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with his sisters, Henrietta and Mary, and a nephew, Wilson McKee, is also a member of the family. Mr. McKee attends the Third Presbyterian Church.
C. FERGUSON, who is prominently identified with the important business interests of eastern Ohio and West Virginia and acknowledged to be the largest individual oil operator in all this territory, maintains his business offices in the National Exchange Building, at Steubenville, 0., but continues to reside at Holliday,s Cove, W. Va. near which place he was born in 1852. Va., father, James Ferguson, spent his entire life there, dying in 1857.
The early life of C. Ferguson was passed on a farm and later he went into the meat business at Wellsburg and from there moved to McDonald, where, in 1891, he first became interested in the oil industry, in which he has been so large a factor for many years. From successful operating at McDonald and Scio, he turned his attention to the promising territory at Holliday’s Cove and opened up the rich field there and then became interested in the Follansbee field and subsequently became the owner of the latter. At the present time of writing (1910) he has 125 producing wells at Holliday's Cove and fifteen pulled out, and in other territory forty-six producing wells and four pulled out, making him the most extensive operator in this section of the country. He has large additional interests, including the Verner Coal Company, the Suspension Bridge across the Ohio River, the Tri-State Traction Company and a directorate in the First National Bank at McDonald.
In 1875 Mr. Ferguson was married to Miss Mary Smith, a daughter of Alexander Smith, of Eldersville, and they have six children, three sons and three daughters : Edwin A., who is a civil engineer, located at San Francisco ; Nan, who married Boyce Rankin, who is in business at Corpus Christi, Tex. ; Everett, who is interested in his father,s enterprises ; W. D. and Mary, who reside at home ; and Frances, who is the wife of James Bowers. Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson and daughter Mary have but recently returned from an extended visit to Europe and the Orient. He is a thirtytsecond degree. Mason, belonging to the Consistory and Shrine at Pittsburgh and to the Blue Lodge at McDonald, of which he was an officer for some years.
L. W. HEWITT, merchant at Bergholz, 0., dealing in feed, buggies and machinery, is one of the enterprising business men of this place. He was born in Carroll County, Ohio, January 6, 1880, and is a son of S. W. and Maggie J. Hewitt, who reside at Mechanicstown, Carroll County.
L. W. Hewitt attended the public schools in Carroll County and later took a business course at Scio, 0. After the completion of the course in Scio College he went to Alliance, 0., where he was for five years connected with the Morgan Engineering Works, and later with the McCaskey Register Company. Since 1908 he has been in business at Bergholz and he has also identtified himself with the best interests of the place, as becomes a good citizen. Mr. Hewitt married Miss Sarah B. Robbins, a daughter of J. F. Robbins, a prominent business man of this town. They are members of the United Presbyterian r Church. In politics Mr. Hewitt is a Republican.
E. M. FISHER, one of Steubenville's prominent and successful business men, proprietor of the leading meat market in the city and also extensively interested in real estate, was born at Steubenville, O., in January, 1869, and is a son of Jacob M. Fisher.
Jacob M. Fisher was born in 1836, in what was then the village of Steubenville and here he spent a long, useful and hontorable life. He first conducted a cooper shop, later became a brick manufacturer and still later went into the grocery trade. His death occurred in August, 1909. He married Mary A. Horner, also a member of an early Jefferson County family.
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E. M. Fisher attended the public schools of Steubenville until the spring of 1886, when he embarked in the retail meat business and has built up what is the largest trade in this line in the city. For a number of years he has also been an extensive handler of realty and is a member of the firm of Wilson, Fisher & Co. This company has subdivided several large parcels of land into building lots, which they improved and subsequently advantageously disposed of, and he was the prime mover in a large realty transaction recently completed by which a subdivision of 202 lots were sold, at Gary, Ind. He is president of the Jefferson Land Company through which this important deal was effected. He has long been one of the city's most active public men. He served .for two years as a member of the city council and is president of the board of Subway Fund trustees.
Mr. Fisher was married first to Jessie D. Richardson, who died in February, 1902, survived by three children : Elsie D., Jay M. and Inez M. He married, July 24, 1906, Miss Mary E. Alexander, of Gallipolis, 0. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher are members of the Finley Methodist. Episcopal Church, in which he is chairman of the board of trusttees and has served in all the official capacities. He is identified with the Knights of Pythias, the Elks and the Modern Woodmen, and is one of the most. valued memtbers of the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce.
The Fishers have been large land owners in this section for several generations, and there are many old landmarks through Jefferson County that bear the name of Fisher. John Fisher, the grandfather, came to Jefferson County as early as 1806 and in many early enterprises was associated with Bezaleel Wells. They both acquired many acres of land and engaged extensively in growing sheep and it was their custom to drive these over the mountains to the eastern markets. Mr. Wells and Mr. Fisher also operated four copperas works and after Mr. Wells dropped out they were run by Mr. Fisher. Wells and Fisher were the pioneers in copperas manufacturing in this country.
JAMES D. CARNES, one of the substantial citizens of Smithfield, 0., a man well known all through Jefferson County, was born in Adams County, Ohio, Februtary 25, 1861, and is a son of Capt. David M. and Lavina (Thomas) Carnes.
Capt. David M. Carnes was born in Maryland and came to Ohio in childhood. The greater part of his life was spent as a pilot on the Ohio River. His death occurred in 1867 while his younger children were small. He married Lavina Thomas, who was also born in Maryland, and they had twelve children born to them.
James D. Carnes grew to the age of sevtenteen years in Adams County and attended school there. He then accompanied his mother to Scio, and several years later came to Jefferson County and for two and a half years was in the contracting business at. Toronto. In 1.891 he came to Smithfield and has lived here ever since, engaged in contracting. Mr. Carnes has done a large amount of work in his line in this county and put in some of the first turnpikes ever constructed in this section. He is one of the directors of the Miners and Merchants Bank, of Smithfield, and was one of its organizers. Mr. Carnes was married June 16, 1894, to Miss Minnie A. Noble, a daughter of Charles B. Noble. For many years he has been a. member of the Masonic fraternity. He gives hearty support to the Republican party.
J. H. TIMBERLAKE, proprietor of The T & K Wholesale Bakery, at Steubenville, 0., with business quarters at No. 139 South Court Street, has been a resident of this city since he was twelve years of age, received his education here and throughtout his whole business life has been identified with Steubenville concerns. He was born at Cincinnati, in 1856.
After leaving school Mr. Timberlake went to work in the book store of Crumrine Nichol and remained with that firm
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for seven years, becoming so valuable an assistant that he was taken into partnership when a change in the ownership came about, in 1880, the firm style becoming Crumrine & Timberlake. This name continued until 1890, when the older partner retired and the firm then became Timberlake & Kendall. In 1899 the latter firm sold out to Erwin & Robinson and organized a new firm for the manufacturing of wall paper, under the name of the Steubenville Wall Paper Company. Mr. Timberlake continued in that line for three years and then went out on the road and was traveling representative of a business house here for five years. At the end of that, time he decided to, go into business again at Steutbenville and purchased the bakery of Falk & O'Neal, which he has operated as a wholesale concern ever since. It is the largest enterprise of its kind in this city and has the best, most modern and most sanitary equipments of any plant, either wholesale or retail, in this section.
