950 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY the Board of Public Affairs for seven years, and has ,lent his support to all measures for the general welfare. He is a member of the Stanton Monument Association. Mr. Francy married Miss Lizzie L. Saltzman, and they have four children: Macy J., who is the wife of B. J. Foyle ; Clark W., who is a graduate of the School of Applied Science at Cleveland, Ohio Elmer N., who is a student in the same school; and Ralph H. Mr. Franey is identified with the Knights of Pythias and the Masons. In the latter fraternity he is a Knight Templar and has also attained the thirty-second degree, and is treasurer of the Consistory at Steubenville.   J. A. SAULTERS, who has been a resident of Steubenville for the past forty-one years, is superintendent of the water works and was born October 28, 1860, in Meigs County, Ohio, a son of Samuel Saulters, a carpenter by trade, whose death resulted from a boiler explosion in a saw-mill where he was employed as head sawyer. J. A. Saulters was about eight years of age when his parents came to Steubenville, and after a common school education he learned the blacksmith's trade, serving an apprenticeship in the old railroad shops. He then spent a year and a, half in the Dennison Railroad shops, eight years in the Means Foundry and Machine Shop, and was then employed sixteen years in the glass works operated by Gill Brothers. For the past two years Mr. Saulters has been vice-president of the Board of Public Service of Steubenville, and is now superintendent of the Steubenville Water Works. Mr. Saulters was married November 10, 1881, to Lida Myers, and they have one son and 'two daughters, namely: Harry A., who is engaged in the grocery business at Steubenville, Ohio : Eva, the wife of Robert B. Maxwell, of Steubenville; and Bessie F., who is attending the local schools of Steubenville. Mr. Saulters attends the First Methodist Episcopal Church and is fraternally a member of the Steubenville Lodge, No. 1, Knights of Pythias, having served the past eleven years as Master of Finance and Keeper of Records and Seal. ABRAHAM J. HOBSON, a retired farmer and highly respected citizen of Richmond, Ohio, was born December 18, 1824, in Stark County, Ohio, and. is a son of Joseph and Rebecca (Talbott) Hobson. The father was born in York County, Pa., and died in 1828 in Stark County, Ohio. He Married Rebecca Talbott, a native of Maryland and a daughter of John Talbott. She had crossed the mountains twice from Maryland, and on her second trip back to Maryland, Joseph Talbott accompanied her home, their marriage occurring shortly afterward, on May 14, 1784. They resided one year in Claylick, Jefferson County, Ohio, and then moved to Stark County, where the following children were born : William, Mary A., John, Joseph, Elizabeth, Benjamin, and Abraham. After the death of our subject's father, the mother removed to Salem Township. Jefferson County, Ohio, where several years later she married Charles Coffin, who was the father of children by a former marriage. Abraham J. Hobson attended the schools of Richmond, and Richmond College and resided with his mother until the time of her death at the age of seventy-six years. She was buried at the Friends' Cemetery, two miles south of Richmond. After his marriage he resided on a farm until 1905, since which time he has been living in retirement at Richmond. He married Anna Watson Griste, the widow of Elmer Griste and a daughter of Joseph Watson. No children were born of their union. Upon the death of his sister, Mary Anne Watson, at her request, he took her two children to rear, namely : Oliver J., and Emma. Oliver J. Watson, was six months old when his mother died. He is a graduate of Richmond College, and at present has charge of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Evans City, Pa. He married Amanda Patterson of Columbiana County, Ohio, AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 951 and they have two children : Elizabeth and Lee. Emma Watson, who was six years old when her mother died, was educated in the schools of Richmond and at Richmond College, and is now housekeeper for her uncle, Abraham J. Hobson. Mrs. Hobson died in 1890 and was buried at the Friends' Cemetery near Richmond. Mr. Hobson is a Republican in politics, and his religious connection is with the Friends' Church, at Smithfield, Ohio. ELLIS MOORE, one of Wayne Township's substantial men and retired farmers, who has been a resident of Bloomfield since the fall of 1907, still retains the ownership of two valuable farms in this township, one of which contains 180 acres and the other, eighty acres, and for many years he devoted this 260 acres to farming and stock raising under his personal supervision. He was born in Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, January 25, 1843, and is a son of Edward and Amelia (Parks) Moore. Edward Moore was a son of Thomas Moore, a native of Ireland, with whom he came to Jefferson County in boyhood and they located in Wayne Township, where both spent the remainder of their lives. Edward Moore married Amelia Parks and three of their children are living, namely: Mary B., who is the widow of Samuel Bell, lives in Wayne Township ; Sarah J., who is the widow of Robert Bell, also lives in Wayne Township ; and Ellis, of Bloomfield. Ellis Moore attended the district schools in his boyhood and has been interested in agricultural pursuits all his life. He received the early farm training that taught him the best methods of cultivating his land and through observation and experiment he found out for himself how to make stock raising a profitable industry. Such men as Mr. Moore are never heard to complain of poor seasons, worn out land or failure in their calculations. On August 28, 1868, Mr. Moore was married to Miss Martha M. Naylor, who was born in Smithfield Township, Jefferson County, a daughter of Charles Naylor, who was once a well known resident of Wayne Township. Mr. Moore was called on to bear the loss of his estimable wife, in December, 1907. She had long been a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Bloomfield. Two children survive, namely : Charles Albert, who is serving in the office of township clerk of Wayne Township ; and Ora A., who resides with her father. Charles A. Moore was married to Mary L. Parks, and they have two sons living : Harold A.; and Arthur E. They also reside in Bloomfield. In politics, Ellis Moore has always been identified with the Democratic party, as was his late father. JOHN H. PAISLEY, who was for a number of years engaged in business in Toronto, Jefferson County, Ohio, as a funeral director and embalmer, came to this place in 1882 and at the time of his death was serving his fourth term as Justice of the Peace. A man of recognized ability and standing in the community, he was widely known, and esteemed. Mr. Paisley was born in Knoxville, Jefferson County, Ohio, in December, 1858, and was a son of James and Margaret (Alexander) Paisley. His father, a cabinet-maker by trade, was also engaged in the undertaking business. James Paisley died in 1878 and was survived many years by his widow, who passed away in June, 1908, in the eighty-third year of her age. John H. Paisley was reared in Knoxville and learned the undertaking business under his father. He had a well equipped establishment, keeping white and black 'funeral ears, an ambulance and the other accessories used in his business. He was a Republican in his political views and formerly served two terms as mayor Of Toronto, giving the city a good businesslike administration which met with the approval of the people. His death occurred May 20, 1910, and he was buried May 24, 1910, from the Presbyterian Church, the 952 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY Masons having charge of the funeral. Mr. Paisley first married Miss Ella Pope, who died, leaving two children, Lucile and Beatrice. He formed a second union with Margaret Williamson and they had three daughters, Fay, Madge and Pauline; all now living. Mr. Paisley belonged fraternally to the Masons and the Knights of Pythias. GEORGE FLOTO, whose death occurred December 22, 1908, was a prosperous and public spirited business man of Steubenville, 0., for many years. He had many acquaintances