250 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY . Stephen Brodbeck, deceased, was born in Baden, Germany, in 1811, and in 1835 came to the United States. He spent the first year in New Orleans, then, coming up the river, spent a short time in Quincy, Ill., and subsequently came to Portsmouth, where he died in 1874, aged sixty-three years. He was married after coming to this country to Rosa Legler. They reared a family of five children, and lost two in infancy. Mrs. Brodbeck died in 1858, and the following year Mr. Brodbeck married Miss Otstott, of Columbus, Ohio. They had no children. She died in the spring of 1883. In 1850 Mr. Brodbeck, in company with M. Kraus, opened a dry goods store, but two years later Mr. Kraus withdrew, and Mr. Brodbeck afterward carried on the business alone. He was for several years Infirmary Director. Of his children, George W., the eldest son, is a resident of Pike County; Ellen married John Booth, and died in 1875, aged thirty-one years ; Peter Stephen died .in 1863, aged seventeen years; Frederic is a merchant of Portsmouth, and Mary is a resident of this city. Frederic was born Sept. 20, 1849. He was his father's assistant in the store, and at his death succeeded him in business. He was married in 1874, to Malinda Leese, a native of Maryland. They have two children–Stephen and Oscar Frederic. A. daughter, Minnie Garfield, died at the age of two years. Mr. Brodbeck is Infirmary Director and Capornal Collector. George Brown was born in Bavaria, Germany, April 3, 1818. He came to the United States in 1848, locating first in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a year later removed to Junior Furnace, where he worked three and a half years. He came to Portsmouth in 1852, where he has worked at the carpenter's trade, which he learned in the old country. He was married in 1848 to Anna Ruhs, a native of Germany. she died in 1863 leaving six children—Mary, wife of Ernest Klein, of Ironton; John; Margaret, wife of John Mentel; Anna, widow of Jacob Wagner, of Ironton; Catherine, Barbara (deceased). Mr. Brown was married in 1864 to Malinda Hoff. man, widow of John Hoffmau, who was killed in battle in the Rebellion, and left a family of four children—Lizzie, now Mrs. Joseph Denzer; Margaret, now Mrs. John Brown; John, of Virginia, and Nicholas. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have three children—George, now learning telegraphy; Caroline and Henry, George lost his right arm by the discharge of a gun, in his own hands, in 1881. Mr. Brown is a member of the German Catholic church. Charles N. Brombacher was born in Baden, Germany, in 1843, and in 1866 came to the United States, locating in Portsmouth, Ohio, He was employed in a furniture factory and as house carpenter, and in 1870, in company with Charles Seiffer, opened the Harmonic Beer Gardens.. In the spring of 1872 he sold out to Seiffer and opened a beer hall on Chillicothe street. A year later he became associated with Peter Oelchlaeger in fhe manufacture of boxes. In 1877 he sold his interest and opened his present saloon and billiard hall. Mr. Brombacher was married in 1866 to Mary Barbara Baeckert, of Baden, Germany. They came to the United States on the same steamer, and were married a fen days after landing. They have three children Emily, Bertha and Mary Barbara. A. Brunner, successor to B. Brunner, dry goods, corner of Market and Second streets, Portsmouth, was horn in Switzerland, in 1838. The business was established in 1852 by his brother, R. Brunner, who died in 1877, in his fifty-sixth year, when his brother. our subject, succeeded him. El e keeps a foil line of dry goods, carpets, oil cloths, matting and notions, and has a large and increasing trade. His clerks are gentlemanly, and every attention is shown his customers. Mr. Brunner was married in 1863 to Frederica Wirtz They have a family of nine children. HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 251 John F Brushart, jobber in groceries, provisions and produce, corner Fifth and Chillicothe streets, Portsmouth, Ohio. This house was established in 1877, by Richardson Brushart, John F. Brushart clerking for them. At the expiration of five years he purchased the entire stock. This building is crowded with goods, the cellar containing sugars, syrups, lard, bacon, cheese, fish, stoneware and potatoes; the first floor, a general line of groceries; the second floor, coffee, wooden-ware, flour and soaps. He delivers all goods, free of charge, to any part of the city. His annual sales amounting from $50,000 to .$60,000. Jno. F. Brushart was born in Jackson County, Ohio, Oct. 25, 1856. Adam Burkel, son of Adam Burkel, Sr., was born Nov. 9, 1830, in Rhine Falls, Bavaria, Germany, and came to America in 1855, since which time he has resided in Portsmouth. He learned the tailor's trade in the old country, which he has followed through life, and for the past fifteen years, has been engaged in cutting altogether. He is at present working for Miller, Cissna & Co., with whom lie has been connected for eleven years. He was married May 25, 1858, to Christina Young, a native of Germany, where she was born in 1838. She came to America in 1844, and made her home in Pike County, Ohio. They have had thirteen children, ten of whom are living—Valentine, Christina, Katie, Philip, John, Adam, Edna, Evaline, Willie, Harry; Barbara and two by the name of Minna died young. Mr. Burkel belongs to the Republican party. William, Burt, plumber, was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, Oct. 14, 1829, a son of Thomas Burt, shoemaker, who was also a native of Scioto County, and died in 1872, aged seventy-five years. When fourteen years of age lie went to work for William Maddocks to learn the trade of a machinist, remaining with him seven years. He then ran a sawmill engine two years, after which he was employed on packet boats two years. He brought the first steam ferry-boat to Portsmouth, and ran it across the river to the Kentucky side fourteen months. The next year he ran a flat-boat across the river. In 1852 he began to work on the Portsmouth Branch of the M. & C. R. R. as a fireman; was soon promoted to engineer and ran the first engine in Jackson. He was master mechanic of the road three years. In 1864 he returned to the river and, owning an interest in a boat, became a member of the Portsmouth & Big Sandy Packet Company. In 1870 he went to Ashland, Ky., and took charge of the rolling stock of the Lexington & Big Sandy Railroad a year. In 1871 he returned to Portsmouth and became associated with John Jones in the plumbing business. The following year they dissolved partnership, and for a time Mr. Burt was associated with Mr. Claff, but is now doing business alone. He is serving his second term as Trustee of the water-works, and is President of the board. He was married in 1851 to Rebecca Davis. They have a family of three sons and four daughters. Mr. Burt is a member of the I. 0. 0. F. fraternity. D. T. Connell was born in Brooke County, W. Va., then Virginia, Nov. 12, 1827. In 1842 he accompanied his father to Richland County, Ohio, thence to Upper Sandusky, and in 1844 returned to Brooke County, Va., now W. Va., where lie remained till 1846, when he went to Columbiana County, Ohio. In 1851 he went to Hancock County, W. Va., and engaged in the mercantile business, adding fire brick to it in 1866. In 1868 he removed to Portsmouth and took charge of the fire-brick works. The business was started in 1865 by Taylor & Thomas, but in 1866 Mr. Connell bought an interest and the firm was changed to Taylor, Thomas & Co. In February,1868, Mr. Connell bought Mr.Thomas's interest and changed the firm name to Taylor & Connell. They began in a small way in an 252 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. old saw-mill, making at first about 4,000 per day. The first year they doubled their capacity and extended their trade. They have furnished brick for most of the furnaces of Chicago, Detroit, Joliet and Milwaukee. Mr. Connell became interested in the Cincinnati Retort and Tile Works, and was in Cincinnati two years, a member of the firm of Connell & Taylor, same business. He was the first to introduce the calcine fire brick in the Sciotoville works, which has proved a great success. They employed a traveling salesman, R. Jenkins, of Chicago, who worked up a large trade throughout the Northwest. In 1870 the Scioto Fire Brick Company, Towne & McConnell Brick Company and Salamander Brick Company consolidated, forming the Scioto Brick Company, with a joint stock company. In 1872 Mr. Connell retired from the management of this company and for several years gave his attention to his West Virginia land. In 1880 lie became associated with DI Hale, of Charleston, and George Straughn in the coal business, but soon after bought his partners' interests. The company now consists of John D. Carter and Mr. Connell and his sons, George and James, the two latter residing in Peabody. They own 400 acres of coal land and lease 200 acres. They have two banks opened and four other workable seams. They employ 300 men and run their coal directly into their boats on the Kanawha River. Their capacity at present is from 6,000 to 8,000 bushels per day. The coal is of superior quality, well adapted for domestic purposes, and especially valuable for gas. Mr. Connell is one of the most prominent business men of Southern Ohio. He was married in 1850 to Catherine A. Wilhelm, of Hancock County, W. Va. They have nine children—Julia, the wife of A. C. Davis; George, James, Anna, Sarah, William, Mary, Daniel and Arthur. Mr. Connell is a member of the, Masonic fraternity. W. A. Connolley, proprietor of one of the oldest established business houses of Portsmouth, Ohio, is a son of the late James Connolley. The business was established by his father in 1855,and in 1860 he was admitted as a partner, and on the death of his father, in 1868 he succeeded to the business. He did an exclusive retail business until 1874, when he enlarged the building situated on the corner of Fifth and Chillicothe streets, and with increased accommodations started a jobbing business in connection with the retail. The first floor of the building is divided into two large and commodious rooms which accommodate the retail trade, one devoteds to dry-goods and notions, the other to boots and shoes. The upper floors are devoted exclusively to the wholesale trade. Both wholesale and retail departments are kept well stocked with such goods as meet the demands of the people, and strict attention is paid to the style of goods that suit the different seasons of the year. This house has for many years held a leading position in this city, and as years roll by it loses none of its former energy and push. Henry Cook was born in Germany, On Oct. 20, 1827, a son of Henry Cook who came the United States with his family in 1840 and located in Portsmouth, where he remained till his death in 1870, at the age of sixty-nine years, his wife having died several years previous. They had six children—Caroline, who was married to Adam Mitzger and died in 1873, aged forty-eight years; Henry, our subject; Louisa, wife of Charles Kearher, of Portsmouth; John Frederick, of Jackson Ohio; William and Augustus (twins). Henry learned the shoemaker's trade of his father and has since been engaged in that business, ten years of the time working in a shoe factory. He was married in 1852 to Lucy Neil, a native of Germany. They had a family of four children—Ellen, wife of Theodore Pfeiffer, of Huntington, Ohio; John H., William Cromwell and Charles Edward. Mrs. Cook HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 253 died, and in 1862 he married Mary Neil, a sister of his first wife. They have had two children—Louis F. and Grace. Louis died at the age of fifteen months. John Cooley was born in Pennsylvania in 1821, a son of Matthew Cooley, who came to Portsmouth in 1828. His parents both died when he was twelve years of age, and he was thus early thrown on his own ,resources. When fourteen years. of age he went to work for James Solsbnry, of