HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 725 On the 25th of August, 1892, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Ebert to Miss Lena Sprenger, daughter of Frederick and Johanna Sprenger, of Ashland, Kentucky, and of this union were born six children,—Mathilda, Bertha M., Hilda P., Leo, Helen E., and Otto N., Jr. Mathilda and Leo are deceased. VINCENT F. DILLON. One of the leading educators in the Hanging Rock Iron Region is the present county school superintendent of Lawrence County, Vincent F. Dillon, who has been an enthusiastic student of school methods and management, is a practical educator, and has done much to elevate the standards of the public schools throughout the county over which he has jurisdiction. Mr. Dillon is closely identified with the county, not only as his birthplace, but also as a successful farmer and at one time a merchant, and has brought to his work as superintendent of schools the broad vision and executive capacity of the successful business man. Vincent F. Dillon was born at Scottown, Windsor Township, Lawrence County, August 26, 1866. His parents were William and Rachel (Reed) Dillon. The father was born in Morgan County. Ohio, in 1838, was brought to Lawrence County in 1846, lived the life of a highly respected farmer until his death in 1909. The mother was born in Monroe County, Ohio, in 1835 and died in 1884. They were the parents of five children : Effie C., who married B. F. Snyder, a farmer in Mason Township, and has four children—Festus, Belva, Verda and William; Vincent F.; William A., who married Ellen Lunsford and is a bookkeeper living in Union Township, has eight children—Myrtle (deceased), Hillis, Cesco, Lema, Jennie, John, Bessie and Jessie, twins; Elizabeth L., who married Thomas Dalton, a farmer in West Virginia, and is the mother of nine children ; Jennie B., who married John Fuiks, a farmer of Windsor Township, and their five children are Hazel, Fleta. Dillon, William and Jewel. Vincent F. Dillon was married September 4, 1895, to Nettie Dillon, daughter of William Dillon, a Windsor Township farmer. Their nine children are Mary A., John W., Berkeley F., Leland S., Howard K., Rachel E., Nettie M., Venus F., and Nellie G. Mary A. and John W. finished the Coal Grove High School course in 1912, and John graduated from the Ironton High School in 1914, and several of the. other children are still in school. Mr. Dillon while growing up on a farm managed to acquire a liberal education, attending the Beech Grove school in Windsor Township until he was twenty years of age, and subsequently, during the intervals of his teaching, was for four terms a student in the National Normal Uni- 726 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION rersity at Lebanon, and has studied both in university and at home along lines that would give him special training and proficiency in his educational work. His career for twenty-five years has been that of teacher acid .farmer. He owned 160 acres in Lawrence County, but in 1913 traded for a general store at South Point, and conducted that until June, 1914. At that time he was appointed county superintendent of schools for Lawrence 'County, and has turned over the management of his. store to other parties. Mr. Dillon still lives in South Point, though his office is in Ironton, and besides his residence at South Point owns eighteen acres of improved farm land. He served as school examiner from 1911 to 1914 previous to his induction into his present duties as superintendent. Mr. Dillon is a member of the Masonic Order and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, is a trustee in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics is a democrat. SCOTT W. WILSON. A substantial contributor to the .business strength and importance of Ironton is found in the person of Scott W. Wilson, who hi the line of real estate and insurance has met with -well-merited success. A man of -excellent character and good business qualifications, his standing in the community as a citizen is of the best; and his energetic, progressive manner of carrying on his. transactions has created a favorable impression on all with whom he has come into contact. Mr. Wilson is a product of the farm and of Lawrence County, for he was born on his father's homestead in Mason Township, February 5, 1873, a son of James and Malissa (Folden) Wilson. James Wilson was also born in Mason Township, where the family had been founded at an early day by his father, and grew up to the pursuits of the soil, in which he engaged until the Civil War came on to occupy men's thoughts and control their actions. With other patriotic young men of his community he enlisted in Battery B, Ohio Light Artillery, and served under the flag Of the Union for a little more than three years, participating in numerous hard-fought engagements and establishing a record for bravery and faithful performance of duty. When his country no longer needed him he returned to the peaceful occupation of his fathers, and continued as an industrious tiller of the soil until his death, May 21, 1893. Malissa (Folden) Wilson was born in Walnut Township, Gallia County, Ohio, November 21, 1849, and still survives her husband; residing on the old home place in Mason township. She has been the mother of four children, namely : Scott W., James C., Louis G. and Alfred D. Scctt W. Wilson attended the public schools of Mason Township HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 727 until he reached the age of eighteen years, and at that time began to devote all his energies to farming. He was twenty-two years of age when he embarked in the threshing and sawmill business, but after four years disposed of his interests therein to enter his present line, that of real estate and insurance, in which he has met with marked success. During the ten years that he has been identified with this business he has built up a wide patronage, and at this time is the owner of seven residence properties at Ironton, his own home at Fifth and Park Avenues, an improved farm of 180 acres and a handsome fruit farm in Mason Township. His success has been gained through no happy chance, but by virtue of his own hard and unflagging labor, his comprehensive knowledge of land and realty values and an inherent ability for his chosen line of work. Mr. Wilson is a valued and active member of the Chamber of Commerce. A republican in politics, he has never found time to actively enter public affairs, except as a good citizen seeking to secure strong men and good measures for his community. With his family, he is a member of the Pine Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Wilson was married September 12, 1894, to Miss Osa Drummond, who died February 25, 1911, aged thirty-three years, having been the mother of six children : Nina M., Hobart McKinley; James 0., Hollace, Dorothea V. and Gretchen. Mr. Wilson 's second marriage was to Miss Lou Price, November 15, 1911, she being a daughter of Kingston and Julia (Preston) Price, of Johnson County, Kentucky. Mr. Price was groceryman and .a soldier of the Civil War. Mrs. Julia (Preston) Price, who was born in Johnson County, Kentucky, died in 1878, having been the mother of six children : C. Line, Alice M., Lou, Jeremiah, Kingston F., Jr., and Jennie: Mr. Price was married the second time to Vina Mills, and they became the parents of two.children : Mary J. and John. Mrs. Price died in 1893, and Mr. Price was married the third time to Martha Maynard, who died without issue in 1913. ARTHUR AND WILMER SMITH. One of the successful business enterprises of Ironton is that conducted by Arthur and Wilmer Smith, under the firm style of Smith Brothers Company, furniture dealers. The brothers have experienced the vicissitudes which are liable to be encountered by every merchant, but have triumphed over their discouragements, and today are numbered among the successful men of the younger generation doing business in this flourishing city. They are sons of Cornelius and Amelia (Strother) Smith, the former born at Ironton, Ohio, in 1849, and the latter in Wayne County, Kentucky. in 1848. The father, who spent his life as a laborer at Ironton, was a mail carrier during the Civil War, his route lying between Ironton and Gwen- 728 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION dolyn. There were seven children in the family, of whom three are the survivors being : 'Low D., Arthur, Wilmer and Elizabeth. Arthur Smith was born at Ironton, Ohio, September 21, 1876, and received only ordinary educational advantages, attending the public schools until reaching the Seventh Grade. At that time, when but fourteen years of age, he took upon his young shoulders life's responsibilities, becoming a laborer in the old Star Mill, where he continued for five years. At the end of that -time, with his brothers, Low D. and Wilmer, he embarked in the grocery business at Ironton, but after a business life of four and one-half years obstacles were met which could not be overcome and the venture failed: In 1900, nothing daunted, the brothers again engaged in the grocery business, and about one year later established a notion store on North Second Street, of which Arthur Smith had charge for six years. At this time Low D. Smith disposed of his interests to his brothers and retired from the firm, and the latter then closed out the grocery and notion stores and in 1910 embarked in the furniture business. Through able management and tireless industry, aided by the experience gained in their former ventures, the brothers have built up a prosperous business, which is constantly growing and attracting a representative patronage. Arthur Smith is unmarried. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and of the local lodge of the Knights of Pythias.. His political views are those of the democratic party, and his religious connection is with the First Methodist Episcopal Church. He gives the major part of his attention to the duties of his business, but when he can lay aside its Cares for a time is fond of travel and hunting and is also a baseball enthusiast. His acquaintance is large at Ironton and his, friends numerous. Wilmer Smith was born at Ironton, March 28, 1879, and like his brother only received ordinary educational. advantages. When the Spanish-American 'War broke nut he demonstrated his patriotism by enlisting iii Company .E, Seventh Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. with which organization he served as a private. Upon his return to civil life he joined his brothers in business, and his ability, resource, progressive ideas and energetic nature have done much to insure the success of the company-of which he is a member. Like his brother, Mr. Smith is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church and a democrat in politics, and like him also is a "booster" for the best interests of his native place.. He is generally popular, as testified by a wide circle of friends. On May 30, 1900, Wilmer Smith was married at Ironton to Miss Anna Hill, daughter of Lawrence Hill, and three children have been born. to this union : Thelma L., Richard W. and Ralph E. HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 729 JOHN W. TULGA. One of the successful business enterprises of Ironton, Ohio, is that established at Ninth and Park Avenues in 1897 by John W. Tulga. The founder, a man .in but moderate circumstances at the time, was the best possible candidate for a successful wagon manufacturer and blacksmith. He worked harder than would one of independent means,. and he was less easy to discourage. His field of operation was an advantageous one, both from the town and country standpoint, and from the start he pursued honorable methods and made his word respected and his workmanship admired. The result is a business which is not only financially remunerative, but adds to the prestige of the community as a center of business activity. Mr. Tulga is a product of Lawrence County, having been born at Etna Furnace, December 22, 1871, a son of John H. and Annie (Speckman) Tulga. The father was born at Pine Grove, Lawrence County, a member of an old and honored family of the Hanging Rock Region, in 1848, and has passed his life in the peaceful pursuit of tilling the soil, in which he has earned a competence that now allows him to live in comfortable retirement at his home at Sedgwick. He married Mrs. Annie (Speck,. man) Saunders, a widow, who was born in 1842, at Metropolis, Illinois, and had one child by her former marriage : Henry E. John H. and Annie Tulga became the parents of five children, namely : John H., Jr., John W., Amelia, Mary and Anne. John W. Tulga was a student at the public schools of Ironton until reaching the age of fourteen years, at which time he took his place among the world's workers as an employe of the nail mill. He was industrious and enterprising, but found that his wages were but small, and in order to better his condition learned the trade of blacksmith, at which he worked at the old Olive Street wagon works for a period of nine years. It had been always his ambition to be the proprietor of a business of his own, and this ambition he gratified in 1897, when he started in a small way to manufacture wagons at Ninth and Park Avenues. To his original plant he has constantly added as the steady increase of patronage has demanded, and he now has one of the most modern plants in this section, fully equipped with the most highly improved machinery known to the business. He is the owner of both plant and property, which with stock and equipment are valued between $20,000 and $25,000. Mr. Tulga is well known to the dealers in his line of business and is a valued member-of the Tri-State Retail Carriage Dealers Association. He belongs to the Chamber of Commerce, and hasp a well-established reputation generally in commercial circles. Mr. Tulga is well known as a driver and as an excellent judge of horse-flesh. fie is a republican in his political views, hut has not let political affairs interfere with his business. With his 730 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION family, he attends the Emanuel Church, and resides in his own pleasant residence at No. 212 Park Avenue.  Mr. Tulga was married April 26, 1899, at the home of the bride at Ironton, to Miss Elizabeth Zimmermann, daughter of Valentine and Sophia Zimmermann, of this city., retired farming people of Lawrence County. Mr. and Mrs. Tulga have one child : Raymond H., who is attending school. WILLIAM. J. DORAN. One of the successful business men of Ironton, William J. Doran, secretary, treasurer and manager of the Crystal Ice Company, has illustrated in his career the opportunities that are presenting themselves to the men of today who are possessed of enterprise and initiative, have the ability and are not afraid of hard persistent labor. He was given only ordinary advantages in his youth, but made the most of them, and the success which has come to him is but the merited reward of well-directed effort. Mr. Doran is a native of Ohio, born at Portsmouth, Scioto County, December 27, 1868, his parents being Michael and Erma (Schuh) Doran. Michael Doran was born in Pennsylvania, in 1846, and in young man: hood came to Ohio, locating at Portsmouth, where he became a puddler in. the mills. He was a quiet, unassuming citizen; spent his life in industrious labor, and died. in 1912, at the age of sixty-six years. Mrs. Doran, who was born in Germany in 1848, came to this country in young womanhood, and still survives her 'husband, being a resident of Ironton.. There were ten children in the family : William J., Ida, Emma C., Mary, Thomas T., Estella, Frank, Rose, Edward P. and Francis D., of whom Thomas T. and Frank are deceased. William J. Doran was educated in the parochial school of St. Lawrence Catholic Church, which he attended until thirteen years of age, and at that time took his place among the world's workers as an employee of the puddling department at the iron mills. He was thus engaged for five years and then became a laborer at the ice plant, where, during the following twelve years, he gained much valuable experience in the line of ice-making machinery. Succeeding this he went to Jackson, 'Jackson County, Ohio, where he had the supervision of the building. of an ice plant, and this he 'managed for one year, then returning to Ironton to attend Davidson's Business 'College. After six months in. that school, Mr. Doran went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he became chief engineer at the Knox Ice Company's plant, but after one and one-half years again came to Ironton. Here he became manager of the Crystal Ice Company, and in 1907 purchased stock in the business and was elected secretary and treasurer, positions he has continued to hold. Through Mr. Doran 's good HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 731 management and ability to make the most of opportunities, the business has enjoyed a steady and healthy growth, and is now justly regarded as one of the substantial enterprises of Ironton. Mr. Doran is widely experienced in his chosen vocation, is known as an expert operator of ice making machinery and is held in the highest confidence by his associates. The duties of his business have been such as to demand his attention to the exclusion of other matters, but he has neglected no opportunity to demonstrate his interest in his community's welfare. In political matters he supports the candidates of the democratic party. He is a member of St. Lawrence Catholic Church, and for some time has been its treasurer. Mr. Doran is unmarried. WILLIAM