressell, of Carroll comity. Ohio. They have an adopted son, Ward W. Otte. Mr. Otte is a Republican. He was reared in the faith of the Lutheran Church. Iie is identified with the Knights of Pythias at Mingo Junction and belongs to the Schutzen Club, a German organization. of tire same place. HARRY D. WINTRINGER, president of the Steubenville Pottery Company, is one of Steubenville's most enterprising business :men and a, leading manufacturer of this section, being identified with numerous important interests in Jefferson County. He was born at Steubenville, 0., in 1871, and is a son of Capt. Nathan and Elizabeth (Donaldson) Wintringer. Capt. Nathan Wintringer was identified with river life for many years and was commander of his own vessel. During the larger part of his life he maintained his home at Steubenville, where his death occurred in 1886. He married Elizabeth Donaldson, who survives him and they were parents of the following children: Harry D. ; George C., a. graduate of Princeton College, who is assistant manager of the Westtinghouse Electric Manufacturing Company, of Newark, N. J.; Margaret D., who resides at home; Mary D., a graduate of Wellesley . College, who is the wife of George Wood, of Morgantown, W. Va.: and Lucy L., who resides with her mother at Steubenville. Harry D. Wintringer attended the schools of Steubenville and completed his education in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Boston, and when his college days were over he entered the office of the Steubenville Pottery Company, of which his uncle, now retired, W. B. Donaldson, was president at that time. His business capacity was immediately recognized and, in 1901. the board of directors elected him president of the company, a signal mark of approbation for one of his years. He justified their judgment, however, for he immediately infused such vigor into the business that in a very short time the Steubenville pottery was awarded a foremost place in the great pottery industry of the country. In 1909 Mr. Wintringer purchased the interest of his partner, D. J. Sinclair, and the officials now are: H. D. Wintringer, Walter C. Sterling and Bartley L. ,Joyce, the last named being superintendent. In this pottery employment is given throe hundred workmen. Under Mr. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 821 Wintringer's management the success of this concern has been so great that outside capital is awaiting an opportunity to invest in it. Mr. Wintringer is identified with a number of organized bodies and is a memtber of the executive committee of the United States Potters' Association. He is president of the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce, also of the Steubenville Country Club and vice-president of the Y. M. C. A., in all these agencies for the betterment and advancement of his city being active, liberal and broadtminded. In 1898 Mr. Wintringer was married to Miss Maud C. Mooney, who died in 1902, survived by two sons, Robert L. and David. Mr. Wintringer is a member of the First Presbyterian Church and is president of its board of trustees. His fraternal identification is with the Elks. JOHN LOGAN McCAIN, a successful general farmer owning eightyteight acres of excellent land situated in Wells Towntship, Jefferson County, Ohio, was born on this farm, in the old pioneer log house then standing, on November 19, 1865, and is a son of William and Margaret (Whitten) McCain. William McCain was also born in Wells Township, Jefferson County, and was a son of David McCain, who brought his family to Jefferson County from another state, at an early day. It is remembered in the family that on the stormy day in which the McCains came to the present farm, little William, then a boy of six years, was transported in a barrel and no doubt arrived in a much more comfortable condition than did others who had been exposed to the elements. At that time this farm still was what was called school land and at first could only be rented, but later the McCains bought it and it has continued in the family, and its present owner has the deed bearing the signature of the great war governor, Governor Tod. The parents of John L. McCain both died on this farm, the father in 1885, at the age of fiftytfive years, and the mother in 1908, at the age of seventy-seven years. Of their six children, two died young, the others being: David. who resides on the old homestead ; John Logan ; Nannie, who is the wife of George Vermillion ; and William. John L. McCain attended the district schools during boyhood but has been engaged on the farm ever since he reached a workable age and is numbered with the excellent and judicious farmers and stock men of the township. He is associated with his brother David in the latter industry. On the death of his father, Mr. McCain bought out the heirs. Mr. McCain was married June 15, 1904, to Miss Blanche Cox, a daughter of Elza and Angeline (Oliver) Cox and they have one bright little son, William Raymond, who was born March 25, 1905. In politics Mr. McCain is a Republican and he served three years as assessor of Wells Township. