OHIO COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA - 275 elected in 1872, for the Fourth ward, to the first branch, for a term of four years. At the January election of 1881 he was elected for the Fourth ward to the second branch, for two years. As chief of the fire department, he has proven to be the most efficient officer the city ever had in that post, and under his management the department has attained a degree of proficiency surpassed by but few of the large cities. His administration has given universal satisfaction. Mr. Dunning was married November 5, 1867, to Eliza Robinson, of North Wheeling. She is a daughter of Robert Robinson, deceased, formerly a well-known citizen of the First ward. To this marriage nine children have been born, seven of whom survive. Mr. Dunning is a member of Franklin lodge, I. O. O. F. and Ohio lodge, F. & A. M. He is a member of the Zane Street Methodist Episcopal church, and is now president and was for a number of years secretary of the board of trustees of that church. William H. Dunlevy was a citizen of Wheeling, and an enterprising promoter of some of its leading industries. Previous to coming to Wheeling he and his father were engaged in ship-building at Sistersville, Ohio. The two came to Wheeling in an early day, and the firm of Dunlevy & McLure was then formed by the elder Dunlevy and Capt. John McLure. Afterward the firm was changed to Wilson & Dunlevy, by the admission of William P. Wilson and William H. Dun-levy, and the retirement of Capt. McLure upon the death of the older Dunlevy, the firm name continued without change until the admission of Thomas Wheeler, when the title was changed to Wilson, Dunlevy &.Wheeler, and the manufacture of nail kegs was added to their business. Mr. Wheeler dying, the firm became Wilson, Dunlevy & Co., by the admission of H. H. Dunlevy. William R. Wilson died in July, 1873, and William H. Dunlevy in January, 1874, and upon the settlement of the estates of the decedents, the business was purchased by H. H. Dunlevy and W. A. Wilson. They abandoned steamboat building, which had been a main part of the old firm's business, and developed the capacity of the establishment for the manufacture of nail kegs. In February, 1888, they bought out the Hanes interest in the planing-mill business, and now carry on both branches under the firm name of Wilson & Dunlevy. They have added to their other enterprises the manufacture of pottery, casks, slack cooperage and fancy printed boxes, and packing cases of all kinds. As proprietors of the Union Planing-mill, they do a general contracting and building business, as well as furnishing all builders, supplies. H. H. Dunlevy was born January 24, 1849, at Belpre, Washington county, Ohio. He was reared at Wheeling and was educated in the public schools. On May 26, 1870, he was married to Anna D., daughter of Jacob Harlan, of Wheeling. August C. F. Ebeling, a well-known business man of Wheeling, is engaged, as the head of the firm of Ebeling & Pebler, in the manufacture of cigars at No. 2333 Chapline street. Mr. Ebeling was born in the town of Lauenforde, Hanover, Germany, in 1837, and while in his native land learned the trade of cigar making. Coming to 276 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. America in 1859, he came directly to Wheeling, and found occupation at his trade, and was able by the time of the beginning of the war to manufacture on his own account. He continued in the business alone until 1868, when he formed a partnership with Martin Pebler and John C. Beck. "-,out four years later Mr. Beck retired, and the firm has since remained as it is at present. The house employs eighteen to twenty hands in the production of cigars and stogies, and their goods have an excellent' reputation. Mr. Ebeling,s success in business is pronounced among the many in Wheeling who have arisen by means of native industry and business shrewdness to a comfortable position, he is deserving of mention. In political affairs he has taken an active part as a republican, he has served on the city council, and for twelve years he has served the city efficiently as a member of the school board. In 1861 Mr. Ebeling was married to A. Kate, daughter of George Miller, and they. have had seven children, six of whom are living. A. C. Egerter, an enterprising and public-spirited business man at Wheeling, is one of its notable citizens; has served upon the city council; held the office of mayor from 1880 to 1882, and was appointed by President Cleveland to the federal office of surveyor and collector of customs at that port. Mr. Egerter was born in Switzerland, December 1, 1841. He is the son of Solomon Egerter, a native of Switzerland, born in 1800; died in 1849. The latter came to the United States with his family in 1842, and settled first at Parkersburg, W. Va., whence they moved in 1843, to Wheeling. He was, in his native land, a lawyer and notary public, but on coming to this country, engaged first in the dairy business at Parkersburgh and at Wheeling, but after one year of that occupation at the latter place, embarked in the book and stationery trade. By an early marriage in Switzerland he had a daughter Rosa, now the wife of M. Shaerer, a wholesale tobacconist, of Geneva, Switzerland. He was subsequently married to Caroline Loenhart, wh0 died in 1870, at the age of sixty-five years: To them were born the following children: - Amelia, wife of Henry Zinkann, a merchant tailor of Wheeling; Wilhelmina, wife of John Youngman, a farmer of Ohio county; Mary, widow of Joseph Liston, of Belmont county, now of Willsburgh, W. Va., and A. C. The latter was reared from his third year and educated, at Wheeling. He was occupied on a farm for ten years, and then, in 1861, began clerking in a clothing store. In 1868 he embarked in the retail grocery and produce trade, and meeting with success, built up one of the leading establishments of the city, which was devoted to the wholesale trade in 1876, and has so continued. He has taken an interest in various enterprises of importance, and is a stockholder in the West Virginia Tobacco company, of the Windsor Mining and Manufacturing company, of Brooke county; of the German bank, of which he is vice president; is stockholder and director of the German Insurance company; and is stockholder in the West Virginia Natural Gas company, the Electric Railway company, the Wheeling Park association and the State Fair association. Mr. Egerter was married in 1866 to Adelaide OHIO COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA - 277 Beck, a native of Wheeling, daughter of Peter Paul and Elizabeth Beck who were born in Germany. To them five children have been born, Elizabeth C., William H., Alice, Nellie and Eva. John H. Egger, of Wheeling, the head of the well-known house of Egger, Warrick & Co., dry goods, was born in Monroe county, Ohio, April 25, 1853. There he was reared and attended the common schools of the county until he was seventeen years of age, when he left the farm and became a clerk in a dry goods store in his native county. Going west in 1874 he remained there two years, which he spent in the dry goods business, and returning to his native county he again entered the dry goods house in which he continued until 1879, when he came to Wheeling, where he took a position as clerk in the establishment of Henry Jacobs & Co. He remained with that house eight years, and then in 1887, after serving seventeen. years, at the age of thirty-four he formed the firm of Egger, Warrick & Co., the members of the firm being S. B. Warrick and R. B. Roberts. The firm is composed of young men, all of whom have succeeded through their own enterprise and devotion to business. Messrs. Egger and Warrick had been clerks all their life, and Mr. Roberts had been connected with the nail works, and the capital they invested was the result of their savings from salaries. Beginning business with a full stock, they have since increased it over 100 per cent., and though a young firm, have already taken rank among the leading dry goods men of the city. Success has met their efforts half way, and their enterprise in allowing no opportunity for advancement to go on unimproved assures still greater success in the future. Mr. Egger was married in 1881, in Monroe county, Ohio, to Mary L. Stephen of the same county and state. He and wife are popular and highly esteemed by the community. Mr. and Mrs. Egger are both descended from families noted for physical development and longevity. Mr. Egger being the oldest son and third child of a family of thirteen children, all of whom are living. Mrs. Egger is the oldest daughter and third child of a family of thirteen children, a coincidence rarely to be met with. Of Mrs. Egger,s brothers and sisters, eleven are living at this time. Adam Ellingham, deceased, formerly a prominent and highly esteemed business man of Wheeling, was born in county Donegal, Ireland, about 1803. In his native country he was married to Rebecca Williamson, who bore to him ten children, nine of whom were born in Ireland and one at Wheeling. In 1848, he emigrated to America, and after a brief residence in the vicinity of Zanesville, Ohio, he removed to Wheeling, where he was joined about 1851, by his wife and - seven children, two of the latter having died in Ireland. His wife died at Wheeling, January 27, 1886. He passed away April 18, 1868. Eight of their children are now living: Barbara, Jane, William, Rebecca, Bessie, Ellen, Maria and Robert H. Barbara resides in Knox county, Ohio, and Jane, in New York city. The other children make their home at Wheeling, where all are highly esteemed. Robert, with two of the sisters, Bessie and Maria, are engaged in the grocery business at Nos. 70 and 72 Sixteenth street, occupying a three-story brick 278 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. building, erected in 1889, which is one of the handsome business buildings of the city. Their grocery establishment is completely stocked and well managed and has a large patronage. Robert H. Ellingham, the business manager of this establishment, also discharges the duties of city assessor, an office to which he was appointed by the city council, in February, 1889. He