750 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION families, and is at the present time serving in the of county auditor. Mr. Bowman was born at Southpoint, on Little Solida Creek, Law, rence County, Ohio, on the 16th of November, 1876, and. the same place figures as the native heath of his father, Thisle M. Bowman, who was there born on the 2d of April, 1842, his parents having been numbered among the early settlers of Lawrence County and this father having contributed worthily to the social and industrial development of this section of. the Buckeye State. Thisle M. Bowman :became'. one of the substantial and representative agriculturists of his native county, and he also follows the trade of cooper for . some time. He was a Man of distinctive business ability and of sterling character, so that he ever commanded secure place in popular confidence and esteem, as shown by the fact that he was called. upon to serve as deputy county auditor and. also as deputy sheriff. His death occurred in 1904, and his loved and devoted wife, whose maiden name was Lucy Pemberton, and who was born at Southpoint, Lawrence County, in 1845, was summoned to eternal rest in 1902. The names of their nine children are here centered in respective order of birth : Ames N., Charles W., Dora C., Samuel A., Lucy P., Emma L., Roscoe H., Thisle M., Jr., and Shirley 'O. The present county auditor of Lawrence County attended: the public schools of his native place until he had attained to the age of eighteen years, and he then put his scholastic acquirements to practical test and utilization by entering the pedagogic profession of which he became an able and popular representative as a teacher in the schools of this section of the state. He continued his effective services as a teacher until he had attained to the age of twenty-seven years, and thereafter, from, 1904 to 1910, he had charge of the rural free mail delivery on Route No. 2, from Ironton. He resigned this incumbency when he became a candidate for the office of county auditor, to which he was elected in 1910, by a majority that emphatically attested hii hold upon the confidence and good will of the people of his native county. He assumed his official duties October 16, 1911, and his administration has been marked by scrupulous care and circumspection, so that he has fully justified the .popular choice which placed him in office, the while he is one Of the popular and progressive citizens of Ironton, the judicial center and metropolis of Lawrence County. In politics Mr. Bowman is a stalwart advocate of the principles and policies of the republican party; his religious faith is that of 'the Ba - tist church ; and he is affiliated with the local Organizations of Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Pythias, t e Knights of the Golden Eagle, and the Loyal Order. of Moose. Though PAGES 751 & 752 HAVE BEEN TORN FROM THE BOOK HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 753 and the result of the injury was that it became necessary to amputate his right leg at a point below the knee. This injury incapacitated him for further manual labor of the more strenuous order, and after attending school for another year he proved himself eligible for pedagogic honors. For the long period of sixteen years he was numbered among the successful popular teachers in the public schools of Lawrence County, and this discipline, in connection with earnest 'study and reading, enabled him to round out a liberal education, the while he achieved marked prestige in his chosen profession, besides gaining secure vantage ground in popular confidence and esteem. For nine years after his retirement from the pedagogic. profession Mr. Neal was engaged as manager of the general merchandise store of Halley & Company at Pedro, Lawrence County, and he then removed to Ironton, the county seat, while he engaged in the insurance business. To this line of enterprise he devoted his attention for three years, at the expiration of which, in 1912, he was elected justice of the peace, of which office he. has since been the efficient incumbent. He has accurate knowledge of the basic principles of the science of jurisprudence; and his judicial rulings have invariably been marked by circumspection and mature judgment, so that he has wielded emphatic influence in the conserving of equity and justice. While a resident of Elizabeth Township Mr. Neal was called upon to serve in various local offices of public trust, including those of township clerk,. assessor, trustee and land appraiser, besides which he was for a number of years a member of the school board of his district. Mr. Neal is a stanch advocate of the principles of the democratic party and both he and his wife are zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. At Ironton, on the 11th of September, 1882, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Neal to Miss Lyda Grant, daughter of the late Stephen of Pedro, this county. Concerning the eight children of Mr. and Mrs. Neal the following brief record is given : Otis, who is station agent for the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad at Russell, Greenup "County, Kentucky, married Miss Ethel Taylor, and they have two. children—William A. and Estherlin ; Harry and Jessie are not married and both reside in Lawrence County ; Ray, who occupies a responsible clerical position with a representative firm at Norwood, Ohio, married Miss Mabel Fowler ; Inez died in childhood, as did also Clara and Clarence, who were twins ; and Nora remains at the parental home. DENNIS H. CLARKE. It becomes the fortune of but few men to attain the success that has rewarded the efforts of Dennis H. Clarke before reaching their fortieth year and to gain it through individual endeavor 754 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION and without the assistance of financial support or the influence of those already established in life. Still in the prime of manhood, with his best years before him, Mr. Clarke has attained a position that many men would deem sufficient at the end of a lifetime of honest endeavor, and as half-owner of the properties of the Model Laundry he must be accounted one of the influential factors in the business life of the Hanging Rock Region. Mr. Clarke is a native son of Ironton, Lawrence County, born June 27, 1875, his parents being Columbus and Sadie (Kouns) Clarke. His father, a native of Millersport, Ohio, was born in 1853 and for a number of years was engaged in the grocery business at Ironton, where he died February 17, 1914. Mrs. Clarke, who was born at Burlington, Lawrence County, Ohio, in 1856, died in 1904, leaving only one child, Dennis H., and the father contracted a second marriage with Mrs. Ella Guerin, who still survives and makes her home at Logan, this state. Dennis H. Clarke was given good educational advantages in his youth, attending the public and high schools of Ironton and then spending three years at Cornell University, which institution he left in 1896 to accept the position of bookkeeper in the Bank of Steele, North Dakota. He spent only one year in this capacity, however, then returning to Ironton, where from 1898 until 1905 he was superintendent of the water works and during this time established himself firmly in the public confidence. In the latter year he invested his savings in a one-half interest in the Model Steam' Laundry Company, and with this concern has been connected .to the present time. Associated with him is Mr. A. C. Shubert, who has charge of the company's other establishment at Williamson; West Virginia, which is operated under the same name. The name of this business is no misnomer, for it is model in every respect. The buildings have been arranged with the idea of securing the greatest sanitary conditions, the machinery is of the latest manufacture known to the trade, and every detail of the business has been worked out along the most up-to-date lines. Mr. Clarke is progressive by nature, and is known as a hustler and a business-getter, as well as a man of high business principles and of fidelity in the meeting of engagements. He has steadfastly "boosted" the interests of his city, and is an active and working member of the Chamber of Commerce. Politically a republican, his only