H. HEINER has developed a most successful nursery and market-gardening business at Ironton, Lawrence County, where he has a well improved tract of nine and one-half acres, devoted largely to truck gardening, but special attention being now given to the propagating of seeds and bulbs for food products rather than in the line of floriculture. Mr. Heiner is one of the progressive and loyal citizens of Ironton and takes vital interest in all that touches its welfare and advancement. Ile is a valued member of the city council at the present time and has received other marks of popular confidence and esteem Mr. Heiner was born at Allegheny City, now known simply as Allegheny, in Pittsburgh County, Pennsylvania, on the 24th of September, 1853, and is a son of George and Magdalene (Hefner) Heiner, the former of whom was born in the Kingdom of Hanover, Germany, in 1811, and the latter of whom was born in the ancient City of Strasburg; capital of Alsace-Lorraine, Germany, in 1823, her native province having been still a part of French territory at the time of her birth and having passed to German control as a result of the Franco-Prussian War. Of the ten children six are living, and the names of the entire number are indicated, in respective order of birth and with proper noting of those who have passed away : George (deceased), Caroline, William H., Louisa (deceased) , Elizabeth, Magdalene (deceased), Henry, Sarah, Mary, and Edward (deceased). The father, George Heiner, immigrated with his wife to America in 1853 and after passing about one year in the State of Pennsylvania he came to Ohio, in 1854, and established his home at Ironton, as one of the sterling pioneers of Lawrence County. He purchased the tract of land on a part of which his son William H., of this review, now lives at 3803 South Third Street, and here he continued to apply himself earnestly and industriously. to market gardening until his death, in 1872, his wife surviving him by more than thirty years- and having 732 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION been called to the life eternal in 1905, at the venerable age of eighty-two years. William H. Heiner attended the public schools of Ironton until he had attained to the age of seventeen .years, and thereafter he worked for his father until the latter's death, about two years later. He then assumed the management of the home place, in the interest of the entire family, and thus continued his labors until about 1880, when the estate was settled and the heirs given their proper apportionment. In the final adjustment Mr. Heiner assumed heavy responsibilities, as he purchased the home place and paid the other heirs, and in the intervening years he has achieved. unequivocal success, gained through zealous industry and good management, which have placed him in independent financial status. He has added somewhat to the area of the old homestead, to meet the demands of his business, and now has about nine and one-half acres of ground, improved with model hot-beds and otherwise excellently equipped for the market-gardening and nursery business. For a number of years Mr. Heiner gave more or less attention to- work at the. carpenter's trade, and his ability in this trade is indicated by his membership in the carpenters' union. He is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, holds membership in the Ironton. Chamber of Commerce, and both he land his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Heiner has .made excellent improvements on his residence property, and he is the owner also of the building utilized as a store. Mr. Heiner shows characteristic loyalty and progressiveness in his effective service as a member of the city council, to which he was first elected in 1911. Popular appreciation of his labors in this municipal body, to which he was chosen from the city at large rather than from a specific ward, was shown in his re-election, by a gratifying majority, in 1913. He was formerly a member of the board of trustees of the Lawrence County Infirmary, having been for two years clerk of the board and for an equal period its president. .His political allegiance is given to the republican party and he is well fortified in his opinions concerning governmental affairs, both local anti national: It is worthy of record. that in 1877, when he was twenty-four years of age, Mr. Heiner found an effective means of recuperating his impaired health, by making the long overland trip, with horse and wagon, to South, ern Florida. Another young man accompanied him on the journey and they traversed a distance of 3,000 miles, ninety days being consumed ere they reached their destination; and the return trip being made by railroad. At Ironton, on the 26th of April, 1887, Mr. Heiner wedded Miss Caroline E. Ensinger, daughter of Christopher and Katherine A. Ensinger, HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 733 both natives of Germany, where the former was born in 1830, and the latter in 1832. Mrs. Heiner was the fifth in order of birth of the family of eleven children, the others being Mary B., Wilhelmina (deceased). George W., Agnes (deceased), Emma D., William F., Rosa R., Charles E., and Frank A. and John J., who are deceased. Christopher Ensinger was a pioneer of Lawrence County, and here conducted the well known Old Reliable Dairy froth 1859 until his death, in 1907, his wife having passed to the life eternal in 1905. He was one of a company of fifteen enterprising citizens who first introduced into Lawrence County the and registered Holstein-Frisian cattle, and he became an extensive and successful breeder of this fine type of stock, his fine herd having been a source of much pride to him and the same having attracted much attention on the part of breeders and farmers. Mr. Ensinger was an influential and honored citizen and served in various offices of local trust, including many years' incumbency of the position of director of the county infirmary. Mr. and Mrs. Heiner became the .parents of two children,— Chester E., who died at the age of 11 months; and Karl W., who is engaged in the grocery business in the City of Cincinnati: he married Miss Garnet Brimstead and they have no children. OLIVER U. O'NEILL, M. D. Well fortified in technical skill and in unfaltering devotion to his exacting and humane profession, Dr. O'Neill holds place as one of the representative physicians and surgeons engaged in practice in the City of Ironton, the capital and metropolis of Lawrence County. There is distinctive satisfaction in noting his professional and civic status by reason of his being a native son of the county which is still his home, and he is a. representative of an old and honored family of this section of the State. Dr. O'Neill was born in Mason Township, Lawrence County, Ohio, on the 1st of March; 1870, and is a son of William and Rhuama (Wymer) Neill, the former of whom was born in Monroe County, this State, in 1625, a member of a family, of Irish lineage, that was founded in this commonwealth in the pioneer days, and the latter of whom was born in Morgan County, on the 3d of March, 1834: she is one of the venerable and loved pioneer women of Lawrence County and still resides on the old homestead farm in Mason Township, where her husband died in his eightieth year, secure in the high esteem of all who knew him. William O'Neill devoted virtually his entire active career to the basic industry of agriculture, of which he was long a prosperous and representative exponent in Lawrence County, and to him was due also the honor of having served as a defender of the Union in the Civil War. He enlisted as a private in Company F, One Hundred and Seventy-third Ohio Volunteer 734 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION Infantry, and his term of service comprised about fifteen months, at the expiration of which he received his honorable discharge, his continued interest in his old comrades having been indicated in later years by his affiliation with the Grand Army of the Republic. William and Rhuama (Wymer) O'Neill became the parents of six children, the names of whom are here entered, in the respective order of birth : John W., George W., Enola A., Elmer, Nelson W. and Oliver U. Of the number Enola A., Elmer and Nelson W. are deceased. To the public schools of his native county Dr. O'Neill is indebted for his early educational training, and he had the good fortune or wisdom to make proper-preliminary provision for the responsibilities and intellectual demands that were to be placed upon him in the profession of his choice, for he did not neglect that all important feature of adequate academic training as a prerequisite of that of technical order. After a course in the Ohio Northern Normal University, at Ada, Hardin County, the Doctor devoted four years to