is active as a business man, influential in politics as a democrat, and is a member of the Patriotic Sons of America. William Ellingham, a prominent citizen 0f Wheeling and a member of the well-known wholesale grocery house of Neill & Ellingham, of Wheeling, is a native of Ireland, where he was born in 1839. In 1845 he came to this country, with his mother, his father having immigrated some time before, and located at Wheeling, where he was joined by his family. In that city Mr. Ellingham was reared, and received his education in the city schools. He began his business career as a boy in the glass house of Sweeney & Co., where he was engaged for one year, finding employment then with Dalzell. His next engagement was with the grocery house of Alexander Turner, on Market square, and c0ntinued with him as a clerk during the war, on Main street, where the store of W. T. Burt now is. In 1869 Mr. Ellingham and James Neill succeeded Mr. Turner in the wholesale grocery business, and in 1876 they further enlarged their business by purchasing the stock of List, Davenport & Parks, and at that time removed to their present commodious quarters on the corner of Main and Fourteenth streets. Mr. Ellingham has taken a considerable interest, as a wide-awake 'citizen, in the proper administration of the affairs of the city. He is now a member of the board of education, and in 1889 was elected to the city council for two years as the representative of the Third ward. He has been a director of the Exchange bank since its organization, and is largely interested in and serves as president of the Standard Insurance company. Mr. Ellingham is an Odd Fellow, member of Wheeling lodge, No. 9, and the Encampment. He was married in 1866, to Susan Chambers, of Wheeling, and they have had one child, now deceased. Thomas Hughes, the first one of that name and family, who was prominent in the affairs of Wheeling, came ta the city in 1817 or 1818, from Greene county, Penn., where he was born about 1789. He was a gunsmith by trade and followed that for some time. Subsequently he became city treasurer and served several years, and was one of the founders of the Wheeling. Savings institution, of which he was the treasurer during the remainder of his life. He was also interested in steamboating, lumbering, and in various ways aided materially in the development of the city up to the time of his death in 1849. His son, Thomas Hughes, was born at Wheeling, in 1822, and was educated in the city sch0ols and in an academy of Ohio. He began in 1837, to learn that trade in which he achieved so marked a success, with M. C. Leach, and when two pears later Mr. Leach died, Mr. Hughes took charge of the business. This he carried on with such business sagacity that it became prosperous at once, and he had OHIO COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA - 279 soon the leading merchant tailoring establishmest in West Virginia. After he had continued in the business until 1873, he was succeeded as manager by Elwood Hughes, Mr. Thomas Hughes removing to Baltimore. He remained in that city until 1884, when he returned and took an active part in the business until his death, March 10, 1886. J. Ellwood Hughes and A. M. Hamilton then succeeded to the business by purchase and are now carrying it on with success. J. Ellwood Hughes was born in Fulton county (then Bedford) Penn., in 1845, and was educated at Rainsburg, at the Allegheny Male and Female seminary. In 1867 he came to Wheeling, where he has since resided. He is an active and enterprising business man. He is a member of Nelson lodge, No. 30, F. & A. M., and Cyrene commandery, K. T., and of. Wheeling lodge, I. O. O. F. John M. Emmerth, a prominent contractor of Wheeling, is a native of Bavaria, Germany, born July 20, 1854, the son of John M. and Mary Ann Emmerth, with whom he came to America at the age of fifteen years. The family reached this country in the year 1870, and first settled at St. Mar,y, Elk county, Penn., but four years later removed to Wheeling. Here the father, who was by occupation a contractor, was engaged in business until his death, July 12, 1883. The mother is still living. Of the eleven children of these parents, three are living besides the subject of this sketch, who was the third born. He has been a resident of Wheeling since 1874, and his first employment here was as a stone mason with his father, and work at this trade, and contracting in that department of construction has been his life occupation. He now occupies a creditable position among the contractors of the city, and is esteemed highly as a citizen. He is a member of the Catholic church, and in politics is a democrat. In January, 1889, he was elected a member of the second branch of the city council. Mr. Emmerth was married February 26, 1878, to Rosa. Menz, daughter of John and Frances Menz. She was born in Germany and came to the United States in 1873. She and her husband have four children: Anna Roso, Albert Philip, Rudolph Anton, and Otto Peter. M. Emsheimer, a well-known merchant of Wheeling, was born in Alsace, France, in 1840. When a boy of seventeen years he came to the United States, landing at New York after a voyage of seventy-five days. He proceeded to Guyandotte, W. Va., and from there engaged in traveling through the country for three years, finally locating himself at Gallipolis, Ohio, where he engaged in merchandise, remaining there f0r ten years. In 1866 he came to Wheeling, which he made his permanent home. His first business venture at that city was in the dry goods business, as a partner in the firm of Emsheimer Bros. & Co., but in 1878 he became a member of firm of E. Buckman & Co., wholesale dealers in hats. Of that firm he remained a member until 1885, when he opened his present establishment on Twelfth street, dealing .at wholesale and retail in hats, caps, and gentlemen,s furnishing goods. In this branch of the city,s trade, Mr. Emsheimer has won a prominent place f0r his handsome and well- 280 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. furnished establishment. Mr. Emsheimer is a faithful member of. the Masonic order, which he joined in 1868, and he is now associated with Wheeling lodge, No. 5, and is a past master of that lodge, and is also a member of the grand lodge of West Virginia, of which he is grand marshal. He was married in 1863 to Esther Weickersheimer, of New York, who died July 14, 1884, leaving two sons and one daughter. William Henry Exley was born in Wheeling in 1838, the son of William H. Exley, who came to Wheeling at an early date. William Exley, Jr., was educated in the Wheeling public schools. After leaving school he' went to work for his father, who was an extensive contractor and builder. He remained with his father until his death, after which he carried on the business for a number of years in his own name. Having been successful in his business enterprises Mr. Exley a few, years since retired from the active affairs of life, and is now enjoying the results of his energy and integrity. He married Miss Elizabeth Chambers, in 1867. Col. Exley has for many years been actively engaged in politics, having always supported the republican party. Richard S. Fair, of Wheeling, who is well known as a carpenter and builder, and also as a manufacturer of the celebrated Wheeling Roofing paint, was born in that city August 22, 1856. He is a son of John H. and Catherine (Longing) Fair, natives of Fort Erie county, W. Va., and Washington county, Penn., respectively. They came to Wheeling in 1845, where the father was engaged at his trade as a carpenter and builder until 1886, the year of his decease: He died June 19, at the age of sixty-three years. He was a worthy and respected citizen, well-known throughout this region. Four of his children were reared to maturity, Mary F., wife of Asahel McCulley; Henry W.; Richard S., and William A. Richard S. was reared in Wheeling, and after he had received his education in the public schools he began work with his father, learning the trade 0f the latter, in the practice of which he embarked on his own account in 1880. In 1886 he patented what is widely known as the Wheeling Roofing paint, for tin, iron and felt roofs, which he manufactures extensively, and finds a great demand for it. In his business as a builder he also is prospering, and occupies a leading position in his business. Mr. Fair is a member of the Fourth Street Methodist Episcopal church, and is a charter member of the Y. M. C. A. He devotes much time to religious work, and is highly esteemed by all. He was married, in 1879, to Virginia G., daughter of Alexander and Martha E. (Davis) Dakan, of Wheeling, and by this union has three children: Richard K., Mary E, add Eva L. David Francis Falloure, of Wheeling, who has been prominent both in the river traffic and the local business of the city, but is now retired from active affairs, was born at Wheeling, December 17, 1829. He is of French descent, his grandfather being the first in the paternal line to become an American citizen. His father, Brittain Falloure, was born at Manchester, near Pittsburgh, about 1799, was married to OHIO COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA - 281 Louisa Young, who was born at Philadelphia about 1800, and settled at Wheeling about 1827. Brittain Falloure died September 13, 1844, and his wife March 13, 1887. Of their eight children, the fourth is David Francis, the subject of this mention. He was educated at Wheeling, finding empl0yment at intervals upon a farm, and in the glass and rolling mills. Between the ages of sixteen and thirty-three he worked as a riverman, in various capacities; boating on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and their tributaries. In 1853 he crossed the Gulf of Mexico on the old steamer " Fort Henry." Abandoning this life he engaged in the fall of 1861, in the restaurant business at Wheeling, and a year later made a trip to Pike,s Peak, Col., whence after four month,s stay he returned to his business at Wheeling. For five years he conducted a restaurant and confectionery store on Twelfth street, near the McClure House, and for three years afterward managed a similar establishment on Market street. For four years, from 1872, he was in the grocery business on the Island, and then opened the Opera House dining-room, on Market street, which under his management for three years was reputed the finest the city ever had. Mr. Falloure now resides on the Island, where he has valuable property. He was married March 16, 1862, to Sarah E., daughter of John and Sarah (Scroggins) Smoot, both natives of Virginia, who were married in Noble county, Ohio, where Mrs. Falloure was born February 9, 1830. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Falloure are Edwin R., John B. and Etta M. Capt. Joseph A. Faris, of Wheeling, was born at St. Clairsville, Ohio, March 18, 1833. He is the son of William Faris, who was born in Baltimore, Md., a son of William and Ann Faris,. both natives of that city. The father of the subject of this mention was married in 1813 to Nancy Fisher, who was born, near Taylor,s Town, Washington county, Penn., daughter of James and Mary Fisher, who were born in Ireland. After their marriage, William and Nancy Faris settled at St. Clairsville, Ohio, where they lived during the remainder of their lives. Nine children were born to them, of whom Joseph A. is the next to the youngest. Capt. Faris was raised in his native town and there received a good education. Beginning in chilhood to assist his father in cabinet-making he became familiar with that trade, and at eighteen he began work at marble cutting, a trade he mastered at Wheeling. He followed this at Wheeling until 1861, being in business for himself four years of that time. In October, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company K, Sixth West Virginia infantry, and served three years and one month, being mustered out at Oakland, Md., on November 17, 1864. On the second day of his service he was elected first lieutenant, a rank he held one year, becoming captain November 1, 1862. Returning to Wheeling after the war, Captain Faris accepted the superintendency of the Dutchman,s Run Oil company, of New York city, for one year and a half, and during the next year he managed the photograph gallery, in New York city, of his brother, during the latter,s absence in the West Indies. Subsequently he made his home again at Wheeling, where he has since devoted hirri- 282 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. self to art, achieving a widespread reputation as a painter of notable power and skill. Among his most popular works is the " Last Battle of the Revolution," or the siege of Fort Henry, on the I Ith day of September, 1782, which was painted by Mr. Faris in 1882, and is now exhibited in the council chamber as the property of the city of Wheeling. It worthily commemorates an event of great historical interest. Mr. Farris is a member of the Presbyterian church, and is a comrade of the G. A. R., Holiday p0st, No. 12, of which he has served as commander. Politically he is a republican. He is now serving as a member of the first branch of the city council, to which he was elected in 1887. On the 25th day of April, 1890, President Benjamin Harrison appointed him to the office of surveyor of customs of the port of Wheeling, W. Va. Captain Faris was married December 20, 1855, to Mary E. Pratt, daughter of Robert Pratt, formerly of Wheeling, and they have ten children. William S. Fans is a son of William M. Faris, whose father, William Faris, is mentioned in the preceding sketch of Capt. Joseph A. Faris. The wife of William M. Faris was Betsy Cowen, daughter of the late Judge Benjamin S. Cowen, of St. Clairsville, a well-known congressman of Ohio. William S. was born in the city of Wheeling, W. Va., May 8, 1856, and received his educational training in the public and private schools of Bellaire and St. Clairsville. He learned the printer,s trade in the office of the Belmont Chronicle, St. Clairsville, and while there started, with two other boys, a small juvenile sheet, only a few copies of which were regularly issued.. He went to Bellaire in 1872, and did the local work for Miss Mary Hoover,s Bellaire City Commercial, till 1874, and in that year made a tour of West Virginia as correspondent for the Wheeling Register. In the next two years, read law with Reese & Gallaher, at Bellaire, continuing literary and newspaper work in the meantime. In partnership with W. C. Warnock, now editor of the Bellaire Democrat, he ran a small literary paper called Bric-a-Brac, long before Scribners introduced their magazine department of that name and style. In 1876 and ,77 he taught school at Jacobsburg, Ohio, and in 1877-78, was principal of the Fifth ward schools, during a part of which time he started and issued a weekly paper, the Bellaire Phonograph. In January, 1879, he accepted the position of night editor on the Wheeling Register, and remained there till April, 1880, when he accepted a position on the Intelligencer, and was city editor of that paper till August, 1889, when, with the Tucker Brothers, he established the Wheeling Graphic. December 1, the firm of Tucker, Faris & Tucker, dissolved, and Mr. Faris accepted the position of associate editor of the Ohio Valley Manufacturer, but on April 13, 1890, returned to his old position as city editor of the Intelligencer. In 1877 he was married to Miss Maggie E. Powell, of Bellaire, a union blessed with the birth of three children. William H. Fee, of Wheeling, at present associated in a clerical capacity with the municipal government of that place, was born in Belmont county, Ohio, February II, 1859. His parents, John and Eliza- OHIO COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA - 283 beth Fee, natives of county Antrim, Ireland, emigrated to the United States in the year 1844, and after landing at New York, proceeded directly to Belmont county. There John Fee, who was a man of good education and scholarly mind, engaged in teaching school, besides attending to the duties of the farm upon which he settled. In 1862, he removed with his family to Wheeling, and then abandoned school teaching and found employment in one of the manufactories of the city. He died in August, 1888, and his wife in January of the same year. Their family was large, but of them all but four sons survive, who are residents of Wheeling. William H., the subject of this mention, has passed almost his entire life, thus far, in that city, having been brought there by his parents at the age of three years. He received his education in the public schools, also from his ninth to his fourteenth year, clerking during mornings and evenings in the grocery store of William Odbert, with whom he subsequently was engaged as a clerk until he attained majority. He was then for several years engaged as traveling salesman for the wholesale house of Keim & Handal, dealers in notions, after which, in 1884, he became assistant bookkeeper for the wholesale grocery house of Simon Baer,s Sons. After two years, service in that capacity he was promoted principal bookkeeper, a position he held for three years. In February, 1889, he was appointed assistant city clerk of Wheeling, by T. F. Thoner, and in the following May, received from the city council, the appointment of clerk of the police court. In April, of the same year, he was appointed by the council, clerk of the fire department. In all of these capacities he has proven to be a faithful officer. Mr. Fee was married December 29, 1881, to Lulu, daughter of L. D. Wait, of Wheeling, and they have three children: Willie, Sherwood and Cecil. Joachim Feinler, one of the pioneer promoters of orchestra and band music at Wheeling, is a native of Wurtemburg, Germany, born in 1823, the only son of his parents. In the old country he became a shoemaker by trade, and worked at that there, and also gave much of his attention to the art of music, inheriting that taste from his father, who was also a musician of considerable merit. In 1852 he was married, and in the same year he emigrated to the United States, coming directly to Wheeling, where he had relatives. He worked for about three years for others and then opened a shop of his own, which was succeeded in 1865, by a retail store. In 1875 he removed to his present place of business at 029 Market street, and he is there still connected with the business. He was a member of the first band of any consequence in the city. He also was a member of the first German singing society in Wheeling and in the state of West Virginia. He furnished the first set of books, having brought them from the old country. This society was organized on August 21st, 1853, with a membership of twelve, and called Harmonie. He and wife are members of St. Alphonsus Catholic church. Of the thirteen children born to them, all but one survive. One of these, Louis Feinler, who succeeded his father in business, and is prominent as a boot and shoe dealer, was born at Wheeling, March 23, 1853. He was educated at 284 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. St. Vincent’s college, one of the old Catholic schools Of the city, then under the management of Bishop Whalen. In 1872 he became associated with the wholesale boot and shoe house of S. J. Boyd, and continued with that establishment after the firm became Boyd & Prather, until 1878, spending the last two years as traveling salesman. In 1878 he succeeded his father at his present place of business, and has been quite successful. He is a member of the St. Alphonsus church, and is highly esteemed by all. He is one of the influential musicians of the city, is a charter member of the Opera House orchestra, and since 1884 has been manager of the orchestra, also being an active member. Henry J. Felber, retail grocer of Wheeling, was born in Switzerland, August 4, 1842, the son of Henry J. and Maris (Schatzman) Felber, both of whom died in Switzerland, the father in 1887, and the mother in 1889. The children of these parents were Jean, Henry J., Jacob, Eliza, Casper, Anna,Verona, Amelia, and Matthias, six of whom, Henry J., Jacob, Casper, Anna, Verona, and Matthias, came to America. The subject of this mention came to America at seventeen years of age, having previously acted as book-keeper in a cotton factory. Landing at New York in September, 1859, he went to Philadelphia, where he was employed in a produce st0re until 1861. In April of that year he enlisted under the first call for troops, and served two years in Company G, Twenty-ninth New York volunteer infantry, receiving an honorable discharge June 4, 1863. Soon afterward he visited his native place, and from there went to Manchester, England, where he was employed as a clerk fifteen months. Returning to America October 1, 1864, he went to Philadelphia and enlisted in Company I, Fifty-seventh Pennsylvania veteran volunteers, with which he served until the close of the war. He participated in the battles of the first Bull Run. Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Petersburg, the battle before Richmond, Cross Keys, Freeman,s Ford, Rappahannock Station, Sulphur Springs and Winchester, in all seventeen battles. He was wounded in the right thigh at Chancellorsville, and in the left leg at Cross Keys. For six years after the war, Mr. Felber was book-keeper for the firm of A. & D. H. Chambers, prominent glass manufacturers of Pittsburgh. Resigning on account of poor health, he again visited Switzerland in 1871, and on his return in September, resumed his position with A. & D. H. Chambers. In September, 1872, he engaged in the retail and wholesale glass and china trade at Pittsburgh, which he continued until August, 1875, when he came to Wheeling. He has since that time been engaged in the grocery business, at No. 1225 Eoff street, has been successful in this enterprise and is of high standing in the community. He was married N0vember 2, 1865, to Ursula Wild, who died November 30, 1873, leaving one child, Anna. On April 8, 1875, he was united to Gertrude Becker, by whom he has three children: Lillie G., Henry W., and Albert G. Mr. Felber and wife are members of the German Methodist Episcopal church, and he is affiliated with the Shield of Honor, and the German Benevolent society, No. 8. He served efficiently as justice of the peace from 1876 to 1880. OHIO COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA - 285 January Fischer, a well-known and worthy citizen of Wheeling, was born at Baden, Germany, September 19, 1817, the son of George and Crescents (Leatherman) Fischer. In 1847 Mr. Fischer embarked at Havre de Gras and came to America. On landing at New York he went directly to Pittsburgh, and three months later went down the river to New Orleans, where he remained nine months. Returning to Pittsburgh, he was married October 4, 1848, to Theresa Meyer, who had come in the same year from Bavaria, her native country. She is the daughter of George and Crescents Meyer. Soon after their marriage Mr. Fischer and wife went to New Orleans, but after a stay there of six months they returned to Pittsburgh, and in 1853 they came to Wheeling, where they have since resided. Mr. Fischer has followed the vocation of carpenter and millwright with much success. By his marriage above mentioned he has had nine children, namely: Caroline, born July 29, 1849; Bertha, born July 16, 1851, died September 6, 1852; Thomas, born March 1, 1853, died November 22, 1855; Sophia, born June 27, 1855; Joseph, born October 4, 1857, died July 16, 1858; Rosa, born August 18, 1859; Edward, March 13, 1863; George, August 13, 1865, and John, December 22, 1867. Mr. Fischer and family are members of the Catholic church. Hon. Benjamin Fisher, born in Delaware county, Penn., in 1829, is one of the foremost of the citizens of the Ohio valley, who have by applying their business sagacity and organizing power to the iron manufacture, so rapidly and substantially developed the region. Losing his father, William Fisher, at an early age, he started out at twelve years of age, and found, successively, employment in various nail mills, learning thoroughly that trade. In 1845 he came to Wheeling with his half-brothers, E. M., Frederick E. and Capt. George W. Norton, who were the pioneer nail manufacturers of the place. He became a stockholder in the Belmont Nail mill when about twenty-two years of age. Becoming a thorough master of his trade, he managed the Benwood Nail works during the war, his half-brother, E. M. Norton, being the president and general manager. Previous to that he was the cashier of the Belfont Iron works at Ironton, in which he is still a stockholder. During the latter part of the war he sold out his interest in the Benwood mill, and for a few years subsequent. he was engaged in the Riverside Iron works. In 1840, the Star foundry was established for the manufacture of stoves, and moved to its present site on Market street in 1868. Thomas G. Culbertson was the owner up to that period. In the year last named Mr. Fisher purchased an interest, and in 1870 became the exclusive owner of the property and business, and at once by reason of his wide experience and intelligent enterprise, a great impetus was given to this old establishment, so that it soon became. a representative house, unsurpassed in its specialties in a wide region. The premises occupied by the Star Stove works were formerly used by the Baltimore & Ohio railroad as a depot, and comprise an acre of floorage. The principal products of the establishment are cooking and heating stoves, well 286 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. known throughout several states, am0ng the former the. celebrated " Valley Star." Under the close personal supervision of Mr. Fisher, these stoves approach perfection in their design this workmanship, and generally give satisfaction. Accessory to tllls manufacture are the production of a large variety of iron goods, such as fencing, grates, sinks, etc., machinery castings, glass moulds, and the like, which find a ready market. Mr. Fisher has found time is a busy career to also serve the public with honor in various capacities, where his talents were of greater value to the public. He has served on the board of commissioners of the county, on the board of public works, and in 1879 represented Ohio county in the state legislature. Dr. Logan and son were the first republicans elected to the .legislature from this district after the war. He is a member of Cyrene commandery, No. 7, of Nelson lodge, No. 30, and of Wheeling Union chapter, No. 1, and of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Syria Temple, Pittsburgh, Penn. John Flading, of the firm of Beltz, Flading & Co., was born in Hesse, Germany, in 1830. He came to the United States in 1849, having previously been deprived, by death, of his parents, and was accompanied by his brother and sister. They landed at New York July 3, and thence proceeded to Wheeling. There his brother has since died, but his sister, now Mrs. Joseph Sauers, is still living. Since his arrival at Wheeling two other brothers have come here, one of whom survives. Mr. Flading learned the trade of a millwright while in Germany, but on coming to the United States he learned carpentry, at which he worked for some time. In 1864 he formed a partnership with George Keyling, and started a planing-mill, which they operated for three years. He then took in his present partner, Mr. Beltz, and they started a planing-mill in the foundry of Culbertson & Fisher in 1857. In 1870 they removed to Bodley,s building, and in 1883 to their present establishment on the corner of Nineteenth and Eoff streets. Mr. Flading was married in 1857, to Caroline Matcher, a native of Prussia, and to them have been born eight children, six of whom are living. Mr. Flading is a member of the Catholic church. Downard William Frame, of Wheeling, was born at Brownsville, Ohio, June 6, 1850, the son of Jacob and Margaret (Kirkpatrick) Frame, who, when he was a small child, removed to Cochraneville, Ohio, where he was reared to manhood. In his youth he was occu pied at the trade of coopering. On ,September 4, 1872, he was married to Josie B., daughter of Joseph B. and Lavina (Burton) Couplin. She was born at Wheeling, October 5, 1851. Her father was born at Malaga, Monroe county, Ohio, in 1824, and her mother near Milton, Delaware county, in 1823. The father dying when Mrs. Frame was less than two years old, the mother was subsequently united to George W. Bonnell, whom she survives. Mrs. Frame was reared at Brownsville, Ohio, whither her family removed after her father’s death, and where. she was married. After the latter event she and her husband resided at Cochraneville, Ohio, a few months, and a OHIO COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA - 287 similar period subsequently near Rockport, W. Va. From the fall of 1873 until 1880 they made their home at Parkersburg, whence they removed to Wheeling, in February of the latter year. Mr. Frame, since 1873, has been in the employment of. the Consolidated Oil company, and for nearly two years past he has been superintendent of the refinery of that company at Wheeling. Mrs. Frame, who possesses notable business talent, embarked in 1883 in the retail grocery business, in which she has since been successfully engaged. Mr. and Mrs. Frame are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he is a member of the order of Odd Fellows and the Senior Order of American Mechanics. They have had four children: Ernest L., Carrie M., Guy W., deceased, and Jennie H., deceased. Prof. J. M. Frasher, the principal proprietor of the Wheeling Business college, English training school, and typewriting school, was born near Uniontown, Fayette county, Penn., January 14, 1835. His father’s ancestors, of Scotch birth, left their native land in the last century, and coming to America, settled near Winchester, Va. Prof. Frasher was reared on a farm, but his natural inclinati0ns to study led him to enter Madison college at the age of twenty-one years, and at the same institution, which is situated not far from his home in eastern Ohio, he subsequently began a career as a-teacher, which has now extended over thirty years. During this time he has taught in schools of all grades in various states of the Union. It is as a professional penman, however, and as a teacher of the art, that he has achieved his widespread fame. Becoming an expert in caligraphy at an early age, he soon devoted himself to teaching in business colleges, and held positions in such institutions at Indianapolis, Ind., Columbus, Ohio, Springfield, Mass., Zanesville, Ohio, and