office has been that of superintendent of the water works, but he has always taken an interest in politics as they have affected Ironton and its people. His fraternal connections include membership in the Masons, the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Elks. With his family he attends the Episcopal Church. On October 5, 1904, Mr. Clarke was married to Miss Minnie B. Massie, daughter of Ephraim Massie, now deceased, who was formerly HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 755 a well-known hotelkeeper of Ironton. One child has been born to this union : Dennis H., Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Clarke reside in their own comfortable home at Ironton. LOUIS A. FILLGROVE. An old and substantial business in Ironton has been conducted by Louis A. Fillgrove for nearly forty years. A tinner and roofer, he has made a reputation of performing skillfully and efficiently all contracts entrusted to his charge, and on this reputation has been based his standing as a business man and citizen. Born in Pennsylvania January 2, 1856, he is a son of George and Henrietta (Reuper) Fillgrove, both of whom were natives of Hanover, Germany. His father was born in 1822 and his mother in 1821. Coming to America and settling in Pennsylvania in 1854, the father lived there a few years, and in 1861 transferred his residence to Lawrence County, Ohio, and quietly followed his vocation there until his death in 1890. The mother died in 1907. Their five children were : Minnie, deceased ; William M. ; August ; Louis A.; and Charles, deceased. Louis A. Fillgrove was educated in the public schools of Ironton until seventeen and thereafter went to work to learn a trade and make his .own way. After an apprenticeship in the tinner's trade, he worked as a journeyman until 1876, and then opened a shop at Ironton, and has conducted it with increasing since& ever since. In the meantime his business influence and possessions have increased, and beside the work which constitutes his principal calling he is a stockholder in the First National Bank and in the Home Telephone Company, owns two double residences, five vacant lots and also a business block on North 2nd Street. On May 11, 1879, at Ironton, Mr. Fillgrove married Sophia Horn, daughter of Henry and Dorothea (Miller) Horn. Her father was one of the early butchers of Ironton. To their union have been born seven children: Henry C. ; Clara D. ; Edward C. ; Howard, deceased ; Bertha ; Edith ; and one that died in infancy. The son Henry, who is employed by his father in the tinning and roofing business, married Rosia Wolff, and their four children are : Mildred ; Dorothea, deceased ; and Lester and Chester, twins. Clara is the wife of Charles Bester of Ironton, and their two children are Louis and Karl. The son Edward is unmarried and is also a tinner by trade. Bertha and Edith are students in the Ironton high school. Mr. Fillgrove is a republican in politics, a member of the Lutheran Church, and a member of the Chamber of Commerce. THOMAS W. PRICE. The reputation of a community rests almost entirely upon the character of its business men, their integrity, enterprise, vim and fidelity to contracts and engagements being, in most in- Vol. II-8 756 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION stances, a gauge by which the prosperity of the town or city may be measured. Ironton has been especially fortunate in the character and abilities of its business men, and among them none is held in higher general esteem than Thomas W. Price, secretary and treasurer of the Ironton Roofing and Corrugating Company, and a man who has gained success through the medium of his own well-directed efforts. Mr.. Price was born at Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio, January 15, 1861, and is a son of W. L. and Mathilda J. (Goodder) Price, Born at Ellenale, Wales, in 1830, W. L. Price emigrated to the United States in 1848, and not long thereafter came to the Hanging Rock Iron Region and for a number of years was employed in the rolling-mills of. Ironton. His death occurred in 1869. Mrs. Price, who was born. in: Gallia County, Ohio, in 1831, still survives in hale and hearty old rage and makes her home at Ironton. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Price : Frank W., Thomas W., Martha J. and Harriet G. After attending the public graded and high schools until reaching the age of, fifteen years, Thomas W. Price began work in the nail department of the rolling mills at Ironton, and there continued for fifteen years, 'winning steady promotion through the exercise of fidelity 'and industry. In the meantime he carefully invested his savings, with the end in view of entering business on his own account, and in 1897 his ambition was realized when he purchased an interest in the Ironton Roofing and Corrugating Company, of which he was made secretary and treasurer, positions which he has continued to retain to the present time. The company has. enjoyed a business that is steadily growing to larger proportions, and the plant at this time is valued at $5,000, being fitted with the latest machinery and appurtenances. Among his associates Mr. Price is known as a man of excellent business judgment, foresight and acumen, and the utmost confidence is placed in him. Although the greater part of his attention is given to this business, he also has other, interests, and is a stockholder in the Home Telephone Company, and the owner of ten residences in Ironton, including his own pleasant home, at No. 162 North Fifth Street. He is a prominent Mason, having advanced to the Shriner degree, and belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America, and in both fraternities has many warm friends. He takes much interest in religious work, being a vestryman and secretary of the Episcopal Church at Ironton, and has also been active in educational matters as a member of the Board of Education. He is a republican of the old type and a member of -the Ironton Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Price was married April 30, 1886, at the home of the bride at Ironton, to Miss Rachel Davies, daughter of Thomas J. and Elizabeth (Thomas) Davies, and to this union there have been born two children : HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 757 Anna, who married Wilbur Jones and died in 1911, leaving one son, Ralph ; Frank W., assistant foreman in the Ironton Roofing and Corrugating Company, who married Elizabeth Boll. JOHN H. McGEE. There is special consistency in the vocation followed by this venerable and honored citizen of Ironton, for as a pension attorney he has achieved a worthy .work in behalf of his old comrades of the Civil war, his having been the distinction of serving through virtually the entire course of the great conflict .through which the integrity of the nation was perpetuated and his loyalty in the times of peace having been of the same intense order, begotten, as it is, of high- ideals and impregnable integrity of character. Mr. McGee has been a resident of Lawrence County for more than half a century, is the oldest notary public in the county and here he has a circle of friends: whose number is limited only by, that of his acquaintances. Well it is that this publication should pay a special tribute to this honored pioneer: citizen of the Hanging Rock Iron Region of Ohio. Mr. McGee was born in Russell County, Virginia, on the 23d of April, 1840, and is a son of Benjamin F. and Nancy (May) McGee, both natives of Virginia and representatives of sterling old families of that historic commonwealth. The father, who was' a farmer or planter by vocation, died in 1847, when the subject' of this review was a lad of seven years, and well did the devoted mother meet the responsibilities and burdens that devolved upon her in the care of her four children, of whom John H. is the only son and the eldest of the number, the names of his sisters, in order of birth, being as follows : Elizabeth, Cynthia, and Mary. The mother was born in Russell County, 'Virginia, on the 13th of September, 1821, and was summoned to the life eternal in 1892, in Kentucky. She eventually contracted a second marriage, by becoming the wife, of Hardin Hurley, who likewise is deceased.' Mr. McGee was afforded the