Portsmouth, to learn the trade of a harness-maker. When he was twenty-one years of age he opened a shop of his own, and although at that time there were three other shops, and since then there has been five others in town, still he has had a good trade and is now considered the leading harness-maker of Portsmouth. He employs only first-class workmen and uses only the choicest stock, guaranteeing all his work. Mr. Cooley was married in 1853 to Mary Montgomery, daughter of Robert Montgomery. Three children have been born to them, only two now living—Hattie and Callie. William died when five years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Cooley are members of the Methodist church. C. W. Cotton, Vice-President and Superintendent of Portsmouth Wagon Stock Company, was born in Massachusetts in 1829, a son of Ward M. Cotton, a machinist, of Leominster, Mass. He worked as an apprentice till twenty-one years of age. He established the first manufactory for Cook's patent bit, at Shelburne Falls, Mass., and subsequently began the manufacture of carriage wheels. He was afterward foreman in the Royal Wheel Company's works at Cincinnati, Ohio, and in 1867 came to Portsmouth, where he was the prime mover in the erection of the hub and spoke factory of Johnston & Son, working there fifteen years. He was married in 1852 to Ellen M. Graham, of Massachusetts. They have two daughters—Mary Ellen and Lizzie J. Mr. Cotton is a member of the Masonic fraternity. George Daum, butcher, corner of Gallia and Chillicothe streets, is the oldest meat-market man in Portsmouth. He keeps all kinds of meat, doing his own killing, salting, and otherwise preparing his meat. He employs two hands, and delivers to customers in any part of the city. He was born in Germany, Aug. 14, 1826, and came to the United States in 1848. In 1852 he came to Portsmouth, and was here married to Lizzie Bender, a native of Germany. They have six children—Philip, a dry-goods merchant of Kaufman, Texas; Mary, Louisa, William, Charles and Katie. T. F. Davidson, M. D., was born in Greenup, Greenup Co., Ky., Sept. 4, 1845, the fifth son of Jeremiah and Eliza Davidson, his father being a prominent lawyer of that county. He attended school, a portion of his education being under the tutelage of J. M. Robb, now of Grayson, Ky., and editor of the IV ews, to whose friendly assistance, encouragement and advice the Doctor acknowledges that much of his success is due. He early formed a strong liking for the medical profession, and as he grew older his mind settled upon that profession. In 1861, without means to carry out his earnest wish, and debating upon what course to pursue to secure the means to accomplish his heart's desire, he was happily relieved from his unfortunate dilemma by the offer of an old friend and physician, Dr. Samuel Ellis, who proffered him the use of his extensive library, office, and such advice and instruction as his time would permit him to give, free of charge. It was a noble act, and the offer was gratefully accepted by him. He studied for three years under the Doctor's preceptorship, and at the end of that time his father gave him means to carry him through a full course of lectures. In the fall of 1864 he left his home to take his course, and matriculated at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, never missing a lecture at college or hospital, or at- 254 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. tending a place of amusement during his whole term. At the close of his term several of the professors at the college presented him with a certificate of his studious habits, application and aptitude for his chosen profession. The Doctor retains and highly prizes this unsolicited tribute to his character and ability. He 'returned to his home somewhat exercised as to his future, for, like his start, he was without means to put in practice what he had so laboriously learned. An opening was held out to him at Liberty, Ky., but as he had neither horse, saddle and bridle, nor money to any very large amount, things seemed rather dark to his aspiring nature. But again fortune did not desert him, and when a friend was needed he appeared. This time Judge John Seaton hearing of the young doctor's trouble, came over with a fine saddle horse, fully equipped, and offered it to him without charge until he was able to provide for himself. The Doctor's heart almost stood still at this clearing away of the sombre clouds and the appearance of a brighter dawn, and the words came from the depth of his heart when he thanked the liberal and kind-hearted judge for his generous act. To-day the act still lives green in the Doctor's metnory. He soon started for Liberty, Ky., and there opened his office, and while doubts might now and then cross his mind as to his success his sanguine spirits did not allow it long to stay, and his hope was soon crowned with success, for his first year's practice proved remunerative. The Doctor was married to An-. nie E., daughter of Asbury and S. C. Ware, of Greenup County, Ky. They have seven children—Samuel Ellis, born Aug. 31, 1867 ; William Henry, Sept. 4, 1869; Carrie Eunice, June 22, 1871; Asbury Ware, Dec. 11, 1873; Theodore Frelinghuysen, Aug. 4, 1875; Reed Miller, Nov. 5, 1877; Herbert Holland, July 15, 1881. The Doctor lived a short time after his marriage at Quincy, Ky., and in the winter of 1869 and '70 he took another course of lectures, which he fully completed, and then returned with his family for a short time to his father-in-law's, near Springfield, Ky. At the solicitation of Dr. W. T. Falliaferro, of Cincinnati, and his wife; he was induced to visit Portsmouth for a permanent location for the practice of his profession. Through this visit, and the acquaintance and friend. ship of Charles Ammon, Sr., he made Portsmouth his home, moving his family here in the spring of 1873. His first year, as a stranger, was a hard struggle, but his genial qualities, his undoubted abilities, and generous and warm heart for the poor and afflicted, soon won him the esteem of not only the citizens of the city and country, but of his professional brethren. He was appointed City Physician in 1877 and 1878, which was a stepping-stone to a more extensive practice. He was elected Physician of the Board of Health, which made him, practically, almost responsible for the city's health. While the small-pox was raging in other cities the Doctor's watchfulness, decisive administrative actions, and untiring ability, kept the dread pest from becoming epidemic in this city. He was elected several years ago as State Surgeon of the order of United Workmen, and . for. three successive years he filled the position of Physician and Surgeon of the city hospital; holds the position of President of United States Examining Board of Surgeons, President of the Hempstead Memorial Academy of Medicine, and of several other societies, and served two terms on the City Board of Education. The Doctor has al sufficiency of this world's goods; has proved himself an upright and public-spirited citizen; in his calling, attentive to rich and poor alike, and stands in his profession and as a citizen upon the highest round, with his escutcheon untarnished. George Davis, President of the Farmers National Bank, Portsmouth, was born near Chillicothe, Ohio, Oct. 9, 1833, a son of HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 255 Charles and Elizabeth (Hays) Davis. When he was eight years old his father died. When he was thirteen years of age he and his brother James rented the homestead. He followed farming till 1860. In the latter part of 1859 he, with L. N. Robinson, bought the Scioto Distillery and Flouring Mills, near Portsmouth. In 1861, Mr. Robinson retired frotn the firm. In 1867 Stout Morris and Stephen Morrow became associated with him, but since 1880 Mr. Davis has been carrying on the business alone. At the organization of the Farmers National Bank, he was one of the stockholders, and was chosen one of the Directors, and since 1871 he has been President. In 18— he became a stockholder in the Burgess Steel and Iron Works, Portsmouth, and since 18— has been President and Director. He is a Director of the Hub and Spoke Factory, Portsmouth, and was one of the organizers of the company. In 1873, he became a stockholder of the Scioto Fire-Brick Company, and has been a Director since 1877. He also owns and superintends a farm of 1,600 acres, 1,200 acres being under cultivation. Mr. Davis has been twice married. His first wife was Sarah, daughter of Wesley Claypool, of Ross County, Ohio. She died in Clay Township: Scioto County, leaving two children—Charles, of Los Angeles, Cal., and Emma D., relict of the late F. D. Connolley, of Portsmouth. His present wife is Martha, daughter of Thomas Lewis, of Portsmouth. They have two children—George W. and Edna. Mr. Davis is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. A. C. Davis & Co., coal dealers, corner Chillicothe and Second streets, commenced business in March, 1880. The firm consists of Arthur C. Davis and Eustace H. Ball. This is one of the most extensive and enterprising coal firms in Portsmouth, if not in the Lower SciotoValley, handling at wholesale and retail nearly a million bushels of coal annually. They deal in the best grades of Kanawha and Ohio River coals also the famous Lehigh Valley anthracite coal. Chief among their specialties is the celebrated Peabody coal of Kanawha, being a great domestic and gas coal. They yard a sufficient quantity of coal to avoid coal famines, occasioned by low water and ice. They are well equipped to do business, their office, coal yards., teams, barges and coal floats all denoting thrift and enterprise. Arthur C. Davis was born in Portsmouth, J an. 20, 1850, and is a son of A. C. Davis, who was a native of Virginia, and died in the year 1863, at the age of sixty-three. Young Davis received his business education in Portsmouth, being for a number of years head bookkeeper in the Portsmouth National Bank, which accounts for the thoroughness of the management of his own business. He was married in 1871 to Miss Julia A., daughter of D. F. Connell, Esq. They have three children—Dan, Arthur and an infant son. Eustace H. Ball was born in Haverhill, Mass., April 23, 1811, and came to Portsmouth in 1857, with Robert Bell, Esq., who was the principal of the house of R. Bell & Co., and Was connected with said firm until 1873 (with the exception of three years that he was in the Federal army, at which time they went out of the business). In 1861 lie received a recruiting commission from the Governor of the State of Ohio, and assisted in raising men for the Fifty-third Ohio Infantry. Soon after entering the field lie was detailed as Aid-de-camp to J. R. Cockerill, who commanded the Third Brigade, Fourth Division, Fifteenth Army Corps. Mr. Ball was married in 1865 to Miss Alice R. Davis, a sister of his present partner. Charles P. Dennis, dentist, was born in Batavia, Clermont Co., Ohio, in 1833, a son of James Dennis. He commenced the study of his profession in Oxford, Ohio, in 1858, and studied in connection with teaching school till 1861, when he enlisted in Company D, Forty-seventh Ohio Infantry, as a private. He 256 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. was promoted to Orderly Sergeant, Sergeant-Major, Second and First Lieutenant. He served on General Hugh Ewing's staff as Inspector of the Second Brigade, Second Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, and subsequently was Assistant Inspector of the division under General Morgan L. Smith. He participated in the battles of Resaca, Carnifax Ferry, Vicksburg, Jackson, Mission Ridge, Kennesaw Mountain, in front of Atlanta, and several others. At Vicksburg, ,May 22, 1863, he was slightly wounded, but was never off duty a day during the whole campaign. He was discharged in November, 1864. After his return home he engaged in selling dry goods in Cincinnati and New Richmond, Lid., till 1868, when he resumed his studies, and graduated at the Ohio Dental College, of Cincinnati, in March, 1873, and in October, 1873, came