AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 975 siding in Cross Creek Township; Margaret L., of Cross Creek Township ; John W., of Cross Creek Township ; Susanna (Mansfield) of Wayne Township ; James T., Maria C. and David S., all living in Cross Creek Township; and Ida M., the youngest of the family, died at the age of nine months. John W. Long remained on his father's farm until he reached manhood and gained his book education in the public schools. On March 24, 1884 he was married to Miss Ada C. Mansfield, a daughter of Edward and Mary Mansfield, who formerly were residents of Jefferson County. Mrs. Long. has three brothers and one sister : Reason P. and Nimrod P., of Wayne Township; Ross J., of Los Angeles, Cal.; and Annie E., who is the widow of William Clark, formerly of Martin's Ferry, resides in Wayne Township. To John W. Long and wife six children 'have been born, namely : Edward C., who lives at Philadelphia, Pa.; James E. and Wilbur M., both of whom reside in Wayne Township; Charles W., who is a traveling salesman for Bailey, Farrell & Co., of Pittsburg; and Nina F. and Mary M., both of whom live with their parents in Wayne Township. Mr. Long and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a Republican in his political views and served for two years as an assessor of Bloomfield Precinct, Wayne Township. In the fall of 1909 he was elected a trustee of Wayne Township and entered upon his official duties in January, 1910, to serve two years. During the Civil War, when the call was made for 100-day men, Mr. Long responded, although at that time his private affairs needed his attention, but he felt in that course ]ay the path of duty. He remained in the army until near the close of the war, being mainly on guard service at Fort Delaware. and was then honorably discharged. He is a valued member of the G. A. R. Post at Smithfield. He is more than usually public spirited and is one of the wide awake, progressive men who are willing to work in their town- ship for the general welfare. He is an urgent advocate of the turnpike roads. THOMAS BRETTELL, JR., who, with his brother, operates the Brettell Coal Mines of Mingo Junction, Ohio, was born March 23, 1868, in Staffordshire, England, and is a son of Thomas and Pricilla (Andrews) Brettell, both of whom were natives of England. The father, who at the age of ten years began working in tin iron mills in his native country, was identified with the iron and steel industry for about fifty-two years, and is now living in retirement at Mingo Junction, Ohio. The mother died in Mingo Junction in 1907, at the age of fifty-seven years. Six children were born to the parents of our subject : Thomas; George; Edward; Bessie, who is the wife of Roy Welchhouse; Jessie, who is the wife of Harley Still ; and Elizabeth, all of whom with the exception of Thomas, were born in America. Thomas Brettell, Jr., came with his parents to America in 1871, and the family located at Akron, Ohio, where the father purchased property. They then resided for a time in Marquette, Mich., Green Castle, Ind., Terre Haute, Ind., and at Centralia, Ill., where the father was one of the organizers and stockholders of the Centralia Iron Mills. He began working at the mill the first day it was in operation, working under his father, who had charge of the puddling furnace, and continued in that business until 1883. In that year he went to Steubenville, and shortly afterward came to Mingo Junction, where he and his father both worked in the iron and steel mills. Mr. Brettell attended the public schools but a short time, entering the mills at the age of twelve years, but after coming to Mingo Junction he took a business course at the night school here. Since 1908, Mr. Brettell has devoted his entire attention to his coal interests, having embarked in that business with his brother, Edward, in 1904. They first leased and operated for six years, the Pratt Mines, which are located between Mingo Junction 976 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY and Steubenville, Ohio, and in 1910, purchased the coal beds on the Means and Altimont farms near. Mingo Junction. Here they employ about twenty-five men in their mines, which are known as the Brettell Mines, and carry on an extensive and lucrative business. On April 18, 1888, Mr. Brettell married Mary Toben, a daughter of Thomas Toben, and a member of one of the old established families of Jefferson County, Ohio, and to them have been born the following children: William J., Carrie, John E., Fred and Jessie, twins, and Thomas. The Brettell residence is located on the Brilliant turnpike road, about one mile south of Mingo Junction. Mr. Brettell is a member or the fraternal orders of the K. of P., and the I. O. O. F., of Mingo Junction, the F. O. E. of Steubenville, and the German Schutzen Club of Mingo Junction. WILLIAM WALKER SCOTT, deceased, for many years was one of the leading farmers and reliable and respected citizens of Salem Township. He was born in Salem Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, June 24, 1854, and died April 7, 1898. Ins parents were Wallace and nah (Walker) Scott and his grandparents were Robert and Mary (Munnel) Scott. Wallace Scott was a substantial farmer in Salem Township, Jefferson County. He married Hannah *Walker and they had the following children : William Walker; Elvira, deceased; R. E.. a physician, also deceased; Eliza. wife of John Umensetter; Myrtle, wife of John Frazier; and Melton Scott. married to Lyte M. Pyles. William Walker Scott obtained his education in the public schools and chose fanning as his business in life. In 1879 he was married to Miss Anna B. Shane, a. daughter of Joseph and Susannah Shane and a granddaughter of Benjamin and Mary (Neblack) Shane. Joseph Shane was born in Knox Township and his wife in Ross Township, Jefferson County. Both are now deceased; their burial having taken place in Ross Township, in the Shane Cemetery. They had the following children:. Isaac H., deceased ; Helen M., widow of John L. McClain; Charles R.; Hannah,. deceased; Benjamin F.; Anna B., widow of William W. Scott ; and Jessie F., who is a successful female physician at Steubenville. Mr. and Mrs. Scott had children as follows: John Wallace, who is a fireman on the railroad; Joseph S., a railroad fireman who married Florence Daily, and has one .child, Emily; Whitelaw Reid, who married Etta Usher Gault ; Susannah; Edna Mary; Jessie Louise, wife of Henry. Eft; Hannah Rex; Irene E.; Wilma Walker, and Hugh P., deceased, who died May 1, 1910. 'Air. Scott was a valued member of the Presbyterian Church in which he held the office of treasurer for many years. He was a Republican in politics. A quiet, home loving man, he was sadly missed in his family and neighborhood. J. FRANCIS VERMILLION, a prominent citizen and lifelong resident of Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where he was born October 28,1853, is a son of Thomas and Harriet (Inglebright) Vermillion. Thomas Vermillion was born in Maryland and was two years old when his parents brought. him to Jefferson County. They settled in Smithfield Township, where his father. John Vermillion, engaged in farming. Thomas Vermillion was reared in that township but later moved to Wayne Township where he resided for over fifty years, his death occurring about 1906. He was an active farmer and successful stock raiser. He married Harriet Inglebright, who was born in Wayne Township and they had six children, the three survivors being: J. Francis; Henry H., residing in Salem Township; and Mrs. Sina E. Mansfield, wife of J. S. Mansfield, residing at Hynes, Cal. Thomas. Vermillion and wife were members of the Presbyterian Church. J. Francis Vermillion has been actively engaged in farming and stock raising in AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 977 his native township ever since he reached manhood. On his farm of 160 acres he raises the usual grains of this section and devotes a part of his land to the growing of strawberries, which he has developed into a profitable industry, and he makes a specialty of raising sheep, keeping a flock of,of 175 an average. Nominally, he is a Democrat but he is a clear-headed man, perfectly able to consider public questions for himself on their merits, and