advantages of the schools of his native county, his mother having been a skilled weaver and having defrayed by her work as such the expenses of- educating her children. She finally removed with her family to Kentucky, and in the Village of Pikeville, Pike County, that state, John H. McGee continued his studies in the public schools. In July, 1858, when seventeen years of age, he came to Lawrence County, Ohio, and established his residence in Ironton. He found employment in the Hecla Furnace, in the mines and at such other work as was available, until the inception of the Civil war, when he promptly put aside all personal considerations and interests to tender his aid in defense of the Union. On the 9th day of July, 1861, in response to the first call for volunteers for the three months' service, he enlisted in the first inde- 758 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION pendent cavalry company organized in this section of the State, Company A of the First Ohio Cavalry, and with this command he served until, the expiration of his term of enlistment. He then re-enlisted, as a member of Battery L, First Ohio Light Artillery, on the 2d of October, 1861, and he received his honorable discharge on the 1st of January, 1864. He received his discharge at Warrenton Junction, Virginia, after having participated in numerous engagements on the soil of his native State, but his patriotic ardor was not in the least diminished, as shown •by the fact that he at once. re-enlisted, as a veteran, in the same battery, with which he continued in active service until the close of the war, his having been the misfortune to encounter the irony of fate and to lose his right foot in the last battle in which his command was involved. This wound was inflicted by the last shut fired in the battle of Cedar Creek, on the 19th of October, 1864, and the ball which caused the loss of the right foot of Mr. McGee took also the left foot of one of his comrades, a man named Jones, besides wounding five other members of Battery L. The 'service of Mr. McGee covered a total of. three years, eleven months and eight days, and among the more important engagements in which he took part may be noted the following : Port Republic, Chantilly, Second Battle of Bull Run, Antietam; Winchester, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run; Fort Stevens, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek, in which last mentioned battle he received the wound that destroyed his foot. He was with his battery on marches covering a total distance of 3,500 miles, and his record as a soldier was in every sense a model of valor, fidelity and earnest devotion. He never indulged in spirituous liquors of any never took part in any riotous actions such as were at times in evidence in the ranks of the contending forces, never gambled and never was on the sick list until he required the services of the surgeon in the last battle of his splendid military career. He and his comrade, Jones, lay on the field of battle at Cedar Creek during an entire night and suffered intensely from cold, while their wounds caused them nearly to bleed to death before they were rescued and given necessary 'care. Mr. McGee' was in the hospital from the 21st of October until June, 1865, when he was discharged at Cincinnati. After the close of the war Mr: McGee returned to Ironton, where lie was engaged in the retail grocery business for the ensuing five years. He then removed to Rock Camp, likewise in Lawrence County, and there he conducted a general store from 1870 until 1892. He was one of the leading business men and influential citizens of the town, where he served eighteen years as postmaster and where he held impregnable place in the confidence and esteem of the entire community. In the year last mentioned Mr. McGee returned to Ironton, where he was engaged in the dry- . HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 759 goods business for one year, since which time his activities have been principally in his effective service as a pension attorney and his official service as notary public, a position of which he is the oldest incumbent in the county, besides having held the post for a longer period than any other notary in the county, his original appointment having been made in 1874. It may readily be inferred that Mr. McGee has retained a deep interest in his old comrades in arms and that he is an appreciative and valued member of that noble organization, the Grand Army of the Republic, in which his affiliation is with Dick Lambert Post, No. 165, at Ironton. He is a republican in his political allegiance, served six years as a director of the county infirmary, and both he and his wife are zealous members of the Pine Street Methodist Episcopal Church. The Christian faith of Mr. McGee has been signally exemplified in his daily life, and he is kindly, tolerant and charitable in his judgment of others, so that in the gracious evening of his well spent life he finds himself surrounded with troops of friends and with *hose comforts and associations that should ever reward earnest and honorable living. In addition to his membership in the Grand Army of the Republic he is affiliated with the Royal Arcanum. On the 21st of January; 1864, Mr. McGee wedded Miss Mary A. Holliday, while in Lawrence County on a furlough. The devoted wife and mother was called to the life eternal on the 7th of July, 1912, and her memory is revered by all who came within the circle of her gracious influence. Of the five children the eldest is Miss Sadie, who now resides in the City of Chicago ; Martha J. is the wife of Charles G. Bazell, engaged in the lumber business in the State of Tennessee ; Mamie died in childhood ; Maggie is the wife of Isaac H. Booth, a teacher in the State Normal. at Richmond, Kentucky, and Addie is the wife of Frank Bazell, a farmer and carpenter, residing at Rock Camp, Lawrence County, Ohio. On the 12th of December, 1912, Mr. McGee married Mrs. Sarah A. Kemp, widow of James H. Kemp, and she presides most graciously over their pleasant home. In 1913, fifty years after he had fought on its battlefield, Mr. McGee visited Gettysburg. DAN C. JONES. The many opportunities presented to the lawyer for varied service has been well utilized by Dan C. Jones, who is in the front rank of Lawrence County lawyers, and has a high standing and many associations with the business, social and civic life of his home city. Mr. Jones was born December 18, 1878, at Oak Hill in Jackson County, Ohio. His father, the late Evan C. Jones, who was also born at Oak Hill in Jackson County in 1841 was for a number of years county 760 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION surveyor and an expert mining engineer, whose death occurred September 15, 1910. Two, of Dan C. Jones' uncles, John C. Jones and David C. Jones. were the pioneer operators in the Jackson County caal field, and John C. Jones was secretary of the Tropic Furnace Company at Jackson, Ohio, for many years. The mother's maiden name was Margaret Parry, who was born at Oak Hill in Jackson County in 1852 and died in 1912. They were the parents of five children : Dan .C., Susie, Elizabeth, Margaret and Edna. Dan C. Jones began training for practical life in the common schools and in the high school at Jackson, graduated with the degree Ph. B. At the Ohio State University in 1902 and continued his course through the slaw department until finishing with the degree LL. B. in 1-905. During his college career he was a member of the Greek letter fraternities Sigma Alpha Epsilon and the Phi Delta Phi, and also belonged to the Scholarship Honor Society, Phi: Beta Kappa. Mr.. Jones began active practice of law at Ironton.. in 1905 with Johnson and Corn, and afterwards became the junior partner in the law firm of Johnson and Jones, and soon acquired a profitable practice. Much of his work is performed as representative of a number of important business and industrial concerns in the Hanging Rock Iron Region. Mr. Jones was married June 17, 1908, to Marguerite. Blanche Jones, who has brought to the management of her home and her social relations a thorough training and culture acquired in Oberlin College, from which she graduated A. B. and also at the Boston Conservatory of Music and later