On February 2, 1887, Mr. Timberlake was married to Miss Carrie Wolcott, of Steubenville, and they have two sons : Richard and Philip, both attending school. Mr. and Mrs. Timberlake are members of St. Paul's Episcopal Church at Steubenville.
JAMES P. WELDAY, who carries on a large general contracting business at Steubenville, 0., is a native of Jefferson County, born in September, 1852, and is a son of Jacob and Eliza Jane (Parr) Welday.
The venerable father of Mr. Welday was born in 1822 and is a resident of Smithfield, having been a farmer during all his active life. He married Eliza Jane Parr, a daughter of John Parr, and they celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary on February 14, 1910. They have two surviving children : James P. and John L., the latter of whom lives on the old home farm. Jacob Welday is a son of David Welday, who was one of the pioneers of Jefferson County.
James P. Welday was reared on the home farm and obtained his education in the country schools. In 1902 he came to Steubenville and since then has been engaged in carpenter work and contracting. He has erected many fine residences and one of these is his own which is situated at No. 1149 Stanton Boulevard. Mr. Welday was married February 3, 1876, to Miss Margaret Lewis, who was born and reared near Oliver's Church, in Warren Township, Jefferson County, and is a daughter of William Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. Welday have six children : Gilmer L., who is associated with his father in building and contracting; Lulu M., who is the wife of William Carter ; Mabel, who is the wife of William W. Kennedy, of Chicago ; Chester A., who has a position in a bank in Boise City, Idaho ; and Minnie and Mattie, both of whom are at home. Mr. Welday and family are memtbers of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Steubenville. He is identified with the Carpenters' Union.
W. A. LINDSAY, M. D., physician and surgeon at Amsterdam, 0., owning and conducting the drug store adjoining his residence, occupies a leading position in the town's affairs and is well known professionally all through this section. He was born at Salineville, Columbiana County, Ohio, January 31, 1874, and is a son of Dr. J. A. and (Connell) Lindsay.
The late Dr. J. A. Lindsay was a prominent member of the medical profession in Columbiana County. During the Civil War he served as a soldier, enlisting as a private and later was made a sergeant in the 19th Regiment Kentucky Infantry. After the war was over he located at Salineville, 0., where he engaged in the practice of medicine until the close of his life, his death occurring in December, 1908. His widow resides a Youngstown, 0. In politics he was identified with the Democratic party, and in religion he belonged to the United Presbyterian Church.
W. A. Lindsay completed his literary training at Franklin College and then naturally entered upon the study of medicine,
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his father and both grandfathers, Dr. John Lindsay and Dr. Aaron Connell, having been more or less eminent in the profession. He received his degree from the Ohio Medical University, where he was graduated in the class of 1898, and immediately located for practice at Salineville, where he continued for seven years. In July, 1905, Dr. Lindsay came to Amsterdam and has built up a large and substantial practice here, and, owning his own drug store, has the advantage of knowing just precisely how his prescriptions are filled. He is the U. S. examiner for the Government Marine Recruiting Station at this point.
Dr. Lindsay was married at Salineville to Miss M. Luella McKenzie, a daughter of James McKenzie, of that place, and they have one son, James A., who is a student in the Amsterdam schools. Dr. and Mrs. Lindsay are members of the Presbyterian Church. In his political views he is a Democrat. He keeps fully abreast with the times in his profession and is a member of the Jefferson County and the American Medical Associations.
HON. JOHN A. MANSFIELD, formerly probate judge of Jefferson County and a prominent member of the Steubenville bar, senior of the firm of Mansfield & Merryman, with offices at No. 327 Market Street, was born September 20, 1854, near Bloomfield, 0., and is a son of Jacob Y. and Margaret (Deter) Mansfield.
The Mansfield family in Ohio was founded by the grandfather, Thomas Mansfield, in 1798, who secured the land in Jefferson County which has never since been out of the possession of his descendants. He was a native of Maryland, was twice married, and he reared sixteen of his numerous children. Jacob Y. Mansfield, father of Judge Mansfield, was born in Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and died on the old homestead, July 5, 1871. He was thrice married and had ten children, Judge Mansfield being born to the second union.
Until he was sixteen years of age, John A. Mansfield seldom left the home farm except to attend school, but as he had literary ambitions and a bright intellect, his well-to-do father decided to send him to Hopedale College, where he spent three years. Deciding upon the law as a profession, in October, 1877, the young man entered the law department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, where he was graduated two years later, and in April, 1879, was admitted to the bar. He entered into practice at Steubenville, at first alone, but in April, 1881, he admitted W. C. Ong as a partner, this association lasting for two years. Judge Mansfield's second partner was W. A. Walden, and they continued together for three years, the removal of Mr. Walden from Steubenville, in 1886, terminating this connection. The election of Mr. Mansfield to the bench in the following year, removed him from private practice for fourteen years. In November, 1887; he was first elected probate judge, and was re-elected in November, 1890. This office he resigned in February, 1892 to become judge of the Common Pleas Court, having been first elected to that position in November, 1891, and re-elected in November, 1896. Judge Mansfield proved his judicial qualities during this long period and returned to his practice at the bar, followed by the confidence and good will of the profession all over the county. In 1906. he formed his present law partnership, and this firm occupies a very prominent place on the Jefferson County bar, and has successfully handled a large amount of the important work of the courts during the past three years. In his political affiliation, Judge Mansfield is a stanch Republican and was presidential elector in the Republican ticket in 1908. On August 30, 1877, Judge Mansfield was married to Miss Nettie Mansfield. They are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Steubenville.
GEORGE TRAUT, shoe and boot maker, with fine quarters at Nos. 226-228 North
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Fifth Street, Steubenville, has been a resident of this city since 1857. He was born in Germany in 1837 and was sixteen years of age when he came to America.
In his native land Mr. Traut had worked at shoemaking and after he reached New York City he spent his first years perfecting himself as a boot maker and worked two more years in the great metropolis before making his way to Wheeling, W. Va. He worked there for two years and then came to Steubenville and found here a home and business field that pleased him and has never desired to make a change. Mr. Traut was in business with August Floto for ten and one-half years and during that time he made the first pair of sewed boots ever fashioned in Steubenville. Later he went into business alone and has detveloped a large and paying one. He has seen many changes take place in the manufacturing of footwear, factories now turning out machine-made products that once passed through the shoemaker's hands from start to finish. There are many fastidious people left who, however, will contsent to wear only shoes and boots made by careful workmen whose skill ensures a pertfect fit and with comfort and enduring qualities. As he prospered Mr. Traut invested in property and now owns his own home and establishment together with other improved tracts which he keeps under rental.
Mr. Traut was married first to Miss Frederika Floto, who left three children at death : Henrietta Ida, who married John Forsythe ; George Albert, who is pastor of the Lutheran Church at Sheridan, Wyo.; and Augusta, who is deceased. Mr. Traut was married secondly to Miss. Margaret Magdalene Hutterly, who left no istsue at death. His marriage to his present wife occurred later, she being a widow at that time. In religious faith Mr. Traut is a Lutheran and was one of the founders of the Zion Lutheran Church at Steubenville, but is not identified with that organization at present. For thirty years he has been a member of the Knights of Pythias and belongs to the National Union, No. 111; Formerly he was quite interested in politics and has been a Republican ever since he began to cast his vote, and served as a councilman for two years. Few citizens of Steubenville are better known than George Traut.