when he feels justified, he votes independently. He svtatandsgh in the regard of his fellow citcitizensd in 1909 was appointed by the board of county commissioners, a member of the turnpike commission of Bloomfield and Smithfield, in Wayne Township. Mr. Vermillion was reared by his excellent parents in the Presbyterian Church and for a number of years he has been an elder in it. He is identified with the Bloomfield Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. CHARLES SPECHT, whose home has been at Steubenville, Ohio, for some forty years, is one of the city's capitalists and most esteemed retired citizens. Born in Germany in 1849, he came to America in 1865, and lived for a short time at Steubenville, afterwards going to Pittsburg, Pa., where he worked in the bakery and confectionery business. Coming again to Steubenville about 1877, he embarked in the bakery and confectionery business in this city and prospered. About 1905 Mr. Specht sold out his business, which he had brought into a very flourishing condition, and since then has lived practically retired from active life. ITn n06 he completed the building of his handsome residence at No. 333 S. Fourth Street, which is one of the finest homes in Steubenville. He owns considerable city property, including a business block on the corner of Washington and. Fourth Streets, which is of brick construction, three stories in height, with five store rooms below, and another block, also on Fourth Street, on the other side, this being a three-story brick building with two business rooms below. Both these blocks Mr. Specht erected and they greatly improve this section of the city. In 1870 Mr. Specht was married to Miss Catherine Andre, and they have two chil dren: Charles, residing at Saranac Lake; and Louise, who resides at home. Mr. Specht and family belong to St. Paul's Episcopal Church and he is a member of the board of vestrymen. J. F. ROBBINS, undertaker and dealer in hardware and farm implements at Bergholz, Ohio, was born in Fox Township, Carroll County, `Ohio, May 19, 1850, and is a son of William and Anjane (Acheson) Robbins. William Robbins was born in Lee Township, Carroll County, Ohio, in 1820; he was a son of John Robbins, who was born in Pennsylvania, being of Irish descent. William Robbins married Anjane Acheson in 1848. she being a. daughter of John Acheson, who came from Ireland about 1825 and settled in New Jersey; moved to Ohio in 1837. To William and Anjane Robbins were born four sons, J. Fisher, James A., William H. and T. G. Robbins. William Robbins died September 22, 1902; his wife Anjane died November 29, 1907. J. F. Robbins received only a common school education ; he first attended school in Fox Township, Carroll County, Ohio. Tn 1863,. his father having purchased a farm in Ross Township, Jefferson County, and moving there, he got the balance of what education he has by attending school at what is known as Wiles district. At about twenty years of age he took up the carpenter's trade, working at it until 1875 when he bought from Mr. V. B. Mylar his stock of undertaking goods and in connection with the carpenter's trade handles this business. In 1884 he moved to Bergholz, then nothing but a field laid out in town lots, their house being in the middle of it. laid down the fence, drove through and laid it up and went on to their house which had been built probably a month before. In 1898 he quit the carpenter's trade 978 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY and bought a little hardware store from W. F. Kean, and building, 12x20 feet. Later additional improvements have given more commodious quarters and he now occupies a building 39x45, two-story and cellar, besides several small out-buildings well filled with good saleable goons. Mr. Robbins married. Miss Emma McLane, daughter of William McLane, of Moore-town, and they have three children: Sadie, who married Leonard Hewitt, of Fox Township, Carroll County, Ohio ; and J. H. and Clayton with him in business at home. In the undertaking department they are better equipped and have better appliances than any of their near-by competitors and have had a fair share of the surrounding business in both their lines. Seeing the evils existing in the two old parties he joined himself to the Prohibition party in 1883 and has been a staunch prohibitionist ever since. All are members of the United Presbyterian Church at Yellow Creek. NIMROD P. MANSFIELD, whose valuable farm in Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, contains 300 acres of land, is one of the representative men of this section. He was born in Wayne Township, May 2, 1838, and is a son of Edward and Mary (Pumphrey) Mansfield. Both parents of Mr. Mansfield were born in Jefferson County, his father in Wayne Township and his mother in Smithfield Township. Edward Mansfield was a son of Thomas Mansfield, who was probably a native of Maryland, one of the very earliest settlers in Wayne Township. It is said that his son, John Mansfield, was the first white child born in Jefferson County. The Mansfields came originally from England. Edward Mansfield was one of the citizens of Wayne Township whose memory is held in respect on account of his sterling character. He led an agricultural life and eared nothing for political preferment. He was a Republican after the formation of that party and always recognized the duties of citizenship. He died June 27, 1877, and five of his children still live, namely: Ann E., who is the widow of William Clark, of Martin's Ferry; Reason P. and Nimrod P., both of whom reside in Wayne Township ; Ross J., who resides in Los Angeles, Cal.; and Adaline C., who is the wife of J. W. Long. Nimrod P. Mansfield attended the public schools in Wayne Township and for a short period was a student in the old Richmond College, which was then conducted at Richmond, Ohio, since when he has spent the larger part of his life in the cultivating of his lands and the growing of fine stock. During the Civil War he served for four months as a member of Co. G, 157th O. Vol. Inf., during that period being on garrison duty at Fort Delaware. On March 31, 1880, Mr. Mansfield was married to Miss Amanda Springer, a native of Wheeling, W. Va., and a daughter of Benjamin and Melissa (Pumphrey) Springer, both now deceased. They spent their closing years near Elm Grove, W. Va. The Springer family came to West Virginia from Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Mansfield are members of Long's Methodist Episcopal Church. He casts his vote with the Republican party. JAMES HUSTON LOWRY, cashier of the First National Bank of Smithfield, has always lived in Jefferson County, Ohio and resides at Hedgelawn, his well improved farm of twenty-two acres, on East End Avenue. where he has a most beautiful home life. He was born in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, November 1, 1864, and is a son of Elijah and Rhoda (Winters) Lowry. Elijah Lowry came to Jefferson from Guernsey County, Ohio, in early manhood, and here married Rhoda Winters, whose parents, John and Jane (Huston) Winters, were old and substantial residents of Cross Creek Township. Elijah Lowry and wife had six children. Both parents died on their farm in Cross Creek Township, the father when aged fifty-two years and the mother when in her sixty-seventh year. J. H. Lowry was reared on the home AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 981 farm and received a certificate to teach when only fifteen years old and for seventeen years continued in educational work. During this time he perfected his knowledge along many lines, attending both Richmond and Scio Colleges and graduating from the university at Lebanon, in 1893. In 1901 he came to Smithfield as assistant cashier of the First National Bank and in 1902 was made cashier, a responsible position he has efficiently filled ever since. On August 31, 1899, Mr. Lowry was married to Miss Mary Galbraith, the talented daughter of John and Elizabeth (Ewing) Galbraith, and they have two children : John and James. Mr. Lowry and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically he is a Republican and for the past six years has served on the school board, in 1906 being elected president of this important body. CURTIS C. KNOX, a representative of