studied in Europe. Her father is Ezekial Jones, a large coal operator in Jackson County. Mr. Jones is a republican in politics, is affiliated with the Masons, the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and also with the Century Club, and his church is the Presbyterian. Mr. Jones is a student, both in his profession and of affairs and literature, and is one of the live men who are forwarding the community welfare of Ironton along progressive and substantial lines. ALBERT J. FRECKA. With a well equipped establishment at 28 South Third Street, .in the City of. Ironton, Mr. Frecka conducts a prosperous plumbing business, and he is known as one of the popular and progressive business men of his native city, the metropolis and judicial center of Lawrence County, where he was born on the 15th of June, 1883. Mr. Frecka is a son of Charles C. and Mary E. (Witting) Fiecka, the former of whom was born at Wheeling, West .Virginia, in 1860, and the latter of whom was born at Ashland, Kentucky, in 1862. The parents have been residents of Ironton since 1872, and here .the father was origin- HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 761 ally employed as an expert wire-maker in a leading manufacturing plant, but he now devotes his attention to the plumbing business. Of the ten children all are living except one, Henry. The names are here entered in the respective order of the children's birth : Albert J., John and Henry (twins), Karl, Margaret, Marie, Anna, Ralph, Robert and Raymond. Albert J. Frecka continued to attend the public schools of Ironton until he had completed the first year's study in the high school, at the age of seventeen years. About six years prior to this, when he was but eleven years old, he had initiated his virtual apprenticeship at the plumber's trade, in which he eventually perfected his knowledge and became an expert artisan. He continued to work at plumbing at irregular intervals until he left the high school, and for two years thereafter he was employed in a nail and wire mill in Ironton, the ensuing three years having found him engaged as agent and wagon driver for the Model Laundry Company, with which he remained an additional three years in the capacity of shipping clerk. Upon severing this connection Mr. Frecka served two years as manager of the Fred Frecka Company's plumbing establishment, and he then, in 1908, purchased the plant and business, which has since successfully conducted under his own name and in an individual way. Mr. Frecka has had no desire to withdraw from the loyal cohorts of the republican party, is activery identified with the Ironton Chamber of Commerce, and is an appreciative and popular member of the local lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. On the 26th of February, 1908, Mr. Frecka wedded Miss Margaret Rist, daughter. of John Rist, of Ironton, and they have three children, Lila E., Albert J., Jr., and John C. JOHN C. GORMAN, now serving as postmaster at Ironton, Ohio, under appointment from President Wilson, was born in Bulger, Pennsylvania, October 31, 1871. His parents moved to Steubenville, Ohio, when he was but two years old, and Mr. Gorman received his education in that city having attended the St. Peter's parochial school until the age of sixteen. His first practical business experience was in the moulder 's trade in which he served an apprenticeship and was a journeyman worker for seven years. Mr. Gorman came to Ironton in 1893 having accepted a position with the daily and semi-weekly Irontonian. of which his brother, the late James I. Gorman, was owner and editor. Mr. Gorman was married June 9, 1899, to Miss Mary A. Smith of Ironton, and they are the parents of four bright and interesting children : Joseph M., Mary A., Rosellen, and John, Jr. Mr. Gorman and family are members of St. Lawrence Catholic Church. Since coming to Ironton, Mr. Gorman has always taken an active 762 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION interest in the 'city. ,of his adoption, and an untiring worker in the advancement of democratic principles. His appointment as postmaster of the City of, Ironton is evidence of the confidence and good will of his fellowmen and also his worth as a good citizen. EDGAR E. McKEE, superintendent of the fitting department of the Excelsior Shoe Company, one of the principal industries of Ironton, is an excellent example of an individual finding As proper groove in life and then so directing his efforts as to make the most of his opportunities and to gain a full measure of success therefrom. Commencing his career as a teacher, after some years he turned his attention to the manufacture of shoes, and, commencing in the most humble capacity, thoroughly learned every detail of the business and worked his way steadily to a position of importance. Mr. McKee was born at South Point, Lawrence County, Ohio, February 12, 1872, and is a son of Barton G. and Cessie (Roberts) McKee, the former born at South Point, in 1849 and the latter at Buffalo Creek, Lawrence County, in 1850. The father, who is still a resident of South Point, has been engaged in farming and fruit growing for many years, and has had a hand in directing educational matters as a member of the school board. There were twelve children in the family : Edgar E., of this notice; Delbert, who died at the age of two years ; Ira B. ; 011ie V.; Howard C. ; Herbert ; Vessie ; Harland ; Harry B. ; Zella ; Lilla and. Mason. Edgar E. McKee was given good educational advantages in the Lawrence County public schools, which he attended until eighteen years of age, and at that time adopted the vocation of educator. His career as a teacher included one year at Hampton City, Kentucky, one year at Olive Furnace, Ohio, one year, at Hecla, Ohio, threes years at Russell, Ken-tacky, one year at Alderson, West Virgin.ia, one year at Laura, Kentucky, two years at Martinsville, Kentucky, and one year at Clarksdale, Mississippi, and at each of these places he won the confidence and friendship of those with whom he came in contact. With the understanding that should his abilities warrant it he was to be given the superintendency of a factory, Mr. McKee took a position in the shoe shop at Portsmouth, Ohio, June 10, 1901, as a laborer at the block, and was steadily advanced from one position to another until June 12, 1907, when he founded the fitting department of the established firm of Excelsior Shoe Company, at Ironton, on North Second Street. This he conducted until 1909, when the company, built an addition to the first department, and this has now become one of the modern factories of the Hanging Rock Region, developed to its present proportions largely through Mr. McKee's able and intelligent direction. A skilled workman, he has a comprehensive knowl- HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 763 edge of every detail of the business which comes under his supervision. While the greater part of his attention is given to the duties of his position, he has also interested himself in other enterprises, being a stockholder in the company, a stockholder and director in the Union Glove Company of Portsmouth, Ohio, and founder of the Brotherhood Garter Company, of Ironton. He owns a residence at Huntington, West Virginia, and another at South Point, Ohio, and at the latter has ten acres of land, on which he indulges his hobby of raising fruit and poultry. He has never lost his interest in educational matters, and has contributed of his time and means in behalf of Ironton's public schools. Mr. McKee is a republican. He is a member of the Ironton Chamber of Commerce, and his fraternal connections include membership in the Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America. With his family he attends the Baptist Church. Mr. McKee was married at Greenup, Kentucky, May 29, 1899, to Miss Cora Alice DuPuy, daughter of John M. and Anna (Blair) DuPuy, of Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. Eight children have been born to this union : Donald E.; Marjorie, who is deceased ; Roy ; Ralph H.; Dorothea H.; Lorenna and Rowenna, twins, who are both deceased; and Ruth May. ISIDOR C. HOFFMAN. That Isidor C. Hoffman should attain such a high position in the business life of Ironton before reaching his thirtieth year argues