ISAAC THOMAS, who is superintendent of the Diamond Coal Company's mines in Jefferson County, Ohio, has been a resident of Irondale since 1869 and came to America in 1865. He was born in the parish of Llannon, Wales, December 6, 1840, and is a son of John and Mary (Lloyd) Thomas.
John Thomas was a farmer in Wales and both he and wife died in the parish of Llannon. They were parents of the following children : Margaret, who married John Williams in Wales ; Isaac; David, who married Mary Ann Thomas, and lives at Irondale ; Joshua, who visited America but returned to Wales ; Mary, who married in Wales ; and John and Evan, who still live in the old country.
Isaac Thomas was about twenty-five years old when he came to America and landed at the port of New York, June 6, 1865, and from there went to Baltimore, Md., obtaining work at the Locust Point copper works. In the following October he went to Kingston, Pa., and was engaged there in the coal mines until 1869, in which year he helped to open a coal mine for David Morgan. From Kingston he came to Irondale and began work in the mines and mill furnaces, working for one year in the latter as a puddler and securing a contract for supplying lime to one of the furnaces for two years. He continued mine and furnace work until 1880, in which year he was engaged by W. G. McCullough as superintendent of mines at Yellow Creek, where he remained for sixteen years-, was at the Irondale tin mill mines for six years, and the Saulsbury mines five years. Since April 1, 1909, he has been superintendent
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for the Diamond Coal Company. Mr. Thomas erected his comfortable residence in 1871.
In the above mentioned year he was married to Miss Margaret Williams, a daughter of Levi Williams, a native of Wales. The following children were born to them : Mary Elizabeth, who married James H. Taylor, of Wellsville, and they have two children—Clyde and Edith Hester ; Hannah, who is the wife. of George W. Ridgetley, of Steubenville, and they have two children— Arthur O. and Helen M. ; Arthur, who married Elizabeth McIntosh, of Iron-dale, and has two children, Irene and Dorothy (for the past seven years he has been head clerk of the American Tin Plate Company, at Cleveland) ; Edith, who married Fred McBane, of Irondale, and they have one child, Margaret Ellen ; William, employed in the rolling mill at Steubenville, who married Minnie Beard, of Brush Creek Township, Jefferson County, and they have one daughter, Edith ; and Margaret and Catherine, both of whom reside at home with their parents. Mr. Thomas and family are members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he is an elder. In politics he is a Republican and fraternally he is identified with the Masons and Odd Fellows. Mr. Thomas is a self-made man and the lesson his life teaches is that industry, integrity and fidelity to employers is very likely to bring a large measure of satisfying success.
WILLIAM FLOTO, whose death occurred December 7, 1905, was a grocer and meat dealer in Steubenville, his business being located in the building he owned on the corner of Dock and Sixth Streets. He was a substantial citizen and a successful business man, and built up a well paying business, which now is owned and conducted by his widow and their four sons.
William Floto was born in Germany in 1831, and when nineteen years of age came to the United States, first locating at Wheeling, W. Va. He moved from there to Steubenville, 0., and for a time worked at the tailoring trade which he learned in Germany. He subsequently worked for his brother' in the shoe business for a period of thirty years, at the end of which time he built a brick business block at the corner of Dock and Sixth Streets, in which he established a grocery and bakery shop. There he continued successfully until his death in 1905.
In 1860 Mr. Floto was married to Miss Lena Bherns, who was born in Germany and was fourteen years of age when she accompanied her parents to the United States, her father, Henry Bherns, settling near Wheeling, W. Va., where he later died. Mr. and Mrs. Floto became parents of six children, as follows : Minnie, wife of Edward Probert, of Moscow, W. Va.; Augusta, wife of William Probert, of North Fifth Street, Steubenville ; Albert ; William Floto, who in 1897 was married to Miss. Lulu Maple, of Steubenville ; Edward ; and Theodore. The four sons assist their mother in the business and are meeting with much success. William Floto is affiliated with the Knights of Maccabees; Albert is a member of the German Turners Society ; and Edward is a member of Steubenville Lodge, No. 35, K. P. Religiously, all the members of this family are members of the Zion German Lutheran Church.
J. E. THOMPSON, postmaster and general merchant at New Alexandria, 0., is a member of the mercantile firm of J. E. Thompson and Brothers, which is made up of James A., W. M. and J. E. Thompson, all representative citizens of this town. James A. Thompson was born in 1858, W. M. in 1861, and J. E. in 1864, all in Wells Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, all being sons of James and Mary Jane (Lyons) Thompson.
James Thompson was a farmer in Wells Township during the larger part of his life but in early manhood assisted his brother in his mercantile business for a time. He was married first to Sarah Harris and they had two sons : Thomas A., who lives at
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New Alexandria ; and Robert, who was .a veteran in the Civil War and died of smallpox while in the service. James Thompson was married secondly to Mary Jane Lyons and to this marriage were born : James A., W. M., J. E., Mary Eliza, Delphine and John Andrew. The three last named all died of diphtheria between August 31 and September 12. The three surviving sons remained on the old homestead in Wells Township until 1909, when they sold to G. A. Mathews and came to New Alexandria and embarked in their present enterprise. They carry a large stock including dry goods, notions, hardware and groceries and are doing a heavy business. Non( of the three has ever married.
GEORGE SWAN, treasurer and general manager of the Steubenville Hardware Company, situated on the corner of Sixth and Market Streets, Steubenville, 0., has been a resident of this city for twelve years and during this time has become thoroughly identified with its leading interests. He was born at Richmond, Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1857, and is a son of Thomas Swan.
Thomas Swan was born in England and came to Steubenville in 1854. He possessed capital and bought a coal mine near Richmond in Jefferson County, which he developed and also went into the stock business and became a large shipper, and engaged also in farming. A few years prior to his death he moved to central Iowa and during the rest of his life was engaged there in mercantile pursuits.
George Swan was reared and educated in Jefferson County and after he grew to manhood was engaged, like his father, in farming and the stock business. When he came first to Steubenville he went into the wholesale and retail feed business, in partnership with his brother, M. H. Swan, but later, in association with others, he bought out the Lindsey & Tonner hardware stock and they then established the Steubenville Hardware Company which, under incorporation became The Steubenville Hardware. & Supply Company. The present officers are : G. W. Morrow, president; S. R. Stark, vice-president; M. H. Swan, secretary ; and George Swan, general manager and treasurer. The business is the retailing and wholesaling of hardware and housefurnishing goods and it is one of the most prosperous enterprises of this busy city.
In 1882 Mr. Swan was married to Miss Lizzie McClelland, a daughter of Rutherford McClelland, a prominent citizen of Jefferson County, and they have three children : Anita Marie, who is the wife of Ray Patterson, of Steubenville, and they have one daughter, Helen ; and Lillian M. and Evalyn, both residing at home. Mr. Swan and family belong to the United Presbyterian Church in which he is an elder. He is not active in politics but is a good citizen and is a valued member of the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce.
MISSES MARY AND OLIVE MOORE, highly esteemed residents of Ross Township, occupying the old family homestead in which they were born, are members of one of the leading families of Jefferson County, Ohio. They are daughters of Mortdecai and Elizabeth (Kirk) Moore and granddaughters on the paternal side of Mordecai and Mary (Laughlin) Moore.
