450 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. 1874 he, with other gentlemen, engaged in the manufacture of steel at Martin's Ferry, he accepting the position of secretary of the company. This enterprise proved unsuccessful after an existence of about two years, and in 1875, he entered the German bank of Wheeling as book-keeper. On May 1, 1883, he left that position to become assistant secretary of the Franklin Insurance company. On January 1, 1884, he was elected secretary of the company, and he held that position until August 1, 1887, when he was chosen secretary of the Jefferson Insurance company. With this company and also with the German and Franklin Insurance companies, Mr. Stroehlein is connected as a stockholder, and he is a director of the German bank. He was married in 1858 to Wilhelmina Knapp, who died in 1866, leaving one child. In 1868 he was married to Louisa Swartz, and to the latter marriage two children have been born. Mr. Stroehlein is a member of the Zion's Lutheran church, and his wife of the Presbyterian church. Hon. Andrew J. Sweeney, whose intimate connection with the industrial as well as the official history of Wheeling, has made him one of the notable men of the city, was born at Pittsburgh, Penn., January 1, 1827, the son of Thomas Sweeney, a native of Ireland, born in 1806. The latter, who is still an honored resident of Wheeling, is the son of a Thomas Sweeney, who was a wealthy stock-grazer of Ireland, and settled in Duchess county, N. Y., and subsequently in 1815, removed to Pittsburgh. The junior Thomas Sweeney was apprenticed in that city at the moulder's trade, and in 183o he came to Wheeling and bought, in partnership with his brothers, C., R. H., and Michael, the establishment of the North Wheeling Manufacturing company. This they carried on until the death of C., in 1833. James E. Matthews was afterward associated with the business for a few years, and then Mr. Sweeney conducted it alone until in 1852 he admitted his son, T. C., under the style of T. Sweeney & Co. In 1858 A. J. Sweeney was admitted, and the firm thus formed continued until 1874, when the business was taken up by A. J. Sweeney and his son John M., who carried on an extensive manufacturing business at the old location until 188o, when they removed the establishment to the Sixth ward. Thomas Sweeney and Michael and R. H. also engaged in the glass business in 1835 at North Wheeling, and their manufactory was famous as having produced the largest piece of cut glass in the world. R. H. died in 1844, and the partnership of the other brothers was dissolved in 1848 by Michael selling to A. J. Sweeney and Joseph Bell. The firm became T. Sweeney & Son in 1852, and in 1863 the establishment was sold to Michael Sweeney, Joseph Bell and James McCluney. Michael died in 1875. Thomas Sweeney during his active career was one of the foremost men of the city, and was prominently associated with the glass industry, rolling mills, bridge, etc. He also from 1852 to 186o served in the upper and lower houses of the Virginia legislature. His first wife, to whom he was married in 1826, was Rosanna Matthews, born in 1809, and died in 1844. They had three sons: Andrew J., Capt. T. C. Sweeney, Robert H. Sweeney, and one OHIO COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA - 451 daughter, Mrs. N. F. McNaughton. A second marriage occurred in 1845 to Jane B. McFerran, by whom he had two sons and one daughter. Two of these seven children survive. As has been noted Mr. A. J. Sweeney early became associated with his father in manufacturing enterprises, and in 1875 he assumed the entire management of the extensive business, and carried on the production of rolling mill, steamboat and other machinery, and mowers and reapers, with great energy and with notable financial success. He has always taken an active part in municipal improvements, and in 1862 was a projector of the Citizens' Street railway, and was for years &rector thereof, and was also instrumental in organizing the fire department and fire alarm telegraph system. As mayor of Wheeling he has served the city for a remarkably long period, having been first appointed to fill an unexpired term in 1855, and subsequently elected in 1861, 1862, 1865, 1867, 1875, serving after the latter election by successive elections until 1881. In 1863 when several militia regiments were formed he commanded them as colonel, and was on duty during the Morgan and the Jones raids. His prominence as a representative citizen of the state was recognized in 1876 by his appointment as a centennial commissioner for West Virginia, and he was a member of the national commissions to the Vienna exposition in 1873, and the Paris exposition of 1878. Mr. Sweeney's fraternity membership is with Ohio lodge, F. & A. M., No. 1, Wheeling commandery, K. T., and Osiris lodge, Mystic Shrine. He was married in 1848, to Mary R. Moore, daughter of John Moore, superintendent of the Wheeling water works for many years. She died March Jo, 186o, aged thirty years, leaving four children: John M., Nellie B. Rose N. and A. T. In the fall of 1861 Mr. Sweeney was united to B., E. Hanna, of Washington, Penn., by whom he has had nine children, six of