to Portsmouth and opened his present dental rooms. He was married Dec. 12, 1861, to Sallie M. Lane, of Oxford, Ohio. They have one son, George J., born Oct. 4, 1865. Dr. Dennis is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Post No. Noah J. Dever, Prosecuting Attorney of Scioto County, was born in Madison Township, Scioto County, Aug. 17, 1850, the only son and eldest of nine children of William and Louisa (McDowell) Dever, both natives of Ohio. He was reared on a farm and attended the public school during the winter months till his fifteenth year, when he was sent by his parents to Jackson, Ohio, and attended the High School there at intervals for two years. He attended the Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio, a year, and in the spring of 1871 took a course at the Iron City College, Pittsburg, Pa., previous to this having taught several terms. In October, 1871, he began reading law in the office of Harper & Searl; was with them eighteen months, and in the meantime took a course at the Cincinnati Law School, graduating in the class of 1872–'73, and was admitted to the bar by the District Court at Cincinnati. He then became associated with F. C. Searl, Mr. Harper retiring to accept the office of Judge of the Common Pleas Court. Jan. 1, 1879, the .firth was dissolved by consent of both parties, and Mr. Dever became associated with D. J. Ryan. In the fall of 1879 he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of the county, and in February, 1881, he withdrew from the firm of Dever & Ryan. He was re-elected in 1881. At his first election, owing to prejudice against him on account of his temperance proclivities, his majority was only. 144, but at the second election it was 1,250. He has been School Examiner of Scioto County since 1873. July 27, 1876, he married Lydia Austin, of Ironton, Ohio. She only lived a short time, and July 4, 1878, he married Mattie Gilliland, of Jackson County, Ohio. They have one child—Louisa. John Dice, livery, sale and feed stable, Market, between Third and Fourth streets, Portsmouth, was born in Germany in 1841, and in 1845 came with his parents to the United States. His father, George Dice, located in Hamilton County, Ohio, where he still resides. John Dice became a citizen of Portsmouth in 1864, and opened a carriage shop on Second street, between Jefferson and Market streets. He built his factory, which is a three-story brick building 30 x 124,in 1868. He still carries on that business, employing from ten to twenty-five hands. In 1870, in company with T. T. Yager, he purchased the livery stable of R. S. Maklem. This business was established in 1830 by Mitchell and Maklem, and in 1854 Mr. Maklem purchased Mr. Mitchell's interest. In 1876 Mr. Dice purchased his partner's interest and formed a partnership with John Lewis, remaining with him six years, and since then has been alone. He keeps from fourteen to twenty-five horses, and carriages, hacks, buggies, etc. Eli Dickinson was born Dec. 25, 1825, at Hamton, in Gloucestershire, England, HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 257 and came to America and landed in Boston, March, 1819, and lived near Providence, R. I., for one year, and then went to Pittsburg, Pa., where he worked at his trade of boiler-making one year, and then went to Brjwnsville, Pa., where he worked at his trade about two years for Herbitson. He then went back to Pittsburg in July, 1853, where he worked one year, when he went to Chillicothe, Ohio, in July, 1854, and opened a boiler shop for Mr. Welsh, working for him until March, 1864. He then went to Portsmouth, Ohio, and worked for Murray, Moore & Co. till June, 1882, since which time he has not been in any particular business, only attending to his real estate in houses and lots for a living, and in buying and selling, and other trading, up to this time. In 1848 he married Jane Charlton in England, who died in Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1861, leaving three children—Jane, wife of William Ringwauld, of Chillicothe, Ohio, Mary and Charley. Dec. 25, 1866, he was married again to Elizabeth Streets, in Chillicothe, Ohio. She was born Nov. 6, 1838, in Chillicothe, Ohio. They have one son living—George, who was born Feb. 12, 1872, and three children deceased—one son, who died when three years old, and two daughters, who died in infancy. Mrs. Dickinson is a member of the Episcopal church. George Dickinson, the father of Eli Dickinson, was a weaver by trade, and of Englishbirth, born in 1801 and died in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, in 1844, aged forty-three years. His mother's name was Sarah Dickinson, born in England in 1803, and died in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, in 1846. J. V. Doerr was born in Germany, Sept. 2, 1831, and came to the United States in 1847, landing in New York,, June 27. In July he came to Portsmouth and worked at the wagon-maker's trade three years. Feb. 15, 1851, he and his brother Fred became associated together in the manufacture of cigars, plug and smoking tobacco. May 12, 1876, - 17 - they divided the stock and J. V. removed to his present stand on Second street, between Market and Court streets. He employs eight men, and four or five boys, selling both at wholesale and retail. His 5-cent cigar is one of the finest in the market. Dec. 15, 1852, Mr. Doerr married Mary A. Lesser, of Pittsburg, Pa. They have six children—Anna, now Mrs. Peter Lant, William H., Charles A., Alfred J., Wale A., and Frank A. H. Mr. and Mrs. Doerr are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Daniel Dotson was born in Piqua County, Ohio, Aug. 11, 1835, and when nine years of age moved to Allen County, Ohio, with his parents, with whom he resided on the farm till he attained his majority. He then worked two years in a saw-mill as sawyer and engineer, after which he spent eighteen months in Dayton, Ohio. He then ran a saw-mill three years in Piqua County, when he came to Portsmouth and was engineer on the river six years. Ile bought a farm near Portsmouth, where he lived ten years, and in 1871 built a saw and grist mill, which he ran till 1878, when he sold it and his farm and returned to Portsmouth, and was engineer in a planing mill one year. He was employed as carpenter on the repair work in the Scioto Valley Car Shops till 1881, when he was appointed car inspector at the Portsmouth depot. He was married in 1860 to Clarissa Ebert, who died in 1874 at the age of forty years, leaving four children—Elmira, who is next to the foreman. in the shoe factory; Reuben, a machinist in the Scioto Valley Car Shops; Mary and Frank. Mr. Dotson married Elizabeth Koch, his present wife, in 1881. His father, Charles Dotson, was a native of Pennsylvania, and a. farmer by occupation. He died in Lima, Ohio, July 4, 1861. E. F. Draper was born in Erie County, N. Y., March 23, 1846, a son of A. E. and Lorenda (Hodge) Draper, natives of New York, his father born in June, 1808, and his 258 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. mother in 1812. They were married in 1831 and were the parents of twelve children, eight living to man and womanhood. His mother died Sept. 12, 1876. His father still lives on the old farm. He has been Justice of the Peace many years, but was obliged to rescind the of a year ago on account of his age. Mr. Draper spent his early life on the farm where he was born, attending the district school two terms a year between the ages of four and twelve years, and afterward attended school winters and worked on the farm summers till fifteen. His father owned a life scholarship in Genesee College, Lima, N. Y., and when sixteen he entered that school, remaining two years with the exception of two winter terms when he taught a country school. Nov. 4, 1864, he came to Portsmouth where his eldest brother was already located. He worked at the M. & C. R. R. office gratuitously till the following February, and was then appointed agent at .Jackson ; remained there a year, and then returned to Portsmouth to take the place of ticket agent and assist his brother in the freight department. In 1873 the telegraph line was erected along the branch railroad and he was required to learn telegraphy, and in five months had acquired sufficient skill to be pronounced by the superintendent capable of assuming the duties of the office. In 1875 he formed a class of ten and procured a teacher, and commenced the study of the German language, but at the end of ten months he was the only one paying any attention to the study, and at the end of a year he had mastered the language. In 1877 he was elected a member of the Board of Education from the Second Ward, and has been re-elected three times, each time without an opponent ; was President of the Board from April, 1878, till April, 1879. During the first three years of his service he made the school work.a study, and was able at any time to tell what each of the forty-one schools was at work at, and could call the names of probably 1,500 children if met on the street and tell which school they attended. He assisted the late Colonel J. E. Wharton in framing the bill that was passed by the Legislature, and introduced the matter to the board which organized the Wharton Library, corner of Court and Fifth streets. He became a member of the Board of Trade soon after attaining his majority, and is now serving the second year as its President. He is serving his third year as Treasurer of the Ohio Valley Agricultural Society. He was Treasurer of the First Presbyterian Church four years. The church was $400 in debt when he took the financial management, and when he left it there was a surplus of $100 in the treasury. He has been President of the Bric-a-brac Circle three years, and was Secretary of the Harmonic Society, when in existence. While not a bitter partisan his sympathies are Republican, and he likes to be able to say that his father and six brothers voted for Grant, Hayes and Garfield for the presidency. He has been a member of several State conventions and many lesser ones. He has been a correspondent of the Cincinnati, now Commercial, Gazette since 1875. He was married June 16, 1869, to Mary E. Adams, who came to Portsmouth in 1864 to take the position of organist in the First Presbyterian Church, which she has held nineteen years. They have no children of their own, but adopted a little girl, seven years of age who has now been with them eleven years, and two years ago they adopted the son of an older brother —Egbert M. Draper, fifteen years of age, and now learning the railroad business. The daughter's name is Henrietta. Misses A. and N. E. Eaves, millinery and fancy goods, Chillicothe street, between Third and Fourth streets, Portsmouth, are daughters of George Eaves, and natives of, England. They came to the United States with their parents in 1866, locating first in HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 259 Indiana, where they remained a year. They then removed to Maryland, and subsequently to Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, and in 1872 to Ohio again, settling in Portsmouth. Mr. Eaves is a blast-furnace builder by occupation. His family consists of six daughters and two sons—Agnes, Mary E., Emma, Bessie, Lydia, Hattie, Cyrus and William. The two eldest daughters established the millinery and fancy-goods store in 1873. They are doing a good business, and merit the patronage of the public. H. Eberhardt was born in Germany, March 19, 1819, and in 1842 came to the United States, locating in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained ten years engaged in molding stoves, a trade he learned in the old country. In 1853 he removed to Portsmouth, and in company with Mr. Neil started a foundry. They remained together fourteen years, when Mr. Eberhardt bought Mr. Neil's interest. He has been twice married, the first time in 1846 in Cincinnati. He was married the second time in 1869 to Margaret Starschk. They have two children—William Henry, born Jan. 4, 1870, and Minnie E.,. July 14, 1873. Leonard Eck, son of John and Margaret (Schafer) Eck, was born Dec. 19, 1845, in Chillicothe, Ross Co., Ohio. He was first engaged in the restaurant business which he followed for six years; since then has followed engineering. When young he spent two years on the river as cabin boy. At present he is engaged with the Ohio Stove Company. He was married Nov. 29, 1866, to Alice Hacquard. They have five children—Cornelius, Rudolph, John, Gertrude and Maggie. Mr. Eck is a member of the Catholic church. His father was born in 1804 and his mother in 1811. They came from Germany to America with four children in 1840 and located at Chillicothe. After living there five years they removed to Portsmouth, where the father died in 1869. They had a family of ten children, three of whom are deceased. Their names are—Joseph; Kate, wife of Frederick Winterfield, of Columbus ; Margaret, wife of Adolph Reisley ; Mary (deceased), wife of Christian Stanain ; John ; Leonard; Elizabeth, wife of John Keil ; Ellen, died in 1880, aged twenty-nine years, was the wife of Joseph Schlurt ; Adam, and Frank, who died in 1866, aged nine years. Stephen Edmunds, grocer, Second street, between Madison and Massie streets, was born in Massachusetts, Nov. 13, 1815, a son of John Edmunds, and cousin of Senator Edmunds. He came to Ohio in 1842, locating in Portsmouth in 1848, where lie Was a boatman eight years. He then went into the old National Hotel and remained on that corner twenty years, keeping hotel, grocery and broom factory. He enlisted in 1861 in Battery L, First Ohio Artillery, and served two years. He participated in the battles of Winchester, Fort Republic, Bull Run, Antietam and Fredericksburg ; was discharged on account of disability. His son ran away from home to join him in the army, and was with him in all the engagements. At Chancellorsville, in 1863, he was wounded and lost his left leg. Mr. Edmunds was reared a Democrat, but at the time of the war changed his views. He was married in 1842 to Paulina Darby, a native of New York. She died in 1865. They had eight children, five of whom are living. In 1872 he married Sarah Garlic, a native of Baltimore, Md. L . Eisman & Brother, wholesale clothing and woolen merchants, are natives of Bavaria, Germany, and sons of Schmey Eisman. L. was born in 1834, and John in 1839. The elder came to the United States in 1860, and his brother in 1861. They located first in New York City, then removed to New Brunswick, then to Parkersburg, Va., and subsequently to Portsmouth. In 1863 Freedman, Eisman & Co. established a wholesale house, bat six months later Mr. Freed- 260 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY man withdrew, and Mr. Eisman carried on the business under the name L. Eisman & Co. till 1867, when his brother John became associated with hirh, changing the firm name to L. Eisman & Brother. They do an annual business of $160,000, their trade extending through Ohio, Kentucky, East and West Virginia. They employ four traveling salesmen and sixteen in the store. In their tailor ing department they employ from 100 to 140 hands. They occupy three floors, and carry a full line of cloths, ready-made clothing and gents' furnishing goods. L. Eisman was married Jan. 1, 1865, to Fannie Rousleim. J. Eisman married Fannie Meyer, who died one year after, and he then married his present wife, Eliza Dryfus. Joseph Emnett, contractor and builder, Chillicothe street, between Tenth and Eleventh streets, Portsmouth, was born in Bavaria, Germany, May 3, 1838, and came to the United States Dec. 24, 1853, locating at Portsmouth, Ohio. He began learning the carpenter's trade when seventeen 'years of age, and subsequently worked as a journeyman fifteen years. He then began contracting. His work is chiefly building dwelling-houses, repairing and, roof 'work. April 23, 1878, he married Mary Miller, who was a native of Pittsburg, Pa. They had two children—Mary and Joseph, both deceased. Mrs. Emnett died Jan. 31, 1882. Mr. Emnett is a member of the Catholic church. Nelson, W. Evans, son of Edward Patton and Amanda Jane (King) Evans, was born June 4, 1842, in Sardinia, Brown Co., Ohio. He attended school till June, 1863, and graduated from the Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in the class of 1864. He was in the Union army from June, 1863, till June, 1865, and during that time was First Lieutenant of Company G-, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Ohio Infantry, Adjutant of One Hundred and Seventy-third Ohio Infantry and Captain of Company K, of same regiment. He was in Burnside's campaign in East Tennessee, and at the battle of Nashville. He was married Sept. 9, 1868, to Lizzie Henderson, of Middletown, Ohio. During the winter of 1865-'66 he studied law in the Cincinnati Law School, and was admitted to the bar April, 1866, and Aug. 1 of the same year located in Portsmouth, where he has since practiced his profession. He was City Solicitor from 1871 till 1875, and from 1870 till 1878 was Register in Bankruptcy of the Eleventh Congressional District. He is Vice Regent Grand Council, Royal Arcanum of Ohio, and is a member of Portsmouth Lodge, No. 395, A. F. & A. M. In politics he is a Republican. Elmore Ellis Ewing, wholesale dealer in queen's-ware, china, and glassware, Portsmouth, Ohio, was born at Ewington, Gallia Co., Ohio, Feb. 16, 1840, and is the youngest son of George and Ann (Knox) Ewing. He was educated at the Ewington Academy until he was nineteen, and at the age of seventeen began teaching in Gallia County during vacations until he left the academy, thus defraying the expenses of his education. When nineteen years old he left his native place and commenced teaching in Scioto and Lawrence counties. In 1860 he entered the Ohio University at Athens, where he remained two years, and in July, 1862, he assisted in enlisting Company A, Ninety-first Ohio Infantry, under Capt. L. Z. Cadot. He enlisted in this company as Orderly Sergeant, but was promoted .to Second Lieutenant in June, 1863, and to First Lieutenant, June, 1864. At the battle of Winchester, Va., July 24, 1864, he was severely wounded, on account of which lie was discharged from the service Dec. 4, 1864 He then was appointed clerk in the Provost Marshal's department at Portsmouth, under Captain B. F. Cory. Oct. 1, 1865, the office was discontinued, and he received the appointment of Principal of the High School department in the public schools at Portsmouth, HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 261 but owing to ill health he was obliged to resign his position in November, 1865. He then accepted the position of bookkeeper in the wholesale crockery business of T. J. Pursell & Co., and in January, 1867, he became associated with the firm, changing the name to Pursell, Ewing Co. In January, 1876, the other members retired from the firm, when he succeeded to .the business as E. E. Ewing. Sept. 21, 1865, he was married to Minerva, daughter of James S. Folsom, by whom he has had one child—Jessie Folsom. He and wife and daughter are members of the Bigelow Methodist Episcopal Church of Portsmouth. Mr. Ewing has served one term on the Board of Education and two terms on the City Council of Portsmouth. He is a member of Bailey Post, No. 164, G. A. R., of which he is a Senior Vice Commander and Aid-de-Camp on the staff of the department commander of the State of Ohio. John Findeis, wine and beer saloon, Market street, was born in Bavaria, Germany, Dec. 17, 1827, a son of John Findeis. He came to the United States in 1851, locating in Pittsburg; remained there three years, and then went to Louisville, Ky., where he married Mary Hormikel, a native of Germany. He subsequently removed to Monroe, Ohio, and remained there seven years, and then came to Portsmouth, and became established in his present business. He also owns the fine hotel property on Third street, near Market. Mr. and Mrs. Findeis have nine children— Charles, John, Lizzie, Mary, Margaret, Henry, Minnie, Jacob and Rosa. Mr. Findeis is a member of the I. O. O. F. and Harugari societies. Andrew Jackson Finney, Sheriff of Scioto County, was .born in Bloom Township, Scioto County, Oct. 2, 1840, a son Of George H. and Eliza (Fullerton) Finney. In April, 1861, he enlisted in Company D, Twenty-second Ohio Infantry, and served three months. In October, 1862, he enlisted in the Eighth Ohio Independent Company Sharpshooters, as a private, but soon after going out was promoted to Duty Sergeant. In the spring of 1863 he was promoted to First Duty Sergeant, and the following winter to Orderly. His company was in the Army of the Cumberland, and a greater part of the time was detailed as special guard at General Thomas's headquarters. He participated in many hard-fought battles, some of the more important being Mission Ridge, Buzzard's Roost, Kennesaw Mountain, Atlanta and Nashville. He was discharged July 26, 1865, and returned to Vernon Township, Scioto County, and was engaged in farming till 1871, when he sold his farm and went to Greenup County, Ky., but returned to Scioto County in 1872. In 1873 he became established in the mercantile business at Powellsville, but in 1883 abandoned it to accept the -office of Sheriff of Scioto County, his time expiring in 1885. He has served as Justice of the Peace of Greene Township six years, Treasurer of Greene Township two years, Land Appraiser of -V ernon Township one year, and Postmaster at Powellsville nearly ten years. Feb. 22, 1862, he married Lovina, daughter of B. F. Wait, of Wait's Station. They have seven children—Eliza A., wife of James Chabot, of Powellsville; Mary, Frank, Oscar T., Walter, Ora and Emma. They have lost three children—George H., died March 17, 1873, aged six years; Carrie J., July 9, 1876, aged two years, and an infant, Andrew J., Jan. 18, 1883. Mr. Finney is a. member of the Free-Will Baptist church at Powellsville. He is a member of Western Sun Lodge, No. 91, F. & A.M., Wheelersburg, and Scioto Lodge, No. 5, I.O.M., Portsmouth. George Fisher was born in Bavaria, Germany, April 21, 1830, a son of Joseph Fisher, a farmer, who died in 1830, aged thirty-eight years. He came to the United States in the spring of 1847, locating in Portsmouth. He learned the shoemaker's trade in Germany, 262 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. and worked as a journeyman two years; then opened a shop in Greensburg, Ky., and afterward in Wheelersburg, Ohio. He remained there thirteen years. In 1863 he enlisted in the Ninth Ohio Cavalry, and served as Hospital Steward till the close of the war. After he returned home he began the study of medicine, and after studying two years purchased the drug store owned by Dr. Finch; on the corner of Sixth and Chillicothe streets. Two years later he sold out and opened a store on Second street, but after a year and a half bought back his old store, and combined the two, moving again to his old quarters. He keeps a full line of drugs, paints, oils, toilet articles, etc., and does a large prescription business. He was married Oct. 29, 1850, to Louisa H. Welch, a native of Kentucky, but reared in Scioto County. They have no children. Mr. Fisher is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and has been a member of the Board of Education for the last eight years. Martin, Fitzgerald was born in Ireland in 1846, where he was educated and trained to the mercantile business, and in 1865 came to the United States, locating in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was barkeeper at the Walnut Street House three years. He then removed to Portsmouth, Ohio, and owned the saloon of the old Taylor House there until it burned down. He subsequently obtained a position as bookkeeper at the wholesale liquor house of Stanton & Bagby, and again held the same position with the firm of Bagby & Co. till he bought out the latter in 1875, since which time he has been doing business as wholesale and retail liquor dealer. He was married in 1873 to Kate Dunn, of Portsmouth. They have four children—two boys and two girls. Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald are members of the Catholic church. John W. Galvin was born in Ireland, Oct. 9, 1848, and was a son of James Galvin, who came to the United States with his family in January, 1851, locating at Nashua, N. H., where he remained till his death, which occurred in 1869, at the age of forty-five years. His widow still lives at Nashua, N. H„ at the age of fifty-seven years. There were seven children in the family—Patrick, John, Thomas, Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Joseph, and Jennie Ellen. Our subject first worked in the forge shop of the Nashua Machine Works, where he remained twelve and a half years. He then went to Harrisburg, Pa., where he made steel three years. In August, 1876, he was sent by the Pennsylvania Steel Company to Europe, where he spent some time traveling through France, Wales and England. He afterward went to Chattanooga, Tenn., where he worked thirteen months for a Rolling Iron Company, and in 1878 came to Portsmouth, where he has since been engaged in melting steel for Burgess Iron and Steel Works. He was married at Nashua, N. H., Sept. 2 1875, to Lizzie Murray. They have four children—Katie Ellen, John J., Mary Eliza beth and Anna Maria. Mr. Galvin and wife are members of the Holy Redeemer Catholic Church of Portsmouth. Gardanier & Cody, horse-shoers, on the corner of Chillicothe and Third streets, which business was established about fifteen years ago by Thomas Purcell. Shortly after it was purchased by Mr. Seth Gardanier, who ran it alone a year, when Mr. Cbdy became a partner. They keep themselves well informed as to the latest and improved modes of shoeing by taking all books and papers alluding to the subject. Seth Gardanier was bore Sept. 25, 1841, in New Orleans, a son of John Gardanier, a native of France. When fifteen years old he learned the blacksmith's trade, after which he was connected with horsemen for ten years. In 1875 he came to Portsmouth, where he has since been engaged in the blacksmith's business, and has at the same time handled many fine. horses. He was married in 1878 to Mary Kaler, a na- HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 263 tive of Portsmouth. They had one Son, Clay, who died March 24, 1883, at the age of three and one-half years. John Cody, son of William Cody, was born in Ohio, in 1848. He was left an orphan at the age of five years, and when fifteen years old went to Covington, Ky., where he learned the blacksmith's trade, remaining there four years. He then worked in Cincinnati and Chicago from 1864 till 1874, when he came to Portsmouth. He worked the first four years for Mr. Purcell and since then has been running a shop. He was married in June, 1874, to Fannie Roach, a native of Ireland. They have four children living and one deceased—Katie, John, (Fannie who died in 1881, aged three years), William and Eddie. Mr. and Mrs. Cody are members of the Holy Redeemer Catholic Church. J. G. Gerlach, grocer and dealer in glass, tin, and queen's ware, was born in Green Township, Scioto Co., Ohio, Jan. 2, 1850, a son of Conrad Gerlach. He has made the grocery business his avocation since working for himself, and has been-very successful. He owns the property where he does business. His store room is 20 x 60 feet, ceiling thirteen feet high. He occupies the cellar and first and second floors; usually employs two clerks, and delivers goods to any part of the city free of charge. He was married in 1871 to Carrie E. Litvogt, of Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the German Presbyterian church. Mr. Gerlach's father came to America in 1847, and settled in Greene Township, where. he lived till 1865. He then moved to Portsmouth, where he died in April, 1868. G. H. Gharky was born May 17, 1813, in Alexandria, Scioto Co., Ohio, and the following year came to Portsmouth with his father. He went to Cincinnati at the age of eighteen years and spent six months at the carpenter's trade, when he returned to Portsmouth and worked at his trade four years. In 1834 he built the canal-boat Shakspere, and was Captain of her one year on the Ohio Canal. In 1840 he was appointed Wharf-master of Portsmouth, and served one year. In 1843, while Captain and owner of the canal-boat Laurel, he projected, and, in connection with others, put in operation a line of three boats, each making regular weekly trips between Portsmouth and Columbus, which was in successful operation five years. In 1847 he bought the steamboat American, and commanded her two years, making one trip up the Scioto River (the first ever made by steamboat), to the State dam, six miles below Chillicothe, in February, 1848. In 1850 he was appointed Canal Collector, and served about two years. Sept. 20, 1852, he was married to Martha E. Oldfield, a native of Portsmouth. They have had five children—George H., Jr., who died in 1875, at the age of twenty-two years; Jennie L.; Sarah Elizabeth, who died when three years of age; Marinette I., and William David. After his marriage he was in the shoe business one year in partnership with T. G. Lloyd, and in 1854 was elected Auditor, serving one term. He then clerked in the auditor's office at different times until 1860, and in 1863 served as Deputy Treasurer, after which he was bookkeeper at the First National Bank for four years. In 1873 he was appointed. Clerk of the city of Portsmouth, and served two years. In 1877 he was appointed Deputy Auditor, and served one year. Since then he has been variously engaged. His father, David Gharky, was born Feb. 13, 1775, in Stargard, Pomerenia, Germany, and came to America in 1796, and first resided in Philadelphia two years, when he settled in Alexandria, Scioto County. In 1814 he moved to Portsmouth, and was engaged in carpentering and cabinet-making for many years From 1822 until 1828 he served as Auditor of the county. From 1829 until 1833 he was in Indiana. He then returned 264 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. to Portsmouth; was elected Treasurer of the county in 1833, and served one term. In 1840 he went to Missouri, being there and in Indiana until 1850. He died in Portsmouth, Aug. 9, 1850, aged seventy-five years. His wife died in 1834 at the age of fifty-five years. They had a family of ten children, of whom only four survive—John, in Memphis, Mo.; Frederica R.,'married to Thomas Wildbahn and residing in St. Joseph, Mo. ; Sarah Ann, wife of A. W. William-son, of Portsmouth, and our subject. Robert McQueen Gibson, M. D., Portsmouth Ohio, was born at Troy, N. Y., July 5, 1854. In June, 1864, he moved with his parents to Portsmouth. He completed his education in the high schools of the city, afterward taking private instruction in languages at the Portsmouth Seminary. He graduated in medicine from. the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, in the spring of 1876. By a severe competitive examination he obtained the position of Resident Physician in the Cincinnati Hospital, remaining there one year, when he returned to Portsmouth to accept a partnership with his former preceptor, Dr. C. M. Finch. The partnership was dissolved at the end of two years, and the Doctor then engaged in business for himself. His office, on the corner of Fourth and Washington streets, is the most commodious and finest arranged of any office in the city. He is member of the American Medical Association, Ohio State Medical Society, Cincinnati Hospital Medical Association, Ohio Valley Medical Society, and the Hempstead Academy of Medicine. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church. His parents, George and Isabella Gibson, are natives of Scotland. His father was born near Edinburgh, and his mother near Glasgow. His father came to America in June, 1830, and was married at Troy, N. Y., to Isabella McQueen, in April, 1845. Of a family of five children, four are living, two sons and two daughters. J. B. Gilson, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1834, a son of Richard Gilson, who is still living, at the age of sevdntythree years. His education was received in the district schools and at Wellsville Academy. At the age of sixteen he began teaching school, and taught in Jefferson, Columbiana, Carroll, Scioto, Pike and 3ackson cornties. He came to Scioto County in 1855, and was employed four years in a ship-yard in Portsmouth. While teaching lie had also carried on farming to a limited extent. He followed contracting and building from the time he left the ship-yard till 1875, and since then has been engaged in manufacturing building material, employing several hands, and doing a large and satisfactory business. In 1878 he was elected Justice of the Peace. He is a man well calculated for the position. His knowledge of law and keen sense of justice, together with his wide experience with men, enables him to render justice to all; and he is often able to influence parties to adjust their claims amicably without resorting to law. He holds a high position in the Order of Mechanics. He was married in 1860 to Sarah A. Williams, a native of Columbiana County, Ohio. Harry Shackleford Grimes was born Sept. 5, 1851, in Portsmouth, Ohio, a son of James and Mary A. (Tobin) Grimes, his father native of Birmingham, England, born in 1805, and his mother a native of Pittsburg, Pa.. His maternal grandfather died at the age of seventy-three, and his paternal grandfather at the age of ninety-seven years andsfour months. His father came to the United States in the year 1832, and located in Philadelphia, Pa.; afterward went to New Orleans, La., and subsequently returned to Pittsburg, Pa., where he commenced business and was married. He was a man of great inventive genius, and for many years was engaged in the iron foundry business. He came to Portsmouth in 1837, and was very active and enterprising in busi- HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 265 ness. He built many fine structures and did much to improve the city. He died Sept. 27, 1877. His wife is still living. They had a family of five sons and five daughters, all still living. Our subject is the youngest son. With the exception of one year spent in Dakota and the Sioux country he has always lived in Portsmouth, where he was educated. Being of a business turn of mind his education was confined to the limits of a practical course. When seventeen years of age he began traveling, and when twenty engaged in the commission business, the firm being Gibbs & Grimes, Portsmouth, Ohio. He is at present in the grain and agricultural implement business at 109 West Front street. In the spring of 1883 he was elected a member of the City Council from the Fifth Ward. He is City Auctioneer and a member of the Board of Trade of Portsmouth. Dee. 9, 1873, Mr. Grimes was married to Mary C. Vaughters, of Friendship, Scioto County. They have three children—Shirley V., Leah Pauline and John Alexander. Mr. Grimes is a Vestryman in Christ Episcopal Church. John G. Hathaway, photographer, corner of Court and Second streets, was born in Rochester, N. Y., in 1849. He learned his trade in Marietta, Ohio, and was in business there eight years. In 1876 he came to Portsmouth, and with Mr. Fuller opened a studio under the firm name of Fuller & Hathaway. In April, 1882, Mr. Fuller retired from the firm, and Mr. Hathaway has since been alone. He occupies the whole upper floor of the Vincennes block, and his facilities for work are as good as any in the country. Mr. Hathaway takes several art journals and intends to keep up with the times in this branch of art. His pictures will compare favorably with Sarong's, Brand's or any first class artist of the country. He was married in 1875 to Annett Morse, of Marietta. They have a family of two sons and one daughter. George Helt was born at Scioto Furnace, Scioto Co., Ohio, July 26, 1846, a son of John Helt, of Harrison Township, Scioto County. When sixteen years of age he learned the blacksmith's trade, and worked at it eight years. He then engaged in the grocery business, and in 1873 bought an interest in the store of Charles Winter, thus forming the firm of Charles Winter & Co. Aug. 9, 1881, he purchased Mr. Winter's interest and is now carrying on the business as George