Troy, N. Y. In the latter city he spent four years with the Bryant & Stratton college, and in 1873, came to Wheeling and assumed the responsibility of associate proprietor of what was then called the National Business college. At the end of two years he became sole proprietor, and through his untiring efforts, has built up a large and excellent school. He devotes himself with great singleness of purpose to his profession, and imparts much of his enthusiasm and capacity for honest work to his pupils. He is plain in life and habit, consistent in char acter, honest and upright. The Penman’s Gazette, of December, 1866, speaking of him professionally, says: " Prof. Frasher is one of the wheel-horses of the profession, and has well-earned all the reputation and prosperity he enjoys. He is one of the men who have made their impress on the penmanship of the times, yet a man whose modesty impels, him to avoid rather than seek notoriety." His name has been a familiar one among penmen for a long time, but the practical perfection of the professor’s style keeps him still in the front. rank. His son, Dr. E. F. Frasher, is also an expert in this useful accomplishment. In 1859, he became a member of the Masonic lodge, No. 202, of Port Washington, Ohio. He served in 1860, and was reelected in 1861 as secretary of that lodge. A. A. Frapzheim, secretary of the city board of gas trustees, of 288 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. Wheeling, is a native of that city, born December 13, 1861, the son of George W. Franzheim, deceased, who was one of the leading citizens of Wheeling during his lifetime. Mr. Franzheim was reared at Wheeling and received his education in the schools of the city. His first employment was in the Wheeling pottery, where he was engaged for about one year, and at the end of that time, upon the decease of his brother, G. Will Franzheim, he succeeded him in the retail jewelry business. From 1881, the date of his.going into that trade, until 1886, he followed the jewelry business, and at the end of that time he sold out and removed to New Mexico to look after some silver mining interests in that territory. After remaining there during 1886 and 1887 he returned to Wheeling, and in October 16, 1889, he was appointed by the board of gas trustees to his present position, for the term of two years. Mr. Franzheim has been for several years active in political matters, and is conspicuous as a campaign organizer and worker in the interests of the democratic party. He was one of the organizers of the Young Men,s Democratic club, and during the campaign of 1888 was president of the same, He is a member of the city and county executive committees. In 1884 Mr. Franzheim was appointed by Governor Wilson as a member of his staff, and subsequently promoted-to commissary general of the state. In the spring of 1889 he was appointed by the governor as a member of the commission to locate the state reform school. He is prominent fraternally, as a member of Bates lodge, No. 33, F. & A. M.,W heeling Union. chapter, Cyrene commandery, K. T., Wheeling consistory, Osirus temple, Mystic Shrine; of Black Prince lodge, No. 29, K. of P.; of Wheeling lodge, No. 28, B. P. 0. Elks, and of other organizations. Alexander Frew, a well-known citizen of Wheeling, and senior member of the firm of Frew & Bertschy, extensive furniture and carpet dealers, and undertakers, was born in Steubenville, Ohio, December 12, 1841. His father was Alexander Frew, a native of Ireland, who came to this country at an early date and located at Pittsburgh, from here moving to Steubenville, Ohio, where he remained until 1852, when he removed to Wheeling, W. Va. where his death occurred. Alexander Frew, Jr., was reared in Va., after his eleventh year, and was educated in the public schools of that city. When a lad, he carried papers for a morning journal for a time, and then started to learn the printer,s trade, but did not complete his apprenticeship. He then entered the employ of J. C. Harbour, in his carpet store, and remained with him until the breaking out of the war of the rebellion. In 186r, he answered the first call for troops, and enlisted in the first regiment of West Virginia Infantry; Company C, for three months. He was in the first engagement at Phillipi, of the first engagement at Carricksford, and others 0f less importance. At the expiration of three months, he returned t0 Wheeling and remained for a year with his former employer. In 1862, Mr. Frew,s patriotism was again evinced by his re-enlisting for three years in the Fifteenth West Virginia regiment, Company H, and serving. until the close of the war. Entering as a private, he came out of the army with the OHIO COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA - 289 rank of captain, having been promoted to this position for bravery. He was captain of Company H. After leaving the service he became connected with the firm of Friend & Son, furniture dealers, and remained with them for twenty years, the last ten years of which time he had a half-interest in the carpet department of the establishment. Withdrawing from the concern, July I, 1885, he then formed a partnership with Lewis Bertschy and embarked in the furniture, carpet and undertaking business. This is one of the largest houses of the kind in the state, and has an enviable reputation for fair dealing and enterprise. Mr. Frew is a member of the Masonic lodge, No. 5, F. & A. M., Cyrene commandery K. of T., Osirus order, Mystic Shrine; Alpha. lodge, K. of H., Ft. Henry council, No. 97, National Union, and Sheridan post, G. A. R. In the year 1861, he espoused Miss Anna E. Henderson, who was born in Steubenville, Ohio, the daughter of John Henderson. Eight children have been born to this happy union, six of whom are living. * In the memoirs of Martin Van Buren, seventh president of the United States, there occurs an interesting speculation on the part of his biographer upon the point as to whether Mr. Van Buren would have ever attained the remarkable success which he achieved had he not been compelled to undergo a severe struggle in his youth for a limited education, whereby the native resources of the man were developed and disciplined, and whereby he was enabled to far excel his more favored professional and political competitors. The late Simon Cameron, of Pennsylvania, than whom no man of his day exercised a more decided personal influence or attained a more absolute sway over a larger personal following, was accustomed to attribute a large measure of his success to what he styled "the advantages of deprivation in his youth," and he often humorously remarked that his son, wh0 succeeded him in the United States senate, was unfortunate in not having enjoyed the same advantages. A great deal has been written by way of. lament over the fate of those who have gone through life "unknowing and unknown" because of the hardships of their early surroundings—of youths "to fortune and to fame unknown," whose hands the rod of empire might have swayed" had "knowledge to their eyes her ample page unrolled." But notwithstanding all that orators have said and poets sung on this subject, the fact remains that the men who do the most of all that is useful in the work of life, and who set the best examples of wholesome and well-ordered careers, are not, as a rule, the favored children of so-called good fortune; but, on the contrary, the inheritors of toil, arduous struggle and rigorous self-denial. There must indeed be something —yea, very much—in a man who rises strongly and steadily from the midst of early difficulties and achieves of himself and by himself honorable and enviable success in life. He must have an inheritance of sturdy qualities that other men may faintly imitate but never acquire. It is in his blood and bone; in his mental, moral and physical * By Hon. George W. Atkinson. 19—A. 290 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. make-up; and comes out all the more strikingly, like the enduring qualities of metal, by the severest tests. A weak man naturally is always weak whether good or ill-fortune betides him at his birth. The thin veneer 0f propitious circumstances may do something for him, but the experienced and discerning eye of the world always distinguishes the veneer from the substance underneath. It is of a solid, substantial and genuine man we write in this biographical sketch of Mr. John Frew, the senior member of the firm of Frew, Campbell & Hart, proprietors of the Wheeling Daily Intelligences newspaper and book and job printing establishment. These are the qualities for which he has been known since his boyhood days in that establishment, for he has been connected with it as employe and employer from his youth up to the present time. Such men are not apt to change places or employments. The material that is in them is discerned early, and they are appreciated and in demand, and all the more in demand because they are not a numerous class. On their part, such men are, as a rule, patient and sagacious, content to " labor and to wait," recognizing that their opportunity will come. "All things come to him who waits." Patience, energy, good judgment, system, punctuality, and reliability, what a world of work they can perform and what a grand measure of personal success they can achieve. And every man and boy who has gone in and out of the Intelligences establishment for a generation past knows full well that these are the stereotyped qualities of the man who stands at the helm in the business department of that paper. To begin at the beginning of Mr. Frew’s life, he was born in a locality in Europe which, according to historian Bancroft, has furnished to this country a class of citizens who have more decidedly and beneficially impressed themselves on its history than any other class of immigrants. What there is in the soil or climate of the north of Ireland to produce this type of people may be a matter of speculative opinion, but it is a matter of history that they gave the impulse that resulted in American independence. They formulated in North Carolina the celebrated Mecklenberg declaration that paved the way for the later declaration at Philadelphia, on