whom are living: Mary R., Sallie P. Willie H., Frank B., Walter C. and James Edgar. John M. Sweeney, junior member of the firm of A. J. Sweeney & Co., was born in Wheeling, July 1o, 1851. He was reared in Wheeling and attended the ward schools of the city until 1866, and then attended the private school of H. W. Harding, one of Wheeling's noted early teachers. In 1866 he entered Washington and Jefferson college, at Washington, Penn., where he was graduated in 1869. After leaving college Mr. Sweeney entered the foundry and machine shops of Sweeney & Co., and he was manager of that business until 1874, when he became a member of the firm of A. J. Sweeney & Son, which firm was formed at that time. He continues as general manager of the extensive foundry and machine shop operated by the firm. In 1887 Mr. Sweeney organized the Wheeling Electric Street Railway line, which has since been consolidated with the Citizens Street Railroad company, and of this company he is president. At about the same time the Wheeling Electric Light company was organized, and Mr. Sweeney was one of the projectors of the same, and he is also identified with the organization of the Martin's Ferry, Ohio, Electric Light company, also identified with the new bridges over the Ohio river to Wheeling Island and the Back Channel to Ohio. Also interested in the Globe 452 - HISTORY OF. THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. Contract company, for the purpose of forming and building electric light and electric railroad plants in West Virginia. In 1875 he was married to Miss Julia Garden, of Wheeling, daughter of A. T. Garden. Rev. Rodney Rush Swope, D. D., pastor of the St. Matthew's Episcopal church, of Wheeling, was born at Philadelphia, March 28, 1853. He is the son of Charles S. and Jane E. Swope, and was reared to manhood in his native city, receiving his early education in the public schools there, and at Cheltenham academy. His classical education was completed at the university of Pennsylvania, where he was graduated in 1871. He then spent three years in the study of law, in the office of George M. Dallas, Esq., of Philadelphia. In the fall of 1874, he entered the Philadelphia divinity school of the Protestant Episcopal church, and completed a full three years' course, graduating in June, 1877. On the 22nd of the same month he was ordained and became assistant minister of Trinity church, Cleveland, on the first of September following. Dr. Swope was called to the rectorship of St. Matthew's church, Wheeling, November 1, 1878, and has ever since occupied that position. During the period of his rectorship, the church has been notably prosperous, becoming the strongest Protestant Episcopal church in the state, and freeing itself entirely of a debt of $20,00o. Dr. Swope was honored in 1880 and 1886, by being chosen clerical delegate from the diocese of West Virginia to the triennial convention of his church. In June, 1887, the degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by the university of West Virginia. James B. Taney, journalist, is a native of New Jersey, born in the city of Newark, in the year 1841. His parents, Hugh and Letitia Taney, came to the Ohio valley in 185o, and became residents of Wheeling two years later. Mr. Taney's educational training was obtained in the public and private schools of Wheeling, and while still a youth he left home and joined the merchant marine, serving from a sailor before the mast to chief officer. At the breaking out of the great rebellion he joined the United States navy, in which he served with ability until 1868, when becoming tired of the service he resigned his commission and returned to Wheeling. While in the navy Mr. Taney was attached to the Atlantic and Gulf blockading squadrons, also doing duty in convoying the New York and Panama mail steamers through the narrow West India passages. During his period of service he participated in a number of engagements, including the battles of Beaufort, Port Royal, Newberne, storming of Fort Fisher on both occasions, the capture of Wilmington and other minor actions. At the second bombardment of Fort Fisher he commanded a detachment of men from the man-of-war, " Tacony," which formed a part of the naval forces that united with the force of Gen. Terry in the bloody hand to hand assault upon the enemey's works. On leaving the naval service, Mr. Taney entered the field of journalism, which, with the exception of six years as collector of the city of Wheeling, he has since successfully continued. In October, 1884, he purchased OHIO COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA - 453 an interest in the Wheeling Daily Register, the leading democratic paper of West Virginia, which, under his able management, has greatly enlarged its scope of influence, until it now enjoys much more than a state reputation. In 1888 Mr. Taney was chosen delegate-at-large to the national democratic convention at St. Louis, and during the ensuing campaign, did able and distinguished service for his party in West Virginia and elswhere. It was in this campaign that an incident occurred which brought Mr. Taney's name into prominence throughout the country, and which also brought upon