successful teaching in the public schools of his native State, and in preparation for his chosen profession he was matriculated in the medical department of the University of Louisville, Kentucky, in which he was graduated as a member of the class of 1897 and from which he received his degree of Doctor of Medicine, his assiduity and ambition as a student having been on a parity with those that he has exemplified in the active work of his profession. The professional novitiate of Dr. O'Neill was served in his native township, where he established himself in practice with residence headquarters in the village of Wilgus. He soon emerged from the ranks of the tyros of his chosen calling and developed a substantial practice, to which he continued to devote his attention for three years. For three months thereafter he was located at Valley View, Madison County, Kentucky, and he then returned to Lawrence County and passed nine months in practice at Aid. In 1903 he transferred his residence and professional headquarters to the city of Ironton, and here he has lived up most fully to the larger and more exacting duties devolving upon him both as a physician and as a progressive and public-spirited citizen. Hp has served as coroner of his county for four years and was re-elected in 1914 for another two years in that office. He has a substantial and representative practice, and its scope and importance best vouch for his ability and personal popularity in the county that has always represented his home. Dr. O'Neill is actively identified with the Lawrence County Medical Society, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He is serving at the present time not only as county coroner but also as secretary di the Lawrence County Board of United States Pension Examining Surgeons. The Doctor is aligned as a loyal supporter of the HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 735 principles of the republican party, both he and his wife. are zealous members of the Pine Street Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is affiliated with the local organizations of the Knights of Pythias, Knights of the Golden Eagle, and Junior Order of United American Mechanics. His attractive residence, at the corner of South Third and Walnut Streets, is owned by the Doctor, and he owns another residence. property, on Fourth Street, as well as a block devoted to business and residence-apartments, on South Third Street. He is a directer of the South Side Building, Loan & Savings Company. On the 22d of December, 1898, was solemnized the marriage of Dr. O'Neill to Miss Ida Mae Ruth, daughter of George and Maria Ruth, of Portsmouth, Scioto County, both parents being now deceased. Dr. and Mrs. O'Neill became the parents of three children, the first born having been Collis W., who died in childhood. Ruth and Stanley P. remain at the parental home and add to. its attractions as a center of gracious hospitality. PETER K. FUNK. Among the business men of the Hanging Rock and Calumet Region who are winning success through individual effort and are contributing to the industrial development of this prosperous section of Ohio, Peter K. Funk, superintendent of the lasting department of the Excelsior Shoe Company, is deserving of mention. His entire business career has been passed with the company with which he is now identified, and his present position has been gained by steadfast and conscientious effort, as he entered its employ at the bottom of the ladder. Mr. Funk was born at Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio, September 29, 1876, and is a son of Theodore, K. and Emma Dora (King) Funk. His father was born at Arabia, Lawrence County, Ohio, in 1848, and as a young man adopted the profession of law, in which he is still engaged at Portsmouth. He is well and favorably known among the lawyers of Scioto County, and has served two terms as prosecuting attorney. Mrs. Funk was born at Portsmouth in 1856 and has been the mother of six children : Peter K., Elizabeth, Ada B., Laura B., Sarah and James W., of whom Sarah is now deceased. Peter K. Funk went to the public schools of Portsmouth until he had completed the Fourth Grade, and then became a student in the county schools under Professor Lowe. It was his youthful intention to adopt his father's calling, and at the age of nineteen years he began to read law under the preceptorship of the 'elder man, but after two years the Spanish-American War came on and Mr. Funk enlisted in Company H, Fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he saw active service in Porto Rico for two months. Enlisting as a private, he won 736 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION promotion through brave and faithful service,. and was honorably discharged as lieutenant of his company. On his return from his military servile Mr. Funk entered the Portsmouth plant of the Excelsior Shoe Company as a laborer, but his recognized abilities and industrious labor won him advancement, and in 1906 he was made superintendent of the lasting department of the plant at Ironton, a position he has continued to capably fill to the present time. He enjoys the utmost confidence of the officials of the company and has the respect and regard of the men in his department. Mr. Funk was married October 26, 1900, at the home of the bride at Portsmouth, to Miss Mae Dora Williamson, daughter of Capt. William and Mary (Hunt) Williamson. They. are consistent members of the Episcopal Church and reside at No. 126 Etna street, Ironton, while Mr. Funk also owns a residence at Portsmouth. - He spends a great deal of his leisure time in reading and in studying machinery, although he is also fond of outdoor sports, notably fishing and hunting. Mr. Funk is a republican and a member of the Independent Order of Foresters-and of the Spanish-American War Veterans. Mrs. Funk was born at Red River, Arkansas, where her parents' died when she was a child, and she was adopted by Capt. and Mrs. Williamson. ROSCOE S. WISEMAN. An Ironton citizen whose part has been quietly and efficiently performed and who is .one of the most popular men in that city is Roscoe S. Wiseman, now assistant postmaster. A great many people of Lawrence County know him best for his efficient work as an educator, a profession which he followed for a number of years. Roscoe S. Wiseman was born in Lawrence County, August 22, 1866, a. son of Wilber W. and Martha ( Armstrong) Wiseman. His father, who was born in Virginia" in 1828, came to Lawrence County, Ohio, when a boy, followed farming with substantial success and passed away in 1899. The mother was born in Lawrence County in 1832 and died in 1893. They were parents of a large family of fourteen children, four of whom died in infancy, while the other ten are mentioned as follows : Thomas 0., Sarah A., Arminta E., Charles A., Margaret E., Roscoe S., Ada A., Emma F., James M., Louis W. It wps the ambition of Mr. Wiseman when a boy to get a liberal education and make himself useful in the world. From the common schools of Lawrence County he entered the National Normal University at Lebanon, was a student there until graduating in 1892 and has certificate of graduation in the teachers, the business and the scientific courses. For twelve years his work was in the schoolroom, and during the last five years chiefly in Normal School work and as an instructor in summer HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 737 schools. Since August 20, 1903, Mr. Wiseman has been assistant postmaster, and was appointed by Mr. J. B. Stoble. No one understands so thoroughly all the details of that office as Mr. Wiseman, and his efficient work has done a great deal to popularize the postal department with the citizens of Ironton. On September 20, 1893, Mr. Wiseman married Lorena Stewart, a daughter of 0. P. Stewart of Lawrence County. Their five children are Elizabeth I., Merrill R., Oliver M., Elmer S. and Wilber L. Mr. Wiseman has affiliations with the Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen of America, is a republican in politics, and belongs to the First Baptist Church of Ironton. It should also be said that Mr. Wiseman is regarded as the champion checker player in the state of Ohio. Outside of his official duties he finds recreation occasionally in fishing and hunting, but most of his time is divided between his office and his home. He is the owner of a good residence in Ironton. HENRY J. SCHERER. A business concern at Ironton which has stood for good service and progressive principles for a number of years is that of Scherer Bros., roofers, tinners and plumbers at 313 South Third street. The- business has been in existence for a period of about forty years, and Henry J. Scherer is now one of the brothers who took over the concern, which had been founded by their father