The father and grandfather of the Misses Moore were men of high standing and large estate in Jefferson County. The grandfather, Mordecai Moore, was born near Brownsville, Fayette County, Pa., December 19, 1781, and removed to New Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1806. He served in the War of 1812 under Capt. William Harbaugh. The Moores are of English descent and settled first in New Jersey, where John Moore, the father of Mordecai Moore, was born in 1755.
To Mordecai Moore (1st) and his wife, Mary (Laughlin) Moore, seven children were born, all of whom have since passed away. Mordecai Moore (1st) came to Ross Township in 1815, locating finally in Section 28. He immediately began work at
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the salt wells, at what is known as Moore-town, and subsequently became the owner of the plant. He was a man of untiring entergy and was identified with much of the early development of Ross Township. He built three brick houses, and at the time of his death, which occurred January 26, 1851, he owned the Mooretown mill, and a large tract of land. He was married three times. His first wife, the mother of his children, passed away in 1828. His second wife died in 1847, and the third wife survived him. He served with credit in public office, being a member of the state legislature and for several terms a county commissioner. Religiously, he had been reared in the faith of the Friends or Quakers. He died January 26, 1851.
Mordecai (2nd), son of the Mordecai just mentioned and father of the Misses Moore, was the youngest son of his parents. He was born March 7, 1821, and was reared in Ross Township. After completing his attendance at school, he engaged in farming and also dealt in livestock, being a superior judge of cattle and sheep. He owned some 2,000 acres of land and later in life gave each one of his children a farm. His active business life was one of honesty and integrity. He, with his son, Mordecai (3d), was the organizer of the M. Moore Banking Company, of which the Bergholz State Bank is the outgrowth and of which the son, Mordecai Moore, is now president. The elder Moore also owned the Mooretown flour mills, although he never -operated them himself. In early manhood he fre fluently drove his flocks and herds across the mountains to eastern markets, but later confined his operations in cattle to the purchase of several carloads at Chicago in the spring and their sale again in the fall. A Democrat like his father in politics, he was elected county commissioner, in which office he served with the efficiency that marked the performance of all his public and private duties. Converted through the influence of his wife, he joined the church, which he afterwards liberally supported and in which he was a faithful worker, be ing an official member. The sincerity of his Christian life was apparent. To the end of his life he was "steadfast in the faith" and an earnest worker for the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness. His death, which took place February 24, 1895, deprived the community of a sterling and much esteemed citizen.
On October 5, 1843, Mr. Moore was mar- ried to Elizabeth Kirk, a daughter of John and Mary (Taylor) Kirk. Mrs. Moore was a woman of the highest Christian character and was the first Methodist in this vicinity. It was largely through her efforts that the Mooretown Methodist Episcopal Church was organized and established on the old Moore homestead, of which she and her husband were original members, he being appointed the first class leader. She was a loving wife and a true helpmeet, and had an important influence on her husband's life and successes. She passed to her reward December 10, 1895.
The family of Mr. and Mrs. Mordecai (2nd) Moore consisted of ten children, John, Lewis, Mordecai, Edwin Stanton, Mary, Ella, Lizzie, Lizzie 2nd, Emma and Olive. The following is their record in brief : John, the eldest son, was a general merchant at Bergholz, was a leading citit zen, and an influential member of the church, and resided there until his death in August, 1906. He married Elizabeth Cooper, a daughter of Henry Cooper. His family still reside in Bergholz, his son conducting the store and farm. Lewis is a res- ident of the state of Indiana. He first married Emma Moore, who died, and after her death two of their children, William Tennyson and Annie, were reared and cared for at the home of their grandfather Moore in Ross Township. Lewis formed a second union with Martha Christopher. Mordecai married Jennie Montgomery and lives in Canton. Edwin Stanton married Elizabeth McCullough and lives in Springt field Township, this county. Mary and her sister Olive are the direct subjects of this sketch. The first Lizzie died in her fifth year. The second, named Lizzie L., died
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in her fourth year. Emma died at the age of fifteen months. Ella is the widow of J. W. Jackman and resides at Alliance, 0. The old home farm is owned by the three sisters. The Misses Moore have a goodly heritage, not only in lands and stock, but also in the honorable name that is theirs—a name that stands for true worth.
L. W. MAY, wholesale lumber dealer at Steubenville, 0., with quarters in the National Exchange Building and also with offices at Pittsburgh, Pa., and at Memphis, Tenn., is a prominent member of the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce and has been identified with the interests of Steubenville all his life. He was born in this city, in 1866, and is a son of William May.
William May, who has lived retired at Steubenville since 1903, was born in Germany, came to America and has been a resident of Steubenville since 1860. For over thirty years he was engaged in the clothing business in this city and retired with an ample fortune.
L. W. May attended the common schools at Steubenville and completed the high school course and then became a clerk in his father's clothing store, where he continued until 1893. In that year he entered into the wholesale lumber business and ever since has been an extensive dealer. He owns valuable timber lands in West Virginia and having his own saw-mills manufactures his own lumber. He is also associated with his brother in bending works, at Loudonville, Ashland County, Ohio, where they manufacture automobile frames. He is a thorough representative of that class of modern business men who, through well directed energy and unusual foresight, can successfully handle a numtber of enterprises and at the same time devote attention to social and civic affairs. He is not a politician but he is actively interested at all times in the election of first class men to office. Mr. May was married in 1902, at Mt. Vernon, 0., to Miss Jeannette Rosenthal, and they have one daughter, Ruth. He is a thirty-second degree Mason and belongs to the Lake Erie Consistory and to the other Masonic branches at Steubenville.. He is identified also with the Elks.
JOHN McCLINTON, formerly one of Steubenville's representative business men, for many years was prominently identified with extensive iron works both in West Virginia and at Steubenville, and his manufacturing interests grew to very large proportions. He was born in County Antrim, Ireland, July 2, 1814, and died at Steubenville, 0., May 27, 1882.
The parents of Mr. McClinton, William and Martha (Dowling) McClinton, came from Ireland in 1816, settling in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, some eight miles distant from Pittsburgh. When John McClinton reached the age of responsibility, he went to that city and there worked in one of the great foundries until he learned the trade of nail-making and became so impressed with the importance and possibilities of the iron industry, that he remained interested almost exclusively in it during his subsequent long and successful business career. It was in 1851 that he first went into business for himself, founding and contributing capital, with others, the La Belle Iron Works, at Wheeling, W. Va. This enterprise proved eminently successful and the business so rapidly expanded that its owners felt justified, in 1859, in purchasing the Jefferson Iron Works at Steubenville. Mr. McClinton acquired large interests in both foundries and gave to both the close attention and practical advice which contributed largely to making them notable in the iron manufacturing industry. In the honorable pursuit of business, Mr. McClinton amassed an ample fortune, and in its management and judicious distribution he evinced discrimination, public spirit and benevolence.