him a great deal of vituperation and abuse from the republican press of the United States. Briefly stated, the incident is as follows: In August, 1887, the societies of the G. A. R., of West Virginia, western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio, held their encampment at Wheeling, during the progress of which a large' banner bearing a well-executed crayon portrait of President Cleveland and the inscription " God bless Our President, Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States," was suspended from the Register office to the opposite side of the street. As is well known, quite a number of G. A. R. posts refused to march under the banner, thereby causing intense excitement, the effect of which was to threaten seriously for a time the dismemberment of the organization in various parts of the country. Mr. Taney has been prominently identified with the business interests of Wheeling for a number of years, and all movements having for their object the public good, find in him a liberal patron and zealous supporter. He is essentially a self-made man, and his thorough knowledge of men and affairs, gained by a long, practical experience with the world, coupled with his energy and industry, fairly entitle him to a place among the representative citizens of his adopted state. In the year 1872 he was united in marriage with Miss Emily F. Pollack, youngest daughter of the late Thomas Pollack, of Wheeling. D. H. Taylor, M. D., a leading physician of Wheeling, has been engaged in a successful practice in that city since the spring of 1884. He was born in Switzerland county, Ind., January 25, 1848, a son of W. P. Taylor, also a native and still a resident of that county. Dr. Taylor obtained his early education at the public schools and Moorsfield academy, and in 1874 embarked upon the study of medicine, which he had chosen as his profession, after.being engaged for several years in the vocation of teacher. In 1876 he entered the Miama Medical college, of Cincinnati, where he was graduated in the spring of 1878. Shortly afterward he engaged in the practice at McClears, Noble county, Ohio, and remained there until 1881, when he removed to Summerfield, in the same county. He was engaged in the practice there until his removal to Wheeling, in the spring of 1884. Dr. Taylor is skillful in his profession, and popular in his social relations. He is a member of the Masonic order, with which he has been affiliated for twenty-one years, and is a member of the Knights of the the Golden Eagle, the Shield of Honor, and the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. Dr. Taylor was first married in May, 454 - HISTORY. OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. 1879, to Ella A. Porter, of Indiana, who died seven months later. In January, 1883, he was married to Maggie A. Muldoon, of Wheeling. George R. Taylor, a prominent dry goods merchant of Wheeling, was born in 1824, in the western part of Maryland. He first engaged in the dry goods business when about sixteen years of age, with the house of Lowndes & Clary, at Frostburg, Md., and remained with that firm for about four years as a clerk. In 1844, he changed his residence to Wheeling and there three years later, became one of the firm of Mawl & Taylor, dealers in dry goods. This firm continued until 1861, doing a good business, and in the latter year, Mr. Taylor purchased his partner's interest. Since that time there have been some changes of partners, but the business is now and for several years has been in the hands of Mr. Taylor. His taste, and adaptation to the business, close application .to the demands of the establishment, long experience and unusual skill and foresight as a buyer, have conjoined to build up the business from year to year, until this is now the largest retail dry goods store in the state. Though a veteran in the trade, Mr. Taylor's prosecution of business is now characterized with as much activity as at any time during his long career. The space occupied by this great establishment deserves mention, occupying as it does, three floors on Main and one and a half on Market street, and extending entirely through the square from street to street, making a floorage 264 feet deep. Mr. Taylor's business career has been too active to permit him to take part in political affairs or to hold office. He is a faithful member of the First Presbyterian church, and has been, ever since coming to Wheeling. He was married in 1848, to Martha Eckert, of Washington, Penn., and three children have blessed their union. Frank G. Thalman, one of the successful retail grocers of Wheeling, was born at that city, July 26, 1858. His parents were both natives of Westphalia, Prussia, Andrew Thalman and May Ann Cordes, by name. The former was born September, 11, 1821, and came to America in 1848, and the latter was born, November 23, 1823, and came to America in 185o. They were married at McKeesport, Penn., in May, 185o, and made their home at Wheeling, where Mr. Thalman had resided since his immigration. Six children were born to them: Joseph (deceased), Mary A. (deceased) , . Frank G., John A. (deceased), Catherine and Mary A. Frank G. was reared at Wheeling, first going