July 4, 1776. Tenacity of purpose, energy, thrift and good citizenship have been among their marked characteristics, as also loyalty and fidelity to all the obligations of life. Tennys0n spoke of the "long enduring blood" of a native of that region who made a great name for himself, and perhaps no better phrase could be used to designate the stamina of the north of Ireland pe0ple as a class. At all events, it is applicable enough to the subject of this sketch, who whether as employe or employer, has never measured his devotion to the interest entrusted to his charge by the amount of salary, or by the ease and comfort of his personal convenience. Mr. Frew is pre-eminently a self-made and a self-educated man, and yet few men in business can write a better letter, more p0inted and terse, or one spelled more correctly and expressed more grammatically. This results from a naturally correct eye and ear, as well as from the training of his occupation as a compositor. and proof- OHIO COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA - 291 reader. He has always had the correct and observing eye of an artist in his business, and no master-printer anywhere excels him as a judge of good work, whether executed in plain black or in any variety of colors. As a man for an exigency, whether by fire or flood, or by reason of a strike, or any other unlooked for event, Mr. Frew never fails to come to the front. There are men who are at their best under stress of circumstances, and he is one of then. Gen. Grant gives this in his book as one of the distinguishing traits of Gen. Sherman. He never once in the war disappointed his expectations. He was always on time just where and when he was expected. This is the genius of a real commander, and we have commanders in peace as well as in war, and in small spheres as well as large ones. Mr. Frew has always filled a sphere of this modest sort, after the faithful and efficient manner of " Old Tecumseh " in war. He never lets down while the emergency exists or the battle is on. He is a" stayer" in all his undertakings. With this much by way of general introductory comment in regard to Mr. Frew’s position before the public, we proceed to give the following biographical epitome of his career from boyhood up to the present time: John Frew, son of Alexander Frew (who, though not wealthy, was a well-to-do citizen of his day,) and Esther (Scott) Frew, was born October 17, 1835, near the town of Antrim, county Antrim, Ireland. His parents came with their family to America in 1838, and shortly after their arrival, located at Steubenville, Ohio. John w0rked the larger portion of two years in a cotton mill, and attended the public and private schools during the summer seasons. The greater part of his education, which, in many respects, is a thorough one, was obtained in the printing office —one of the best schools open to men of good minds and industrious habits. He began the printing business, in 1848, with Wilson & Harper, of the Steubenville journal, and served his apprenticeship in the Herald office at Steubenville, under the veteran editor and publisher, W. R. Allison. He came to Virginia in 1852, and established himself as a printer in Wheeling, working for a few months in the office of the Argus, which was published by J . K. Dunham. His next employment was one year in the Times office, a newspaper published by E. R. Bartleson. In August, 1853, he began work at $5 a week in the Intelligencer job office. At that time Messrs. Swearingen & Taylor were publishers and proprietors of the Intelligencer. He worked neatly three years in that position, and in April, 1856, was promoted to the position as foreman of the job department of the establishment at a greatly increased salary. He remained in charge of the job office through the proprietorship of J. H. Pendleton & Co., Beatty & Co., and Campbell & McDermot, until January, 1866, when he became one of the proprietors of the Intelligencer, under the firm name of Campbell, Frew & Co. At that time he was made business manager of the establishment, and has continued, without interruption, in that responsible position to the present day. Mr. Frew, during his connection with the Daily Intelligencer, has witnessed the wonderful, yet steady and solid growth of that newspaper. Although for many years it has been one of the well established and leading 292 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. journals of the Ohio valley, the plant has gone on growing, and the influence of the paper has constantly widened, until it has reached the value and rank of a metropolitan newspaper. It has all of the modern appliances;. issues daily, semi-weekly, and weekly editions; has an extensive book and job department and bindery, and turns out anything and everything from a laFrew,s a perfectly bound book. To Mr. Frew's good judgment and practical knowledge of every department of the business, the paper's wonderful success is, in a large measure, due. When necessary to do so, he can go into any department of the establishment and turn his hand to anything necessary to be dostrike, oriter has seen him, during a strike, or when some of the mechanical men were sick, working at the case, making up foproofunning the presses, and reading p.roof almost at one and the same time. No wonder a printing establishment proves a financial success with such a business manager as this. Mr. Frew, though an intense republican, has no taste for the ins and outs of political life. He never sought public position. He was several times, however, draughted into the service of his party, and acted as a member of the council from the Seventh ward in 1865 and '66; was elected public printer in 1866, and was twice re-elected, continuing in office until the change of administration in March, 1871; and was an active member of the board of commissioners1880Ohio county from 1876 to 1880. In 1880 he was a candidate for the legislature from Ohio county, but was defeated along with the balance of the ticket. In January, 1881, he was the candidate of his party for mayor of Wheeling, and was defeated by a strict party vote. He was an elector-at-large for West Virginia on the republican ticket in 1884, and in 1888 he was a delegate-at-large to the national republican convention that nominated Benjamin Harrison for president of the United States. His friends presented his name for postmaster of Wheeling under the Harrison administration, but he withdrew of his own accord before action was taken thereon. Mr. Frew has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Mary E. Pearce, of. Steubenville, Ohio, whom he married May 4, 1858.. She died January 7, 1872, leaving two daughters, Mary, who is unmarried, and Ida, who is the wife of James K. Hall. He married Mrs. Mary B. Glass, also of Steubenville, July 20, 1876. Mr. Frew is near six feet tall, and is erect and finely proportioned. His countenance is open and kindly,subordinatesng and dignified. To his subordin9.tes he is always approachable and sympathetic; and while requiring of them their best efforts, he is ever ready to instruct, aid and counsel. He is the embodiment of honor and reliability in all his dealings, and fo0fyears' has been connected with many of the leading industries of Wheeling. John Friedel, well-known as one of the most extensive dealers in queensware, glassware and crockery at Wheeling, at 1119 Main and 1120 Water streets, has been a resident of this city since 1862, when he became an errand boy at the notion store of Augustus Pollock. He remained with Mr. Pollock four years, and in 1866 engaged with OHIO COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA - 293 John L. Hobb, Son &  Co., in the china, glass and queensware trade, as traveling salesman. Co., He held that position eight years. In the fall of 1873 he began business for himself, opening a retail and wholesale crockery business, which at first was small, but has grown steadily, until the business is now quadrupled in volume. The wall paper business, which was opened at the same time, has also been largely developed. Mr. Friedel’s stock of goods in all these lines is widely known to be extensive and complete, and one man is continually employed in traveling for the wholesale trade. Mr. Friedal was born in Monroe county, Ohio, February 18, 1846. His father, George Friedel, was a native of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, and came to America in 1845, settling in Monroe county. In the spring of 1846 he removed to Wheeling, and there followed the trade of stone cutter, in the employment of George W. Hartman. In this occupation he was an expert, as he and two brothers had been engaged in Germany in bridge building and the erection of fine stone houses. He returned in 1853 to his farm in Monroe county, Ohio, and there remained until his death in 1881, being at that time in his sixty-fifth year. His wife, whose maiden name was Catherine Block, a native of Germany, survives, at the old homestead, in her seventy-third year. The subject of this mention was married in 1872 to Caroline Pfarr, daughter of John Pfarr, of Wheeling. She died in March, 1873, and he was married in 1875 to Mary E Pfarr. He has two children, a daughter aged eleven years, and a son aged five. Mr. Friedel is a member of the German Lutheran church. He is a stockholder in the German bank. Kennedy Friend, a well-known business man of Wheeling, is a son of R. T. Friend, one of the early settlers and business men of the city. The senior Friend was a native of Hagerstown. Md., born in 1818, but when about fifteen years of age he removed to Pittsburgh, where he learned cabinet-making, and subsequently engaged in the furniture business. While at Pittsburgh he was married to Eliza McCouch, a native of that city. In 1846 he removed with his family to Wheeling, and entered the employment of G. Mendel and then of Jeremiah Clemmans, as foreman of their cabinet-making establishments. He was so engaged until 1852, when he went to California and remained there three years, part of that period being spent in the gold fields. On his return to Wheeling he engaged in the furniture business with Jeremiah Clemmans, under the firm name of J. Clemmans & Co. That firm