one of Springfield Township's early and worthy families, was born on his present 156-acre farm which is situated one mile south of Amsterdam, Jefferson County, Ohio, on August 8, 1868. His parents were Harrison and Louisa (Moore) Knox, and his grandfather was William Knox. William Knox was married in Virginia before he came as a pioneer to Jefferson County, Ohio. He settled on the farm now owned by his grandsons, C. C. and G. H. Knox, in Springfield Township. The former owner had started to clear the land but had done little, and William Knox practically developed it from the wilderness. He was a man of some enterprise as is denoted by the improvements he made. While many of the early settlers were satisfied with a mere log hut, he built a comfortable two-story log house, which is yet standing. He devoted himself to making a comfortable home for his large family, of fifteen children, who were as follows : Annie, George, Samuel, Thomas, John, Joseph, Elizabeth, William, James, Jonathan, Mary, Robert, David, Harrison and Charles. Harrison Knox was the fourteenth child of the above family and he was born on the present farm of his sous, March 25, 1830, and died March 4, 1907, being buried in the Amsterdam cemetery. Ile grew up on the home farm and while older members of the family gradually established homes of their own in other sections, he remained to assist his father and subsequently became the owner of the homestead. l le lived on another farm in Springfield Township for three years after his marriage and then moved hack to the old place and most of the substantial buildings now standing were erected (luring his lifetime. On December 9, 1862, Harrison Knox was married to Louisa Moore, a (laughter or John M. and Nancy (Kidwell) Moore. John M. Moore came from Ireland to America when small, in charge of an uncle, who settled in Virginia. He grew to manhood and then married Nancy Kidwell and they had the following children: James, who resides in Iowa; Mary, who married Huston Ladd, and resides in Athens County, Ohio; Elizabeth, who died in early womanhood; Alletha, who Tarried Daniel Sherfick, of Indiana; Nancy, who married. William Lowery, of Washington County, Ohio; John A., who is a physician, residing in Kansas; William, who also lives in Kansas; Louisa ; and Margaret, who married Samuel Martin, resides in Washington County, Ohio. After marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Moore lived in Loudon County, Virginia, then moved to a farm in Carroll County, Ohio and from there to Washington County, where Mr. Moore lived to the unusual age of 104 years. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. His widow died at the age of seventy years. They were members of the Presbyterian Church and their burial was in the Washington County Presbyterian Cemetery. To Harrison and Louisa (Moore) Knox the following children were born: Lena B., who is the wife of J. C. Elliott, resides at Amsterdam, Ohio, and they have two children—Jessie and Georgia; Serilda May, who died when aged twenty-six years; 982 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY Curtis C., who is the manager of the homestead estate; Etta E., who is the wife of Leroy Stine, of Amsterdam, and they have one daughter, Edith May; John H., who resides at home; and Cora Irene, who is the widow of Victor Harsh, and has one son, Galon Russell. The mother of the above family still survives and resides on the old homestead. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church as was her late husband, who was an elder in the same. C. C. Knox was reared and educated in Springfield Township and he and brother continue the farming operations in which their father was so successfully engaged for so many years. They are interested also in raising fine stock and own some high grade specimens. Mr. Knox has fifteen acres of valuable timber. The coal has been mined by the Y. & O. Coal Company. Mr. Knox is a member of the Amsterdam Presbyterian Church. Like his late father, he is a Republican. T. A. HAMMOND, cashier of the National Exchange Bank of Steubenville, Ohio, has long figured in the financial circles of the city where he has resided since in the early seventies. He was born in the western part of Jefferson County, and comes of an old family of the county. His grandfather, Harry Hammond, came at a very early date from Brooke County, Virginia, to Jefferson County, Ohio. Here George Hammond, father of the subject of this record, was born and always resided, his death occurring here in 1855. T. A. Hammond was reared and educated in his native county, and for a period of four months during the Civil War was in the service as a member of Colonel McCook's Regiment. He continued at farming some five years after the close of the war and then moved to Steubenville, where he has since made his home. In association with Hon. J. J. Gill, he established the old Exchange Bank, which in 1874 was reorganized as the National Exchange Bank. In 1876 he became its cashier and marked ability has characterized his long service in this important official position. In 1871 Mr. Hammond was married to Miss Wilma C. Clark, of Wheeling, and a son and daughter complete their family circle, namely : Clara C., wife of Charles L. Steinrok, of Herkimer, N. Y.; and Charles Clark Hammond, secretary of the Guaranty Title and Trust Company of Pittsburg. Religiously the family is identified with the Second Presbyterian. Church, of which Mr. Hammond is a member of the official board. BERT JULIAN FOGLE, who is engaged in the wholesale drug business, as a member of the Rankin, Fogle, Francy Drug Company, at Muskogee, Oklahoma, is one of the representative men of the city. He was born at Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio, February 6, 1864, and is a son of Evan Dent and Sarah S. (Sharon) Fogle. The father of Mr. Fogle was born at Morgantown, W. Va., and was reared on a farm. He later engaged for many years in a mercantile business. He married a daughter of John Sharon, who was a pioneer and large farmer in Jefferson County. Bert Julian Fogle was a small boy when his parents moved to Alliance, Ohio, and he was reared there and before he was seventeen years old had spent some three years as a student in Mt. Union College. His first training in the drug business was in a store in Pittsburg and from there he returned to Alliance ale prior to coming to Toronto, he engaged in an express business for a short time. Mr. Fogle reached Toronto, December 21, 1885, coming as a clerk for the John Francy Company. In 1890 he went into partnership with George C. Pugh, and they purchased the store together and the business was conducted for a number of years under the firm style of Pugh & Fogle. Subsequently Mr. Fogle bought Mr. Pugh's interest. In 1900 Mr. Fogle was married to Miss Macy J. Francy, a daughter of R. M. Francy, and they have one daughter, Sarah Elizabeth. Mr. Fogle is identified with a AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 983 number of fraternal organizations, including the Masons, the Knights of Pythias and the Woodmen of the World. JAMES A. LINDSEY, funeral director and embalmer, is proprietor of the oldest undertaking business in Steubenville, it having been established by his father, Barnet N. Lindsey and brother James Lindsey, in 1870. That was the year of James A. Lindsey's birth, which took place in Greene County, Pa. James A. Lindsey was an infant when the family came to Steubenville and he was reared and educated in this city. He started on his business career as an employe in the steel mills at Mingo, where he worked for two years and later bought an interest in his father's undertaking business. In 1905, he bought the interest of his father's other heirs and has continued as sole proprietor ever since. He has well arranged quarters at Nos. 134-136 South Fourth Street. Mr. Lindsey has other important interests, being secretary and treasurer of the Steubenville Roller Rink Company and also secretary, vice-president and treasurer of the National Amusement Company. He is a public spirited citizen, a member of the Chamber of Commerce and probably, through his many activities, is one of the best known men in the county. He was reared in the Presbyterian Church and belongs to the congregation of the Second Presbyterian at Steubenville. Fraternally, Mr. Lindsey has numerous affiliations, being a Knight Templar Mason, a Knight of Pythias and an Elk. JOHN POTTER, secretary and treasurer of the Miners and Mechanics Bank at Steubenville, Ohio, is one of the most active of the younger generation of business men of the city. Mr. Potter was born in Steubenville, June 16, 1876, and is a son of E. P. Potter, who for many years was engaged in the dairy business here but is now living in retirement on Washington Street. The subject of this sketch was reared here and received a good public school education, graduating from the Steubenville High School with the class of 1893. Upon leaving school he became a bookkeeper in the Miners and Mechanics Bank, and has since been identified with that institution, during the past five years in the capacity of secretary and treasurer. He takes a deep interest in the success and advancement of the best interests of his native city, taking rank with the progressive element. He is an elder of the Third Presbyterian Church, and is church organist. He has been interested in the welfare of the local Y.