to school to Annie George, who taught near the Top mill. Subsequently he attended the St. Alphonsus German school until he was about fourteen, and was then a student in St. Vincent's college one year. After a year's work as a nail. feeder at the Top mill, he attended, Notre Dame university, at South Bend, Ind., one year, and afterward was a student in Frasher's Business college. He assisted his father in the coal business three years, and was afterward employed in a glass factory, and in the wholesale establishment of Neill & Ellingham. By economy he was able on December 1, 1883, to engage in the retail grocery business, on the corner of Third and Main streets, and is now doing a prosperous business. Mr. Thalman OHIO COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA - 455 was married May 7, 1884, to Mary A. Desmond, who died February 9, 1887, leaving two children, Mary H. and Andrew, the latter now deceased. He is a member of the Catholic church, and in politics is a democrat. J. C. Thomas, a prominent merchant of Wheeling, of the well-known firm of Stone & Thomas, retail dealers in dry goods, was born in Ohio county in 1822. He is a son of Edward Thomas, a native of South Wales, who came to America about the year 1818. He landed in New Brunswick, but after a short residence there came to the United States and settled near Wheeling upon a farm. He engaged somewhat in farming, but was also a flat-boat pilot, and engaging in the coal trade, piloting his own boats to Cincinnati and Louisville. His wife was Catherine Clark, a native of Belmont county, born in 1800 and died in 1871. His death occurred in 1869. On the Belmont county farm of his father, J. C. Thomas was reared, and he remained there until 1847, when he came to Wheeling and engaged in the dry goods trade with E. J. Stone, under the firm name of Stone & Thomas. This veteran firm has since continued in business successfully, and its members are among the most highly esteemed business men of the city. Their many years in business have made them widely known throughout the valley. Mr. Thomas began his enterprise on a limited and modest scale, but his efforts have been so highly rewarded that he is now one of the substantial men of the city. Thomas F. Thoner, a prominent young citizen of Wheeling, who now occupies the position of city clerk, was born in the Fourth ward, February 25, 1864. He is a son of John Thoner, a native of Germany, who immigrated to the United States in about the year 185o, coming directly to Wheeling. The father was here engaged for several years in the bottling business, and later in the wholesale trade, on the south side. He and wife are both deceased, the wife having died when Thomas F. was a child. The latter was reared in Wheeling and given a good education, beginning in St. Alphonsus German school, continuing in Prof. Burgh's high school, of Wheeling, and completing his studies at St. Francis' college, at Loretta, Penn., where he finished his school days in 1876. Returning to Wheeling he was employed in the Riverside Iron works for about one year and a half, and at the end of that engagement he took a position as clerk in the wholesale liquor house of Henry Schmulbach. He remained with that house until the firm of C. Kraus & Co. came into possession, and then with the latter for about five years. On resigning that position he accepted a similar one with P. Welty & Co: After serving with that firm three years he resigned to take an appointment in the United States postal service. In the following December he resigned the latter office, and in January, 1889, he was elected on the -.democratic ticket as city clerk, for a term of two years from January 3o. Mr. Thoner is deservedly popular as a trustworthy and courteous gentleman. He is a member of the Knights of St. George, of the Y. M. D. club, and the Arion Singing society. Martin Thornton, one of the leading restauranteurs of West Virginia, 456 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. and proprietor of the Brunswick hotel, the only house in Wheeling conducted on the European plan, was born in Ireland in 1845, the son of John and Mary (Needham) Thornton, both natives of that land. John Thornton brought his family to America in 185o, his wife having died, and settled first at Cynthiana, Ky., where he did an extensive business as a contractor, and subsequently removed to Parkersburgh,. W. Va., where he was engaged as a railroad contractor until his death in 1858. Martin Thornton, when twelve years of age, went as pantry boy to the United States hotel, of Parkersburgh, Tom Connelly, proprietor, but a few years later he enlisted in the southern army, at. Little Rock, Ark., in 1860, and after serving four years, was surrendered at Bentonville, N. C., with Claiborne's division of Hardin's corps. He then, in 1865, engaged in the grocery business at Atlanta, Ga., whence in 1868 he went to Louisville, and continued the grocery business until August, 1873. In that year, visiting Wheeling, he learned that there was an opening there for a restaurant where a meal. of any sort and value could be ordered, and he at once sold out his Louisville grocery and established a restaurant on a small scale in. the