and later managed by their mother, and by their united energies have given it a more than local prestige. Henry J. Scherer Was born at Ironton October 29, 1870. His father, Michael M. Scherer, born in Germany in 1824, learned his trade of tinner, and established a shop at Ironton about 1874. He continued business until his death in 1882. Michael Scherer married Constance Deitrich, who was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1831, and died in 1913. Their eight children were William M., Ellen, Jacob F., Pauline (deceased), Henry J., Mary, Frank B. and Caroline. Henry J. Scherer was educated in St. Joseph's parochial school until fourteen years of age, then learned the tinner's trade under his father, was employed as journeyman workman by the senior Scherer, and when his mother took over the management of the business continued as her right-hand man until her death. He and his brother Frank then bought out the enterprise, and have since conducted it under their name as Scherer Bros. The shop, stock and material are valued at about five thousand dollars, and they do a general roofing and metal business, also plumbing and steam fitting, and have handled many of the important contracts throughout the Hanging Rock Iron Region. Mr. Scherer was married on April 15, 1895, at Ironton, to Rosie 738 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION Haubert, daughter of Nicholas Haubert, a Lawrence County farmer. Their three children are Edith, Ethel and Milton. Mr. Scherer, with his family, is a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, of St. George's Association, is a republican in politics, and a member of the Ironton Chamber of Commerce. He owns his home at 438 South Fifth street, and a half interest in a piece of business property on South Third street. While his business has absorbed most of his attention, Mr. Scherer takes his pleasure in outdoor life, in fishing and hunting, and is especially fond of a fox hunt. Both he and his brothers- started in life as poor men, and have gained prosperity as a result of hard work and close attention to business. OSCAR E. KINKEAD. An example of the thrift and progressiveness that have combined to make Ironton one of the most thriving business communities of the Hanging Rock Region is the dry cleaning establishment of Oscar E. Kinkead, located at Third, and Wyanoke streets. This enterprise was commenced in a modest manner, but has grown steadily since its inception, attracting a wide and representative trade by reason of the excellent business ability and good management of its proprietor. Mr. Kinkead was born at Ashland, Kentucky, February 24, 1860, and is a son of William and Susan E. (Haskill) Kinkead. On the maternal side he belongs to one of the oldest families of Lawrence County, being descended from one of the pioneers of the Hanging Rock Region, James Haskill, the founder of the town of Haskillville. William Kinkead was raised on the old Kinkead homestead place in Kentucky, and was reared to agricultural pursuits, but subsequently turned his attention to merchandising- and was thus engaged at: the time of his death in 1864. Mrs. Kinkead was born at Haskillville, Lawrence County, Ohio, and died in 1910, at the age of sixty-eight years. She was married a second time, to 0. J. Chalmers, of Marietta, Ohio, and had one son : Dr. J. H. Chalmers, a practicing physician of Cincinnati, Ohio. Oscar E. Kinkead is the only child born to his parents' union. Oscar F. Kinkead was afforded good educational advantages in his youth, attending the schools of Ashland, Kentucky, until reaching the age of twenty-one years. At that time he engaged in a general merchandising business at Forrestdale, Ohio, at which place he continued to operate for three years, and then went south to Tennessee, where he was in the stock and fruit business until 1900. In that year Mr. Kinkead disposed of his interests in the South and returned to his Ashland home, where he received his introduction to his present line of business, carrying on a dry cleaning establishment there for six years. Desiring a broader field for his activities, Mr. Kinkead next came to Ironton, where HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 739 he purchased property and built his present plant, at Third and Wyanoke streets, which he has fitted up with the best and most modern machinery to be secured, and the property is now valued at $3,500. Mr. Kinkead's success may be said to be in large part due to the personal attention which he gives to every detail of his business and his policy of giving full value for every dollar. He bears an excellent reputation in business circles as a man who exercises fidelity in all of his engagements. Aside from his business, Mr. Kinkead takes great interest in apple and other fruit growing, and owns a farm on which he spends much of his spare time. He is also the owner of his residence at No. 1248 South Third street. Mr. Kinkead was married to Miss Elizabeth Heiner, daughter of George Heiner, a gardener of Ironton, at her home in this city, December 24, 1885. One child has been born to this union : Eva Lina, who married John McQuaid, who is now engaged in business with his father-in-law. Mr. Kinkead is a member of the Jr. 0. U. A. M., and of the First Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a republican in politics, and serves as a member of the school board. Mr. Kinkead also holds membership in the Chamber of Commerce. GEORGE. T. MCNARY. The thriving industrial city of Ironton, Lawrence County, claims as one of its representative business men and progressive citizens Mr. MeNary, and special interest attaches to his standing in the community by reason of his being a native of the county in which he has achieved noteworthy success. Mr. McNary was born in the little village of Sedwick, Lawrence County, Ohio, on the 4th of April, 1876, and is a son of William and Eleanor (Woods) McNary, the former of whom was born in Pennsylvania, in 1842, and the latter of whom was born at Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1840, as a member of a, sterling pioneer family of that section of the state. William McNary was reared and educated in the old Keystone State and came to Ohio about the year 1870. Soon after his marriage he settled on a farm near Sedwick, Lawrence County, and he became one of the substantial agriculturists and influential citizens of that part of the county. He continued his residence in Lawrence County until his death, which occurred in 1902, his devoted wife having been summoned to eternal rest in 1911. Of the six children the eldest is Elmer, who is engaged in the real-estate business in the City of St. Louis, Missouri; Minnie is a skilled stenographer and is employed as such in the City of Ironton ; George T. is the immediate subject of this review ; Erwin E. is individually mentioned- on other pages of this work ; Wilbur is a physician and surgeon by profession and is engaged in practice in Vol. II - 7 740 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION the City of East St. Louis, Illinois; and Margaret is employed as a stenographer, at Ironton.  George T. McNary is indebted to the public schools of Lawrence County for his early educational advantages, which included those of the Ironton High School. He left school at the age of seventeen years and he then became identified with the operations of the iron furnaces and incidental enterprises in Lawrence County. After a period of eleven months' service he was promoted to the position of assistant superintendent, and he continued to be actively concerned with this important line of industry for nine years in Lawrence County, and for the ensuing decade he was identified with the wire and nail department of the Belfort Iron. & Nail Company. Later he held for nine months a position as machinist in the works of the Ironton Engine Company, and in March, 1914, he engaged in the retail grocery business in his present attractive and eligible quarters, at 979 South Third street, where his personal popularity and the effective service given have gained to him a substantial and appreciative patronage. In politics Mr. McNary gives his allegiance to the republican party, both he and his wife hold membership in the Presbyterian Church and he holds membership in the Ironton .Chamber of Commerce. His long association with the iron industry in this section of the state has made Mr. McNary familiar with all details of this line of enterprise, in which, he still continues to take much interest and the value of which as a contribution to the general well-being of the community he fully appreciates. He is the owner of a residence property in his native- town of Sedwick. On the 25th. of March, 1900, Mr. McNary wedded Miss Effie Kinkaid daughter of John and Kate Kinkaid, of