and was held in highest esteem by every one with whom he was brought in contact, whether in a business or social way. George Floto was born in Germany in 1845 and hence was a young man when he came to the United States in 1865. He located in Steubenville and went to work in a bakery, having ,learned the trade of a baker in his native country. He became the leading baker of the city and continued active in that business until some seven years prior to his death, when he retired from business activity owing to failing health. He was ever a hard working and industrious man and the strain on his constitution in time proved too great, and though his retirement gave him a much needed rest he could not recover the lost ground and continued to fail until his death in 1908. He was a progressive man and was ever ready to do his full share in any enterprise inaugurated for the betterment of the city and its people. He was a member of the Zion German Lutheran Church, to which his family also belongs. In 1869 Mr. Floto was married to Miss Louisa Klages, who was born in Germany and was seventeen years of age when she came to America. Five children were born to them and are now living, namely : Louis C. Mrs. Elizabeth Floto Boyd, a widow residing with her mother ; Emma, wife of G. A. Gescheider, a prominent citizen of Steubenville; Lena Floto Findt, wife of Henly Findt, residing on Sixth Avenue, Steubenville ; and Minnie, who resides with her mother. JAMES B. McCULLOUGH, M. D., deceased, an old and eminent physician of Steubenville, who had been engaged in the active practice of his profession in this city for thirty-five years, was a native of Ohio, and was, born in Harrison County, June 22, 1832. His parents were Joseph and Sarah (Lyons) McCullough. The McCulloughs came from the Scottish Highlands and settled in Beaver County, Pa., removing from there in 1812 to Harrison County, Ohio. The grandfather of Dr. McCullough was then a youth of seventeen years. He applied himself to the law, became a prominent member of the bar and subsequently the first circuit judge of Southeastern Ohio. When fifteen years of age, James B. McCullough became a student at Franklin College, West Athens, Ohio, where he remained through his junior year. Haying then decided to adopt medicine as his profession, he began his preparatory reading and during this time paid his own expenses by teaching school. Later he entered the Cleveland Medical College, where he was graduated in 1853. For ten years following his graduation, Dr. McCullough was engaged in practice at Franklin, in Harrison County. The next decade was spent at Carrolton, Carroll County, and in 1873, Dr. McCullough came to Steubenville. Here he occupied a position no other practitioner could fill, his long and intimate connection with the people giving him this distinction, his mere presence in many homes having health-giving properties, so entire was the confidence felt in him. He died September 18, 1897. In later years, his son, Dr. Joseph A. McCullough was associated with him. On October 5, 1854, Dr. James B. McCullough was married to Miss Martha M. Megaw, who was born in Harrison County, Ohio, a daughter of James and Elizabeth (Gault) Megaw. Two sons were born to this marriage: Joseph A., and James V. Net AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 955 The former was associated with his father and the latter is the senior member of the mercantile firm of McCullough & McComb, and resides at No. 507 North Fourth Street. Dr. McCullough was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Dr. Joseph A. McCullough was born in Harrison County, Ohio, December 14, 1857. When only seventeen years of age he graduated from the Massillon High School, later studied both pharmacy and medicine, and in the fall of 1878, was graduated from the Cleveland Medical College. For eighteen months he served as resident physician and surgeon in the Cleveland City Hospital, and took a post-graduate course in London, in 1897, since when he has been established at Steubenville. He a member of numerous medical organizations and scientific bodies. He was married in October, 1885, to Miss Mary Beatty, and their handsome residence is situated at No. 842 North Fourth Street, Steubenville. PHILIP A. WALKER, M. D., will long be remembered in Jefferson County, Ohio, as one whose life was full of beneficence, devoted as it was almost entirely to the science of medicine in its practical application to the alleviation of suffering. In 1880 he became a resident of Steubenville and almost the whole period of his professional life was passed in this county. He was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, November 10, 1826, and his death occurred at Steubenville, in January, 1902. The parents of Dr. Walker came from Maryland to Ohio at an early date in the settlement of Tuscarawas County. He was reared on his father's farm and enjoyed better educational opportunities than many country-bred youths, as his father, Thomas Walker, was a schoolteacher. From his father the young man received encouragement, and in 1849 he began the study of medicine, his reading being done according to the common practice of that day, in the office of a reputable physician, where he had access to a medical library. He re- mained for three years with Dr. G. D. Hamilton, of Knoxville, Jefferson County, and then established himself on a farm in Island Creek Township and commenced practice among his neighbors. During several winters following, he attended medical lectures at the Cleveland Medical College and then went to Toronto, Ohio, for several years. In 1880, he opened his office at Steubenville, and in this wider field easily advanced to the front rank in his profession. He possessed all the requirements of a successful man of medicine and his many years of practice enabled him to unerringly discover the ailments of his patients. By them he was not only valued and respected but was universally beloved. He was a life long member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Dr. Walker was married in 1851, to Miss Amanda E. Robertson. Her parents were Andrew and Julia (Alexander) Robertson, people of Scotch extraction and old residents of Island Creek Township, where she was born in 1832. Dr. and Mrs. Walker became the parents of nine children, namely : Julia A., Leonidas H., Andrew A., James, William S.. Thomas W., Emma B., Eva R., and Ernest. Among the survivors of this family are two very prominent citizens of Steubenville, William S., and Thomas W. W. S. is engaged in a wholesale notion business in this city. Dr. Thomas W. Walker was graduated in 1889 from the medical depaytment of the Western Reserve University at Cleveland, and later served as an interne at St. Vincent Hospital in that city, then one year in European hospitals, subsequently locating at Steubenville. His office is at No. 121 North Fourth Street, and his home at No. 812 North Fifth Street, Steubenville. ROBERT L. GLENN, a prominent farmer of Saline Township, whose improved farm of 103 acres is mainly devoted to farming and fruit growing, has owned and occupied this fine property for the past thirty-one years. He was born 956 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY near Port Homer, Jefferson County, Ohio, April 17, 1854, and is a son of George and Caroline (Abrahams) Glenn. The father of Mr. Glenn was born in -Washington County, Pa., in 1821 and was five years old when his parents settled near New Somerset, Jefferson County, Ohio. He married Caroline Abrahams, who was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, October 8, 1826, and died July 3, 1901. George Glenn died at Wellsville, in December, 1909. He was a well known and much esteemed man, for many years being a very active mem-ber of the Sugar Grove Methodist Episco-pal Church. At one time he -was a very large holder of land in the county. Of the seven children of George Glenn and wife, Robert L. was the fourth in order of birth. Robert L. Glenn attended school at Hol-low Rock and Port Homer, leaving his books when eighteen years of age to begin steady work on the farm. After his mar-riage, in February, 1878, he settled on the place on which his brother, William Glenn, now lives, but one year later, in April, 1879, moved to the farm