- M. C. A. and serves as treasurer of the board of directors. JACOB MANSFIELD, a well known citizen of Bloomfield and a member of its town council, was born in Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, October 19, 1843, and is a son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Pumphrey) Mansfield. Samuel Mansfield was born in Wayne Township, where his father, Thomas Mansfield, had settled at a very early date, securing government land among the earliest of the pioneer home-seekers. During his early years of manhood, he operated a flat boat on the river route between Steubenville and New Orleans, but later became a farmer. He married Elizabeth Pumphrey, who was born in Smithfield Township, Jefferson County, and of their family of children the following survive: Albert 0. and Jeremiah B., both of whom reside at Hopedale, Ohio ; Elijah P.,. who lives at Youngstown ; William, who is a resident of Greensburg, Ind.; Jacob; and Keturah, who lives in California, who is the widow of Charles Moore. The parents of the above family were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Jacob Mansfield was reared in Wayne Township and was educated in the district schools and a college at Harlem Springs, in Carroll County. During all his mature life he has been engaged in agricultural pursuits and for some years previous to moving to Bloomfield, in the summer of 984 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY 1909, operated a dairy business at Fair Play. Having spent his whole life in this part of Jefferson County he is widely known and enjoys the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens and this was definitely shown by his election to office soon after locating in his present home. He is a Republican in his political attachment. Mr. Mansfield was married October 19, 1869, to Miss Sarah C. Burris, who was born in Wells Township, Jefferson County, a daughter of Charles Burris, who was once an extensive farmer and sheep and stock raiser and well known all over the county. Mr. and Mrs. Mansfield have three living children : Mary E., who is the wife of .William Cookston, of Bloomfield; Thomas T., who is a telegraph operator at Jewett, Ohio, for the Panhandle Railroad; and William C., who is a mail clerk on the Dennison Accommodation line of the Panhandle, between Dennison and Pittsburg. During the Civil War, Mr. Mansfield was in the Union army, a member of Co. G, 157th 0. Vol. Inf., and during his four months of service was stationed at Fort Delaware. With his family he belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church. JAMES H. GILL, youngest son of Joseph Gill, was born in Mt. Pleasant, in 1813, and resided there most of his life. Tie was a large land owner in Jefferson County and also in the West. Tie was connected with the Mt. Pleasant branch of the State Bank of Ohio, served as a director and was its president for many years. Later he was president of the First National Bank of Mt. Pleasant. He was also a gentleman farmer and engaged extensively in stock raising. Mr. Gill was esteemed and beloved by all who knew him. He was generous to a fault, always ready to assist the poor and needy, and was widely known as their friend and protector. He died in Topeka, Kansas, in 1889, at the age of seventy-six. Mt. Pleasant has produced many strong men and women, and the Gills were amongst the most energetic and enterprising families of Jefferson County. During their residence in Mt. Pleasant, it was a very important place in affairs of both Church and State. JOHN W. GILL, oldest son of Joseph Gill, started and operated the first silk factory in the United States where figured silk, ribbons, velvet and hat plush were made. Later he moved his factory to Wheeling, W. Va., where he was recognized as -a man of business training and large means, which enabled him to take a prominent part in promoting many large manufacturing enterprises, and also banking institutions. He died in Springfield, Ill., in 1873. VAN HORN ELY, president of the Steubenville & East Liverpool Railroad & Light Company, has been prominent in traction matters for a long period and has been identified with railroad affairs in New York and Ohio since 1899. He was born at Lockport, N. Y., July 28, 1866, and lived in his native section until he was sixteen years of age, moving to the city of Buffalo, N. Y., June 1, 1882. In 1886 he was grad- uated from the Buffalo High School. Immediately after leaving school, Mr. Ely formed a business partnership in the real estate line and operated under the firm style of Bell & Ely, until 1899. When the International Railway Company was organized he was elected assistant to the president and he continued in that position until February, 1905, when he accepted the presidency of the Steubenville and East Liverpool Railway & Light Company, the East Liverpool Traction & Light Company, and the Ohio Passenger Railway Company. Mr. Ely has still other interests and is a director of the First National Bank of Toronto. On March 1, 1910, he was elected president of the Beaver. County Light Company. On October 8, 1889, Mr. Ely was married to Miss Carrie K. Kimball, of Buffalo, N. Y., and they have two children : Helen AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 987 Louise, who is a student in Washington Seminary; and Van Horn, Jr. Mr. Ely and family attend the First Presbyterian Church. He is a trustee of the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the board of directors of the Steubenville Country Club and the Y. M. C. A. He is a member of the fraternal order of Elks and belongs also to the Royal Arcanum. CHARLES A. JONES, who has been a successful farmer and stock raiser in Wayne Township for many years and owns an excellent farm of 160 acres, is one of the leading men of this section and has long been very active in the public affairs of the township. He is a native of Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, born November 19, 1859, and is a son of John and Sarah J. (Naylor) Jones. John Jones was born in Jefferson County, a son of Joseph Jones, who came to Ohio at an early day, selecting a pioneer home in Wayne Township. John Jones spent the larger part of his life here, following agricultural pursuits entirely, and became a man of high standing, a trustee of the Presbyterian Church and a reliable citizen in .every particular. He married Sarah J. Naylor, who came from another old Jefferson County family, and the children who survive them are the following: Charles A. Martha J., who is the widow of Samuel M. Cope, a former resident of Wayne Township ; Ruth E., who is the wife of T. M. Bell, who was appointed land appraiser of Wayne Township for 1910; Mary E. who is the wife of John C. Pat ton, of Harrison County, Ohio ; Sarah L., who is the wife 'of Newton Bell; Annie, who is the wife" of Thomas Snodgrass, of Salem. Township;. Flossie M. who is the wife of Joseph Welday, of Jewett, Ohio ; William R., who is a resident of Pittsburg, Pa.; Amos G., who lives at Carnegie, Pa.; John 0., who is a resident of Pittsburg; and David H., a trustee of Wayne Township, who resides at Bloomfield. Charles A. Jones attended the public schools of Bloomfield. He has been in business for himself ever since he reached his majority and gave his personal attention to his farm and stock interests for many years, although a part of his time was necessarily devoted to public duties, his fellow citizens having frequently elected him to responsible offices. For several years past he has been serving as assessor of Wayne Township and of the village of Bloomfield, incorporated, and has also served as a trustee of Wayne Township, being the president of that body for a part of the time. He is a clearheaded, practical man and has demonstrated the same both in the management of his own affairs and in his performance of public duties. Mr. Jones married Miss Carrie Bowers, of Cross Creek Township. Tier father, Joseph Bowers, who is now a resident of Wintersville, Ohio, was formerly a director and later the superintendent of the Jefferson County Infirmary. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Jones, all of whom survive: Bertha F., Harry M., Sarah. J., Mary H. and Edith E. Mr. Jones and family are members of the Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a Republican. WILLIAM S. PARLETT, postmaster at Dillonvale, Mt. Pleasant Township, is a representative business citizen of this place and is a member of the Dillonvale Mercantile Company. He was born in Harrison County, Ohio, January 20, 1864, and is a son of Isaiah and Jane (Deyarmon) Parlett. Isaiah Parlett was born in Harrison County, Ohio, in 1840, and died in 1898, aged fifty-eight years. His parents were William and Ailey Parlett, natives of Guernsey County, Ohio, where they died. The Parletts came originally to Ohio from Baltimore, Md. The maternal grandfather was born- in Ireland, and after coming to Jefferson County, Ohio, lived and died in a village which bears the name of Deyarmonville. His wife died in Mt. Pleasant Township, at the age of seventy-seven 988 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY years, her husband having lived to be eighty-seven. The maternal grandparents of Mr. Parlett belonged to the Seceder Church, but the Parletts were members of the Methodist Protestant Church. The mother of Mr. Parlett was born in Jefferson County in March, 1843, and still survives. To Isaiah Parlett and wife seven children were born, four sons and three daughters, namely: William S.; Charles Isaiah, who is engaged in the insurance and real estate business at Dillonvale, and married Miss Roxa Coss, a daughter of Alfred Coss; David E., a commercial salesman, maintaining his home at Toledo, Ohio, who married Miss Florence Sorbey ; Ralph, who is engaged in the insurance business at Mt. Pleasant; Louise, who married Wiley C. Brown, a farmer in Mt. Pleasant Township ; Minnie, married first to .Jesse Brokaw, and second, to Ray Yost, who resides at Wheeling, W. Va., and Mary, who died in her fourth year. William S. Parlett was four years old when his parents moved from Harrison to Jefferson County, settling on a farm in Mt. Pleasant Township, and he attended the public schools in Mt. Pleasant and Smithfield Townships. He remained at home until his marriage in 1889, when he went to Martin,s Ferry, where he learned the butchering business and remained in that place for two years. Since then, Mr. Parlett has spent the greater part of his time in Mt. Pleasant and Dillonvale, coming to the latter town in 1890, and prior to January, 1898, when he embarked in business for himself, he was in the employ of C. A. Eberle, a butcher and meat dealer at Dillonvale. On January 16, 1906, Mr. Parlett was appointed postmaster, Dillonvale being a third class office, and he has proved a careful and efficient public official. In politics, he is a stanch Republican. Tie was serving in his second term as a member of the town council when appointed to his Government office and since then has given a large part of his attention to it. He has been an active and interested citizen ever since coming here and has served on the school board for the past ten years. Mr. Parlett was married in 1889 to Miss Flora E. Buckingham, of Calais, Monroe County, Ohio, and they have had six children, Madge, Eulah, Harold, Eugenia, Walker and Myron, all of whom survive except Walker. Mr. Parlett and family are members of the Dillonvale Methodist Protestant Church, of which he is a trustee. He is a Thirty-second Degree Mason and belongs to the Blue Lodge and Chapter at Smithfield, the Council and Commandery at Steubenville, and Carson Lodge of Perfection and Lake Erie Consistory. He is also identified with the Odd Fellows. JOHN J. AZALLION, manager of the Ramsey store, at Ramsey, Jefferson County, Ohio, has been a resident of the United States since he was seven years of age, but his native land is sunny Italy and he was born near the old city of Turin, October 8, 1885, and is a son of Philip and Margaret Azallion. The mother is deceased but the father resides near Dillon-vale, in Jefferson County. The parents of Mr. Azallion, with their two children, John J. and Elizabeth, came to America in 1892 and the father became a miner at Dillonvale. There the son attended school until he was thirteen years of age, at that time accepting a position as clerk for Joseph Casiri, with whom he remained for two years and then became a clerk for H. Walker, of the same place. After five more years of mercantile training, he went to Bradley and took charge of the store of H. Walker there, and conducted it so satisfactorily to Mr. Walker that in 1907 he was made manager of the H. Walker store at Ramsey and has been in charge here ever since. There is considerable responsibility attached to this position as a large stock is carried and the assistance of five employes required. Mr. Azallion is also postmaster at this point, having been appointed October 31, 1907. He has proved his business capacity and reliability and is looked upon with favor AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 989 by the old and settled business men, while his pleasing manner and evident good will have brought him a wide circle of friends among the younger element. In politics, Mr. Azallion is a Republican. He is prominent in Masonry, belonging to the higher branches at Smithfield and Steubenville. He is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church at Dillonvale. CAPT. JOHN F. OLIVER, one of Steubenville's most respected citizens, has made this city his home for fifty-four years, more than a half century having passed since he came here as a student of law. He was born in Allegheny County, Pa., in 1830, passed his school days there, and when twenty-one years of age, went to California, where he spent two years. During this time he decided upon a profession and when he returned east, entered the law office of Stanton & McCook, at Steubenville, Ohio, later was admitted to the bar and in 1856 entered into practice in this city. The war excitement of 1861, however, caused him to put aside his plans for a great professional future. He immediately began recruiting and mainly through his own .efforts raised what became Company F, Twenty-fifth Regiment, O. V. I., of which he was commissioned captain, and it was sent to the front. Two years of varying fortune were passed in Virginia and West Virginia, with the Army of the Potomac. He was then made provost marshal, with headquarters at Alliance, Ohio, and served in that capacity until the close of the war, during that time, passing 2,500 men into the service. He continued to serve until September, 1865, and after his honorable discharge returned to Steubenville, where he resumed the practice of law. He continued in legal practice until 1878 and then turned his activities in another direction and for the past thirty-one years has been engaged in the book and stationery business in this city. He no longer is active in public affairs but formerly was prominently identified with political life in Steubenville and three times was elected and served as mayor of the city. Captain Oliver was married first to Catherine Hooker, now deceased. Three children survived her : John C., residing at St. Louis, Mo.; Jane F., wife of Roaliff Brinkerhoff, of Mansfield, Ohio; and Campbell, a resident of St. Louis. He was married secondly to Caroline