Bruce property, south of the McLure House, where his skillful handling of the business created such custom that in seven months he was compelled to seek larger rooms. Removing to 1155 Market: street, he did business there successfully for five years, and then removed to 1226 Market street. Two years after leaving No. 1155 that property was offered for sale and he purchased it for $11,000, but has never occupied it since. On March 19, 1887, he leased the Brunswick hotel for one year, and in the year after occupying it, purchased the property for $16,000. Mr. Thornton's success in business has been notable. Beginning at Wheeling with a capital of about $600, he has by skillful and judicious handling of his business become one of the leading restauranteurs of the region, and the owner of the largest restaurant and European hotel in West Virginia. During the dark days of his business at this city his tact and business ability enabled him to succeed where others failed, and in the management of the Brunswick Hotel he has flourished in a house twice previously sold at public auction for want of support. The Brunswick has twelve sleeping apartments, and on the first floor the restaurant and office and a spacious dining room, and the building with four stories and a handsome front is well adapted to the uses to which it is put. Mr. Thornton is a member of the Cathedral church, and is one of the enterprising and liberal men of the community. He has three children, two sons and a daughter, the latter, Sister Magdalen, being a teacher in St. Joseph's convent. He also has a sister in the convent. at Mt. Dchantel, and a brother at Louisville, Ky., where he is superintendent of the street railway. C. Resley Tracy, prominent in the municipal affairs of Wheeling, and manager of the Western Union Telegraph company at that city, is a native of Maryland, born ten miles below Cumberland, in Allegheny county, December 15, 1851. His father, Hiram Tracy, also a. native of Maryland, was a worthy and estimable man, and for many OHIO COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA - 457 years was the superintendent of the Cumberland and Washington canal. In 1852 he removed to Piedmont, then in Hampshire county, Va., now in. Mineral county, W. Va., where he died during Lincoln's administration, previous to the fall of Richmond, being at the time of his death postmaster of Piedmont. His widow was appointed by President Johnson, and the work of the office was performed by the subject of this mention, who learned to transact the business of the office before his twelfth year. The latter turned his attention to telegraphy at an early age, and began learning the business in his twelfth year. For some time he was in the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad company at Cranberry Summit, but on October 24,. 1869, he came to Wheeling, and took a position as night operator at the Baltimore & Ohio office. His thorough mastery of the business was recognized in November, 1876, by his appointment as manager of the business of the B. & 0. and A. & P. lines, operating the two jointly, with his headquarters at Bailey's ticket office. To his present position as manager of the interests of the Western Union company at this place, he was appointed August 15, 1881. Mr. Tracy has taken an active part in municipal affairs for several years. In 1883 he was elected to the second branch of the council from the Second ward of Wheeling, and was elected to the first branch in 1885. From the first of his service he has acted as a member of the committee of the fire department, and on the organization of the new board in February, 1889, he was made chairman of that committee. Mr. Tracy is a member of Wheeling lodge, No. 5, F. & A. M., and of the Order of Elks, being exalted ruler of the latter organization at Wheeling. He was married October 24, 1876, to Mollie McNaghton, of Wheeling, a granddaughter of the distinguished Thomas Sweeney. They have two children. William H. Travis, manager of the nail department of the LaBelle Iron works, was born at Wheeling, April 20, 1840, the son of James. and Lavina (Pipen) Travis. James Travis was born in Massachusetts, and removed to Wheeling soon after 1830. He was a blower of cyl inder glass, and at the time of his decease, January I I, 1852, was a foreman at the Barnes-Hobbs Glass house. He was a whig and active in politics, and was a member of the Universalist church. His wife, who was born in Clinton county, N. Y., of French-Canadian parentage, died in May, 1884. She was reared a Catholic, but at her decease was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Five of the eight children born to these parents survive. William H. Travis, at eleven years of age, found employment in the glass house, and remained there four years. He then entered the La Belle Iron mills, and gradually progressed through various grades of work until in 1885, he was made manager of the nail works. Since then he has become a stockholder in the establishment. Mr. Travis is a popular citizen, and has taken an active part in politics and municipal affairs. In 1860, he was the organizer of a campaign club known as Company A, Virginia Wide-Awakes, republican, and in 1868, he was lieutenant-colonel of the republican marching clubs of Wheeling, and during the last three. 