on which he has since resided, renting it for several years but later purchasing it. Mr. Glenn takes much pride in his beautiful farm and at-tractive surroundings, to which the com-pletion of his handsome, modern residence has added. -He is a capable farmer and succeeds equally well as a horticulturist, as his bountiful orchards give testimony. Mr. Glenn married a daughter of An-drew and Susan (Starkey) Downer of old county pioneer stock, and her father, now in his seventy-fifth year, resides at Wellsville. The mother died November 27, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn have had six children, as follows : George Howard, who is an engineer on the C. & P. Railroad, residing at Wellsville, married Amanda Runion and they have three children—George Robert, Margaret and Anna; Charles Edgar, who was a veteran of the Spanish-American War, was killed while performing. his duties. as fireman on the railroad; Wilbert Carl, who lives on a farm near New Somerset, married Cora Hawthorne and they have four children—William Robert, Florence, Charles and Oliver; Roy C., who works in the oil fields at Knoxville, married Pearl Graham; Harry, who is in business at Enterprise, Ohio, married Alice Martin and they have one child, Blanche; and an unnamed infant that did not sur-vive. In politics, Mr. Glenn is a Democrat and a leading one in this section. For the past fifteen years he has served as a trustee of Saline Township and has also been a member of the school board for many years. He is a member of Jenkins Lodge, No. 471, F. & A. M., Irondale. ALLEN M. WATSON, a progressive agriculturist of Springfield Township, Jefferson County, owning 186 acres, two miles south of Amsterdam; sixty-three acres, one mile southwest of that village, and also some valuable property in the village, was born in Springfield Township, this county, October 22, 1852, a son of Rev. John and Eliza (Buchanan) Watson. Rev. John Watson, born in County Ty-rone, Ireland, in 1810, came to the United States in his eighteenth year; graduating from New Brunswick, N. J. College, he entered the ministry. For several years he was pastor of the church at Flat Bush, N. Y. He then came to Ohio and located on the farm on which Allen M. Watson was born, but used this farm merely as his home, not doing any farm work, but devot-ing his time to ministerial duties in the churches of Harlem Springs and Bloom-field, Ohio, being their pastor for almost twenty years, until his death in 1865. In New York he was married to Eliza Buchanan, the daughter . of Andrew Bu-chanan, and to this union were born the following children: William B., a Baptist minister, who was pastor of the Baptist Church at Pontiac, Ill., where he died in his thirtieth year, and is buried in the Pon-tiac cemetery; John J., an attorney at law, at present residing at Amsterdam; Robert A., who is a Presbyterian minister of Col-umbus, Ohio ; Allen M., whose name begins this sketch, and Joseph A., who had nearly AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 957 completed his course as a physician, when he died, in 1878. Rev. John Watson died in April, 1865, in the fifty-fifth year of his age his wife survived him thirty-three years, dying April, 1898. They are buried in Harlem Springs cemetery. Mr. Watson was a Democrat, but paid little attention to politics. He was, however, a great admirer and strong supporter of Geo. B. McClellan. Allen M. Watson secured his education in the district schools, Harlem Springs and Scio Colleges. He subsequently began farming and stock dealing in which he has successfully continued to the present time. Mr. Watson's land lays within half a mile of the Y. and O. Coal Company's mine, to which he sold his coal for quite a sum. He has remodeled the house, planted a great many choice fruit trees and done much to improve the property. On October 25, 1883, Mr. Watson was married to Addie Shepherd, daughter of John and Mary (Smith) Shepherd, and three chil dren have been born to this union : William J., Mary A., and an infant which died, February 24, 1888, and was buried in the Amsterdam cemetery. Mr. Watson attends the Presbyterian Church, his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a Democrat in politics, has served as township clerk, trustee, and member of board of education for over fourteen years and at present is central committeeman of his party. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN POWERS, whose well stocked and valuable farm of 200 acres of land is situated in Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, is one of the representative agriculturists of this section. He was born in Medina County, Ohio, August 18, 1869, and is a son of Isaac S. and Cornelia (Parmenter) Powers, natives of New York State, who lived for some years in Medina County, Ohio. Benjamin F. Powers was six years old when his mother died, on November 12, 1875, and then, with other members of the family, moved to Barnesville, Ohio, where he attended school and remained until he was sixteen years of age, when the family removed to St. Clairsville, where the father died, September 5, 1897. Mr. Powers spent some time at Steubenville and then took a commercial course in Buchanan's Business Institute, located at Hopedale, after which he returned to St. Clairsville, where he was in the insurance business with his father for two year,§, under the firm name of Isaac S. Powers Insurance Company. From there he went to Cadiz, Ohio, and became interested in farming and stock raising for a short time, but later went to Hopedale for several years and while there was elected mayor of the village. From Hopedale, Mr. Powers came to his present estate in Wayne Township, where he is engaged in farming and stock raising, making a specialty of horses. At Hopedale, on September 12, 1891, Mr. Powers was married to Miss Kiska M. Bell, who was born in Wayne Township, Jefferson County, a daughter of the late Alexander P. Bell. Two daughters were born to them : Kiska M. and. Cornelia S. Mrs. Powers was called from earth on December 23, 1901. She had not only endeared her own family to her but the whole neighborhood; and their sympathy was deep and sincere. Mr. Powers and family are members of the Hopedale Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he is a Republican and he has served for two years as a member of the township school board. WILLIAM HENRY POOLE, postmaster and one of the representative citizens of Brilliant, Ohio, has been a resident here for the past thirty-five years and was born October 18, 1856, at Carrolltown, Ohio, a son of Dr. William H. and Sarah (Albaugh) Poole, both natives of Maryland. Dr. William H. Poole was born about seventeen miles from Baltimore, where he was reared. After graduating from the Baltimore Medical College he came to Carroll County, Ohio, and embarked in the practice of medicine at Carrolltown, An- 958 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY napolis, Ohio, New Jefferson, Ohio, and Salineville, Ohio, successively. He subsequently removed with his family to Brilliant, Ohio, where he continued in the practice of his profession for many years. He was married in Carrolltown, Ohio, to Sarah Albaugh, and to them were born three children: Alice, who is the wife of W. H. Haines; William Henry, the subject of this record; and Catherine. William H. Poole spent his early boyhood days at Carrolltown, Annapolis, Ohio, and New Jefferson, Ohio, and when nineteen years of age came with his parents to Brilliant, where he was reared and has lived continuously since. He was for twelve years employed in the mines, beginning as a laborer and worked up through the various positions, including that of engineer, superintendent, etc. He subsequently engaged in the real estate and fire insurance business and was instrumental in closing some important contracts for coal lands. In April, 1897, he was appointed postmaster at Brilliant, Ohio, and has since served continuously in that capacity. He and his sister Catherine also operate a general store in connection with the postoffice. Mr. Poole is identified with the Republican party in politics, and has served six years as village clerk, six years as councilman, two terms as mayor of the village, and was for twenty-seven years a member of the board of education, from which office he retired January 1, 1910. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. of Brilliant. JOHN G. WANENMACHER, who is a director of the Miners and Mechanics Bank of Steubenville, Ohio, also deals extensively in real estate and general insurance, and is one of the substantial business men of the city. He was born in January, 1872, i in Steubenville, Ohio, and is a son of Joseph Wanenmacher (deceased), a native of Germany and a tanner by trade, who during his later years carried on an extensive real estate business at Steubenville, Ohio, where he located in 1854. John G. Wanenmacher grew to manhood in Steubenville, where he secured a common school education. At an early age he entered the Sumner Glass House, with which concern he was identified about six or seven years. He then worked about thirteen years for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, since which time he has been engaged in the real estate and general insurance business. He is a member of the board of directors of the Miners and Mechanics Bank of Steubenville, a member of the Second Presbyterian Church, being secretary and treasurer of the Sunday school, and is also an active member of the Y. M. C. A. of Steubenville. In 1901, Mr. Wanenmacher married Mary Melchny, who was born and reared in Steubenville, Ohio, and they have had three children, Joseph M., George F., and John W. RUDOLPH VON MURALT, M. D. proprietor of a drug store at Tiltonville, O., where he has been a resident since December, 1875, was born October 10, 1846, in Hessen, Germany, and is a son of Alexander and Johanna Von Muralt, both of whom were born and died in Germany. Dr. Von Muralt was reared and educated in .his native country and attended the University at Giessen. He there studied both medicine and pharmacy, and speaks several languages. In 1868, he came to America and located at Pittsburgh, where he practiced medicine and followed the drug business for four years. He then spent a short time in Wheeling, W. Va., and in 1875 came to Tiltonville, where for a time he practiced medicine, but subsequently opened a drug store, to which he has since devoted his entire time. Dr. Von Muralt was married December 28, 1876, to Mary J. Spencer, and of their union have been born three children : Robert, who died aged sixteen years ; Lucy, who married R. B. Weitershausen and has one son, Rudolph ; and Marie A., who graduated with the class of 1909 from the Martin's Ferry High School, and now teaches AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 961 at Tiltonville. In politics, Dr. Von Muralt is a Democrat and served as the first mayor of Tiltonville. He has also served as town clerk and clerk of the school board, and is at present a member of the town council. His fraternal connection is with the I. O. O. F., Union Lodge No. 12, of Rayland, O. HON. JOHN L. MEANS, the present Republican nominee for County Auditor, who ably represented Jefferson County in the Ohio State Legislature for two terms, is one of Steubenville's representative citizens and has long been identified with her business as well as her public interests. He was born at Steubenville in 1870 and after completing his education, entered his father's office in the Means foundry. He remained in the foundry business for fourteen years, after which he engaged in the real estate business for some time and for the past four years has been in the employ of the River Sand Company, in the accounting and sales departments. Since early manhood, Mr. Means has been interested in public affairs and on account of his business integrity and his recognition of the duties of good citizenship, has held high place in the confidence of his friends and of those who work for good government and civic uplift. At the time he was elected to the legislature, he was serving efficiently as a member of the city council. He takes a great deal of interest in the Y. M. C. A. and is a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. He is a Mason, belonging to the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery, and also to Aladdin Temple of the Shrine at Columbus. He is identified also with Steuben Lodge No. 1. Knights of Pythias, the Red Men, the Knights of the Golden Eagle, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Protective Home Circle and Order of Ben Hur. PROF. HARRY M. CARPENTER, principal of the Grant School, at Steubenville, Ohio, and an active and enterprising citizen of Jefferson County, was born in Cross Creek Township, in 1878, and is a son of Daniel Oscar Carpenter. The Carpenter family is numbered with the pioneer families of Jefferson County, with the development of which it has had much to do. The father of Prof. Carpenter was born in Wells Township, Jefferson County, in 1850, and for years has been a substantial farmer in Cross Creek Township. After completing the common school course in Cross Creek Township, Harry M. Carpenter entered Scio College and has successfully followed the profession of teacher. for some years. He is favorably known as an educator all over the county and at different places has served as principal—three years at New Alexander, two years at Brilliant, six years at Mingo Junction schools, and for the past two years has been the most acceptable principal that the Grant School has ever had. This school is located on the corner of South Fourth and South Streets and is an important educational center of the city. Prof. Carpenter is a member of the State Teachers' Association; the Jefferson County and also the Eastern Ohio Teachers' Associations. He has not confined his activities entirely to his profession, having been active also in public affairs and is a member of the county board of elections. He received the nomination for county recorder at the Republican primaries May 17, 1910, which means his election in Jefferson County. Since 1907 he has been president of the county board of school examiners. In 1906, Prof. Carpenter was married to Miss Anna Estella Wood, who is a daughter of Dr. W. H. Wood, of Smithfield, Ohio, and they have one daughter, Estella Gertrude. Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter are members of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he is serving on the official board and he is also a teacher in the Sunday school. He is interested in and identified with a number of fraternal organizations, including the Elks, the Masons. the Odd Fellows, the Knights of 962 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY Pythias, the Red Men, the Maccabees and the Woodmen, and he belongs also to the Grange. He has a genial manner and a pleasing personality and these combined with his mental gifts and sterling qualities, have brought him warm friends and a large measure of public esteem. GEORGE W. CHALFANT, a leading farmer and prominent citizen of Cross Creek Township, who filled the office of constable for ten years, is an honored survivor of the great Civil War, in which he served through three years and four months. He was born in Wayne. Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, October 7, 1842, and is a son of William and Sarah (Linton) Chalfant. William Chalfant was a son of William Chalfant, and for many years was a well known man in this section, conducting a blacksmith shop at Reed's Mills. In politics he was a Democrat. He married Sarah Linton, who is also deceased. Her father, Levi Linton, was one of the early settlers in this township. Of the children of William and Sarah Chalfant, George W. is the eldest, the others being Joseph, William and Hannah, all deceased; Levi; Nimrod; Josephine, who is the wife of John C. Graham; and Edward. George W. Chalfant went to school for a few years in boyhood, but when thirteen years of age secured work on a farm and farming has been his preferred occupation all his life. In 1862 he enlisted for service in the Civil War, entering Co. E, 52nd O. V. I. Few of the brave young men who entered the army at that time sacrificed more for their country than did Mr. Chalfant, to which his crutch bears silent testimony. It was at the terrible battle of Peach Tree Creek that he was shot in the left leg, which member was amputated in a field hospital at Vining Station, Ga. On account of the necessarily hasty surgical work and