in itself the possession of abilities of a superior order. That he should be the head of the largest electric contracting company in the city, with the most modern and complete store in Lawrence County, evidences his organizing and executive, ability. Furthermore, that he should be prominent in civic and social life, a stirring, active and public-spirited citizen, shows that he is a young man of remarkable ambition and determination, and that if the past may be taken as a criterion for the future, he should go far. in whatever line of endeavor he devotes himself to. Mr. Hoffman was born January 2, 1886, at Ironton, and is a member of a well known family here, Leonard J. and Mary E. (Schieder) Hoffman, his parents, having both had this city for their place of nativity, the former born in 1862 and the latter in 1864. Leonard J. Hoffman has long been connected with business life at Ironton, and at present is the manager of a shoe store. There have been five children in the family : Isidor C., Norma, Phyllis, Emerson and one child who died in infancy. After attending the parochial school of St. Joseph's Catholic Church and Ironton High School, Isidor C. Hoffman started to learn the electrical trade at the age of seventeen years and was engaged thereat for a 764 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION period Of four years. Following this he attended the Bliss Electrical School at Washington, D. C., and was graduated therefrom in 1908, at which time he returned. to Ironton and established himself in business as the head of the Hoffman Electric Company, with a store on Park Avenue, between Third and Fourth streets. His success has been remarkable from the start, and his business has increased by leaps and bounds, so that he finds himself, while still a young man, in possession of an enterprise that gives him a position among the substantial business men of the city. He has won prosperity solely through the medium of his own abilities and efforts, and is worthy of the esteem in which he is held by those who have come in contact with him in either a business or social way. Mr. Hoffman was married at Ironton, June 15, 1910, to Miss Harriet Kimbler, daughter of Winfield and Laura (Herron) Kimbler, and to this union there has come one child : Harriet Vivian. Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman are consistent and devout members of St. Joseph's( Catholic Church. He is independent in his political views, preferring to use his own .judgment in his selection of public officials rather than to depend upon party choice, while his fraternal connections are with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Modern Woodmen of America, in addition to which he holds membership in the Ironton Chamber of Commerce. He is very fond of reading, is a skilled hunter and fisherman, and is also musically inclined, being master of traps in the Yates Saxaphone Altogether he fills a large place in the community in which he has always made his home, and his popularity is evidenced by an ever-increasing circle of loyal and sincere friends. CLAY HENRY. Strict attention to business and undaunted faith in his ability to succeed have been foremost factors in the rise of Clay Henry, proprietor of a prosperous jewelry business at Ironton. His original business equipment included a. good. name, a fair endowment of intellect, a. practical school education and a knowledge of the jewelry business, and with these he has combined ambition, energetic action and untiring persistence to such good effect that today he is one of the most substantial business men of his community. Mr. Henry was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, August 23, 1848, and is a son of Brice and Cassie (Davisson). Henry, his mother being a daughter of Judge John Davisson, a pioneer, sketch of whose life is given elsewhere in this history. Mr. Henry also belongs to an old and honored family of this part of Ohio on his father's side.. His great-grandfather, Rev. John Lee, came to the Hanging Rock Iron Region in 1811, built one of the first log cabins in the lower section near where Ironton now stands, and became one of the prominent men of the community. James Henry, the grand- HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 765 father of Clay Henry, and a cousin of Hon. Patrick Henry, the orator, was born in Virginia and came to the Hanging Rock Iron Region of Ohio in 1811, and in the following year built a log house just back of Ironton and near the Henry cemetery. This was replaced by him in 1832 by a frame house, which still stands, and which is now one of the landmarks of the vicinity. James Henry married Elizabeth Lee, a daughter of the Rev. John Lee. Brice Henry was born in the original log house near the Henry Cemetery in Lawrence County, Ohio, March 9, 1815, grew to manhood amid pioneer surroundings, and in 1838 erected a sawmill on Storms Creek, one mile from its mouth. He continued to operate this mill until his death, in 1850, and although still a young man when he died had already become known as a substantial and successful citizen. He was married to Jane Sloan, who was-born July 11, 1810, in Gallia County, Ohio. Mrs. Henry died May 30, 1845, having been the mother of six children : John S., Patrick, Clark, James B., Peter and Elizabeth. On July 22, 1847, Mr. Henry was again married to Cassa Davisson, who died June 2, 1901, having been the mother of two children, namely : Clay and Brice. Until sixteen years of age, Clay Henry attended the public schools of Ironton, and at that time began to learn the trade of jeweler. From 1864 until 1874 he worked for others as a clerk, and in the latter year embarked in business on his own account, being the proprietor of an establishment at Ironton until 1881. Succeeding this, he went to Canton, Ohio, where he remained until 1885, then returning to Ironton and engaging in the same business until 1901. That year saw his removal to Portsmouth, Scioto County, but in 1905 he again came back to Ironton, and this has continued to be the scene of his activities and success. Mr. Henry has one of the most thoroughly stocked jewelry establishments in this section of the state; He is a man of exceptional ability in his line and, as a merchant, has succeeded by many years of fair and honorable dealing in gaining the confidence and respect of his patrons to a notable degree. On October 6, 1881, Mr. Henry was married to Miss Pearl Mae Whitcomb, daughter of Rev. W. W. Whitcomb, of Ironton, and three children have been born to this union : Howard W., an electrical engineer now of New York City ; Walter L., now a partner with his father in the jewelry business ; and Chester B., who died at the age of 3 1/2 years. Howard was married to Miss Bess Ann Rowe, of Portsmouth, Ohio, in 1911. Walter was married to Miss Bess Lehman, of Portsmouth in 1905 and to them have been born six children : Clay L., Ralph, Chester, Ruth, Jean and Helen. Ralph and Chester died in infancy within two months of each other. Mr. Henry was raised a Baptist and has long been a member of the 766 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION Knights of Pythias. He is a republican politically, but has not allowed public life to interfere with his business operations. As may be judged by his name his father was a stanch whig and a great admirer of Henry Clay, hence his name reversed. In addition to his own comfortable home, he owns other realty in Ironton, besides stocks in bank and manufacturing enterprises, and in the evening of life he is passing the years in the enjoyment of the comforts that a long and useful career has brought, surrounded by his devoted family and a wide circle of appreciative friends. OSCAR H. HENNINGER, M. D. Possessing in generous measure the qualities which make the personally popular as well as financially successful physician and surgeon; Dr. Oscar H. Henninger, of Ironton, has a firmly established reputation as an earnest, cautious and painstaking healer of men. He is one of the more recent acquisitions of the medical profession of the Hanging Rock Region, but his youth has seemed no bar to his success, for he has steadily advanced in the acquirement of both practice and public confidence, and among his fellow-practitioners is generally