Turnbull. They are members of the Second Presbyterian Church. He has long been interested in E. M. Stanton Post, No. 166, G. A. R., of which he .is a valued member. J. E. TURNER, secretary and treasurer of the Petroleum Supply Company, at Steubenville, which occupies quarters at Nos. 218-220 Market Street, is an experienced man in the oil and gas business with which he has been identified during the larger part of his business life. He was born at Canonsburg, Pa., in 1871. After completing his period of school attendance at Canonsburg, Mr. Turner went to work in the rolling-mills at Canonsburg, where he continued for four years. He then was with the Philadelphia Gas Company for six years and for eight more years was with the Standard Oil Company. From that corporation he went to Cadiz, Ohio, to take charge of the gas plant there for F. N. Donaldson, where he remained for two years and following that was with the National Supply Company until he became secretary and treasurer of the Petroleum Supply Company, in 1907, when he came to Steubenville. In 1898 Mr. Turner was married to Miss Rachel A. Ferris, of Houston, Pa. Mr. Turner is a Royal Arch Mason and is identified with other organizations. ANSON E. VORHEES, who has been postmaster at Unionport, Ohio, since March, 1907, and is a well qualified and popular official, is a native of this place, born April 30, 1863, and is a son of Samuel and Amanda (Johnson) Vorhees. The Vorhees family was established in Jefferson County by the grandfather, Isaac Vor- 990 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY hees, at an early date. Samuel Vorhees was born in 1829, married Amanda Johnson, born in 1839, and both survive and are among the most highly esteemed older residents of Unionport. Anson E. Vorhees gained his book education in the schools of Jefferson County and when he reached manhood learned the carpenter and millwright trades and for some eighteen years has worked at the latter trade in which he has built up a reputation for reliability and efficiency. he has been called to different parts of the United States in relation to contracts of this kind and perhaps no man in Jefferson County has had more real experience in this difficult line of work. Mr.Vorhees was married on August 16, 1885, to Miss Ada Scott, who is a daughter of the venerable William W. Scott, of Smithfield, and they have three children: Walter S., who is mail carrier for the rural free delivery out of Unionport; Mae B., who is assistant postmaster at Union-port ; and Lulu L., who is clerk in the Union port post-office. in politics, Mr. Vorhees is a Republican and exerts considerable influence in his section. Ile is a member of Lodge No. 369, Knights of Pythias, Unionport. JOE M. GORMAN, deputy state supervisor of elections and a well known business man of Steubenville, Ohio, has been a lifelong resident of this city. he was born in 1877, and is a son of Patrick Gorman, deceased. The latter was born in Ireland and in 1854 came to the United States, locating in Jefferson County, Ohio. In early life he had charge of the first switch crew in the building of the Panhandle railroad from Newark to Steubenville. During the latter years of his life he engaged in the grocery business at Steubenville, where his death occurred in April, 1.909. Joe M. Gorman attended the public schools of his native city and upon leaving school entered the office of the Steubenville Gazette as office boy. Tie worked his way through various grades of promotion until he was managing editor, in which capacity he served until he severed his connection with that publication in September, 1907. He then built the Central Roller Rink, which he has since managed successfully. He has taken a very active interest in politics, working hard for Democratic supremacy in this community. He served several terms as chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of Jefferson County. he is now serving his third term as deputy state supervisor of elections. Mr. Gorman is secretary of the Steubenville Gazette Publishing Company, also of the Saturday Journal, which is a weekly labor paper, its first publication having been on Saturday, April 14, of the present year. Ile is a consistent member of St. Peter,s Church, and is a member of the Knights of Columbus, being one of the organizers of the Steubenville Council. HON. HOWARD H. SMITH, formerly mayor of Toronto, O., and at present identified with a large number of the leading interests of Jefferson County, has been connected with the First National Bank of this city ever since its organization and has been its cashier since January, 1910: He was born at New Cumberland, W. Va. July 12, 1866, and is a son of Hon. B. J. and Amanda (Cox) Smith. The father of Mr. Smith located at New Cumberland in 1845, having previously lived at Cincinnati. He was a pioneer clay manufacturer in West Virginia and became a man of ample fortune and political prominence, being a member of the West Virginia State senate at the time of his death, which occurred in December, 1890. He was survived by his widow but three months. Howard H. Smith attended the New Cumberland schools and the Wheeling Business College and was graduated from the latter in 1887. In 1888, in association with his brother, S. G. Smith, he organized the firm of S. G. and H. H. Smith, to deal in insurance, from which firm S. G. Smith later retired and is now a prominent at AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 993 torney at Wheeling. A few years later the insurance business was reorganized as Smith, Bradley & Smith of New Cumberland, a branch house under the same name being established at Toronto. In 1891, H. H. Smith sold his interests in the New Cumberland branch and bought the firm's Toronto business and in the same year took up his residence in the latter place. He is proprietor of the H. H. Smith Insurance and Real Estate Agency and his offices in the Windsor Hotel Building at Toronto are the most elegantly finished business apartments in the city. This company handles the business of sixteen fire insurance companies among which are the largest and strongest companies in the world. The H. R. Smith agency has paid losses that will easily aggregate $300,000. Mr. Smith has purchased, since establishing himself in Toronto, the old established agencies of Jefferson Saltsman and S. B. Taylor & Co. Among Mr. Smith's additional interests may be named the following: vice-president of the Central Sewer Pipe and Supply Company of Steubenville, and secretary of the Toronto Realty Company. Although his business affairs have been unusually engrossing, he has yet found time to faithfully perform his duties of citizenship and his fellow citizens have not been slow in acknowledging his qualifications for important office. He was first elected mayor of the city in 1893 and in 1895 was reelected, at that time being the youngest mayor in office in the State of Ohio and the youngest executive Toronto had ever had. In politics, Mr. Smith is a Republican. On May 20, 1891, Mr. Smith was married to Miss Irene M. Bowles, a daughter of Frank Bowles, of Toronto, and they have two children : Pauline and Elizabeth. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the Methodist Protestant Church at Toronto, of which he has been treasurer for many years. He stands high in Masonry, being, a member of all its different branches including the 32nd degree, and is past eminent commander of Steubenville Com mandery No. 11. The beautiful family residence stands on West Main Street, Toronto. JAMES T. KITHCART, deceased, a former prominent and substantial citizen of Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, was born in Mt. Pleasant Township, February 23, 1846, a son of Cunningham and Jane (Dunlap) Kithcart. James T. Kithcart was five years old when his parents moved to Smithfield Township and there he grew to manhood and attended the public schools. He engaged in farming and stock raising there until his marriage, after which he settled in Wayne Township, where he became a man of ample fortune and a valued resident. For many years he was numbered with the township's most progressive and successful farmers, owning 141 acres of valuable land. He raised first class stock and made a specialty of sheep. He took pride in his farm products and in his land and made improvements that added greatly to its value. His residence, which is one of the most attractive rural homes in this section of Jefferson County, attracts the passerby on account of its beautiful and well kept grounds. In this home of peace and comfort, Mr. Kithcart died on August 15, 1897. Mr. Kithcart was married October 19, 1881, to Miss Mary A. Cole, who was born in Wayne Township, and is a daughter of Rowland and Eliza (Starr) Cole, both of whom were born in Wayne Township. The grandfather of Mrs. Kithcart was Ezekiel Cole who was one of the earliest settlers in Wayne Township. To Mr. and Mrs. Kithcart four children were born, namely : Georgie E., who is the wife of John L. Black, of Harrison County; Clyde D., who lives in Wayne Township ; Rowland C., who is deceased ; and James T., who lives with his mother on the homestead. Mr. Kithcart was a consistent member of Mount Moriah Baptist Church for many years and served as a deacon in the same. His widow is also a member of this church. 