the lack of not only the merciful anaesthetics of modern practice, but also of the antiseptics of today, Mr. Chalfant was obliged to submit to two later opera tions. In the course of time he recovered his normal strength, married and has taken a useful part in all the activities and industries which life has demanded of him. His farm of 144 acres is a valuable property and is well managed. Mr. Chalfant is a leading member of the Republican party in this section and for five years has been township trustee. In March, 1867, Mr. Chalfant was married to Miss Mary E. Cox, who is a daughter of William and Margaret (Roush) Cox, who were natives of Pennsylvania but who came when young to Ohio. Of his first marriage Mr. Cox had three children, Michael, Amos and Mary E. He married a Mrs. Gillespie for his second wife and they had three children, Ida, wife of John Miller, and William and Sherman. Mr. Chalfant is a member of Wildwood Lodge No. 590, I. O. O. F. Mr. and Mrs. Chalfant have four children, namely: Jesse, Hallie, who is the wife of George Parsons and has two children, Mina and Paul; and Austin and Otto. The family attend the Methodist Episcopal Church. J. P. HOFFMAN, a highly respected retired farmer of Salem Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, owns 163 acres of fine land situated in Section 1, and 100 acres of this is cleared and under cultivation. He was born at St. Omer, Ind., May 10, 1839, and is a son of Alexander S. Hoffman, and a grandson of Henry Hoffman. Alexander S. Hoffman was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, but his parents were born and married in Germany. They had six children : Joseph, William, James, Henry, John and Alexander S. After coming to America and to Jefferson County, Ohio, Henry Hoffman settled on Peach Bottom Creek and for some years conducted the ferry there. Alexander S. Hoffman attended Jefferson Academy at Canonsburg and then went into business as a merchant at St. Omer, Ind., but a few years later moved to Belmont County, Ohio, and went into the furniture line at AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 963 Bellaire. When he removed from there it was to settle on a farm that he purchased near Powhatan Point, and there he passed the remainder of his life pleasantly engaged in tilling the soil. He lived to the age of seventy-five years and his wife was one year older at the time of her death and both were interred in the cemetery adjoining Two, Ridge Church, of which they were members. Mr. Hoffman married Cassandra Plummer and they had four children: J. P., Myra, Jane E. and Matilda I., the last named being the wife of William Thompson, of Harrison County, Ohio. J. P. Hoffman attended the Powhatan Point schools for awhile in his boyhood, after which he worked on the farm and then spent several years on the river. When the Civil War broke out he was one of the early volunteers from his section and became a, member of Co. A, 35th 0. Vol. Inf. He was wounded at the battle of Chickamauga and was captured by General Morgan's forces but was paroled. Subsequently he returned to his regiment and with it served until the close of the war. Many years of peace have followed but Mr. Hoffman can well remember when war and soldiery were topics on every tongue. He did his full duty in every instance and was honorably discharged. He is a member of Stanton Post, G. A. R, at Steubenville. Since the close of his. military life, Mr. Hoffman has lived on this farm, on which he has made all needed improvements and built the present residence. He is a Democrat from conviction, never having accepted any public office. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. JOHN J. DILLON, president of the city council at Steubenville, Ohio, has been identified with the Gill Brothers Glass Manufacturing concern for the past nineteen years, and has for many years been an actiye worker in the interests of labor organizations. Mr. Dillon was born in Limerick, Ireland, and at the age of seven weeks came to this country with his parents who settled in Pittsburg, where he was reared and educated. Early in life he began working in the glass works at Pittsburg, and with 'the exception of a short time, when on the mail force, has continued in that occupation, having been employed as a lamp chimney maker with Gill Brothers ,since locating in Steubenville nineteen years ago. Mr. Dillon has always taken an active interest in politics, both in Pittsburg and Steubenville, and is now serving his third term as a member of the city council, of which he is president, and was previously president pro tem during one term. He has been prominently identified with various labor organizations, having been for two years a member of the Knights of Labor and since 1883 a member of the American Flint Glass Workers Union. He has held every office in the gift of the local union, representing it at about eight national conventions, and has served three terms on the Board of National Auditors of the association. Mr. Dillon is a member of the Chamber of Commerce of Steubenville, and is fraternally affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America and the Eagles of Steubenville. In 1888 Mr. Dillon was joined in the bonds of wedlock with Elizabeth Flemming, their union resulting in five children : Blanche, Ora, John, Estella and Alma. Mr. Dillon's religious connection is with St. Peter's Catholic Church. He is an enthusiastic advocate of children's playgrounds, and an abundant supply of pure water, and in fact favors anything that will enhance the prosperity of Steubenville. F. B. DEVER, of the firm of Miller & Dever, the leading dealers in china and art work in Steubenville, has been a resident of this city for nearly thirty years. He was born in Braddock, Pa., in 1874. When six years of age Mr. Dever was brought to Steubenville where he was educated in the public schools. At an early age he went to work making nails in the 964 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY old Jefferson Iron Works, at which he continued for six years, and then in partnership with Mr. C. G. Miller, established his present business. He is a man of good business qualifications, and one of the city's enterprising citizens. In December, 1901, Mr. Dever was married to Miss Laura Fisher, who was born and reared in Steubenville, and they have three children: Helen Dorothy, Mary and Robert. Religiously they are members of the Congregational Church and he is a member of the music committee and of the choir. He is a member also of the Junior Order United American Mechanics. W. HERBERT HUFF, secretary and treasurer of the Union Lumber Company, at Steubenville, of which city he has been a resident for six years. was born in New Cumberland, W. Va., in 1880, and received his education in his native place. Mr. Huff has been in the lumber business ever since he started out for himself, being engaged during the first two years at Chester, W. Va., and for four years at Uniontown, Pa. On April 1, 1905, he became secretary and treasurer of the Union Lumber Company at Steubenville, an organization of much importance commercially, doing an extensive lumber ,and general contracting business. He has taken an active interest in the public affairs of Hancock County, W. Va., where he still maintains his home, and is chairman of the Democratic County Committee. On February 23. 