accounted one who recognizes and respects the highest ethics of his honored calling. Doctor Henninger was born near Powellsville, Scioto County, Ohio, October 26, 1886, and is a son of Frederick W. and Mary (Staker) Henninger, natives, of Scioto County, the former born in 1861 and the latter in 1865, and both, now residents of Ironton, where the father has been engaged successfully in contracting for a long period of years. There were five children in the family : Oscar H., of this review ; Orville, Cleina and Arnold, all of whom are deceased ; and Elsie, who resides at-home with her parents. The primary studies of Doctor Henninger were pursued in the graded schools of Ironton, following which he took the high school course, and at the age of eighteen years entered upon his medical studies. After some preparation, he entered Pelle Medical College, at Cincinnati, Ohio, and was graduated therefrom in 1909, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, following which he be ;arise an interne at Cumberland Hospital, Brooklyn, New York. After spending one year in this capacity, Doctor Henninger returned to Ironton, opened an office and began practice, and here he has since continued in the enjoyment of a constantly increasing practice. Doctor Henninger belongs to .the homeopathic school and does his' own surgical work. He is able, independent and original, and is inclined at times to do his own thinking and to draw away from some of the dogmas which for generations have held medical, science in leash. He has at all times been a, close and careful student, keeping fully abreast of the advancements constantly being made, and is a valued member of the American Institute of Homeopathy and the Homeo- HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 767 pathic Society of Ohio. A genial and approachable gentleman, he is of sympathetic nature, and is disposed to look upon the humanitarian as well as the scientific side of his profession. Fraternally, Doctor Henninger is connected with the local lodges of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Loyal Order of Moose, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Tribe of Ben Hur, in all of which he has numerous friends. His religious faith is that of the Lutheran church. When he is able to absent himself from the duties of his growing practice, he finds recreation in hunting. A democrat in politics, he has found both the time and inclination to devote to the best interests of Ironton, and at the present writing is serving capably and faithfully as a member of the city council. GLENN R. SLOAN. In any district in which are centered such large and important industrial activities as are to be noted in Lawrence County, there is imperative demand that the office of county sheriff be entrusted a man of discrimination, circumspection, inflexible purpose and personal courage adequate to meeting all contingencies and emergencies. Lawrence County at the present time is signally favored in having as its sheriff one of her native sons who is fully alive to and capable of handling the duties of his office of sheriff, and the administration of Mr. Sloan is proving most acceptable, even as it is showing his inviolable intention of preserving law and order under all conditions and circumstances. Sheriff Sloan is a young man of distinctive executive ability and sterling character, and his genial personality has gained and retained to him the stanchest of friends, though malefactors within his assigned province have reason to realize that he shows neither fear nor favor in the exercise of his official prerogatives. Glenn R. Sloan was born in the little village of Arabia, Lawrence County, Ohio, on the 15th of July, 1880, and is a son of James M. and Amy (Powell) Sloan, both representatives of honored pioneer families of Lawrence County. James M. Sloan was born at Ironton, the judicial center of this county, in 1858, and his wife was born at Arabia, this county, in 1861. James M. Sloan is a miller by vocation and he and his wife now reside at Springfield, this state. Of the two children the present sheriff of Lawrence County is the elder; Marie is the wife of Stanley Pierce, of Denver, Colorado, and they have two children, Emerson and Elizabeth. In his. native county Glenn R. Sloan was reared to maturity, and here he continued to attend the public schools until he had attained to the age of nineteen years, after which he pursued for one year higher academic studies in the normal university at Lebanon, this state. He became one of the efficient and popular representatives of the pedagogic 768 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION profession in Lawrence County, and was successfully engaged in teaching in the public schools from 1899 until 1907, in which latter year he was appointed deputy sheriff of his native county. This position he retained about six years, or until his election to the office of sheriff, his able and discriminating service in the subordinate capacity having rendered him a logical candidate for advancement to the full responsibilities of the higher post. In 1913 Mr. Sloan was elected sheriff of Lawrence County, and his administration has most fully justified the popular franchise which gave him the preferment. One incident worthy of mention in his present capacity is the fact that he had Harley Beard under arrest six hours after it was reported that the Massie family, mother, daughter and son, had been killed at their home on Greasy Ridge, twenty-two miles from Ironton. Beard is now under sentence of death. Mr. Sloan is unwavering in his allegiance to the republican party and in his home county has been an active worker in behalf of the party cause. Both he and his wife are popular factors in representative social activities at Ironton, where their circle of friends is coincident with that of their acquaintances. In the time-honored Masonic fraternity Sheriff Sloan has completed the circle of the York Rite, in which his maximum affiliation is with the Ironton commandery of Knights Templar. In his home city he is affiliated also with the Knights of. Pythias, the Modern Wood- men of America, and the Knights of the Golden Eagle. On the 2d of February, 1905, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Sloan to Miss Katherine Callahan, daughter of Hugh and Margaret Callahan, well known residents of Ironton. No children have been born of this union. JOHN H. GHOLSON. A life of steadfast integrity and honor and of large and worthy achievement was that of the late John H. Gholson, Who was ,a resident of Lawrence County from the time of his birth until he was summoned to eternal rest, at his home in the City of Ironton, on the 6th of October, 1906, secure in the confidence and high regard of all who knew him. He was long numbered among the representative business men of Ironton, and the undertaking business which he here conducted for many years is continued by his widow and sons. He was a scion of a sterling pioneer family of Lawrence County, and as an honored and influential citizen whose course was ordered upon a high plane in all its relations, it is incumbent that in this history there be accorded a definite tribute to his memory. Mr. Gholson was born at Kelley 's Mills, in Elizabeth township, Lawrence County, Ohio, on the 24th of July, 1844, and was the youngest of the nine children of James H. and Sarah Gholson, early settlers of the HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 769 county. He was but six years of age at the time of the family removal to Ironton, and in this city his'parents passed the residue of their lives, his also being the privilege of continuing to maintain his home in the metropolis and judicial center of his native county until he too was called from the stage of life's mortal endeavors, after having attained to the age of more than three score years. Mr. Gholson made good use of the advantages afforded in the common schools, as is evident when we revert to the fact that when sixteen years of age he was granted a teacher's certificate, though his active work in the pedagogic profession was of brief duration. After holding for a short time the position of storekeeper in one of the pioneer mills of Ironton, he here engaged in the retail grocery business, in