458 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. campaigns he has served as colonel of the same. On May i 1, 1861, Mr. Travis enlisted in the Union army, as a corporal of Company B, or the " Iron Guards," First Virginia infantry. He served three months, re-enlisted as lieutenant of Company A, Fourth cavalry, and served eight months. He served two years on the city council, having been elected to the second branch from the democratic ward in which he resides. When the fire and police board was organized he was elected a member of the same, and remained such during the life of the board. Mr. Travis is a member of the Masonic fraternity, of Ohio lodge, F. & A. M., Wheeling commandery, K. T., and Wheeling consistory, Scottish Rite. He is also affiliated with the A. 0. U. W., K. of H., and commander of Phil Sheridan post, 86, G. A. R. He was married in 1865, to Emma, daughter of George Cotts, of Wheeling, and they have had three children: Harry, born October 28, 1866, a machinist and engineer at the La Belle Iron works; Maude, born December 14, 1871, died November 17, 1876, and William Seybold, born April 12, 1886. William and Frank Tucker, editors and proprietors of the Wheeling Graphic, are sons of Thomas and Elizabeth Tucker, who were married at Waynesburgh, Penn., on the 11th day of August, 1840, by Father Golahor, a Catholic priest having in charge a mission embracing parts of Pennsylvania and Virginia. Willian Tucker was born November 8, 1842, in Monongahela county, Va., and Frank Tucker was born March 15, 1859, at New Martinsville, Va., where the family removed in 1846. The only educational advantages ever enjoyed by William were furnished by. the New Martinsville private schools, and later by an academy conducted by Robert McEldowney and Bernard Boyers, the school ending because of the withdrawal of Mr. McEldowney to enter the service of the confederate army. In September, 1861, William Tucker enlisted as a private soldier, and served in that capacity until October 29, 1864, several wounds attesting his devotion to the cause of his country. On the 26th of May, 1874, he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah P. Harker, of Wellsburg, in which place he has since resided. The education of Frank Tucker was received at New Martinsville academy, Wellsburg high school and Bethany college. In April, 1885, the brothers bought the Brooke County Local, a weekly newspaper, published in Wellsburg, which they continued until August, 1889, when they began the publication of the Wheeling Graphic, which bids fair to become a paper of usefulness and influence in the community. William Tucker, the great-great-grandfather of the subject of our sketch, was born in Great Britain about 1724, and came to the eastern shore of Maryland about 1740, where he remained for some years, going afterward to Delaware, where his son George, the great-grandfather was born about 1760. At the early age of seven, George was taken on a long sea voyage by some relatives, and on his return, his parents having died, he made his way west from Delaware to the vicinity of Morgantown. While yet a youth he entered the continental service, serving the last few years as a soldier in the struggle for independence. At the close of the war OHIO COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA - 459 he entered land for himself and cleared a farm for his family's occupancy on Wade's Run, in Monongahela county. His death occurred by accident eight miles west of Steubenville, Ohio, in March, 1835, at the advanced age of seventy-five. At the time of his death he was in receipt of a pension from the United States government on account of his service in the continental army. His son, Levi Tucker, was born in Monongahela county, in 1793, and served through the war of 1812 with Capt. Willoughby, of the Second Maryland regiment, and later with Capt. Stead, of Parkersburg, of a Virginia regiment. Levi Tucker participated in the engagements of note in the north, being under the command of both Gen. Harrison and Col., afterward Gen Winfield Scott. At Fort George he captured a British prisoner with whose razor he always shaved afterward. It .is yet in the possession of his descendants. Levi Tucker died on Scott's Run, Monongahela county, in 1850. Thomas Tucker, the eldest son of Levi Tucker, and the father of William and Frank Tucker, removed from Monongahela county to Wetzel county in 1846, where he engaged in business, later becoming a surveyor of lands, which occupation he followed for more than forty years, his knowledge of forestry, old lines, land titles, etc., etc., being probably unsurpassed by any person in the state. The parents are both living, enjoying a fair degree of health, and if they live until August, 1890, the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage can be celebrated. Rev. William Gottlob Ulfert, pastor of St. John's Evangelical Protestant church of Wheeling, was born at Landsberg, Brandenberg, Germany, May 18, 1854. His father, who bore the same name, died in Germany in 1888, and the mother, whose maiden name was Ida