1907, Mr. Huff was married to Miss Edna Chaffey, of Jefferson County, Ohio, and they have one child. Mr. ITuff is a member of the Presbyterian Church at New Cumberland. He is identified also with the Odd Fellows and the Elks. CHARLES P. McMILLAN, manager of the Mt. Pleasant Telephone Company, at Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, was born at Emerson, in Mt. Pleasant Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, January 3, 1870, and is a son of Thomas' and Julia (Evans) McMillan. Thomas McMillan was born in Maryland and was brought to Jefferson County by his parents, his father being named Mahlon McMillan. He was a wagonmaker first, but later became a farmer. He married Julia Evans, who was reared near Emerson, Jefferson County, and was a daughter of George Evans, who came early to Mt. Pleasant Township from near Philadelphia. On both sides the grandparents were Hicksite Quakers in their religious connection. Both Thomas McMillan and wife are now deceased. They had the following children born to them: Inez, who is deceased; H. I., a merchant at Emerson, who married Annie Jones G. A., of Emerson, where he follows the carpenter trade (married Clara Heaton) Charles P.; and Eleanor, who is the wife of George Walker, of Emerson. Charles P. McMillan worked on the home farm until he reached manhood, in the meanwhile attending the local schools. November, 1907, he moved to Mt. Pleasant, where he is now a member of the toms council and one of the most active business men of the place. He was one of the organizers of the Mt. Pleasant Telephone Company and is also a director in the Harrison and Jefferson 'Telephone Company. In politics he is a Republican and for twelve years was a member of the school board in Mt. Pleasant Township. In 1893 Mr. McMillan was married to Miss Jennie Conley, of New Athens, Ohio, and they have two children, Julia Helen and Glenn. Mr. McMillan is a member of the Society of Friends. VINCENT A. M. MORELLI, banker and steamship agent, at Steubenville, Ohio, has been a resident of this city for nine years and during this time has become closely identified with its business life. He was born in Italy, in 1881, and came to America in 1890. Mr. Morelli attended the schools of Pittsburgh. where he easily mastered the English language and resided in that city until 1901, when he came to Steubenville. Here AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 967 he established the first foreign bank and steamship agency and has successfully carried on -these business enterprises ever since, conducting his affairs under the name of Morelli & Company. His bank was mainly intended to accommodate foreign-born residents but has been developed into one of the city's leading banking establishments, offering all privileges now included in general banking. Mr. Morelli is a member of the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce and is recognized as one of the most able and enterprising business men of the city. He is a stockholder in the Conservative Life Insurance Company of Wheeling W. Va. In 1901, Mr. Morelli was married to Miss Lulu H. Carnahan, of Toronto, O., and they have three children: William V., Abraham A. and Leo M. Mr. Morelli is a member of Steubenville Lodge, No. 1, Knights of Pythias, is a Woodman, and is a charter member of the order of Red Men, all at Steubenville. CHARLES ISAIAH PARLETT, assistant manager of the Dillonvale Brick and Tile Company, is also engaged in the insurance and real estate business at Dillonvale, Ohio, and is one of the representative young business men of the place. He was 'born in. Mt. Pleasant Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, June 11, 1880, and is a son of Isaiah and Jane (Deyarmon) Parlett. Isaiah Parlett was born December 14, 1840, at Middletown, Ohio. a son of William and Aily (Nichols) Parlett. William Parlett was also born at Middletown. April 27. 1819, and his wife was born in Pennsylvania. May 3, 1820, being of English parentage. Both died at Quaker City, Guernsey County, Ohio. They had the following children: Jarrett. who died in California in 1858; Isaiah. who died December 1.9. 1898: Charity. who is a widow (Mrs. Riggle), residing near Cambridge: Mary Ann, deceased, who was the wife of the late Joseph King, of Mt. Pleasant; Martha Jane. who was the wife of William Chambers, and resided at Little Hocking, Ohio, until her death; Samuel, who lived and died at Georgetown, Ohio William, who died young; and Nancy, Thomas and Ruth, all of whom are now deceased. Isaiah Parlett was married in early manhood to Jane Deyarmon, who was a daughter of David and Ruthetta (Frye) Deyarmon, the former of whom was born in Ireland in 1771 and died at Dillonvale in 1858; the latter, born in Pennsylvania, in January, 1802, died at Dillonvale in 1879. They had five children: Nancy; Lucinda, who married James Wier, of Mt. Pleasant; Tabitha, who died at Dillonvale in 1907, (was the wife of Thomas Paxton) ; Hester, who died at Martin's Ferry in 1889; and Jane, who became the wife of Isaiah Parlett. To Isaiah Parlett and wife seven children were born as follows: William S.; Lou, who married Wiley Brown, of Mt. Pleasant Township; Minnie, who married Ray Yost, of Wheeling, W. Va.; Mary, who died aged five years; Charles Isaiah; David, who resides at Toledo, Ohio ; and Ralph, who lives at home. Charles Isaiah Parlett was educated in the public schools of Mt. Pleasant Township and Dillonvale, graduating from the Mt. Pleasant High School in the class of 1897, after which he became station agent and telegraph operator and continued his connection with railroad work for three years. Ile then embarked in the mercantile business at Adenia as manager for Carrick & Paxton. but two years later went into business for himself at Piney Fork, where he continued until 1907. He then sold out and came to Dillonvale, where he has been successfully engaged in the fire and life insurance business and deals also in real estate, handling the risks of some of the largest insurance companies in the land. He has been very active ire local politics and is a member of the Jefferson County Republican Executive Committee. In 1900 Mr. Parlett was married to Roxa Cass. who is a daughter of 968 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY A. D. and Mary Cass and was reared at Dillonvale. They have four children, Mildred, Clyde, Edgar and Bruce. Mr. and Mrs. Parlett are members of the Methodist Protestant church at Dillonvale. He is prominent in the Masonic fraternity and belongs also to the Odd Fellows. JOHN M. COLE, who has resided on the old Jared Cole estate farm of 150 acres, situated in Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, since 1865, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, May 28, 1862, and is a son of Jared and Elizabeth (Rowland) Cole. Jared Cole and wife were both born in Jefferson County and both died on the farm on which John M. Cole resides, the former on February 9, 1903, and the latter on September 7, 1901. Three of their fam ily of children survive : John M., Sarah M. and Mary B., all living in Wayne Township. Annie, who was the oldest of the four children, is deceased. In the death of Jared Cole, Wayne Township lost a worthy man and representative citizen. For many years he was a successful farmer and stock raiser in Wayne Township and left a good estate to his children. He was a leading member and a deacon for a long period in the Mount Moriah Baptist Church. The Cole family is an old one in the township, the grandfather, John Cole, having been born here, and he was a son of Joshua Cole, Joshua Cole was a native of Maryland, and there is now in possession of one of his descendants a sale bill, advertising the sale of his goods preparatory to his removal to Jefferson County, Ohio, more than one hundred years ago. He settled in Wayne Township on a farm he cleared and this land has remained in the Cole name continuously ever since. His wife's maiden name was Sarah T. Talbott. She was a daughter of Joseph and Mary (Farquehar) Talbott, a granddaughter of John and Mary Elizabeth (Johns) Talbott, and great-granddaughter of Joseph and Mary (Burkett) Talbott, thus the family traces back to near the beginning of the eighteenth century. John Cole, the grandfather of the subject, was married to Mary Merryman, who was also born in this township. Both lived their entire lives almost within sight of their birth places. John M. Cole was about three years old when his parents moved from Harrison to Jefferson County and settled on the place which has ever since been called the Jared Cole farm. He attended the township schools in boyhood, but being the only son, commenced to assist his father on the farm when young and his life has been an entirely agricultural one. He raises grain and stock and takes considerable interest in .growing sheep, keeping about 140 head, long experience and excellent pasturage contributing to his success in this industry. He is at the present time making a specialty of raising Jersey cattle. On December 8, 1909, Mr. Cole was married to Miss Eva Arter, who was born in Noble County, Ohio, a daughter of William and Susan (Matthews) Arter, formerly of Belmont