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. WILLIAM A. BECKER, who conducts a dairy in Steubenville, 0., is a well known resident of the city where he has carried on his present business throughout his enttire business career. He was born in Steubenville, 0., in October, 1876, and is a son of William Becker, who came to this country from Germany and was engaged in dairying until his death. He attended the public schools of Steubenville until he was thirteen years of age, then assisted his father in the milk business until the latter's death. He was fourteen years old at the time and he thereafter conducted the busitness for his mother until he was twentytone when he bought her out. He has carried on the business since and enjoys a very liberal trade, giving evidence of superior business ability. He takes a good citizen's interest in political affairs but has never aspired to office. Mr. Becker was married in September, 1899, to Miss Emily Strayer, who is a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, and they have two children, William Strayer Becker and Marion Lois Becker. For the past six years they have resided at No. 703 822 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY North Fifth Street. He is a member of Zion German Lutheran Church and the family attends the U. P. Church. Mr. Becker is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the Maccabees. WILBUR L. MEDILL, a prominent lawyer and representative citizen of Steubenville, 0., who has been identified with the business interests of this section for the past twenty-three years, was born August 6, 1866, in Warren Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and is a son of William Medill, who was one of the prominent farmers and leading citizens of Jefferson County. The Medill family is one of the old established families of Jefferson County, Ohio, and was founded here about 1818 by Joseph Medill, a native of Ireland, who located in Warren Township. When he landed in Washington, Pa., he had but one dollar to his name, but went to work by the day and after accumulating sufficient capital purchased teams and wagons and engaged in general contracting, having been one of the contractors who built the National Pike from Washington, Pa., to Wheeling, W. Va. Joseph Medill purchased a farm in Warren Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and at one time was the owner of 1,200 acres, but later went to Martin's Ferry, 0., where he first operated a planing mill, then engaged in the wholesale grocery business, in which he continued until his death at the age of eighty-six years. William Medill, father of our subject, was born in 1834, in Warren Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, was reared on his father's farm, and was for seven years, during and after the war, a United States marshal in Kansas, but subsequently returned to Jefferson County and purchased a farm in. Warren Township, where he spent the remainder of his life engaged in agricultural pursuits. His death occurred in 1908 and he was one of the most successful farmers and influential citizens of Warren Township. Wilbur L. Medill was reared in Jefferson County, and ,educated in the schools here and at Linsly Institute at Wheeling, W. Va., after which he read law with present Judge John M. Cook and was admitted to the bar at Columbus, 0., in 1889, since which time he has followed his profession, practicing in the federal courts and the vatrious courts of the state. Mr. Medill is a believer in the principles enunciated by the Republican party. He holds membership with the Hamline M. E. Church, is fraternally a thirty-second degree Mason, and a member of the Blue Lodge at Steubenville and the Consistory at Columbus. Mr. Medill is also extensively interested in the development of oil in Jefferson County. On January 22, 1890, Mr. Medill married Anna C. Chapman, only daughter of Rev. A. R. Chapman, who for more than half a century has been prominently identified with the ministry of the M. E. Church through eastern Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. Medill have been born: Alva Leland, and Wilbur. Chapman Medill, both students of the Steubenville high school. DAVID W. McCAIN, owner of 100 acres of valuable farm land, situated in Wells Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, was born on this place which has always been his home, January 27, 1853, and is a son of David and Eliza (Scott) (Pierce) McCain. David McCain, the father, was born at Winchester, Pa., in 1793, and was so small at the time his parents crossed the mountains into Ohio, that he could be carried comfortably in a basket. His father was William McCain and when he had brought his family to Jefferson County, he stopped for a time near the river and then moved on a farm on Salt Run, in Wells Township, where he died when his son David was nine years old. He was the father of seven sons and five daughters, David being the youngest of his children. The lattter began his business life as a worker on a flatboat on the Ohio River. In 1836 he moved to the farm in Wells Township