994 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY He was a Democrat in politics but took little part in political discussions. He was well known in every direction and the general verdict, when he passed away, was that Wayne Township had lost one of its most reliable men and representative citizens. In every relation of life he was honest and upright and he is remembered with kindness by all who knew him. JAMES HENRY KIRK, a successful farmer and stock raiser of Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, owns five acres and his own substantial residence and also operates the homestead farm of sixty acres. He was born on this farm, September 18, 1880, and is a son of Eli and Jennie (Long) Kirk. The Kirk family has been established in Cross Creek Township for many years. Eli Kirk, father of James Henry, was born in this township, a son of Henry C. and Margaret (Marsh) Kirk, who had other children, as follows : William H.; Anna, who married Lewis Armstrong; Lydia, who married William Fisher; John J.; Oliver, who was a soldier in the Civil War and was starved to death in Andersonville prison, Georgia ; and Elmer, who received a fatal wound at Chattanooga, Tenn., while serving as a soldier. Eli Kirk served also in the Civil War, being a member of Company E, 157th Regiment, O. V. I., for 100 days. His subsequent life has been spent as a farmer in Cross Creek Township. He married Jennie Long, whose brothers and sisters are Taylor, David, Wesley, Mary, Elizabeth, Susan, Margaret and Kate. In politics, Eli Kirk is a Republican. Both he and wife are members of the Long Methodist Episcopal Church. They have four children : Anna, wife of George Smith; John; James Hen ry; and Mary, who resides at home. James Henry Kirk obtained an excellent common school education and since he was twenty years of age has been interested in farm pursuits. He is also an active citizen of his township and on November 2, 1909, was elected a trustee and assumed the duties of the office on January 3, 1910. He is popular with all classes and possesses those solid qualities and entertains the practical ideas which belong to the best class of young American citizenship. On December 27, 1906, Mr. Kirk was married to Miss Jennie McCoy, a daughter of John and Mary (Dinsmore) McCoy. The father of Mrs. Kirk is a substantial farmer of Jefferson County and for four years filled the office of sheriff. Mr. and Mrs. Kirk_ have one son, James Howard, who was born September 7, 1909. They are members of Long's Methodist Episcopal Church. ELLIOTT M. GEARY, proprietor of the Star Laundry, the best equipped plant of its kind at Steubenville, is one of the city's enterprising and successful business men. He was born on a farm in Wisconsin, near Newton, in Vernon County, in 1870, and was twelve years old when he came to Steubenville. Mr. Geary attended school in this city until he was sixteen years of age and then went to work for R. M. Mahon, a well known resident, with whom he remained for three years. When but nineteen, he embarked first in business for himself, having H. F. Lamberton for a partner. They founded the Star Laundry on a small scale and conducted it for three years as a hand laundry. Mr. Geary was satisfied with the future outlook of the business and bought out his partner and as soon as he acquired the capital, put in his first steam equipment, this being in 1902. He then moved to his present location and has continued to add modern appliances to his former ones until now he has the most complete laundry equipments in the country, representing a large expenditure. Not every young man succeeds in his first business venture, but Mr. Geary has shown marked ability and business capacity. He has overcome a great deal of competition and now does probably the largest laundry business in the county. He has twenty-nine names of employes on his pay roll. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 995 From 1908 to 1909, he was president of the Ohio Laundrymen's Association. He is an active citizen and a faithful party worker and for two years has been a member of the city council from the Second Ward. Mr. Geary was married first in 1892, to Miss Mary Seibert, who died in 1907. She is survived by one son, George Elliott. He was married secondly in May, 1908, to Mrs. I. Edna Cope. Mr. and Mrs. Geary are members of the Methodist Protestant Church. He is a Thirty-second Degree Mason and belongs to Lake Erie Consistory at Cleveland and Aladdin Shrine at Columbus. He belongs also to Steuben Lodge No. 1, Knights of Pythias, of which he is Past Chancellor, and to the Heptasophs. He is identified with the Y. M. C. A., and with the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce. JACOB SWICKARD, one of Knox Townships' best known citizens and substantial farmers, resides on his excellent farm of 209 acres, and is a representative of one of the old pioneer families of Jefferson County, Ohio. He was born on this farm, July 30, 1841, and is a son of Samuel and Mary (Douglas) Swickard. Samuel Swickard and wife were both born in Jefferson County. The paternal grandfather was Martin Swickard, who was born in Pennsylvania and came very early to find a home in the rich lands awaiting settlement in Jefferson County and finally settled in Island Creek Township. There Samuel Swickard was reared but later moved into Knox Township where he became a man of substance and was highly considered. He was an old-time Democrat and was chosen for public offices and served as one of the early trustees of Knox Township. He had five children and two survive him ; Jacob and Rebecca. The latter is the widow of James Montgomery. She lives at Marseilles, Ill. Jacob Swickard has always lived on the old homestead. He attended the district schools in his youth but as soon as his strength permitted, commenced to take part in farm work and has ever since continued. Although he has made many improvements he has not disturbed some of the old familiar buildings and one of these, the barn, which is still in a good state of preservation, was built more than seventy-five years ago. Mr. Swickard was married February 18, 1861, to Miss Sarah Miller, who was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, and died October 26, 1900. Her father was Isaac Miller, one of the old residents of the county and a well known man at one time. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Swickard, three of whom are deceased : Jacob S., Jennie V. and Albert R. The three survivors are : Isaac E., who resides in Knox Township, married Ella Maple; Samuel S., who lives in Oregon; and Emma R., who is the wife of John Van Dyke, of Knox Township. Mr. Swickard is a Democrat in his political views. He has never desired public office but has always done his duty as a good citizen. J. HARVEY STRONG, superintendent for the Gill Bros. Company, has been a resident of Steubenville, Ohio, since 1904. He was born in Frankfort, Marshall County, Kansas, April 20, 1868, but was reared and educated at Bellaire, Ohio. Mr. Strong early in life entered the glass factories at Bellaire and later was similarly engaged at Fostoria. and Find-Fairfax, whereon stood the family homestead for many years. In 1776, at the age of eighteen years, George Alban joined the Revolutionary forces, enlisting on February 28 of that year as a private in Capt. Thomas Berry's company, Eighth Virginia regiment, commanded by Col. Peter Muhlenberg. He was transferred at Morristown, N. J., on May 1, 1777, to General Washington's body guard, commanded by Captain Gibbs. He took part in the battles of Brandywine, September 11, 1777,and Germantown, Pa., October 4, 1777, and was discharged at the end of his two years' term at Valley Forge on February 28, 1778. 