Helt. He does both a wholesale and retail business. His salesroom is 19 x 65 feet, with a warehouse in the rear. He employs two clerks and delivers his goods to any part of the city. His sales amount to $16,000 yearly. Mr. Helt was married in ,1874 to Barbara Hurder. They have four children—Emiel John, Walter Scott, George Oscar and Anna Mary. W. B. Hendrickson, was born May 1, 1833, in Lewis County, Ky. He came to Portsmouth in 1870 and had been here bat a year when he was appointed on the police force, and has since held the position. For eight years prior to coming to Portsmouth he kept the jail at Vanceburg, Ky. He was married in 1855 to Serrilda J. Ruggles, a native of Kentucky. They had four children— Robert E., employed at the Peabody Coal Works; L. T.; Sophronia, wife of W. R. Bane, of Augusta, Ky., and John T., a molder in Cincinnati. Mrs. Hendrickson died and in 1870 Mr. Hendrickson married Phoebe L. Andrews, a native of Maryland. He is a member of the A. 0. U. W. He is the owner of one of the finest thoroughbred horses in Southern Ohio, sired by War Dance, of Bath County, Ky. He has been taken to county fairs since two years old, and never fails to take a premium, and has taken four at one fair. F. C. Herms was born in the kingdom of Prussia; Germany, in 1836, and came to the United States in 1856. He spent fourteen months in Cincinnati and then came to Portsmouth. He clerked for Mr. Connolly a time and was employed in Gaylord's rolling mill 266 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY, five years. He was then in partnership a short time with Mr. Marting, under the firm name of Marting & Hertns. He opened a store in his residence, corner of Ninth and John streets, which he ran about two years, when he opened another on the corner of Sixth and Chillicothe streets, his daughter taking charge of the old one. He at first occupied but one lower room, keeping carpets up stairs, but in 1882 he added an adjoining room for carpets. He keeps a large and complete stock of carpets) and is the leader in this branch of trade in Portsmouth. He was married in 1860 to Catharine Mary Marting, dani.,,hter of Henry Marting, of Portsmouth. They have had nine children-Charles F., in the store with his father ; William Albert; Edward, attending the Ohio University, studying for a chemist ; Ida M., in charge of the Ninth street store ; John Wesley, Oscar, Edith Selina and Clara are at home ; Ella died at the age of two years. Mr. Herms is a member of the German M. E. church. Jacob Hibbs, Sr., deceased, was born in Pennsylvania, Nov. 5, 1793, a son of Aaron and Catharine Hibbs. His father removed to Adams County, Ohio, where his father died in June, 1832, in the sixty-sixth year of his age, and his mother in October, 1846, in her seventy-seventh year. Our subject's early life was passed in helping to clear a farm in the woods, and his educational advantages were very limited. He was married March 3, 1814, to Rebecca Lucas. To them were born eleven children-Aaron, born Feb. 15, 1815, died single, April 15, 1837 ; Hannah U.. L., born July 12, 1817, now living near Freeport, Ill Joseph L., born April 8, 1819 ; George C., born July 27, 1821, living in Highland County, Ohio ; Ursulina, born June 5, 1823, died single, Oct. 6; 1855 ; Rebecca L., born Aug. 3, 1825, now Mrs. N. B. Russell, of Portsmouth, Ohio ; John A. T., born Jan. 18, 1828, living near Waverly, Neb. ; Jacob C., born April 3, 1830, of Portsmouth ; Robert L., born April 23, 1832, died near Alexandria, D. C., Nov. 11, 1862, a member of the Twelfth United States Infantry, regular army ; Sarah C., born June 26, 1834, living in Highland County, Ohio ; Van B., born Jan. 13, 1839, served through the entire war of the Rebellion as private, Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, and died in Mattoon, Ill., in November, 1869. Mr. Hibbs served under Captain Roop at the time of Hull's surrender, He was a strong Jackson Democrat and took an active part in political matters from IMO I till 1848. He held the office of School Trustee a number or years. After his marriage he settled in Union Township, Scioto County, where he died July 12, 1852. His wife died Oct. 20, 1853. They were members of the Disciple church. Mr. Hibbs was a man of great moral courage, and was noted for his determination and positiveness of character. lie took great pride in the education of his children, and did all in his power to give them a good start in life. Jacob C. Hibbs was born in Union Township, Scioto Co., Ohio, April 3, 1830, a sun of Jacob and Rebecca (Lucas) Hibbs, his father a native of Pennsylvania, born Nov.5, 1793, and his mother, a native of Virginia, born Jan. 27, 1796. He was educated in the public schools, and took a partial course at the, Dennison University, Granville, Ohio. He was reared on a farm and followed that vocation till 1860 when he removed to Portsmouth and engaged in the mercantile business. He now has one of the best hardware establishments in the city. Politically he is a Republican, and an advocate of the temperance cause. He has never aspired to office or any place of political or public notice. lie was married April 30, 1857, to B. A. Williamson, of Washington Township, Scioto County. They have five children-Flora E., Frank, Charles, L. Grace and Harry D. Mr. and Mrs. Hibbs and their three living children, Flora E., L. Grace and Harry D., are HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 267 members of the Regular Baptist church. General Joseph L. Hibbs, merchant, Portsmouth, Ohio, was born in Scioto County, Ohio, April 8, 1819, and is a son of Jacob and Rebecca Hibbs, nee Lucas. His mother was a daughter of Judge Joseph Lucas, a brother of the late Robert Lucas, Governor of Ohio and Iowa two terms each. Wm. Lucas, father of Joseph and Robert, was in the army under Washington at Brad-dock's defeat, and also served as Captain in the war of the Revolution. He afterward emigrated with his family from Virginia and located in Scioto County, at a place known since as Lucasville. Edward Lucas, forefather of the Virginia Lucases, and his wife, nee Dark, of Quaker descent, came to this country with William Penn, and first settled in Berks County, Penn., and afterward the family removed to Virginia, where they became quite noted. The great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, Aaron Hibbs, emigrated from England to America soon after the Revolutionary war, and Jacob Hibbs, the father of Joseph, was among those who were called out in the war of 1812, in defense of Detroit. When Joseph had reached the age of eighteen his father gave him three years of his time, and the young man started for himself with the trade of carpenter, which lie had acquired at odd spells at home during his younger days. This business he followed very successfully for five years, during the first three of which he cleared $500, besides attending school four months. He was a studious boy, and assiduously devoted his spare time to the acquisition of useful knowledge, being particularly interested in historical works, devoting much of his spare time to reading of ancient, profane and religious history. These books he read with pleasure, and, unlike many other boys, he had no time to devote to books pertaining to romance or fiction. For several years subsequent to his carpenter business he was successfully engaged in farming and other pursuits, as manager for prominent persons in Pike County, Ohio. In 1851 he became clerk in a business house in Portsmouth; and in 1853, with what money he had accumulated, he embarked in the hardware business, in copartnership with Mr. George Herod. In 1859 he bought out Mr. Hered's interest, and to this day has continued the business successfully in his own name, and takes rank among the oldest hardware merchants of the State. During the war of the Rebellion Mr. Hibbs was commissioned by Governor Tod as Brigadier-General in the State militia, and was furnished artillery and small arms for border protection by General Wright, Quartermaster-General of the State. In 1866 he started a boot, shoe, and hat store, which, ten years later, he consolidated with his hardware business which has resulted in great success. In the summer of 1875, his health having become impaired by intense application to business he took a trip South during the following winter, in hopes of regaining his lost vigor, and visited Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Augusta, Charleston, Savannah, Jacksonville, and other places of note, including Florida State Fair. Early in the year 1877, finding that he was but little improved in health, he withdrew from active participation in business, and took up his residence in New York City, spending a few days at Washington, District of Columbia, on his way, when the Electoral Commission was considering the validity of President Hayes's title to the Presidency, and remained until he was inaugurated. Since then General Hibbs has made his home in New York City, where he attends to the purchasing of goods for his Portsmouth houses and other houses, as orders are sent to him by his friends. In 1879, while in New York City, he sold for the commissioners of Scioto County $40,000 of six per cent. county bonds, at a premium, and visited the United States Sub-treasury vaults 268 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. and the leading banks of the city. In December of the year 1877 he went to California by the way of the Isthmus, and spent several months in visiting places of note and interest on the Pacific Coast, among which were San Francisco, Oakland, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, San J')se, Santa Cruz, Calaveras Grove of Big Trees, and the gorgeous and picturesque scenery of the Yosemite Valley. As illustrative of the character of that climate, it may be stated that on the first day of May, 1878, when the valleys were fragrant with flowers, and the figs nearly grown, Gen; eral Hibbs rode on horseback a distance of fourteen miles over huge mountains of snow on his way to the valley, the thermometer registering seventy degrees. The scenery of the valley at this time was especially awe-inspiring, and picturesque to the sublimest extent. The various waterfalls, some of them 2,600 feet high, were at their highest stage and greatest force, caused by the rapidly melting snow, and presented a view inexpressibly grand and sublime. The General also visited Sacramento, Salt Lake City, the great Mormon Tabernacle, Camp Douglas, and the tomb of Brigham Young, visiting on his return eastward Des Moines, Iowa City, Muscatine and Freeport, where he spent some time among his friends who had removed West several years previous. He refers to his trips with much enthusiasm, and looks upon the time spent in this way as the most interesting and enjoyable portion of his life. General Hibbs has taken a deep interest in public enterpises and in church matters, and has contributed largely of his means for their support. In many other ways he is benevolent and public-spirited, doing much toward promoting the growth and prosperity of his adopted city. He possesses all the elements of a capital business man, and has good judgment of men and things. He is cautious, firm, and conscientious, and as a business man stands among the best in Portsmouth. By industry, frugality and keen foresight he has been rewarded with very gratifying success. Anselm T. Holcomb, attorney at law, was born near Vinton, Gallia Co., Ohio, Nov. 19, 1846, a son of John Ewing and Mary (Matthews) Holcomb, natives of Gallia County, and now residents of Butler, Bates Co., His parents were reared and married in Gallia County, their parents, General S. R. Holcomb and Colonel Phineas Matthews, both having settled there as early as 1800. They were both prominent in county and State affairs, and lived to advanced ages. Anselm T. spent his early life in attending school and assisting his father in the store. He attended the public schools and the academies at Vinton and Ewington, and in 1863 entered the Ohio University at Athens, graduating in 1867. He