which he continued until the early part of the year 1871, when he withdrew from this line of enterprise to become associated with the undertaking business conducted by his brother-in-law, the late George F. Buchanan. He entered upon his new duties on the 29th of May, 1871, and at the time he inscribed the date on the wall of the building in which the business was established. This inscription remained in evidence until after his death, more than thirty years later. Mr. Gholson was soon admitted to partnership in the business, and upon the death of Mr. Gholson, about the year 1892, he became the sole owner of the undertaking establishment and business. Eventually he admitted to partnership his two sons, Walter W. and John Harvey, and thereafter the enterprise was successfully continued under the name of J. H. Gholson & Sons until his death, the establishment since that time having 'been conducted under the original title and under the direct supervision of the sons and their mother, the stock and facilities having at all times been maintained at the highest standard and the sons being recognized today as the leading funeral directors of their native city. At the time of his demise Mr. Gholson was the oldest undertaker in the city, and the community has every reason to remember his name with reverent affection, for he was a man whose heart was attuned to deep human sympathy and his consideration, kindliness and many acts of charity and benevolence gained to him secure place in the hearts of all who knew him. Mr. Gholson manifested his intrinsic loyalty and patriotism at the time of the Civil war, for he enlisted in Company I, Ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he proceeded to the front and with which he participated in many engagements marking the progress of the great conflict through which the integrity of the Union was preserved. He served during the major part of the war and proved a gallant soldier as well as one popular with his comrades in arms. In later years he perpetuated the more gracious memories of his military career by retaining mem- 770 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION bership in the Ironton Post of the Grand Army of the Republic. He was a republican in his political allegiance and was a zealous member of the Presbyterian Church in his home city. Here, also he was affiliated with Ohio Valley Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a fraternity with which he was identified for forty years, and with the Ironton lodge of the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Gholson had been in impaired health for several years prior to his death, which resulted from a dropsical affection of the heart, and he bore his sufferings with characteristic patience and fortitude, ever showing consideration for those who ministered to him. The entire community manifested a sense of personal loss and bereavement when he was summoned to the life eternal, and his funeral .was attended by all classes, the Grand Army of the Republic and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows appearing in respective bodies. The domestic chapter in the life history of Mr. Gholson was of ideal order, and there can be no wish to lift the gracious veil that made the" home a sanctuary, though it is incumbent that brief record be made concerning his marriage and children. In the City of Ironton, on the 10th of December, 1878, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Gholson to Miss Susan S. Wells, who' was born at Delaware, Ohio, on the 24th of January, 1854, and who is a daughter of William W. and Mary Margaret (Bogan) Wells. Her father was born in Germany and died when Mrs. Gholson was a child, .and she was about seven years old when the devoted and widowed mother likewise was summoned to eternal rest, in 1861. Mrs. Gholson was reared in the home of her elder sister, Mary, who is the wife of Martin Heller, their home being at Delaware, Ohio. The three eldest children of the Wells family were Samuel G., Mary and Virginia, all of whom are now deceased ; Anna was the next in order of birth ; Charles is a resident of Delaware, Ohio ;. Chauncey- is deceased ; and Mrs. Gholson is the youngest of the number. Mrs. Gholson is a woman of most gracious personality and has been a loved and prominent factor in the representative social activities of her home city, which has been endeared to her by the hallowed memories and associations of many years. She holds membership in the Wesley Chapel and has been active in the various departments of church and benevolent work. Mr. and Mrs. Gholson became the parents of three children, Walter W., John Harvey, and Grace B., the only daughter having died at the age of two years. The active management of the undertaking business so long conducted by the subject of this memoir is now entrusted to the sons, Walter W. and J. Harvey, who, with the able co-operation of their mother, are fully upholding in this line the high reputation of the honored father. Walter HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 771 W. Gholson wedded Miss Lydia Deering, and they have three children, Doris D., John D., and Nathaniel R. J. Harvey married Birdie Sandford. CHARLES H. FOIT. The value of a useful vocation and a thorough training, of concentrating o ne's energy upon one line of endeavor, of forging steadily ahead regardless of obstacles and difficulties, has found emphatic expression in the career of Charles H. Foit, proprietor of the Iron City Baking Company, of Ironton, Ohio, and a citizen who has taken an active part in those affairs which have contributed to the betterment of his community. Mr. Foit was born at Pine Grove, Lawrence County, Ohio, November 22, 1878, and is a son of John and Lena (Meyers) Foit, natives of that place, where the father was born in 1849 and the mother in 1851. John Foit, who has been engaged in coal mining during the greater part of his life, still makes his home at Pine Grove, and is a well known and substantial citizen. There were six children in the family : Charles H., Amelia; John, Jr., Annie, William and Barney. Charles H. Foit was given but meagre educational advantages, as he attended the public schools of Pine Grove only until the age of eleven years, but made the most of his opportunities and was an industrious and receptive student. On leaving School he entered upon his responsibilities as a worker in the coal mines, remaining four years and then coming to Ironton, where he became an apprentice under Andy Able, who was at that time proprietor of the old lion City Bakery. Mr. Foit worked for Mr. Able for one year at wages of $1.50 per week, remaining with him until he thoroughly learned the trade of baker, and when the bakery was incorporated into a stock company he had so demonstrated his business and executive ability that he was given the position of manager, which he held until 1910, in the meantime acquiring an interest in the business. In that year he became sole owner by buying the stock of the other stockholders, and at this time is at the head of this enterprise, which is valued at about fifteen thousand dollars, and owns the plant at Third and Lawrence streets. Mr. Foit has gained a full measure of success by his strict attention to business, his unswerving integrity in all transactions and his fidelity to every engagement. He' is widely known 'in the trade, and the high confidence and esteem in which be is held by his associates has been evidenced by his election to the office of treasurer of the Ohio State Master Bakers' Association. He is a stockholder of the National Pretzel Company, and in addition to his baking plant is owner of his own comfortable residence at Fourth and Vernon streets. Mr. Foit is a republican in his political views, and at this time is a candidate for the office of county commissioner. He takes an active and sincere interest in the welfare of his city, as evidence by his membership in the Chamber of Commerce, Vol. II - 24 772 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION where he is chairman of the house committee. Fraternally he holds membership. in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Columbus and the Modern Woodmen of America, and his religious affiliation is with St. Joseph's Catholic