did business until 1862, when it was dissolved and gave place to the firm of Friend & Son, the partners being R. T. and Kennedy Friend. The senior member continued in the furniture business until his death. September 15, 1869. His widow survived until 1877, when she died at the age of fifty-six years. Six children were born to them, two of whom died in childhood. Kennedy Friend was born at Pittsburgh, January 10, 1842. Coming to Wheeling at four years, he received his education here, attending the public and private schools and graduating at Duff’s Business college. He made his debut in business as the book-keeper for the firm of J. Clem mans & Co., at seventeen years of age, and three years later he embarked in business in partnership with 294 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. his father. At the death of the latter he took possession of the business, and has since conducted it under the old firm name, and has an extensive retail trade in general furniture and carpets, and conducts an undertaking establishment. Mr. Friend is a member of Nelson lodge, No. 30, A. F. & A. M., Wheeling Union chapter, No. 1, and Cyrene commandery, No. 6, K. T. Dr. John Frissell, was born in Peru, Berkshire Co., Mass., March 8, 1810. He is the son of Amasa Frissell, a thrifty farmer of Scotch descent. His mother was of English parentage, named Wilcox. They secured good educations to their six children, four sons and two daughters. The eldest of the sons was a farmer, and the other three received collegiate educations, and represented the professions of divinity, medicine and law. The subject of this sketch in his youth worked on the farm with his father, attending the common school in the winter, from which he was advanced to the academy in Old Hadley. He entered Williams college in 1827, and graduated A. B. in 1831. He commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Ebenezer Emmons, of Williamson, whose assistant he had been in the Chemical laboratory of Williams college for two years. In 1832 he attended lectures at the Berkshire Medical college, in Pittsfield. At the invitation of Prof. Willard Parker, he accompanied him to Woodstock, in the spring of 1833, where he became demonstrator of anatomy. He filled the same position for Prof. Parker in the Berkshire Medical school. At that period it was the duty of the demonstrator to prepare the dissections for the professor, and afterward to recapitulate closely to the class the professor,s lecture, and to carefully superintend and instruct all those making dissections. Having continued demonstrator through the year 1834, and attending lectures, he graduated M. D., from the Berkshire college at the close of that term. In the fall of this year he received the degree of A. M. from Williams college. Dr. Frissell moved to Wheeling, W. Va., in 1836, arriving there June 3. Dr. Frissell was early called upon to make those operations which his exact knowledge of anatomy enabled him to perform with skill and success. In 1838 he performed his first operation for hare-lip with deformed upper jaw, and in 1839, shortly after the first operations by George McClellan; of Philadelphia, for club-foot, by the division of tendons, Dr. Frissell operated for the relief of this deformity by the same method in Wheeling. In 1841, he commenced operations with success for strabismus; in November, 1853, he introduced in Wheeling the use of chloroform in capital operations. Dr. Frissell was connected with the Wheeling infirmary during its continuance, and has been connected with the hospital which succeeded it from the time it was established. For more than twenty years he has held the appointment of chief physician and surgeon to these institutions, which as hospitals have fully supplied an urgent want in West Virginia, and also to Western Pennsylvania and southeastern Ohio. Soon after the breaking out of the war Dr. Frissell was appointed by Gov. Pierpoint, medical superintendent of the military prisoners and soldiers stationed at Wheeling. He was subsequently OHIO COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA - 295 continued as acting assistant surgeon at the same post by the surgeon general of the United States army, to the close of the war. Most of the time he had full charge of the medical department of the post. Dr. Frissell was also a member of the state board of examiners for surgeons entering the army during the war. The position of surgeon for the marine patients at Wheeling has been filled by him for more than twenty-five years. He is also physician of the convent of the Sisters of Visitation, and the school for young ladies at Mount de Chantel, and to Saint Vincent,s college. He was the first president of the medical society of the state of West Virginia, instituted May 10, 1867. He is a member of the American Medical association, and of the Medical society of Ohio county, and an honorary member of the Medical society of the state of California, and was a member of the Centennial International Medical congress of 1876. Dr. John Frissell was married to Elizabeth Ann, daughter of Col. John Thompson, of Moundsville, W. Va. George I. Garrison, M. D, a leading physician and surgeon of Wheeling, was born at West Liberty Ohio Co., W. Va., May 6, 1851. He is a son of Isaac Garrison, who was born in Pennsylvania in about the year 1829, and came to West Liberty about 1848, making that place his home. There he was married to Elizabeth Hedges, daughter of John Hedges, a descendant of Sir Charles Hedges, one of the early residents of Maryland. He and wife are still living. Of their seven children, five of whom survive, Dr. Garrison is the oldest. The latter was reared at the home of his parents at West Liberty, and secured his early education in the common schools. He finished his literary education at the West Liberty State Normal school, where he was graduated July. I, 1873. Having already chosen the medical profession as his favorite field of labor for the future, he had, while attending school, begun the study of medicine, with the late Dr. William Hukill, as his preceptor. Under the direction of this preceptor he began the practice of medicine in about 1875, also teaching school and pursuing his professional studies. In June, 1878, he located at Burton, Wetzel county. Upon the establishment of the state board of health and the regulation of the medical practice by statute in 1881, he passed an examination before the board, and became a licentiate of the board July 21, 1881. During the following September he removed to Wheeling and began his practice there. Continuing his studies, he entered Jefferson Medical college, at Philadelphia, in September, 1885, and was graduated from that institution April 3, 1886. The confidence reposed in Dr. Garrison as a professional man, is shown by his election and appointment to places of honor and trust. He was elected health 0fficer of Wheeling in February, 1885, and on June 22, 1887, appointed by the governor a member of the state board of health for the first congressional district for a term of four years. On the 6th day of February, 1889, he was re-elected health officer of Wheeling. The doctor is a member of the Masonic order, and of the A. O. U. W., and is a member of the Protestant Episcopal church. He was married May 14, 1884, to Emilie A., daughter of the late 296 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. Thomas Wheeler. Four children were born to this union, of whom one son and one daughter are survivors. John V. Gavin, prominent among the dry goods men of Wheeling, was born in Belmont county, Ohio, July 7, 1853, the son of Thomas and Ann (O,Malley) Gavin, both natives of Ireland. Thomas Gavin was born about 1830, and in 1847 came to America, settling first in Vermont. In this state he was married, and in 1851 he and wife came to what was then the west, during the period of the construction of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, and finally settled at Warnock,s Station, in Belmont county. After coming to this regi0n he was connected with the railroad, and is now a foreman on the Cleveland & Pittsburgh railroad. His wife died in 1868, leaving six children, four of whom are still living. John V. Gavin was reared in his native county, and received a common school education, but had in his youth small opportunities for advancement. He began work for himself as a packing boy in the Belmont Nail works, and gradually worked up from that until he had filled various higher positions, and had dev0ted the last twelve years of his employment in that works to making nails. After an unsuccessful strike of the nailers which lasted for fourteen m0nths, he became dissatisfied, and on N0vember 4, 1887, he embarked in the dry goods business, building his present place of business. In this enterprise he has met with success as complete as he could have anticipated, and he is now one of the leading dry goods and notion dealers of the city. His place of business is at No. 2901 Eoff street. Mr. Gavin was married September 23, 1879, to Cecelia Mogan, who was born in Ireland and came to America when a child, and they have had five children, four of whom survive. Mr. Gavin is one 0f the foremost citizens of the Sixth ward, which he has twice represented in the city c0uncil. He was elected as a democrat to the second branch in 1882, and in 1884 to the first branch, but the latter position his business compelled him to resign before the expiration of his term of service. Mr. Gavin is one 0f the directors of the Union Accident and Benefit association. His religious affiliation is with St. Mary’s Catholic church. O. C. Genther, a prominent citizen of Wheeling, wholesale jeweler, and lessee and manager of the Grand Opera House, was born at Woodstock, Champaign Co., Ohio, in 1843. He is the son of J. G. Genther, a native of Germany, who came to the United States when a young man, and settled in Ohio., where he was married to Julia. Chance, who was born in that state. The latter died during the boyhood of her son, but the father is still a resident of southern Ohio. The subject of this sketch when eleven years old left home, and going to Columbus, Ohio, began to learn the printing business, at which he