Wilski, is still living in that land. Rev. Ulfert received his education in a college at Landsberg and at the University of Berlin, graduating at the age of twenty-four. In the university he studied theology, philology and the oriental languages. After being graduated he was engaged as a house teacher on the Island of Rugen one year, and then was a teacher in the college at Landsberg one year. Leaving his native land he came to America in 1880, and for four months after his arrival was assistant minister of a German Independent church at St. Louis, Mo., having in the meantime been ordained as minister on May 22, 1880. In the following August he became pastor of the German Evangelical Protestant church at AEtna, Penn., and he remained there until November 1, 1884, when he entered upon the discharge of his duties as pastor of his present charge. In this, as in previous positions, he has been faithful in his cause, earnest and effective. He is a prominent member of the Association of the German Evangelical Protestant Ministers of North America, arid is treasurer of that organization, and is also affiliated with the A. O.U. W., being master workman of Herman lodge, No. 4. On January 18, 1883, Mr. Ulfert was married to Harie Heinrici, a native of Germany, and daughter of Rev. Charles and Emma Heinrici, with whom she came to America at the age of seven years. Her father was formerly pastor of St. Paul's German Protestant church at Wheeling. Rev. Mr. Ulfert and 460 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. wife have two children: Gottlob William Karl, born October 12, 1883, and Martha, born May 24, 1889. C. F. Ulrich, M. D., one of the leading members of the medical profession of Wheeling, was born in Saxony, Germany, August 28, 1827. With his parents he came to America in 1837, and landed at Baltimore on August 28, his birthday. The family came immediately to Wheeling and settled here permanently. At this city, Dr. Ulrich received his education in the private schools of the city, until 1841, when he entered the preparatory department of Bethany college. He was graduated from that institution in 1846, with the degree of A. B., and from it, received it in 1850, the additional degree of A. M. After his graduation he engaged in teaching for sixteen years, in public and high schools and colleges, from 1846 to 1862, earning means for the further prosecution of his studies. During five years of that time, he read medicine, and in 1862, he entered the medical department of the university of Louisville. Two years later, he enlisted in the United States volunteers as assistant surgeon of the first regiment of reserve troops, and filled the duties of surgeon, while holding that rank of assistant. At the close of the war he engaged in the practice of medicine at Cloverport, Ky., and remained there until 1870, and at Louisville, until 1875, when he began practice at Wheeling. During the fifteen years that have since elapsed, he has risen to a high rank in his profession and has won in a notable degree, the confidence and esteem of this community. He has filled the offices of treasurer, secretary and president of the Wheeling Medical society, and is a member of the state society, of which he has served one term as vice president. In January, 1887, he was elected to the city council from the First ward, for four years, defeating by a large majority, the present attorney-general of the state. During his service on the council, he served as president of the board of health. The doctor resigned this office in January, 1889, and on June 5, he left for a four months' tour in Europe, accompanied by his daughter Carrie. They traveled through Germany, Italy and Switzerland, but were prevented from visiting the Paris exposition by the illness of the doctor at Strausbourg. Dr. Ulrich's children are: J. C., a civil engineer in Colorado, in the employ of the Hartford Accident Insurance company, as superintendent of the irrigating canal system. He was born in Kentucky in 1859, and educated at Bethany college, in mathematics and surveying, graduating in 1881, with first honors. The doctor's daughters are Mrs. R. M. Gilleland, of Wheeling, Carrie and Claudia. The doctor is a member of the G. A. R., is vice president of the German Pioneer society, and treasurer of the Provident Life' Insurance company, of Wheeling. Israel Updegraff: Talking of old home scenes, Op den Graeff Teased the low back log, with his shodden staff. - WHITTIER. Israel, Updegraff was born in York, Penn., January, 1781, his father, Joseph Updegraff, married Mary Webb in 1771. She was the daughter of Joseph Webb, who married Edith Way, the 15th of May, 1746 OHIO COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA - 461 — their forefathers were Friends or Quakers, who came to this country with William Penn. Israel came to Wheeling with his wife and one child in 1807, and his brother Josiah came with him. They came in wagons and were two weeks coming from York to Wheeling, which was then a small village. Israel bought nineteen acres of land north of the creek and east of Market street bridge. The brick house he built and where he resided for many years, is still standing back of St. John's Lutheran