Ironton, and the two children of this union are Georgia Eleanor and Mildred May. FRANCIS EDWIN HAYWARD. In fertility of resource, in the practical application of every scientific force, in genius of organization and in breadth of operation, America leads the world. Ohio and the Middle West have not failed to supply their due quota of minds .rich in natural faculties to the long list of American then of ability, and the subject of the present review, Francis Edwin Hayward, of Ironton, has well won a place on the roll of successful promoters arid manufacturers. Mr. Hayward was born May 13, 1848, in the Lower French Grant, Scioto County, Ohio, and is a son of Eliphaz Hayward and Mary (Cadot) Hayward, and a grandson of Moses Hayward and Claudius Cadot. The boyhood and youth of Francis Edwin Hayward were passed at the place of his nativity, his early education being secured in the public schools, this being subsequently supplemented by a course at Duff's Com- HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 741 mercial College, at Pittsburgh, where he was graduated in 1870. He began his business career as &salesman of Singer sewing machines for George D. Selby, his territory being Lawrence and Jackson counties, Ohio, and the success which he gained in this line of endeavor leads him to regard it as the most notable achievement, all things considered, in his long and uniformly successful career. Succeeding this, Mr. Hayward spent three years. in the mercantile department of the Los Gatos Manufacturing Company, of Los Gatos, California, and in the spring of 1874 returned to Ohio and established himself in the retail grocery business at Ironton, an enterprise with which he was identified for a period of twenty-six years, merging it into the exclusive wholesale- grocery business with Drake S. Murdock, March 26, 1900. For a long period of years he was a director in the Ironton Fire Brick Company, was its secretary and treasurer for eighteen years, and eventually became its president, a position which he held until 1903, when, because of ill health, he sold the two plants at Ironton and Hayward, Carter County, Kentucky, together with his mineral lands, to the Ashland Fire, Brick Company, of which he became vice-president. At the time of the death of the president, S. S. Savage, in 1904, he was prevailed upon to accept the presidency of the concern, but in 1906 resigned from that position, sold his fire brick interests and retired from active business. Mr. Hayward then took his wife and daughter to California, where he spent four months, and since returning to Ironton, in 1907, has devoted his attention to the handling of stock and various other local investments. Mr. Hayward has long been greatly interested in business and financial enterprises at Ironton, and to their upbuilding has given the benefit of his broad experience, able management and shrewd business judgment. He is a stockholder and director in the First National Bank of Ironton, of which he was vice-president for six years, a stockholder and director in the Ironton Portland Cement. Company, and was formerly secretary of the Lawrence Telephone Company. One of his most notable achievements is the brick plant at Hayward, Carter County, Kentucky, which he erected in 1900. This became known as one of the most remarkable ventures of its kind in the country, because of the ease with which it was operated and the cheapness of production, and is still known as one of the most perfect plants of its kind to be found. Although now somewhat retired from the activities and worries of business life, Mr. Hayward 'continues to be a force and an acknowledged power in whatever movement he engages in. As a citizen he has done much to advance the best interests of Ironton, and his name is synonymous with strict integrity, business probity and public-spirited citizenship. In political matters he is an uncompromising republican. 742 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION On January 28, 1874, Mr. Hayward was married to Miss Julia A. Work, and three children have been born to this union, as follows : Frank Roy, who was four years with John Wanamaker and became assistant superintendent of the_great department store of Siegel, Cooper & Company, of New York City ; Claude Cadot, who was an attorney of Ironton, was with the law firm of Belcher & Hayward for a time and is now sales manager for the Ashland Fire Brick Co., of Ashland, Kentucky ; and Mary Elizabeth, who resides with her parents. OSOAR WIEHLE. Among Ironton's flourishing business houses, one which contributes materially to the importance of this city in manufacturing lines is Wiehle Brothers Soap Works, an enterprise which has been developed under the capable management of Oscar Wiehle. Mr. Wiehle has been identified with this line of business throughout his career, and is thoroughly experienced in every detail, of soap-making, while his superior executive ability is evidenced by the high reputaition in which the firm is held. He was born at Ripley, Brown County, Ohio, September 22, 1867, and is a son of Robert and Frances (Liebert) Wiehle. Robert Wiehle Was born in Germany in 1836, and was a lad of eleven years when he accompanied his parents to the United States, the family settling first at Detroit, Michigan, where he secured his education and grew to manhood. In 1860 he removed to Ripley, Ohio, and engaged in the manufacture of soap, and subsequently came to Ironton, where he continued in business until his retirement in 1903. His death occurred November 18, 1913, when Ironton lost one of its energetic and able business men and public-spirited citizens. Mrs. Wiehle was born at Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio, in 1855, and died at Ironton in 1903. She had been the mother of seven children, as follows: Oscar, William, Edward, Elmer, Hildegarde, Mary and Frances, of whom the last two are deceased. Oscar Wiehle was educated in the public and high schools, which he attended until reaching the age of sixteen years, and at that time entered his father's business as a factory hand, thus working his way up through the various departments of the industry and thoroughly familiarizing himself with every detail. In 1892 the father and sons organized an independent company known as the Wiehle Soap Company, with a capital stock of $25,000. This business continued to carry on operations successfully until 1903, when, the father desiring to retire, the factory was sold and the affairs of the company settled up. After a short period the sons organized the present venture, Wiehle Brothers Soap Works, which. has continued in successful operation, the plant and stock at this time being conservatively valued at $10,000. While Mr. Wiehle devotes the greater HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 743 part of his interest to the soap business, he is also connected with other enterprises, being a stockholder in the Ironton Engine Company. Among his associates he is known as an exceptionally capable business man, progressive in his ideas and enterprising in his actions. Mr. Wiehle is single. He is independent in his political views and has not sought public office, although any movement that affects his community at once enlists his interest. He belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and his religious connection is with the German Reformed Church. He has always been fond of travel, and generally passes the winter months in this form of pleasure, either in Cuba or Florida. CHARLES A. HUMPHRYES. One of the best-known and most successful men in his own particular line of endeavor in Ohio, Charles A. Humphryes, of Ironton, is one of the earliest settlers of the Hanging Rock Region, and although much of his life has been spent outside of its borders he is valued as a helpful citizen and as a man who through his own achievements has contributed to the importance and prestige of the community in which he now makes his home: Mr: Humphryes was born in Pike County, Missouri, November 2, 1852, and is a son of William G. and Diana (Beekmann) Humphryes. William G. Humphryes was a native of the old State of Virginia, where he was born in 1827, and there grew up amid agricultural surroundings, so that in his youth he adopted the vocation of farmer. In 1857 he removed to Bloom Furnace, Scioto County, Ohio, and for some years engaged in teaming around the iron furnaces, but in later life went to Jackson, the county seat of Jackson County, Ohio, and there passed away in 1895. Mr. Humphryes was married to Miss Diana Beekmann, who was born in Ohio in 1830, and she died in 1869, having been the mother of seven children : Ellen, Charles A., James A., Annie, Asbury J., May and a child which died in infancy. Mr. Humphryes was subsequently married to Margaret Williams, a widow, who