was engaged for several years. Subsequently he was for ten years engaged in the show business, making Columbus his headquarters, and while thus occupied he visited Wheeling in 1860, giving a performance in the theatre of which he is now manager and lessee, it being then known as Washington Hall. Mr. Genther made his permanent residenceat Wheeling about 1874, engaging first in the print- OHIO COUNTY, WEST, VIRGINIA - 297 ing business and then in show management, with his headquarters at Wheeling. Two years later he embarked in the wholesale toy and fancy goods business at Wheeling, to which he gave his exclusive attention until 1883. In the latter year he added to his business the wholesaling of jewelry and American watches, putting traveling salesmen on the road. This new departure met with such success that in 1890 Mr. Genther turned his attention entirely to this branch of wholesale trade, and is now the only wholesale dealer in his line in the state. Aside from his business operations Mr. Genther is justly famed for his , successful management of the opera house, which, when he assumed control under a lease in 1885, was known as the Academy of Music. Before that time the house was used as a variety theatre of a low order, and its management did not bring repute to the city, nor attract the patronage of respectable people. Mr. Genther determined to redeem the reputation of the house, and from the start se rapidly elevated its character that it was determined to remodel the house and afford it in every way an opportunity for a new career. Accordingly the house was remodeled; the stage accessories were increased and improved, the seating capacity enlarged, and the theatre was then christened the Grand Opera House. In its management since that date Mr. Genther has displayed notable executive ability and shrewd discernment of the wants of the public, and has been able at the same time to present performances of an elevated character, pleasing to all classes of theatre goers, and make the house a financial success. This excellent management has been not only a matter of personal congratulation , due to Mr. Genther, but it has resulted in the increased value of the property in which the house is situated, and has added to the good name of the city. It is hoped by all good citizens that the stockholders of the Grand will continue Mr. Genther in the management for as long a term as he may desire, for he has justly earned the good will of the public. Mr. Genther,s career, it may be said in closing, is eminently that of a self-made man. Starting out in the world at eleven years of age, without resources, and assuming entirely the responsibility of his future, he has steadily fought his way upward until he has won an incontestible position in the community which is now his home, and as has been mentioned, occupies a unique and leading position in the jewelry trade of the state. Mr. Genther is a member of Nelson lodge, No. 30, F. & A. M., Wheeling Union chapter, No. 1, and Wheeling commandery, No. 1, K. T., and is a member of Wheeling lodge, No. 28, B. P. O. Elks. He was married in 1873, and has one son, Oliver Cromwell Genther, Jr. Greason D. Gillelen, general local agent of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad company, at Wheeling, W. Va., is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born at Carlisle, Cumberland county, June 5, 1846. His parents were Frank and Rebecca (Greason) Gillelen, both of whom were natives of Cumberland county, Penn. Frank Gillelen graduated from Dickinson college, at Carlisle, and adopted the profesion of teaching, in which he was engaged during his active life. His death occurred at Wooster, Ohio, in 1875. His widow survives him, and 298 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. resides at Los Angeles, Cal. Three sons were born to these parents, all of whom are living.. Greason Gillelen lived at Carlisle until his eighteenth year, and was educated principally under the tutelage of his gifted father. In 1865, he began his railroad career at Pittsburgh, in the service 0f the Pennsylvania Railroad company, as a passenger brakeman, remaining with that company for about three years, in the meantime having been made yard clerk. He then vent west and was engaged in farming until about 1872, when he returned to Pittsburgh, where, for four years, he filled a position as civil engineer in the engineer department of that city. He then returned to railroading by entering the service of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad company, as yard brakeman. Later he was made yard master, which position he filled until 1880, when he joined the engineer corps of the Denver & Rio Grand Railroad company, in Arizona, and was absent for seventeen months, during which time he was a civil engineer in Arizona, Idaho and Kansas City. In 1881 he entered the service of the Baltimore & Ohio company, as agent, and has since been with the company, filling the position of agent at different stations, until November 22, 1888, when he came to Wheeling and took charge of the B. & 0.,s business, as general local agent of Wheeling and Bellaire. Mr. Gillelen is a member of the Masonic fraternity, being a member of Braddock lodge, No. 510, of Pennsylvania, Plymouth chapter, No. 118, Plymouth, Ohio, and Wheeling commandery, No. 1, K. T. of Wheeling. Mr. Gillelson was married at Brinton, Penn., May 9, 1867, to Miss Sadie, daughter of John Black, a prominent farmer of Brinton. To this union one son -- George Francis — has been born. P. J. Gilligin, a prominent contractor in masonry, of Wheeling, is a native of Ireland, and son of Thomas and Sarah (Whyte) Gilligin, of that land. He was born at Sligo, in the county of the same name, March 17, 1847, and was there reared and received his education. He served an apprenticeship of five years as a mason and brick-layerin England and Scotland, and then, in June, 1869, came to America. He made his home at Wheeling, but worked during the winter in the Washington Iron works, and in 1870 worked up0n the Baltimore & Ohio railroad bridge over the Ohio. In 1872 he began business as a contractor in brick and stone construction, at which he has met with notable success. In 1875 he was occupied as foreman of masonry in the construction of the Wheeling & Pittsburgh & St. Louis railroad and held that position six months. Then locating at Pittsburgh he worked as a journeyman on the house of refuge at Morganza, and built the bridge across, the Chartiers creek. He was subsequently employed as under boss in the Pittsburgh water works, and after finishing that engagement took charge as foreman of the construction of the Brownsville avenue wall, South Pittsburgh, and remained there until the work was completed. In 1877 he returned to Wheeling and resumed his business as contractor. He has been engaged in many important buildings, and is highly esteemed not only as proficient in his business, but as a valuable citizen. Mr. Gilli- OHIO COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA - 299 gin was married in 1877, to Catherine, daughter of Peter Riley, of Wheeling, and they have the following children: Thomas P., Margaret F., Sarah M., Charles P., William, Mary S. and Francis D. Mr. Gilligin is a member of the Catholic church, and in politics is independent. W. G. E. Goering, treasurer of the Central Glass works, of Wheeling, was born at Gotha, Germany, in 1840. Before coming to America, he received his education in the schools of his native land, taking a four years, course in the commercial college. In 1859, he arrived at Baltimore, where he obtained employment as a book-keeper and cashier in a dry goods establishment. There he remained until 1862, when, seeking wider opportunities in the west, he came to Wheeling, and took a position as book-keeper for Augustus Pollock, in the notion business, and was engaged with the latter until 1868, when he accepted a similar position with. Neill & Ellingham, wholesale grocers. In 1871 he became cashier and book-keeper of the Central Glass company, of which John Oesterling was then president, and he has since then remained with this institution, holding both the position of book-keeper and treasurer. As an enterprising citizen, he is active in various channels, is secretary of two building and loan associations, the Eagle and the Economy, and has served his fellow citizens on the board of education, and on the city council, as a representative of the First ward. Mr. Goering was married in 1863, to Augusta Glaesner, a native of Germany, and he and wife are members of the St. John’s German Independent Protestant church. Charles R. Goetze, proprietor of a popular drug establishment of Wheeling, was born in that city November 10, 1859. He is of German descent, his grandfathers being both natives of that country. Charles W. Goetze, his paternal grandfather, settled in Wheeling about 1832, and soon afterward engaged in farming and the manufacture of charcoal on an extensive scale. He is still living in Wheeling in his ninetieth year. Six of his children are living: Augustus, Charles, William F., Henry, Herman and Augusta (Mrs. Charles Kettler). William F., the father of the subject of this mention, married Christiana Otto, daughter of George Otto, who came to Wheeling from Germany in an early day and followed his trade as a carpenter. William F. was born in Germany, and after coming with his parents to Wheeling, learned the shoemaker,s trade. For twenty-five years he carried on a boot and shoe store, and subsequently conducted a saloon. He died in March, 1887. He had six children who grew to maturity: Charles R., William C., Mary L., Tina, Lillie and Laura. Charles R. was reared in Wheeling, and educated in the city schools. For four years, 1875 to 1879, he was employed in the wholesale drug house of John L. Smith & Co., and he then entered a retail store at Allegheny, Penn., where he remained three years, in the meantime attending the Pittsburgh college, of pharmacy, of which he was the only graduate in the class of 1881. In April, 1882, he opened his present establishment at 117 Sixteenth street, where he has built up a trade of much importance. Mr. Goetze was married October 27, 1885, to