995 - HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY lay, Ohio. He was with the Consolidated Lamp and Glass Company at Coraopolis, Pa., nine years, three years as a journeyman 'and six years as foreman in the mold department. He came from Coraopolis to Steubenville in 1904, and was first engaged as master mechanic in the plant of the Gill Bros. Company, but soon was made superintendent of the plants at Steubenville and Toronto. He also is interested in the Strong Enamel Manufacturing Company at Bellaire, Ohio, and in the Ohio-Alabama Land and Orchard Company, being treasurer of the latter. In 1890 Mr. Strong was married to Miss Anna L. Harr of Fostoria, Ohio, and they have three children : Harry Francis, Ethel Amanda and Walter Evans. Mr. Strong is a member of the First Presbyterian Church, and also of the session. Fraternally, he belongs to the Order of Odd Fellows, the Protected Home Circle and the National Union. A. W. WEBER, vice-president of the Wellsville China Company, at Steubenville, Ohio, and also foreman of the decorating department, has been a resident of this city for some seven years and is identified with many of its important interests. He was born at Lewisville, Monroe County, Ohio, in 1855, was reared and educated there and remained until 1885. In the year mentioned above Mr. Weber came to Unionport, Jefferson County, where he engaged in a mercantile business until 1887 and then moved to Iron-dale, where he continued as a merchant until 1903. From Irondale Mr. Weber came to Steubenville and conducted a hardware business here for five years and was also interested in the Wellsville Pottery. In addition to being associated officially and otherwise with the Wellsville China Company, Mr. Weber is a stockholder and a member of the board of directors of the Steubenville Hardware and Supply Company. As a business man he has a high rating and as a citizen he is numbered with the city's solid and reliable men. In 1893 Mr. Weber was married to Miss Jennie Dorrance, of Bergholtz, Jefferson County, Ohio. They are members of the Third Presbyterian Church and he is one of its trustees. He is identified with the Masonic fraternity, belonging to the Blue Lodge and Chapter at Steubenville. J. C. McNAMARA, who is identified with the business interests of Steubenville and is an active member of the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce, was born in Butler County, Pa., in September, 1882, and came to this city in 1906, having been appointed local manager of the Oil Well Supply Company of Scio, Ohio. Mr. McNamara was reared in his native place and after completing the public school course, attended a business college at Scio, Ohio. He then became bookkeeper for the Oil Well Supply Company of that place and remained there for four years, having full charge of the business for three years, after which, as above narrated, he came to Steubenville and looks after their business here, conducting a store and repair shop at No. 623 Market Street. He has developed qualities as a business man that have been recognized and rewarded by his employers. Mr. Mc-. Namara was reared in the Catholic faith and is a member of St. Peter's congregation at Steubenville. Fraternally he is identified with the Elks. WILLIAM R. ALBAN, now one of the leading practitioners at the Jefferson County bar has a Welsh ancestry whose representatives settled in America long anterior to the War of the Revolution. John Alban appears to have come to Virginia at least as early as the middle of the 18th century, and located near Winchester, Va. Here on February 15, 1758, his son George Alban, great-grandfather of William R. Alban, was born. In 1764 John Alban purchased a section of land from Lord AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS - 999 He reenlisted on March 3, with Capt. Jeremiah Dunn's company of Express Riders, with Whom he remained until November 24, 1778, when, disabled by wounds he returned to the home farm at Winchester, where he married Miss Jane Green, in 1783, by whom he had a family of ten children. In 1796 the family removed to Charlestown, now Wellsburg, on the Ohio River, and in the following year to Island Creek Township, in the newly organized county of. Jefferson, O. Mr. Alban was probably the first settler in the wilds of this township back from the river, and it was a primeval wilderness, where it was necessary to guard against the nightly depredations of wolves and other savage beasts, and where a visit from a wandering red man was still not infrequent, although Wayne’s victory had removed all danger from this source. On December 27, 1800, he purchased a quarter section of land from Thomas Edgington, and this farm remained in the family until about 1868. Mrs. Alban died on August 8, 1839, aged seventy-nine years and was followed by her husband on January 29, 1840, at the ripe age of eighty-two years. Of the children, George Alban, Jr. alone remained in the county, the other being scattered over the country from the lakes to the Gulf, and there were representatives of the family on both sides in the late .Civil War. He married Nancy Cox, December 29, 1825, who died October 29, 1877. Mr. Alban died in 1861, leaving seven children, one of whom, John Alban, the father of the subject of our sketch, lived until 1902, when he departed full of years and honor. As an illustration of the standing of the family, the office of justice of the peace, for Island Creek Township was held almost continuously by George Alban and his son from 1802 to 1861. John Alban married Margaret Warden, on September 21, 1858, and on October 10, 1864, on his father's farm near the old home place William R. Alban was born. As usual among the youth of our rural communities he received his primary education in the country schools, finishing at Scio College. He taught school for six years, and in 1891 began the study of law in the office of Hon. E. E. Erskine, then prosecuting attorney. In the fall of 1892 he entered the law department of the Ohio State University, and was admitted to the bar the following year. He remained with Mr. Erskine two years, and then opened a separate office where his industry and ability soon had the effect of building up a rapidly increasing legal business. being an ardent Republican he was made chairman of the County Central Committee in 1899, in which capacity he served most efficiently for three years. In 1902 he was nominated for prosecuting attorney on the Republican ticket without opposition, an almost unprecedented honor, and was elected by an exceptionally large majority. He was renominated and elected for a second term, and retired from office in 1909 with an unexcelled record for vigilance and proficiency in conducting the criminal business of the county. Since then he has devoted himself to his legal business of which he has a large share. Mr. Alban is a prominent Methodist and a leading factor in religious circles. He is a broad minded citizen in every respect, and his name is a synonym for integrity and honor that is universally recognized in the community. On December 24, 1895, Mr. Alban was joined in wedlock with Miss Laura A. McWha, and has one daughter Ethel M., aged thirteen years, and one son Frederick Warden, aged one year. GEORGE G. BARGAR, merchant and capitalist at Smithfield, Ohio, has been a resident of Jefferson County his entire life. He was born in Cross Creek Township, August 13, 1856, and is a son of Peter and Ruth Ann (Crawford) Bargar. Peter Bargar was born in Pennsylvania but he married at Richmond, Ohio, and with his wife settled in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, where he operated a blacksmith shop. In 1865 he moved to Smithfield and continued the blacksmith business here until the time of his death,