In March, 1852, John McClinton was married to Miss Margaret Nesbit, who was born March 20, 1824, in Butler County, Pennsylvania, a daughter of William and Rosanna Nesbit, natives of Ireland. Her
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death occurred January 14, 1910. To Mr. and Mrs. McClinton were born six children, namely: William ; Annie M.; George Altbert, who died April 17, 186:2; John Edwin, who died April 22, 1898 (was married in September, 1883, to Mary Miller, of Steubenville, 0.) ; Samuel Nesbit, who married Caroline Hull, of Allegheny, Pa., June 15, 1900; and Charles F. Miss Annie M. McClinton still occupies the comfortable residence at No. 321 South Fourth Street, Steubenville, of which the family took possession in April, 1865.
William H. McClinton, the eldest son of the late John McClinton, was born in Allegheny City, Pa., and was thirteen years old when the family came to Steubenville, where he was reared and educated, and of which city he is a very prominent citizen. He has many interests and is the president of the National Exchange Bank and a member of its directing board. On October 4, 1876, he was married to Miss Mary Caldwell, of Steubenville, 0. Mr. and Mrs. McClinton reside at No. 227 South Third Street, Steubenville.
THOMAS B. WOLFE, a retired farmer of Smithfield, 0., was born here June 11, 1827, and has never lived farther from this town than a mile and three-quarters. His parents were Eli and Mary (Naylor) Wolfe, the former of whom came here from Morgan County, Ohio, in 1824. He followed the carpenter's trade during his life at Smithfield, where he died at the age of thirty-seven years. His wife Mary survived him sixteen years. Her father, Samuel Naylor, was one of the pioneer settlers, coming to this section from Maryland. To Eli. and Mary Wolfe seven children were born, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Thomas, Naomi, Samuel, Eli and Margaret Ann, the survivors being Elizabeth, Thomas and Margaret Ann.
Thomas B. Wolfe became a farmer, purchasing the 160 acres of land, in Smithfield Township, on which the Bradley coal mines are situated, and he continued his agricultural pursuits there until 1903, when he sold one-half of his farm to the United States Coal Company, retaining the other half, which is occupied by his son, Albert Wolfe. Mr. Wolfe is the oldest member of the Masonic fraternity in Jefferson County, having joined the order some sixty-two years ago. In his earlier years he held numerous township offices. Until 1860 he supported the Whig party and afterward identified himself with the Republicans. He is one of Smithfield's most respected older residents. He married Emily L. Carter, who was born in Smithfield Township, a daughter of William and Ruth (Jean) Carter, and died in June, 1900, aged sixty-five years. Six children were born to Thomas B. Wolfe and wife, namely: Minnie, who is the wife of H. W. Logan, president of the bank of Norden, Neb.; Eva R.; Charles, who is in the real estate business in South Dakota ; Albert, who is engaged in farming as mentioned above; William C., a separate notice of whom appears below ; and Emma, who is the wife of Allen Vale, of Steubenville.
WILLIAM C. WOLFE, notary public at Smithfield, 0., where he conducts a grotcery business and deals also in flour and feed, belongs to an old Jefferson County family. He was born in Smithfield Township, in the old log house which was then the family home, July 12, 1868, and is a son of Thomas B. and Emily L. (Carter) Wolfe. He obtained his education in the Smithfield schools and remained with his parents until he married, with the exception of two years which he spent in Nebraska. In 1900 he moved to Smithfield and at that time opened his grocery store and has done a very satisfactory amount of business. At different times he has served in township offices and at present is clerk of the election board. On January 1, 1890, Mr. Wolfe was married to Miss Blanche M. Simeral, a daughter of James M. and Nancy (Gilkinson) Simeral, and they have one son, Thomas M. Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe are members of the Protestant Methodist Church.
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ROBERT L. FREUDENBERGER, a prominent citizen of Steubenville, who is engaged in the real estate and insurance business, and is secretary of the Steuben Oil and Gas Company, was born at Steubenville in 1885, and is a son of William Freudenberger, one of the city's best known men.
Robert L. Freudenberger was educated in the schools of his native city and at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., in 1904 graduating from the Eastman Commercial College of the latter place. He then went into the real estate business with his father and then served as secretary for the Steubenville Pottery Company for three years, after which he resumed his former partnership in real estate and has added insurance as an individual line. He takes a commendable interest in civic affairs and is willing to do what many young business men of the times decline—give time and attention to considering public matters, and has accepted responsibilities of citizenship. He is serving as clerk of the Steubenville Board of Control. On October 14, 1908, Mr. Freudenberger was married to Miss Minnie Fisher, of Wheeling, W. Va. He is identified with the Elks and Eureka Lodge, No. 35, Knights of Pythias. He belongs also to the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce, to the Country Club and the Y. M. C. A.
STEPHEN F. HOBSON, a prominent farmer and highly respected citizen of Salem Township, who resides on a farm of 160 acres located in Section 10, was born January 1, 1833, on his present farm, a son of James and Sarah (Ford) Hobson. The father of our subject was born three miles south of the latter's farm in Salem Township, and was a son of Joseph and Ann Hobson, who were pioneers of Jefferson County, Ohio. After his marriage with Sarah Ford, who was a daughter of Squire Stephen Ford, James Hobson resided on the farm now owned by his son Stephen. This land was entered from the government by his father, who, in 1837, built the house which now stands on the place. James died here at the age of forty years and was buried in the old Salem Township cemetery. His wife died at the age of seventy-eight years and was buried in Union cemetery, of Richmond, and the children then removed the father's body to the same cemetery. James Hobson was a Quaker during his early life, but after his marriage became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. James and Sarah Hobson were the parents of the following children : Ann, Joseph, Ruth, James, Stephen F., and Letitia.
Stephen F. Hobson was reared on his present farm and after completing his schooling, which was obtained in the schools of this district, he mgaged in farming with his father until the time of his marriage in 1861. His marriage with Nancy Andrews, who was a daughter of William Andrews, resulted in the following issue : William, who resides in Iowa, where he was married; James, who married Annie Hague ; John, who married Julia Cunningham ; Joseph, who married Lena Ong, a daughter of Prof. L. Ong; Jennie Bell, who died aged two months ; S. Frank Thomas, who resides on the home farm in Salem Township, and married Constance Beebout; and Abraham Dana, who married Anna MacMillan, a daughter of George W. MacMillan. Mrs. Hobson died January 26, 1892, and was buried in the U. P. cemetery. She wasea member of the United Presbyterian Church. Mr. Hobson is politically a Republican.
William H. Beebout was born in Island Creek Township, February 13, 1840, and was a son of Samuel and Margaret (Barcus) Beebout, who were early residents of Island Creek Township. After attending the schools of the township and Richmond College, he operated a general store at Richmond for nearly forty years. Mr. Beebout was a Civil War veteran, having enlisted in the 100-days service with the 158th Ohio Volunteer Infantry; he was a member and treasurer of the Harry Hale Post, No. 427, G. A. R., of Richmond. He was a
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member of the Presbyterian Church, of Richmond and was its treasurer for forty-five years. He was secretary of the Union Cemetery Association, was township treasurer and treasurer of Richmond for several years and was politically identified with the Republican party. At the time of his death he was the owner of 207 acres of farm land in Island Creek Township. Mr. Beebout was a music teacher and choir leader for a number of years.