survives and makes her home at Jackson, and three children were born to them: Benjamin, William and Walter. Charles A. Humphryes received only limited educational advantages in his youth, attending the Scioto County public schools until he was eleven years old and at that early age entering upon life's responsibilities as a worker in the mines. He was thus employed until reaching the age of seventeen, when he became assistant engineer to old John Loomis, who had charge of the machinery at Bloom Furnace, and under his guidance received his first instruction in the line in which he was to gain his success in life. After remaining three years in this capacity, Mr. 744 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION Humphryes became assistant engineer at the Scioto Furnace, where he remained one year, and then spent a like period as engineer at the .Buckhorn Furnace, following which he became engineer for the iron and steel plant located at Ironton, and was so engaged three years. This was followed by a similar period in the same capacity at the Big Etna Furnace, and one year at the Campbell Sarah Furnace, this being succeeded by four years at the Hanging Rock Furnace. In 1890 Mr. Humphryes became identified with the American Water and Guarantee Company, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as constructing engineer, and for nearly a quarter of a century was in charge of the water works at Little Rock, Arkansas. Mr. Humphryes is an expert in the placing; construction and perfecting of water works and equipment, particularly in the line, of filtration plants, and at this time has two patents on filtration improvements which are meeting with much fafavormong constructing engineers all over the country. He has made a specialty of putting in water works machinery, and although he is now somewhat retired from active business life, is still frequently called into consultation in the installing of important and difficult plants. Mr. Humphryes was married at Ironton, November 2, 1878, to Miss Maria Lanton, daughter of Edward Lanton of this city, and five children have been born to this union : Edward, who is general superintendent of the water works at Little Rock, Arkansas, married Pearl Horschell, and has one child—Edward, Jr.; Howard, a railroad machinist of Dells-worth, Minnesota ; Addie, a stenographer living at Erie, Pennsylvania ; Bertha; who is a well-known-actress ; and Chester, a practicing chemist. Mr. Humphryes is a member of the MaMasonicraternity and of the Presbyterian Church, and his political belief is that of the republican party. He is an ardent sportsman, and frequently takes hunting 'and fishing trips, seldom. returning without same worthy trophy of field or stream. Since returning to Ironton, in 1914; he has renewed acquaintances and reestablished friendships, and is continuing to show an interest in the growth and development of the region to which he first came so many years ago. JOHN M. URICK. Of the merchants who have assisted in sustaining the business integrity of Ironton, more than passing mention is due John M. Urick, a member of an old and well-known family of the Hanging Rock Region, who for fifteen years has been the proprietor of a grocery store here. This business has enjoyed a consistent and pleasing growth, and reflects the untiring zeal, energy and perseverance of the man who, from a small beginning, has advanced its fortunes to the prominence of a necessary commercial adjunct. HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 745 Mr. Urick was born at Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio, April 25, 1865, and is a son of James B. and Hannah (Goddard) Urick. His father was born in Botetourt County, Virginia, in 1823, and was brought to Lawrence County when a mere lad, here growing up amid agricultural surroundings and early adopting the vocations of gardener and farmer, in which he continual to be engaged throughout his active years. An industrious and hard working man, he rounded out a long and useful life in 1888, when he passed away at the age of sixty-five years. Hannah (Goddard) Urick was born in Pennsylvania in 1827, came to Ohio in girlhood, and here died May 11, 1911. She was the mother of ten children, as follows : Thomas C., Emily F., Lydia, James A., Rosie, Mary, Luella, Sarah, John M., William and Lily, of whom Lydia, James A. and John M. are the survivors. John M. Urick received only ordinary educational advantages in his youth, for when he was a student in the Seventh Grade he laid aside his books to assist his father in his gardening operations. Following this he was employed in a brick yard for three years, and then received his introduction to the grocery business as driver of the delivery wagon for W. H. Lynd, an Ironton grocer. After six months, his industry and faithfulness won him promotion to the position of inside clerk, in which capacity he was employed for fifteen years, during which time he familiarized himself thoroughly with every detail. of the business. Mr. Urick entered the business field on his own account June 19, 1899, when he opened an establishment at Seventh and Monroe streets, a property which he still owns and in which he has continued to carry on a large and constantly-increasing business. He has added frequently to his stock and by his diligent attention to the requirements of the public, his careful and intelligent buying, his courteous treatment of customers and his prompt and honest dealings, he has established a trade which is not surpassed, either in quantity or quality, by any similar patronage in Ironton. Mr. Crick is the owner of his own residence at No. 205 South Seventh Street and several other residence properties, and is a director of the Star Building and Loan Association. As a side line he raises White Leghorn chickens, poultry of a superior quality, and at this time has a flock of about 300 hens. Mrs. Urick, who is also possessed of good business ability, raises dahlias for the market and receives a goodly return for her labors. They are members of Emanuel Methodist Church. Mr. Urick is a member of the Ironton Chamber of Commerce and has shown his interest in educational affairs by serving three years as a member of the school board. He is a republican in his political views, and his fraternal connection is with the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Urick was married January 6, 1896, to Miss Emma Nance, 746 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION daughter of William Nance, a retired farmer of Lawrence County. Eight children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Urick, namely : Hannah, Rachel, Mathilda, Carrie, Frank, Nellie, Margaret and Paul. FRED W. GEIGER. Twice retained as receiver for the Ebert Brewing Company of Ironton, Lawrence County, Mr. Geiger, who is the incumbent of this responsible position at the present time, has shown much discrimination and executive ability in handling the affairs of this business, through his connection with which and other important interests in. Ironton he has become well known as one of the representative young business men of his native city. Mr. Geiger was born at Ironton on the 12th of April, 1886, and is a son of Henry J. and Fannie (Ebert) Geiger, both natives of Klingenburg, Germany, where the former was born in 1850 and the latter in 1853. The father was reared and educated in his native land, where he learned the brewer's trade with all of the thoroughness Common to the industry in Germany. In 1869 he immigrated to the United States and after remaining about three months in New York City he came to Ohio and established his residence in Ironton, where he was long and prominently identified with the brewing business and where he has lived virtually a retired life since 1905. He and his wife are well known and popular representatives of the German element of citizenship in Lawrence County and they are the parents of seven children, namely : Leo N., Mathilde B., Henry J., Jr., Fred W., Otto A., Charles T. and Bertha E. Fred W. Geiger is indebted to the public schools of Ironton for his early educational discipline and after his graduation in the high school, as a member of the class of 1904, he completed a course in the Davidson Business College, in which he was graduated in 1905. Accepting a clerical position in the Iron City Savings Bank, he won advancement through effective service, having held the position of bookkeeper until his promotion to that of teller. Of the latter post he continued to be a valued incumbent until 1908, when he resigned his position to accept that of receiver of the s Ebert Brewing Company. He served in this capacity until 1911 and brought the business of the concern into excellent' condition. After his retirement he was engaged in the flour and feed business