County. Mr. and Mrs. Cole are members of the Mount Moriah Baptist Church, in which he is serving as clerk and also teaches a class in the Sunday school. He has been identified with the Bloomfield Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, for a number of years. He is a Republican. W. O. HINDMAN, wholesale and retail dealer in flour, feed, seeds, cement, plaster, etc., with business quarters at No. 627 Market Street, Steubenville, Ohio, was born at Holiday's Cove, W. Va., where he still maintains his home. Mr. Hindman was graduated from the Steubenville High School in the class of 1899, after which he took a business course in the Steubenville Commercial College. For three years he was engaged in railroad work With the Baltimore & Ohio system, and afterward, for a number of years was connected with the Holiday's Cove Improved Roller Flour Mills. owned by his father, G. W. Hindman. On July 15, 1907, Mr. Hindman es- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 969 tablished his present business at Steubenville and has met with a generous patronage and entertains plans for still further enlarging his scope. In 1906 Mr. Hindman was married to Miss Ada Heaslett, of Holiday's Cove. They are members of the Christian Church. Mr. Hindman is identified with the Masonic fraternity. THOMAS W. McLEAN, a notary public, and the very capable manager of the Stratton Bros.' general store at Empire, Jefferson County, Ohio, was born in Ross Township, Jefferson County, June 24, 1869, and is a son of Samuel L. and Sarah (Anderson) McLean. Samuel L. McLean was born also in Ross Township, a son of James and Rebecca (Lowery) McLean, the latter of whom was born at Pine Grove, in toss Township, where her father was one of the earliest settlers. Samuel L. McLean became a man of prominence in Ross Township, for many years served there as a Justice of the Peace and was foremost in political matters and in the promotion of its school interests. His death occurred in 1902. He married Sarah Anderson, who was born at Monroeville, Ohio. Thomas W. McLean attended the public schools of Ross Township and from there entered Scio College, where he remained a student for three years. When eighteen years of age he left the home farm and became a clerk for Calvin Bunting, a well known merchant at Wellsville, and also was a clerk in the general store of J. W. Brandt, at Irondale. Still later he became a traveling salesman for W. F. Davidson, of Steubenville, Ohio, in the grocery line, and remained two years with that house and continued on the road for twelve more years, representing the well known wholesale grocery firm of S. Ewart & Co., of Pittsburg, covering Eastern Ohio, Western Pennsylvania and the northern part of West Virginia. In 1905 he accepted his present responsible position. The Stratton Bros. firm enjoys a large amount of patronage in this section and their very large stock comprises a complete assortment of first class goods, including groceries, dry goods, ready-made clothing, shoes, hardware, feed and flour. To acceptably manage so large an enterprise requires the possession of much business experience together with a large amount of tact and judgment and Mr. McLean's popularity shows that he is not lacking in these desirable qualities. Through his pleasant personality he controls a large trade over a wide territory, in which he is known to the larger number of business men. In October, 1889, Mr. McLean was married to Miss Clyde Bell, who was born at Burgettstown, Washington County, Pa., and is a daughter of D. W. Bell, who now resides at East Liverpool, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. McLean have one daughter, Helen B., who was born in May, 1901. Mr. and Mrs. McLean are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Empire, Ohio. In politics he is identified with the Republican party. W. F. BURRISS one of Smithfield's best known citizens, where he conducts an undertaking business and is interested in other concerns, owns a valuable farm of seventy acres, which is situated in Smithfield Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where he was born. He is a son of Thomas and Rachel (Hunter) Burriss. Thomas Burriss was born at Holliday's Cove, in West Virginia, opposite Steubenville, Ohio, a son of Zadoc Burriss, who had been taken there in boyhood. Zadoc Burriss grew to manhood there and married and when his son Thomas was a boy, came with his family to Wells Township, Jefferson County. His children were: John, Charles, Thomas, Zadoc, William, Mitchell, Hanson, Ruth A. and Rachel, the last named being the wife of G. F. Irvin, and the only survivor of the family. Thomas Burriss helped his father to clear up the farm in Wells Township and when he reached manhood bought 160 acres in Smithfield Township, on which he raised many sheep. His death occurred in 1901, 970 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY when he was aged seventy-nine years. He married Rachel Hunter, who was born in Pennsylvania, in 1832, and still survives. To Thomas and Rachel Hunter four children were born : William Franklin, Nathan H., Lucian and Tacy P. William F. Burriss was reared on the home farm and attended the schools of Smithfield Township. He was twenty-three years old when he came to Smithfield village and embarked in the undertaking business and later took a course in embalming at Pittsburg and is legally qualified as an embalmer. Mr. Burriss has well appointed funeral directing rooms and appurtenances and has all necessary equipments, including a team of black horses and a funeral car that is valued at $1,400. Through his efficiency, tact, moderate charges, kindness, promptness and courtesy,Mr. Burriss has become widely known and his services are called for from all parts of the county. During the first year in business he conducted thirty funerals, but now his average is about 125 annually and he has made interments in some of the oldest cemeteries in Ohio. Ile is a director of the Miners' and Merchants' Exchange Bank at Smithfield. On February 29, 1876, Mr. Burriss was married to Miss Nannie V. Neel, a daughter of James and Catherine Neel, of Warren Township. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics Mr. Burriss is a Republican and he has served acceptably as a member of the Smithfield council and has also been treasurer of the cemetery. He formerly owned the land on which the Children's Bethel is built. For a number of years he has been a member of the Masonic fraternity. JOHN J. CRISWELL, conducting his mercantile business in the town of Smithfield, Ohio, resides on his squall farm in Smithfield Township, where he finds pleasant relaxation in raising fruit and fine poultry, making a specialty of Rhode Island red chickens. He was born at Claysville, Washington County, Pa., January 15, 1851, and is a son of John A. and Elizabeth (Mounts) Criswell. John A. Criswell was born at Baltimore, Md., and in early manhood came to Washington County, Pa., where he was married to Elizabeth Mounts. In 1854 they came to Jefferson County and located at what was then called Lagrange but now is known as Brilliant, in Wells Township. He was a shoemaker by trade but opened a general store there and was made postmaster. In 1862 he entered the army, serving one year before his health failed, in Co. E, 64th O. Vol. Inf., under Captain Coulter. During his absence his ,eldest daughter, Mary E., a very capable young woman, conducted both the store and post-office, the responsibilities of which he again assumed upon his return. His health, however, had been shattered by exposure and he later sold out to Richard Boyle and moved to New Alexandria, where he lived retired until his death, at the age of seventy-five years. His widow survived until her seventy-sixth year, dying in 1899. They had five children, namely : Mary E., who is the widow of J. B. Tarr; Nannie, who is the wife of R. G. Porter; John Joseph; Frank P.; and James A. John J. Criswell was three years old when the family came to Jefferson County and he remained at home until his own marriage. He was educated in the public schools and the Normal School at Hopedale, and when only sixteen' years of age began to teach and continued in educational work for thirteen years. When he definitely left the school room he opened a general store at New Alexandria and conducted it for twenty years, when he sold out to T. R. Thompson and in 1903 moved to Smithfield. Here he purchased, in partnership with his son-in-law, J. W. Polen, the general store of W. J. Jones, the business being conducted under the style of J. J. Criswell & Co. On October 30, 1873, Mr. .Criswell was married to Miss Emma L. Dean, an adopted daughter of James Dean, of Jef- AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 971 ferson County, and they have two children: Dean, who married Cora Thompson, and lives on the old Dean farm in Wells Township, has two children—Joseph and Helen; and Eva, who is the wife of J. W. Polen, and they have five children—Dean, Daisy, Harry, Frank and Mary. Mr. Polen and family reside with Mr. Criswell. In politics Mr. Criswell is nominally a Democrat, but is very apt to cast his vote independently. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church at Smithfield, he being an elder. Fraternally he is an Odd Fellow. Mr. Criswell is a natural musician, playing on almost all instruments but preferring the piano and mandolin. He has furnished the music for 500 funerals in Jefferson County. JAMES ANDREWS, who is extensively engaged in sheep and cattle raising in connection with general farming, is the owner of 325 acres of highly cultivated land in Island Creek and Salem Townships, Jefferson County, Ohio, and was born June 29, 1850, on his present farm, a son of William and Jane (McCullough) Andrews. Col. John Andrews, grandfather of our subject, was born in Westmoreland County, Pa., and later came with his wife Nancy and children to Jefferson County, Ohio, and took up the whole of Section 6, in Salem Township. He erected a log cabin, and operated a saw-mill in connection with his farming interests, and later sold the western half of the section to his brothers. He served in the War of 1812 as Colonel under General Harrison and was neither wounded nor captured while in service. After the war he returned to his family, who remained on the farm during his absence, and died there in 1842. He and his wife were both charter members of the U. P. Church, which was then a seceder and a small log affair, which Colonel Andrews assisted in building. The cemetery which surrounded the church, which was located in Section 6, still remains as one of the landmarks of this locality. Both Col- onel Andrews and his wife were buried at the U. P. Cemetery at Richmond, Ohio. They were the parents of the following children: David, John, James, Mary, Isabella and William. William Andrews, father of James, was born in 1800 in Washington County, Pa., and in 1803 came with his parents to Salem Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where he was reared and received his educational training in the subscription schools of this locality. He spent the remainder of his life on the home farm engaged in agricultural pursuits, and during his early life operated a saw-mill and carding-mill. He was politically an abolitionist, being very strongly opposed to slavery, and was later a Republican. He was a member of the U. P. Church of which he was also an elder. His marriage with Jane McCullough, who was a daughter of John McCullough, of Springfield, Ohio, resulted in the following issue : Mary, who was the wife of Matthew Swan, and died in 1873; Nancy, who was the wife of Stephen Hobson, and died in 1892; Margaret, who died in 1903, and was buried at the Richmond Cemetery; Katherine, who is the wife of Edward Haggan, of Harrison County, Ohio ; John, who was a member of Co. G, 52nd Ohio. Vol. Inf., and died while in the army, in the fall of 1862, at Bowling Green, Ky., and was buried at Richmond, Ohio ; David K.; who married Frances McCausland, now deceased ; James, the subject of this record ; Annie E., who is the wife of William House, of Columbus, O.; and Thomas A., who was twice married, first to Emma Davis. William Andrews passed from this life June 29, 1871, and was buried in the U. P. Cemetery at Richmond, as was also his wife, who died March 22, 1902, at the age of eighty-six years. James Andrews grew to man's estate on his present farm, which is the homestead place once owned by his grandfather, and attended the schools of the township. He has always followed general farming and makes a specialty of sheep and cattle 972 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY raising. He built the barn and other outbuildings on the place, but the house was erected in 1854 by his father. Mr. Andrews is identified with the Republican party in politics, and was a member of the Ross Township Board of Education. He was married October 17, 1889, to Retta Simpson, who is a daughter of Robert and Eliza (Kirkpatrick) Simpson, of Island Creek Township, and to them have been born children as follows : Jennie McCullough, now attending school; Lydia May, Thomas McKinley and Joseph Campbell. Mr. Andrews' cousin, Frances Patton, who was born in East Springfield, Ohio, was left an orphan when but a few days old; and always made her ,home with the Andrews until the time of her marriage with Joseph R. Campbell, of Omaha, Neb. The family are all members of the United Presbyterian Church. HUGH S. COBLE, secretary of the Jefferson Building and Savings Company, at Steubenville, and formerly treasurer of Jefferson County, Ohio, is one of the solid, substantial and reliable citizens of this city. He was born at Leavittsville, Carroll County, Ohio, May 23, 1850, and is a son of Jacob and Jane (Sterling) Coble. The father of Mr. Coble died at Steubenville, Ohio, March 30, 1877, where he settled in 1852. Coming originally from York County, Pennsylvania, to Carroll County, he removed from there to Jefferson County and for a number of years was a leading merchant at Steubenville. The mother of Mr. Coble was born at Philadelphia, September, 1812, and was a member of one of the old representative families of Jefferson County. Her death preceded that of her husband by two years. Hugh S. Coble was only two years old when his parents brought him to Steubenville, where the public schools furnished him with an education, his own character and ability ensuring his subsequent business advancement and his public recognition. In assisting his father he learned the principles of business, and he continued with him from the age of. sixteen years until the death of this parent, proving faithful and capable. Later he became associated with Winfield Scott as his cashier and bookkeeper, and continued with him until June, 1888; when he assumed the duties pertaining to the office of county treasurer, to which he was first: elected in the fall of 1887. He served through two official terms with efficiency, and after his return to private life became secretary for the Jefferson Building and Savings Company, a concern of large importance at Steubenville. Mr. Coble. was married October 2, 1872, to Miss Mary J. Paine, who is a daughter of the late Dr. O. D. Paine, of Youngstown. They have one son, Dwight H. The latter married Alice Bair, of Steubenville, and has one son, Dwight, Jr. Dwight H. Coble is at present located in Pittsburgh, where he is secretary of the H. C. Frick Coke Company. Mr. Coble and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is identified with the Republican party and is an active and useful citizen. JOHN W. LONG, a well known resident of Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and a member of its board of trustees, has lived on his valuable farm of 180 acres since 1874, and devoted it to general farming and stock raising. He was born in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, September 21, 1845, and is a son of James and Margaret (Armstrong) Long. James Long was born in Cross Creek Township after his father, John Long, had established the family home there, and spent the remainder of his life in the same section. He carried on farming and was a man of excellent standing, one who gave support to the schools and the church and was a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal body and a class leader. He married Margaret Armstrong and of their children the following survive: Mary A., living in Cross Creek Township; Jennie, wife of Eli Kirk, of Cross Creek Township; Sarah E., widow of Brice Gruber, re-