Mr. Beebout was married October 5, 1871, to Rhoda Rex Gladden, who was born November 1, 1840, in Island Creek Township, and of their union were born : A. G. Beebout, a resident of Chicago, Ill., who married Alice Barton, a daughter of Rev. Fred Barton Emelda, who married J. R. Simpson and Constance, who was married September 26, 1900, to Thomas F. Hobson, whose father is the subject of this record. Mr. Beebout died February 18, 1910, after a lingering illness, and three days later, February 21, his beloved wife was united with him in death. She was a woman highly respected for her many kindly traits of character and had been a. member of the Presbyterian Church from girlhood. A double funeral service was held at the Presbyterian Church, the services being conducted by their pastor, Rev. Heilewell, who was assisted by Rev. Dr. McMillan.
L. M. LEOPOLD, of the firm of May & Leopold, dealers in furniture at Steubenville and leaders in their line, occupying a four-story and basement building on the corner of Market and Court Streets, was born at Mount Vernon, 0., in 1867.
When Mr. Leopold was ten years old his father died and the family moved then to Cleveland and there he attended school, after which he became a clerk in a clothing store. Later he became a. traveling salestman and was on the road for two years, after which he was engaged in the furniture business at Fort Smith, Ark. From there he returned to Cleveland and was in the furniture business there for five years and then accepted a position with a whole sale china house and went out on the road again and traveled until 1902. Mr. Leopold came then to Steubenville and in partnership with Samuel May established the firm of May & Leopold, in the furniture line. Mr. Leopold's long experience has proved very valuable and the business has expanded until it is one of the representative lines of the city.
In 1908 Mr. Leopold was married to Miss Bertha May, a daughter of William May, one of Steubenville's old citizens. Mr. Leopold is a very interested member of the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce. He is identified with the Elks and at present fills the office of Exalted Ruler of the fraternity at Steubenville.
HUGH MARION and WILLIAM H. THOMPSON, owners of 242 acres of valuable land, situated in Section 29, Smithfield Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, are representatives of one of the old and substantial families of this neighborhood. They are sons of Alexander Scroggs and Jane S. (Boots) Thompson.
Alexander Scroggs Thompson was born on this farm, in the old log house that was the first home of his parents in Smithfield Township, August 4, 1817. His father was Hugh Thompson, who was born in 1768, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and was a son of John Thompson, who was born in Ireland, of Scotch parentage, in 1700. John Thompson came to America, and settled in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in 1745, and died there in 1777. Hugh Thompson, the grandfather, grew to manhood in the neighborhood of Green Springs, Cumberland County, and in his forty-seventh year was married there to Elizabeth Scroggs, who was a direct descendant of Lord Chief Justice Scroggs, of England. Hugh Thompson and wife came to Jefferson County, Ohio, in the spring of 1815, having in the fall of 1814 bought the farm, then containing 550 acres, on which their grandsons were born and now live. This land had been entered by William Gillespie in 1805. At first the Thompsons
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lived in the old log house on the place but in 1839 Hugh Thompson built the brick house which was then considered one of the finest farm residences in all this section. Grandfather Thompson died in July, 1846, but his widow survived until May 5, 1870. They had five children : John, Alexander Scroggs, Hugh L., William J., and Moses S., the latter being a resident of Hopedale, 0., and the only survivor.
Alexander Scroggs Thompson helped his father clear the farm, and during his lifetime made many improvements here. He was a man of sterling character and was held in the highest esteem. He was a ruling elder in the United Presbyterian Church at Piney Fork for fortytthree years. He was married November 28, 1848, to Janes S. Boots, who was born in Jefferson County, August 1, 1827, and died April 13, 1889. Her husband survived her until May 5, 1907. They had four children : James Lorimer, now deceased, who was a minister in the United Presbyterian Church; Hugh Marion; William H. and Thaddeus A. Lincoln, who is now deceased. The last mentioned was a practicing attorney-at-law in Steubenville, 0.
Hugh Marion Thompson was born on the present farm February 14, 1854. He was afforded educational and other advantages and attended Franklin College. He has spent the larger part of his life on the farm but for several years taught school very acceptably, one year in Jefferson County and two years in Harrison County. With his younger brother, William H. Thompson, he bought the home farm on June 7, 1909, and the two brothers follow general farming successfully.
William H. Thompson was born in the present farm residence on the old homestead April 26, 1859, and after completing his education at Hopedale Normal College, returned to the farm and, as indicated above, became part owner of the property in 1909. He was married November 5, 1891, to Miss Janette Grove, a daughter of Thomas and Sarah Grove, and they have two children, Clarkson B. and S. Pauline. Both brothers are members of the United Presbyterian Church. In politics they are Republicans, of old line Whig descent. They are men of high personal standing in this section, representatives of its best type of citizenship.
WILLIAM HIPSLEY, township trustee of Steubenville Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, serving in his third term of office, is one of Steubenville's well known business men and has resided here ever since the Civil War. He was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1847, and is a son of Joshua and Mary (Duvall) Hipsley, and a grandson of Col. Thomas H. Duvall, who was an officer in the War of 1812.
William Hipsley was reared on the home farm and went to school until he was about fifteen years of age and then entered a butcher shop, with the intention of learning the business. One year later, when the call came for 100-day men for state defense, during the Civil War, although but sixteen years old, Mr. Ilitpsley enlisted in Company E, 157th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was sent with his comrades to Fort Delaware, where he passed his term of enlistment guarding prisoners. When he returned to his home he resumed work in the slaughter house and butcher shop and spent three years in learning the meat business. He followed that exclusively for some years and then engaged in the produce business which he still continues, his location being at No. 133 North Third Street, Steubenville. He has taken an interest in local politics and has served as assessor as well as trustee of his township.
In 1870 Mr. Hipsley was married to Miss Mary E. Broady, who died shortly afterward. He was married in November, 1907, to Mrs. Laura V. Beltz, of Wellsburg, W. Va. Mr. and Mrs. Hipsley are members of the Christian Church. He is identified with Steuben Lodge, No. 1, Knights of Pythias, and with the order of Hepasophs and he belongs also to E. M. Stanton Post, No. 166, G. A. R.
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DANIEL MORGAN WHITE, a well known general merchant and highly respected citizen of Tiltonville, 0., who has been identified with the business interests of this locality for the past fifteen years, was born March 28, 1864, on a farm in Ohio County, West Virginia, and is a son of Aaron White, who was a native of Virginia. He is one of four children born to his parents : Mary, who is the widow of William Martin ; Sabina ; Nancy, who is the wife of G. P. Jones ; and Daniel M., our subject.
Daniel M. White was left an orphan at an early age and was reared by Jacob Miller, of Washington County, Pennsylvania. When thirteen years old he started out in the w,rld for himself, and worked as a farm hand on a small salary for some time. He later went to West Virginia for a time, then went to the West, but not meeting with success returned to West Virginia after an absence of two or three weeks. He spent three years working in the machine shops of the Pan Handle R. R. at Steubenville, and two years in the- lumber camps of :Michigan, and then was employed on the construction of the street railway at Steubenville, and was also engaged in teaming on the Cumberland Branch. He then spent four years on a farm in West Virginia and in 1893 came to Jefferson County and settled at Yorkville, where he worked in the mines. In 1897 he came to Tiltonville and purchased his present location, and on December 24, 1906, embarked in the mercantile business, in which he has been very successful, and has continued to increase his stock as the growth of the enterprise has demanded.