began .reading law while in college with Hon. W. Reed Golden, of Athens, and after leaving college pursued a regular course with General A. T. Holcomb. He taught school at Vinton and Rodney, Ohio, and near Moorefield, Ky. He was admitted to the bar at Butler, Bates Co., Mof, in 1870, and soon after entered into partnership with Hon. William Page. The partner. ship was dissolved in 1875 and he was associated with his brother Phineas till the summer of 1878 when he removed to Portsmouth, where he was associated with Judge A. C. Thompson until the latter was elected Common Pleas Judge in 1881, and since then has practiced alone. Mr. Holcomb has been very successful in his practice and is one of the leading attorneys of the county. He has dealt quite extensively in real estate, and completed a set of abstract books of real estate in Bates County, Mo. He was one of the original stockholders in the Portsmouth Fire Brick Company, and the Portsmouth Wagon Stock Company. He is one of the owners and the original proprietor of the coal shaft of Theo. Flnhart & Co., Wellston, Jackson Co., Ohio, and is also interested in HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 269 the mining and shipping of coal in Missouri. He was the Republican candidate for Representative of Bates County, Mo., in 1876, and a delegate from Kansas City District to the Republican National Convention in 1876. He was married Oct. 14, 1876, to Grace L. Breare, youngest daughter of Rev. Robinson Breare, of Gallia County, Ohio. They have one son—Anselrn T., Jr. Mr. Holcomb is a member of the Masonic fraternity, lodge and chapter, and in 1878 was High Priest of Miami Chapter, Butler, Mo. Joseph Hornung was born in Wittenberg, Germany, in 1842, a son of Joseph Hornung. He came to the United States in 1854, and located at West Union, Adams Co., Ohio. In 1856 he came to Portsmouth. He learned the cooper's trade when a boy. He is now the proprietor of one of the largest coopering establishments in the city, and one of the proprietors of the Standard Wheelbarrow Company on Front street. Mr. Hornung was married, in 1868, to Eliza E. Kaetler, who died in 1875, leaving two children. In 1875 he married Lizzie B. Brodbeck, daughtel. of Vincent Brodbeck. They have two children. Herman, Huels, steam dye house, No. 71 Third street, was born in Prussia, in 1834. When fifteen years of age he began to learn his trade, and afterward traveled through Switzerland, Germany and France, as was customary in his country, working in a great many towns. In 1864 he came to the United States, and located in Springfield, Ill., remaining there three months. He then worked a year in Cincinnati, Ohio, and went to Chillicothe, where he worked for a Mr. Dueber, and afterward married his daughter, Pauline Dueber. In 1870 he came to Portsmouth and purchased the dye house of F. Zetsner. He enlarged the business, and put in machinery for dyeing with steam. His work is of the highest order, and his prices correspondingly low. He is very successful as a business man, and owns his residence and place of business. He has been a member of the German Benevolent Society over twelve years. Mr. and Mrs. Huels have five children—Herman, born in Chillicothe ; Emil, Charles, Annie and Otele, born in Portsmouth. William Hughes was born in Ireland in 1847, a son of Terence Hughes. In 1850 he came to America with his uncle, William Hughes. He spent his boyhood days in Canada, and in 1859 came to the United States, and has since then resided in Portsmouth, and since 1860 has been engaged in the saloon and billiard-hall business, with the exception of the years of the Rebellion when he was a Government pilot running between Cincinnati and Memphis. Mr. Hughes was married in 1865 to Mary L. Jacquet, a native of France, but a resident of Portsmouth since childhood. They have two children—Mary Louise and John J. C. C. Hyatt was born in Queens County, Long Island, N. Y., Aug. 29, 1804, a son of Elvin Hyatt. When thirteen years of age he was bound as an apprentice to the mason's trade, till twenty-one. From 1825 till 1830 he worked at his trade in New York, and Oct. 8 of the latter year came to Portsmouth. At that time there were but five brick buildings in the city. He has built over fifty buildings in this city, including churches, business houses and' residences. For twenty-five years he was the only contractor of mason work in the city and employed from ten to thirty men. When sixty-two years of age he abandoned his trade, and is now engaged in the grocery business, on the corner of Eighth and Court streets. He was married in 1826 to Cynthia A. Thompson, a native of New York. They had four children, all now deceased. Mrs. Hyatt died in 1845. In 1846 Mr. Hyatt married Elizabeth Taylor, a native of Maryland. They have one child—Amelia Helen, now the wife of 270 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. Dr. J. McClure. Mr. Hyatt has been a member of the Methodist church fifty-one years. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity. L. N. Hyatt was born in Clay Township, Scioto Co., Ohio, a son of Elvin Hyatt, who was for many years Superintendent of the county infirmary. He died April 15, 1865, aged sixty-eight years. L. N. enlisted in 1863 in Company D, Eighth Independent Company of Ohio Sharpshooters, and.was appointed Corporal. He served till. June 28, 1865, when, by a special order, the company was discharged. He participated in all the campaigns of the Army of the Cumberland, the Atlanta campaign with Sherman, the battles of Chattanooga and Mission Ridge, and was with Thomas in his raid against Hood. In 1868 Mr. Hyatt engaged in the grocery business in Pike County, remaining there eighteen months. He then returned to Sciporoto County, and for six months was engaged in making fire brick in Porter Township. In 1875 he formed his present partnership with H. C. McElrath, under the firm name of McElrath & Hyatt. Their place of business is located on Eleventh street, between John and Waller streets. They keep a full line of groceries, feed, produce, coal, etc., and deliver goods to all parts of the city. Mr. Hyatt was married July 2, 1883, to Carrie A. Clark, daughter of Dr. Clark, formerly of Ironton, Ohio, who was shot while discharging his duties as a Physician by Morgan's men during the raid, they supposing him to be a spy . Mr. Hyatt's father was a Corporal iii the war of 1812. Captain. James P. Jack, son of Henry Jack, was born in Fayette County, Pa., March 31, 1816. He was first engaged in the mercantile trade in Brownsville, Fayette Co., Pa., with James L. Bowman, with whom he remained ten years. In 1842 he went on the Ohio River, and was engaged on different steamers as clerk and Captain about five years, after which he was employed in Cincinnati till 1853, in Broadwell & Co.'s ship chandlery and boat store, when the firm name was changed to J. P. Jack & Co. In 1854 he went as clerk on a steamer for two years, after which he was in the grocery business in Portsmouth for two years. In 1860 he went to Iron Valley Furnace as financial agent for one year, when he went to Harrison Furnace for one year. He was in the Government service during the war, after which he returned to Portsmouth, where he has since resided. He served as Secretary of the water-works seven years and has also served on the School Board, Sanitary Board, Hospital Board and Board of Trade. He resumed his trade of clerking with G. W. Hugings, where he is still engaged. He was married in Pittsburg in 1844 to Margaret J. Sattinfield. They have four children living and one deceasedLizzie; William, a railroad clerk; Charles, a paper-hanger; James, a farmer, and Virginia, who died in 1856, aged six months. Mr. Jack is a member of the I. 0. 0. F. fraternity. J. H. Johnson was born in Maryland in 1830, but was reared in Licking County, Ohio. He became a citizen of Portsmouth, Ohio, in 1857, and in 1859 married Mary J. Davis, of Scioto County, Ohio. They have two children—Ida May and Edgar A. In 1858 Johnson & Vincent opened the first hat and fur store in Portsmouth in the old Massie building, which was burned in 1871, and in 1859 Mr. Johnson purchased Mr. Vincent's interest. In 1860 Mr. Johnson purchased and moved into the store room on Market street, between Front and Second streets, where he is now doing business. In 1810 he sold his stock and rented his room, and for some years was out of business, but in 1875 he re-opened with a choice and fresh stock, consisting of a complete line of hats, caps, ladies' and children's furs, and a full line of gents' furnishing goods. Mr. Johnson is a member of Aurora Lodge, No. 48, F. & A. HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 271 M., and was its Worshipful Master for eight consecutive years. He is also a member of Mount Vernon Chapter, No. 23, R. A. M., and was its.Captain of Host for sixteen consecutive years, and is now its High Priest, and is a member of Calvary Commandery, No. 13, K. T., and was its Eminent Commander for thirteen consecutive years. He also belongs to the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Ohio Consistory, thirty-second degree, Cincinnati, Ohio. Andrew Barry Jones, physician and surgeon, was born in Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio, April 30, 1829, and died in Portsmouth, Ohio, Oct. 15, 1876. His parents, Robert and Ruth Jones, removed from Virginia to Ohio in 1828. His literary education was obtained in the schools of his native place. Choosing medicine for a profession, he graduated with the highest honors of his class from the Cleveland Medical College, in March, 1850, and immediately began practice in Jacksonville, Adams Co., Ohio, where a year previous he had been professionally engaged, with great success, amid the ravages of the cholera. On Oct. 21, 1851, lie married Maria J., daughter of James Dunbar, of Adams County, Ohio. In April, 1852, he removed to Portsmouth, where he was actively engaged in a successful practice to the time of his death. His love of anatomy, and his proficiency in that branch, led him to prefer surgery, in which he acquired a high reputation. His engagements in this branch extended far beyond the confines of an ordinary practitioner, and he was frequently called into consultation in other States. He was one of the founders of the Scioto County Medical Society, and for many years its President; also a prominent member of the Ohio Valley Medical Society, of the Ohio State Medical Association, and its President for one year; and likewise an honorary member of the California State Medical Society, and a member of the National Medical Association. By appointment of Governor Allen, he held for awhile a place on the Board of Trustees of the Southeastern Ohio Insane Asylum, at Athens. Though well qualified as a writer, an over-busy life precluded the exercise of his powers in this direction. No member of the profession was more loyal to the code of ethics than was he. His attentions to the poor and those who were unable to pay were as assiduous and faithful as those he paid to the rich; and he would seldom make any entry upon his books for services rendered to the former. But his charity and benevolence did not end with his many gratuitous professional calls; for the poor never applied to him for assistance and came away empty-handed, while many were the instances where food and other substantial reliefs were sent by him to the families of the destitute. He took with him to the bedside of the afflicted not only the scientific knowledge of his profession, but a heart full of Christian sympathy, a soothing voice, hope-breathing sentiments, and the sunlight of an encouraging cheerfulness. Although not a politician or partisan, he was an earnest and conscientious thinker, and was a delegate to the State Democratic Convention of Cincinnati in 1876, and was a supporter of Tilden for the Presidency. He was a remarkable example of filial devotion to his parents, whom he cared for until their death with the same tenderness and love which they had bestowed upon him in his youth. He was a courtly, genial friend, a