until 1913, when he was again appointed receiver of the Ebert Brewing Company, to the affairs of which he has since continued to give the major part of his time and attention, with the result that he is again bringing the enterprise into effective order, with much discrimination in the administration of the large financial interests involved. Mr. Geiger is one of the popular young men in the business and social circles of his native city and is the owner of the attractive home at HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 747 198 South Fifth Street, the same being made a center of gracious hospitality with his popular wife as its chatelaine. Mr. Geiger was first sergeant of the Ironton High School Cadets during three years of his student life ; he is a member of the Ironton Chamber of Commerce, is affiliated with the local lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and both he and his wife are communicants of the Protestant Episcopal Church. On the 28th of November, 1911, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Geiger to Miss Minnie Fuller, daughter of Van Fuller, a representative citizen of Ironton, and the one child of this union is Helen Louise. W. WILSON LYND, M. D. One of the representative physicians and surgeons of the younger generation in his native city and county, Doctor Lynd is established in the successful general practice of his profession at Ironton, the judicial center and metropolis of Lawrence County, with office and residence at 306 South Sixth Street. In the surgical branch of his profession he has performed numerous minor operations and assisted in delicate major operations, but he has not found it expedient to specialize in any phase of practice, as his services have been in requisition along general lines and his success has been such as to indicate popular appreciation of his ability and of his devotion to his exacting and humane vocation. Doctor Lynd was born at Ironton on the 25th of January, 1879, and is a son of William H. and Nalona L. (Urick) Lynd, both representatives of honored pioneer families of Lawrence County, where the father was born, at Burlington, on the 3d of November, 1852, the mother having been born at Ironton in 1854 and having here been called to the life eternal when but thirty years, of,. age, her death having occurred in 1884. William H. Lynd later wedded Miss Flora Cumpston and they have five children—Georgia, Benjamin, Grace, Howard and Edith. Of the four children of the first marriage one died in infancy and those surviving are James C., Josephine, and Dr. W. Wilson Lynd, of this review. William H. Lynd is a well known citizen and business man of Ironton, where he is engaged in the retail grocery business. In the public schools of Ironton Doctor Lynd continued his studies until his graduation in the high school, in 1899, and in preparing himself for the work of his chosen profession he was signally favored in having the advantages of that excellent institution, Miami Medical College, in the City of Cincinnati. He was there graduated as a member of the class of 1903, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, and he soon afterward established himself in practice at Ironton, where he continued his labors until a nervous breakdown rendered it expedient for him to 748 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION lessen his strenuous application and seek more or less radical change, in 1908. He Passed' about six months in the City of Hanford, California, and thereafter remained about three months in New Mexico, where he passed the required examination and qualified for practice, though his brief sojourn in that section of the Union did not permit him to engage in professional work save in an incidental way. Upon his return to Lawrence County, Ohio, the doctor engaged in practice at South Point, where he built up a substantial business and remained three years. In April, 1912, he resumed practice in the City of Ironton, where he has since continued his successful efforts and controls an excellent practice of representative order. He keeps in close. touch with the advances made in medical and surgical science, by availing himself of the best of its standard and periodical literature and through his active affiliation with the Ohio State Medical society and the Lawrence County Medical Society. While a resident of South Point he served as health officer of the village. In politics Tor. Lynd" continues to pay unfaltering loyalty to the republican party ; both he and his wife hold membership in Emanuel Methodist Episcopal Church ; and he is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, the Knights of the Golden Eagle, the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, and the Daughters of America, besides which he is identified with the Ironton Chamber of Commerce and is an -earnest supporter of it's high civic and commercial ideals and policies. On the 4th of. June, 1902, Dr. Lynd wedded Miss Clara Weist, daughter of Henry Weist, a prominent contractor and builder in the City of Cincinnati, and the two children of this union are Lester O., and W. Wilson, jr. JOSEPH C. WEBER. One of the thriving enterprises of Ironton which occupies a firmly established place in the commercial world is Weber Brothers' Greenhouse, located at No. 377 South Sixth Street. This business is characteristic of the energy, progress and good management which have contributed to Ironton's prestige, and its managers, Joseph C. and Frank M. Weber, are justly accounted leaders among the younger generation of business men here. They are sons of Joseph and Mary (Dirker) Weber, the former of. whom was born in Germany in 1846 and came to the United States in young manhood, settling at Hecla Furnace, Lawrence County, Ohio. For many years Mr. Weber was engaged in blacksmithing, and was known as an industrious and energetic business man, but is now retired from active life and lives quietly at his home at Ironton. The mother, who also survives, was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, in 1854. There were twelve children in the family, as follows: HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 749 Fred W., Joseph C., Frank M., Mary, John F.,' Albert M., Rosa, Philip W., Henry, Leonard, Lizzie and Clara. Of these, Mary, Rosa and Lizzie are deceased. Joseph C. Weber was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, July 14, 1878, and until reaching the age of seventeen years attended the public school at Kelly's Mills.. At that time he began working on a farm, where he developed a love for flowers and plants as well as decided skill in their culture. When twenty-one years old he came to Ironton, where he received his initiation into the greenhouse business as an employe of Mrs. E. Miller, who had an established business. -Seven years later, in partnership with his brother, Frank. M., Mr.. Weber bought Mrs. Miller's interests, and since that time the business has been conducted as Weber Brothers' Greenhouse. The business has steadily grown in volume and scope, and at this time is valued at $11,000. The buildings are modern, and thoroughly equipped with up-to-date appurtenances, the brothers keeping fully abreast of the advancements which have been made in their line of activity. Joseph C. Weber is a director in the Ironton Athletic and Amusement Company, and is greatly interested in athletics and out-of-door sports, particularly hunting and baseball. He takes an interest in the business growth of the city, and has contributed thereto as a member of the Chamber of Commerce. A consistent member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, he has served as trustee thereof for the past ten years, and is also an active member of the Knights of Columbus and St. George's Society. Politically, he is a democrat, but has only taken a good citizen's part in public matters: Mr. Weber is unmarried. Frank M. Weber was born in 1880, in Lawrence County, Ohio, and, like his brother, attended the schools of Kelly's Mills until seventeen years of age. He also began his career on a farm, on which he remained for five years, following which he spent two years in the iron works. He then joined his brother in the florist business,. to which he has since devoted all of his energies. Mr. Weber is a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church and of St. George's Society. He is a democrat, but his business duties have precluded any idea of his actively entering politics as a seeker for personal preferment. On October 27, 1908, Mr. Weber was united in marriage with Miss Clara M. Ball, daughter of Martin Ball, of Ironton. SAMUEL A. BOWMAN. That in considering the status- of Mr. Bowman as a representative citizen and valued official of Lawrence County there can be no application of the scriptural