Mr. White was married while a resident of Yorkville on April 15, 1896, to Elizabeth Aken, who is a daughter of Josiah and Margaret ( Wood) Aken, and of their union were born two children : Ruth Elizabeth, who died November 15, 1904, aged six years and eight months ; and Paul Aken White. Mr. White is politically a Democrat and has served on the town council. He is fraternally a Knight of the Golden Eagle
JONATHAN C. HARRISON, a prominent resident of Smithfield, 0., formerly postmaster, and one of the surviving veterans of the great Civil War, has been a resident of Jefferson County since 1845. He was born in Washington County, Ohio, December 28, 1843, and is a son of George and Ruth (Hall) Harrison.
George Harrison was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, his parents having been early settlers on Piney Fork. He followed mining as an occupation and died in the western country in 1853. He married Ruth Mall, who was born in Maryland in 1808, lived in New Alexandria, and died at Smithfield, 0., after she had passed her ninety-eighth birthday. Five of the children born to George and Ruth Harrison survived infancy, namely : Sallie, who married Samuel Wolfe, and is now deceased ; William, who served in the Civil War as a member of Company B, 52nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Jonathan Clay, George and David.
Jonathan Clay Harrison was two years old when his. parents located near Smithfield and he was kept pretty busy on the home farm from his ninth until his eighteenth year, having but few educational advantages. In 1862 he entered the army, be- coming a member of Company B, 52nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served with marked bravery for two years under that gallant Ohio soldier, Daniel McCook. On May 11, 1864, while on the march to Atlanta, Mr. Harrison received a severe wound which resulted in the loss of his right arm. He has never forgotten the hospital in which he was treated, the old First Presbyterian Church, at Nashville, Tenn., and in 1909 he visited the place in company with his wife. Fanned gently by the soft southern breeze it presented a peaceful and almost holy scene, with nothing to recall the painful memories of the former days of fratricidal strife. Mr. Harrison saw hard
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service in the war, participating in such battles as Perryville, Chickamauga and Mission Ridge, and, although but a boy in years, he soon became a .veteran in valor and soldierly experience. He was mustered out at Columbus, 0., in September, 1864. He is a member of Daniel McCook Post, G. A. R., and is much interested in Grand Army affairs.
After the close of his military service, Mr. Harrison came back to Smithfield, but in a short time went to Harrison County, where he remained for a year and six months. He then began to teach school, in Morgan County, and it was while so engaged that he was first appointed postmaster at Smithfield, an office he held from March, 1869, for seventeen consecutive years. During the administration of Prestident Cleveland he was supplanted by a Democrat, and during this time he conducted a printing office and issued the Smithfield Times. When President Harrison was elected and the administration was again Republican, Mr. Harrison was reappointed postmaster and served over four years, having been in that office for over twentytone years. After retiring he went into dealing in real estate and has handled his own and other property. He bought a field on Rush Run Avenue, on which he has erected three houses, also a residence for himself and two others which he has under rental. Since 1877 he has been a notary public. He has shown much public spirit and in every way is a representative citizen.
Mr. Harrison was married September 3, 1868. to to Miss Elizabeth Hatton, of Cadiz, 0., who died in 1890. Three children survived her, Herbert J., James P., and Walter, all of whom are married. On September 10, 1891, Mr. Harrison married for his second wife, Miss Nannie E. Garrett, a daughter of William Garrett, now deceased. Mr. Harrison has been a Republican ever since he became a voter. He has frequently been urged to run for office and when he was his party's candidate for county treasurer, he carried every precinct outside of Steubenville, this being a pretty good test of his popularity. Mr. Harrison is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
F. H. CALLANDER, proprietor of the State Dye Works, the leading dyeing and cleaning establishment of Steubenville, 0., has been a resident here since February, 1903. He was born in Clinton, Ontario, Canada, in 1880, and received his education in the schools there. Mr. Callander was in the insurance business for one year, then engaged in the dyeing and cleaning business at Marietta, 0., a business he has followed ever since. In 1903 he established the State Dye Works in Steubenville, at Nos. 200-204 Market Street, and enjoys a liberal patronage of the people. Mr. Callander was married in 1902 to Miss Blanche Ogle, of Marietta, 0. Religiously, they are members of the Hamline M. E. Church and he serves on the official board. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and also of the Chamber of Commerce of Steubenville.
JOHN WESLEY BOYD, who carries on general farming with very satisfactory results, in Ross Township, owning eighty acres of good land situated in Section 16, was born in East Springfield, Salem Township, May 28, 1859, and is a son of James M. and Mary (Loe) Boyd.
James M. Boyd was born in Tyler County, W. Va. He married a daughter of Robert Loe, of Ross Township, and they settled at Circle Green, in Springfield Township, but at the time of their death they were residents of East Springfield, where they had lived many years. He was a tanner by trade and conducted a tannery at East Springfield until his retirement from industrial activity. He died at the age of eighty years, his wife having passed away many years before him. They were worthy members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They had four children, namely : Richard Thomas, who lives at Savannah, 0., and is a minister of the Congregational
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Church; Nancy Jane (Berrier), who is deceased; Mary Estella (Randle), who lives at East Liverpool, 0. ; and John Wesley, whose name appears at the head of this sketch.
John Wesley Boyd obtained his education in the Elliott schoolhouse in Ross Township and afterward began to assist his uncle, John Gregg, on the farm in that township. When ready to take charge of land of his own he had the practical knowledge of agriculture necessary to ensure success. In 1890 he purchased his present place from John B. Saltsman and he has made a great many improvements, and erected all the buildings now standing.
Mr. Boyd married Miss Margaret J. Coal, of Island Creek Township, who died March 21, 1905, and was buried at East Springfield. She was an admirable woman in every way, a devoted wife and mother and a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Beside her husband, four children survive : John Gregg, who is married and resides in Island Creek Township ; Alice G., who is the wife of William Black, and lives at Richmond ; and Lillian Grace and Nannie Myrtle, both residing at home. Mr. Boyd is a leading member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Pravo. He has been a life-long Republican and for two years served as road supervisor in his township.
JOHN S. BATES, a highly respected citizen of Steubenville, 0., now living retired from business activity, has resided in this city all his life, with the exception of several years in California, during the period of the gold excitement. He was born August 10, 1833, and is a son of John S. and Sarah (Beany) Bates, both of whom were born in England and were married after coming to Steubenville. The subject of this sketch was the youngest of four children born to his parents and was less than a year old when his father died in 1834.
John S. Bates was variously employed in early life and for a time worked at the trade of a brick mason. He also followed teaming and when about twenty years of age went. overland to California with stock. He remained there and engaged in teaming about four years, finding the work very profitable. Upon his return to Steubenville he engaged in the coal and teaming business, at which he continued during the most of his active business life. He is now living in retirement in Steubenville.
On March 11, 1862, Mr. Bates was married to Miss Ann J. Moore and they became parents of six children, five of whom are living, namely : Georgia, wife of George Carlyle, of Portsmouth, 0. ; John 0., a contractor of Steubenville ; Lettie, wife of Charles Grove, of Philadelphia; Harry M., also a prominent contractor of Steubenville ; and Lizzie, wife of Clarence Williams, of Steubenville. Mrs. Bates is deceased.
THOMAS TICHIELL JONES, a veteran of the Civil War and owner of 127 acres of fine farm land in Warren Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, was born October 27, 1838, on his present farm, and is a son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Bucey) Jones.