good citizen, and an affectionate husband. He was a member of All-Saints' Episcopal' Church, Portsmouth, and a devoted student of the Bible. David D. Jones, son of Daniel Jones, was born in Wales,' Oct. 13, 1808, and in 1832 came to the United States. He spent a few months in New York, two years in Nashville, Tenn., one year in Covington, Ky., and in 1837 came to Portsmouth. He worked a few years at Gaylord's rolling mill, and then be- 272 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. came established in the grocery business. In 1863 his eye-sight was destroyed to a great extent by cataract. Mr. Jones was married in 1834 to Margaret Griffith. They have had a family of seven children—Henry E., an attorney, died in Portsmouth in 1876, aged forty years; David L., a druggist; John D., a clerk in Murray & Meckleworth's coal office; Margaret D., wife of George L. Mason, of Mt. Auburn, Cincinnati; Lieutenant James Mill, Professor of Mathematics at West Point; George H., an attorney of Washington Territory; Emma A., wife of Mr. William, proprietor of Biggs House. Mr. Jones has served as Infirmary Director two terms, and as Assessor ten years. John Jones, The Plumber, West Second street, between Market and Court streets, was born in Wales in 1844, a son of Henry Jones, now a resident of Gallia County, Ohio. When a child he came to the United States with his parents. In 1866 lie began the plumber's trade with a firm in Louisville, Ky., and at the end of a year fitted up the Western Kentucky Lunatic Asylum. He returned to Louisville and worked for Drumm Brothers three months; then came to Portsmouth and worked several years for Mr. Spry. Aug. 1, 1870, he opened a plumbers' supply store of his own. He has done a very satisfactory business, and keeps a complete supply of all articles pertaining to that line of business. He employs eight hands, having sometimes as high as fifteen. His work extends to all the surrounding country and towns. Mr. Jones was married July 21, 1869, to Mary E. Robison, of Kentucky. They are members of the Methodist church. Mr. Jones is a member of the Masonic fraternity. William Jones, proprietor of Exchange Pool Rooms, 505 Chillicothe street, Portsmouth, Ohio. John Kaps was born near Baden, Germany, Nov. 2, 1836. His parents came to the United States when he was an infant, and located in Portsmouth. He spent the earlier years of his life in a brick-yard, and learned the bricklayer's trade. In 1857–'58 he was in the grocery business, and since then has been contracting and building. April 16, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, First Ohio Infantry, and served three months. In June, 1862, he was appointed First Lieutenant, and helped recruit Company C, Ninety-first Ohio Infantry. He was subsequently promoted to Captain. He participated in fourteen hard-fought battles and many skirmishes. Among the more important battles were, first Bull Run, Fayetteville, Cloyd Mountain, Lynchburg, Winchester, Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek. He served over three years, and was honorably discharged. Feb. 13, 1873, he married Jennie McIntyre, a native of Portsmouth, and a daughter of Daniel McIntyre, who came from Ireland to Portsmouth when twenty-one years of age. They have two sons —John and Harry. Mr. Kaps is a member of the Masonic fraternity. Peter Kaps was born in Bavaria, Germany, May 19, 1833, a son of Casper Kaps. His parents came to the United States in 1836, locating in Portsmouth. His father died in 1857, aged sixty-one years, and his mother in 1845, aged thirty-three years. They had a family of four children—Caroline, now the wife of Christian G. Leiberherr, a teacher, of Quincy,Ill.; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Leopold Kessler: Peter and John. Peter is the eldest son. When twenty years of age he began to learn the bricklayer's trade, and, with the exception of his term of service in the army, has followed that vocation. lie enlisted in 1861 in Company K, Fifteenth Kentucky Infantry, I and served three years and three months. He participated in the battles of Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, Dallas, Resaca, Jonesboro. At Chattanooga he was appointed Barracks Commander by James B. Steadman. He enlisted as a private, and was promoted several times, and was discharged First Lieu- HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY - 273 tenant. In business he is associated with his brother, and together they have had the contract for building some of the best residences and public buildings in the valley. They are now at work on the sewer running from Chillicothe to Union streets—distance 3,000 feet, four feet in diameter—and will cost $16,000. Mr. Kaps was married Jan. 1, 1871, to Elizabeth Evans, of Portsmouth. They have three children living—James E., George P. and Henry H. Casper died Nov. 29, 1882, aged two years. Mr. Kaps is a member of the I. 0. 0. F. fraternity. Frank B, Kehoe was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, Sept. 27, 1852, a son of . Murlaugh Kehoe, a boot and shoe merchant, who died in 1874, aged seventy-seven years. From 1870 till 1876 he was engaged in the drug business in Manhattan, Riley Co., Kan. He was afterward engaged in the grocery business five years and a half in Portsmouth. In the early part of 1883 he purchased a wharf-boat of J. O. Murfin's estate. It was built in 1879, and has a tax valuation of $2,500. July 22, 1879, Mr. Kehoe married Mary McClain, a native of Chilo, Clermont Co., Ohio. He is a member of the Masonic and Knights of Pythias fraternities. Philip H. Kelley, son of Timothy Kelley, was born in Ireland, April 9, 1823. He came to the United States in 1848, and lived one year at Auburn, N. Y. In 1849, he moved to Cleveland, Ohio, and engaged in stone cutting two years, after which he worked on the railroad two years. In 1853 he began contracting on railroads, etc. In 1857 he came to Portsmouth and built the Suspension Bridge across the Scioto River, and also .helped build the city water-works. He was married in 1855 to Anna Hayes. They have had ten children. B. F. Kinnear, manufacturer of chair stock, Portsmouth, Ohio, established this business in,August, 1882. He employs about twenty ands, and ships his stock in carload 18 lots to Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York City, Boston, and other points in the East. He ships three car loads a week, and consumes annually 1,000,000 feet of lumber. He was born in Williamsport, Pickaway Co., Ohio, in 1844. His father, Joseph Kinnear, was an early settler, and helped lay out the town of Circleville, Ohio. He was a son of Judge David Kinnear. His father. being a merchant, he clerked for him, till 1861, when he spent two years in school. In 1863, he enlisted in a Mississippi' squadron in the gunboat service and served during the rest of the war. Subsequently he spent five years in Tennessee, dealing in cattle and running a shingle-mill. He afterward traveled eight years for Wood & Welter, of Mansfield, Ohio, and five years for Hood, Bonbright & Co., of Philadelphia. In 1868 he married Harriet Cheny, of Joliet, Ill., but a native of New York City. Mr. Kinnear is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He is one of the leading and enterprising business men of Portsmouth. Charles Kinney, Treasurer-elect of Scioto County, was born in Springville, Ky., July 7, 1850, eldest son of Charles and Elizabeth (Cox) Kinney. His father dying in 1861, he removed with his mother to Columbus, Ind., where he resided untit 1872. He was educated in the public schools, and graduated at the Columbus High School in the class of 1866. He learned the trade of printer while in Columbus, which he followed until 1872, when he came to Portsmouth, and was employed in the Valley Book Store. About January, 1876, he again entered the printing office and worked at his trade until November, 1877, when he was appointed Deputy County Treasurer by B. R. Miles, and re-appointed by Alfred Boyer in September, 1880. In June, 1883, he was nominated by the Republican County Convention for Treasurer, and elected. Oct. 8, 1879, he married Letitia H., daughter of Jno. Yoakley, of Portsmouth. Mr. Kinney is a member of Aurora 274 - HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY. Lodge, No. 48, F. and A. M.: Scioto Lodge, No. 5, I. 0. M., and Dionysius Lodge, No. 115, K. of P., of which he is District Deputy, Grand Chancellor and Representative in the Grand Lodge of Ohio. John Kirsch, was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1848, a son of Michael Kirsch, proprietor of the Phoenix House. When eighteen years of age lie began to learn the tinner's trade, serving an apprenticeship of four years. He then worked as a journeyman till 1874, three years of the time being foreman for A. W. Buskirk. In 1874, he became established in business for himself on Second street, between Court and Washington streets. He keeps all kinds of cooking and heating stoves, selling from 250 to 300 annually. He has the finest cooking stove in the market the Early Breakfast. It is guaranteed not to contain an ounce of scrap iron, and runs with less fuel, keeping a regular and steady heat. He manufactures all kinds of tinware, employing four hands; also makes a specialty of tin roofing and spouting. He was married in 1870 to Mary R. Leising of Chillicothe, Ohio. They have five children-Anna, Charles, William, Clara and John. Henry Kugelman, dry-goods and notions, Chillicothe street, opposite Market place, was born in Germany in 1842. He came to America in 1848, with his father, William Kugelman, who settled with his family in Portsmouth, where he remained till his death, at the age of sixty-three years, in April, 1861. His wife is still living, at the advanced age of eighty-three years. Our subject began life by helping his father in the foundry. He learned the cooper's trade when fifteen years old, at which lie worked till 1861, when he enlisted in Company D, Twenty-second Ohio Infantry, and served three months. He re-enlisted in Company C, Fifty-sixth Ohio Infantry, and served three and a-half years. He was engaged in the battles of Port Gibson, Champion Hills, Jackson and Vicksburg. After his return from the army he worked at his trade one year, after which he clerked in a wholesale and retail tobacco house in Indianapolis, Ind., three and a half years. He returned to Portsmouth in 1868, since when he has been variously engaged till 1880, when he established his present business. He was married Oct. 19, 1865, to Elizabeth Fuch, of Portsmouth. There is a family of six children-George Edward, Harry Richard, Nellie Emma, Albert, Edward and Clara Louisa. Mrs. Kugelman died Aug. 23, 1883, after giving birth to twin children; a boy, who died shortly after birth, and a girl, who died at the age of four and a-half weeks. Mr. Kugel-man is an Odd Fellow and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He belongs to the German Evangelical Church. Fred. Legler (deceased) was born June27, 1832, in Baden, Germany, and in 1838 came to America with his father, Joseph Legler, who died in Portsmouth in 1870, aged over seventy years. Our subject came to Portsmouth when twelve years of age, and spent his time in hotels and driving dray for a flour milling company. He was married Jan. 8, 1857, to Eva E. Eck, born Feb. 24, 1837, in Darmstadt, Germany. Of their six children five are living-Charles J., born Dec. 14, 1857, and married Oct. 5, 1882, to Mary Schwarz, of Portsmouth ; Fred L., born Dec. 20, 1859; Frank J., Jan. 8, 1862, George A., April 3, 1864, and Clara B., March 20, 1875. William R. was born April 3, 1864, and died at the age of three years and eight months In 1855, Mr. Legler, in connection with Mr. Wol ford, opened the Eagle Hotel, and in 1856 bought out his partner's interest and carried on the business alone till 1863. He then ran the White Bear Hotel till 1866, when he moved to the hotel where his widow and.three eldest sons still carry on the business. Mr. Legler ran this hotel from 1867 till 1880, when he died. John M. Lenhart was born in Portsmouth,