Church. An enthusiastic sportsman, he is popular with his fellow members in the Symes Creek Fishing Club. Mr. Foit was married at Ironton, June 6, 1900, to Miss Amelia Hoffman,, daughter of Charles Hoffman, a pioneer settler of West Ironton, and four children have been born to this union : Alma, Charlotte, Ruth and Walter: JAMES F. MCCONNELL. The City of Ironton has become one of the most thriving and prosperous commercial and industrial centers of the Hanging Rock and Calumet Region, and its prestige in the business world is due to the efforts and activities of such men as James F. McConnell,. who for twenty years has been engaged as a commission merchant in the line of wholesale fruits and produce. Mr. McConnell's contributions in advancing the material interests of Ironton are so generally recognized that they may be considered as no secondary part of his career of usefulness, for he belongs to that class which appreciates 'the fact that community prosperity spells individual success. Mr. McConnell was born at Gallipolis, Ohio, March 18, 1867, and is a son of James W. and Amelia (Wooly) McConnell.. His father, born in Pennsylvania in 1835, was brought to Ohio as a lad of seven years, the family locating in Gallia County, and there he has spent his life, his active career being devoted to the trade of cooper. He retired from active pursuits in 1912' and is now living quietly at Gallipolis. Mrs. McConnell, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1842, died in 1885. There were, ten children in the family of James W. and Amelia McConnell, namely : Flora, who is single ; Charles, who died at the age of twenty-one years ; James F., of this review; Belle, who married Col. A. M. Woolridge, a cod operator of West Virginia ; Morris, who is storekeeper at the Gallipolis Hospital; Fred, who is a coal operator in West Virginia ; Anna, who died at the age of eighteen gears ; Robert, an engineer on the C. & O. Railway ; Clara, who married Sam McConnahay, of Dakota, West Virginia ; and Thomas, who is a clerk in the offices of the C. & O. Railway. James F. McConnell attended the public schools of Gallipolis, Ohio, until sateen years of age and ten entered upon his career in the capacity of clerk in a grocery store of his native place. He came to Ironton in 1892 and became a salesman for a shoe company here, but in 1894 entered business on his own account, and since that time has been engaged as a wholesale commission merchant, handling fruit and produce. His busi- HANGING ROCK IRON REGION - 773 ness has grown steadily, and in addition he has interested himself in various other enterprises, being president of the Iron City Building and Loan Association and a stockholder and director in several of Ironton's and .Lawrence County's important industries. His large business interests make him a very busy man, yet lie has found time to assist the city in its advancement in various ways. For many years he was financial secretary of the old board of trade and at this time is a member of the chamber of commerce, is a member of the board of health and president of the Board of the Children's Home, and no worthy movement is considered complete that does not have, his name on its list of supporters. Since 1904 Mr. McConnell has been- agent at Ironton for the American Express Company. He owns his "own home at Ironton, in addition to several other pieces of city realty, and has also 540. acres of good farming land in Scioto County. In politics Mr. McConnell is a democrat, with independent leanings. He is .a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in the work of which he has taken an active part, and at this time holds membership on the board of trustees. On March 9, 1898, at the home of the bride, Mr. McConnell was married to Miss Jennie Davis, daughter of George B. Davis, one of the first ironworkers of the old iron region. Three children have been born to this union : Miriam, Clara and Gwendolyn. FRANK F. GOLDCAMP. Identified with some of the leading commercial and financial institutions of Ironton: Frank F. Goldcamp is justly accounted one of the progressive and capable business men of this place and has also taken an active part in civic affairs. His career is indicative of the rewards to be attained through a life of industry and well-directed effort, and as a member of the firm of Goldcamp Brothers & Company, hardware merchants, he is contributing materially to the business importance of the county seat of Lawrence County. Mr. Goldcamp is a product of this county, having been born at Lawrence Furnace, October 21, 1858, and is a son of Ferdinand H. and Mary A. (Monnig) Goldcamp. Ferdinand H. Goldcamp was born at Old Union Furnace, Hanging Rock, Ohio, March 9, 1837, to which locality his father had come as an early settler in 1835. His active career was passed in agricultural pursuits, but at this time he-is retired and makes his home at Ironton. Mrs. Goldcamp was born at Pine Grove, Lawrence County, November 18, 1839. There were ten children in the family, viz : Frank F., of this review ; Mary G. ; Josephine C. ; John F. ; Albert J., who is deceased ; Joseph H. ; Henry I. ; Fred, who is deceased ; Elizabeth F. and Flora A. Mary G. married F. L. McCaully, of Ironton, died in 1884, and left one child,. John A., who is a hardware merchant at Lancaster, Ohio ; Josephine C. 774 - HANGING ROCK IRON REGION married Henry C. Rudmann, a member of the firm of Goldcamp Brothers & Company, and has had three children, of whom one survives, Charles S. ; John P. married Theresa Laler, is a partner in the hardware firm, and has two children, Gertrude and Eugene ; Joseph H., a hardware merchant of Lancaster, married Alice Kreamer and has two children, Lawrence and Cyril; Henry I., a farmer on the old home place at Goldcamp Station, on the D. T. & I. Railway, married Margaret Gallagher and has had nine children, Charles, Mary, Edward, Mildred, Leo, Joseph, Alberta and one child deceased ; Elizabeth F. married Dr. Cornelius Gallagher, of Ironton, and has had nine children, Mary, Genevieve, Charles, Harry, John, Elizabeth, Marcella, Cornelius F. and one who died in infancy ; and Flora A. married Fred Dearford, proprietor of a livery and sales barn at Ironton, and has two children, Mary and John. Frank F. Goldcamp attended the public schools of Lawrence County until he was sixteen years of age, in the meantime assisting his father in the work of the home farm. He remained under the parental roof until reaching his majority, when he became a student at Lebanon University, but after five months left that institution and returned to the farm for • five weeks. At this time he came to Ironton and began his business career as a clerk in the grocery store of F. E. Hayward & Co., in whose employ he remained six years, gaining much valuable experience. He carefully saved his earnings and in 1887 purchased an interest ii the Goldcamp Milling Company, with which he was identified until 1903. In 1903 he became actively engaged in the hardware business which he had bought in 1893, purchasing the- stock and good will of H. D. Newcomb at Second and Lawrence streets, Ironton. This business is now conducted under a partnership, the members of the firm being John F. and Frank F. Gold-camp and Henry C. Rudmann, and the enterprise is possessed of a stock valued at $16,000. The business has enjoyed marked prosperity, and much of this is due to the good judgment, shrewdness and capability of Frank F. Goldcamp, who attributes his success to his constant application and thorough knowledge of every detail of the trade. While the greater part of his attention is given to this enterprise, Mr. Goldcamp has also interested himself in other ventures and is at this time a stockholder and director in the Citizens National Bank, and a stockholder in the First National Bank and the Martin Iron and Steel Company. He also owns several valuable pieces of realty at Ironton, including his own handsome residence. Mr. Goldcamp is a democrat, but has not been particularly active in politics. With his family, he attends St. Joseph's Catholic Church. He has spent much time in travel, and whenever he can spare the leisure from his business responsibilities takes his family on extended trips to various points of interest in this country.