Stephen Jones, father of our subject, was born in Maryland and was the eldest of four sons and two daughters born to his parents, Charles and Mary Jones. In 1809 he came froth Maryland to Jefferson County with his parents, who first settled near Steubenville, 0. In 1819 the family located on our subject's present farm in Warren Township, where the parents both died. The father owned 235 acres of land in this township and in 1821 the entire road and personal tax on it only amounted to $2.10. Stephen Jones was reared here on the farm which he subsequently inherited with his brother, William, whose interest in the same he later bought, and here he spent his entire life engaged in agricultural pursuits. Stephen married Elizabeth Bucey, who died in 1866 aged sixty-six years, and to them were born the following children : Charles, deceased ; William L.,
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deceased; John W., who lives in Iowa ; Mary, deceased ; Eliza, deceased ; and Thomas T., the subject of this sketch. Stephen Jones passed out of this life in 1873.
Thomas T. Jones was reared in the old hewn log house on his present farm, attended the log school of this district, and assisted in clearing the farm. In 1862 he enlisted for ninety days in the army, in Company F, 84th Ohio Regiment, under Captain Orth and was stationed at Cumberland, Md. In 1863 the militia of Ohio was organized and he was elected captain of a company in Warren Township and duly commissioned by Governor Tod. The commissioned and non-commissioned officers of the state were ordered into camp for a week's drill and he went to Newark with those from the eastern companies and went through the evolutions which terminated in the review by the governor. Mr. Jones was a member of the Union League during the years of the Civil War, a secret organization composed of loyal men of the country and designed to strengthen the government and perpetuate the American Union.
Mr. Jones has always followed general farming on the home place, which he obtained by rill from his father. He was married September 19, 1869, to Catherine Rigg, who was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, and is a daughter of Elial Rigg, who died in Washington County, Ohio. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Jones ; Fred M., a resident of Canton, 0., who married Pearl West and has four children, Harry, Paul, Virginia and Drexel ; May, Ella, Mildred, and Helen. Mr. Jones is a member of the G. A. R., and is identified with the Republican party in politics.
J. D. NESBITT, manager of the Steubenville Ice Company at Steubenville, 0., where he has resided for nine years and in the meanwhile identified himself with various interests of the city, was born at Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1859, and was ten years old when his parents moved to Kittanning and he attended school in both cities.
Mr. Nesbitt later served out an apprenticeship to the machinist's trade with the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company and worked as a machinist for eighteen years with that concern and then went into business for himself, establishing the Nesbitt Foundry and Machine Company, at New Kensington, Pa. He continued the operation of his foundry there for sonic time and then sold and returned to Pittsburgh and became connected with the Liberty Market and Ice and Cold Storage Company. On first coming to Steubenville he took charge of the Ohio Valley Ice and Storage Company, which he conducted for two years, for two years more was in charge of a plant at Sharpsburg, Pa., later operated a plant at Toronto, 0., for two years and then had charge of the plant of F. Schunk & Co., at Wheeling. That position he resigned on April 1, 1909, and, in association with other men of capital, organized the Steubenville Ice Company, and they built their modern plant at Steubentville, of which Mr. Nesbitt has had charge ever since. He is a man of experience in this line and understands every detail connected with the ice industry.
Mr. Nesbitt was married in 1881, to Miss Jessie B. Spencer, of Kittaning, and they have two surviving children : Margaret M., who is the wife of C. W. Mathias ; and Alberta S., who resides with her parents.. Mr. Nesbitt and family attend the Hamlinr Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a Knight Templar Mason.
WILLIAM T. DALRYMPLE, who is the owner and proprietor of a hotel at New Alexandria, Jefferson County, Ohio, is also the owner of a valuable farm of 166 acres, which lies in Wells Township. He was born in that township March 6, 1848, and the old log cabin still stands there. He is a son of Ira and Rebecca (Todd) Dalrymple.
Ira Dalrymple was a native of Ohio and passed the larger part of his life engaged
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in agricultural pursuits in Wells Township. In his early voting days he gave support to the Whig party but later became a Republican. He married Rebecca Todd, who was born in Pennsylvania, and they both now rest in the New Alexandria cemetery. They were members of the Methodist Protestant Church. Their children were as follows : Ellis, who is employed in the Pension Department at Washington, D. C., was a soldier in the Civil War, a member of the 52nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry ; Mary Ellen, who married William Hillyer, and lives at Freeport, Harrison County, Ohio ; William T.; John H., who is in the insurance business and resides in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania ; Isabel, who married Oliver Kirk ; Ida ; Fremont, who resides at Mingo Junction ; George, who resides on the home farm in Wells Township ; and Grant, who is in the insurance business at Steubenville.
William T. Dalrymple obtained his education in the common schools and the Normal School at Oakdale, where he spent one term, after which he assisted his father on the home place until he was twenty-one years of age. He was then married and in 1869 rented a part of the home farm with the intention of cultivating that for himself but very shortly afterward his father was accidentally killed and the whole estate was then divided. Mr. Dalrymple, with his brother Ellis, then purchased the shares of their sisters and he continued to live on the farm until October 1, 1893, when he came to New Alexandria and took charge of the Jefferson Hotel, which he has successfully conducted ever since.
Mr. Dalrymple was married in 1868 to Julia Ann Bruney, and they had the following children : Walter ; Nancy R., wife of Seymour Graham ; Wilbur ; Louise, wife of Oscar Hooper ; Harry, deceased ; and Elda. Mr. Dalrymple subsequently married Martha McDewitt and the following children were born to this marriage : Grover ; Ada, wife of Ira Briscoe ; Elizabeth ; and Olive and Paul. Mr. Dalrymple was married for the third time to Susan McDewitt, a sister to his second wife, and they have one son, Stanley I. Mr. Dalrymple and family belong to the Methodist Protestant Church. He is a Republican and has been a leading member of his party in this section, serving for several years as trustee in Wells Township and at present is a member of the school board and treasurer of the village. He is one of the older members of Wildwood Lodge, No. 590, at New Alexandria, having united with the Odd Fellows in June, 1874.
W. B. DONALDSON, one of Steubenville's retired capitalists, residing at No. 332 North Fourth Street, for many years was prominently identified with large business interests at Steubenville and other places. He was born at Steubenville, 0., in 1837, and is a son of W. Donaldson. The latter was born in Ireland and came to Steubenville in 1830. He engaged in farming and in the hotel business but died at Baltimore, Md., when aged forty-five years.
W. B. Donaldson obtained his education in the schools of his native city. When nineteen years old he went to California, by way of the Isthmus of Panama, and engaged in mining. He remained three years in the West, returning to Steubenville in 1859. During the Civil War he was appointed superintendent of the transportation department at Washington, and later he was in the service of the Government as an inspector of horses, first at Boston, and at the close of the war in New York, ranking No. 3 among the inspectors. In 1870 he made a second visit to California, purchasing a large farm, but returned in the same year to Steubenville and then to New York, where he accepted the position of superintendent for the New York Transfer Company, continuing there for seven years. Mr. Donaldson again came back to his native place and invested here, building the Steubenville Pottery Works and founding an important industry of which he remained president and general manager for twenty years. Since that time he has been released from business cares. He spends