church on Market street. He also built a small stone brewery, probably the first ever built in Wheeling. They did not continue long at that business, but engaged in the dry goods trade. They sent two flat-boats to New Orleans, one containing dry goods and the other produce, the one containing produce was captured by the army. The dry goods were sold, but the young man who had charge of them " fell among thieves " who left him penniless. Israel afterward lost nearly all his property by going security for other people. His first wife was Jane Alexander, of York, Penn. She died in 1812, leaving several small children. He was a member of the Society of Friends, as generations of his ancestors were before him. There was no Friends meeting house for worship in Wheeling at that time, but the members met alternately at each other's houses. The meetings were small, and were composed of the families of Thomas Conard, Josiah Fox, Michael Graham, John King, of New York, Elisha Whitehead, the Updegraffs and others whose names are not remembered. John King's wife was an acceptable minister among them. Israel Updegraff was a man of stern integrity and deep religious convictions. He was opposed to slavery, intemperance, oaths and military service, and his integrity never was questioned. He was city surveyor and street commissioner for many years. At the time of his death a newspaper said of him: " The Society of Friends has lost a valuable member and the world an upright man. He died of pneumonia, March, 1843, and was buried in the East Wheeling cemetery, but his body was afterward removed to the Friends' burying ground at Colerain, Ohio. The grandfather of Israel Updegraff, was Jacob, son of Abraham Op den Graeff, who, with his brothers, Dirck and Herman, were among the thirteen Germans who came over to this country and landed at Philadelphia, October 6, 1683. The company consisted of thirteen men, who with their wives, children and servants numbered thirty-three, who were nearly all related to each other by marriage. When they arrived they were welcomed by Pastorius, who had preceded them. The Op den Graeffs bought 2,000 acres of land at Germantown and commenced the manufacture of linen. They were famous for the work of their looms. As early as 1688, Abraham petitioned the provincial council of Philadelphia " for ye Governor's promise to him that he should make the first and finest piece of linen cloth." That was probably the commencement of the large manufactories of Germantown. In 1689 William Penn granted them a charter for the incorporation for Germantown, and the first house built for worship was a Friends meeting house. On the 18th of 462 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. April, 1688. Francis Daniel Pastonius, Abraham Op den Graeff and others sent to the Friends' meeting the first public protest ever made on this continent against the holding of slaves. That humble protest gathered force as the years went by, until like " the rushing of mighty waters," it swept away slavery. Abraham was a burgess in 1692; he was also elected a member of the assembly for the years 1689, 1690 and 1692, sharing with Pastonius, who held the same position in 1687, the honor of being the only Germantown settlers who became legislators. The name of Abraham's father was Isaac, whose father was Herman Op den Graeff, who was born at Aldekeck, a village near the border of Holland, November, 1585. He moved to Crefeld, and in August, 1605, married Gretchen Pletjes, daughter of Driessen. They had eighteen children. He died December, 1642, and she died January, 1643. Herman Op den Graeff was one of two delegates who represented Crefeld in a church council at Dordrecht in 1632, and adopted a " Confession of Faith." We are indebted to Pennypacker's " Historical and Biographical Sketches" for much information concerning the Op den Graeffs. The name was gradually changed to Updegraff. Israel Updegraff was married the second time to Mary Ann DuBois, who was born in Philadelphia, March 4, 1796. Her mother was Juliana Penn Miller, who married John Joseph DuBois in 1794. She died of yellow fever in 1798 and left two children. Dr. Benjamin Rush was her physician. After her death Mary Ann was adopted by an uncle, Josiah Fox, and came with his family to Wheeling in 1811. John Joseph DuBois was a native of France and had no relatives in this country. He sailed as super cargo for Calcutta in 1803. The vessel on which he embarked never was heard of afterward. The maternal grandfather of Mary Ann Updegraff was Peter Miller, who was born in Manheim, Germany. His father fled from the religious wars of that country with four small children and came to America. One of the sons, George, was appointed major in the reign of George II., was with Wolf at Quebec, afterward served as brigadier general in the Revolutionary war, and was in fifteen pitched battles. Peter Miller was a fellow apprentice with the celebrated' Benjamin Franklin in the printing business. After serving his apprenticeship he published a weekly paper in Philadelphia for several years. At last being tired of that business he commenced drawing deeds and other instruments of writing. He was also notary public, and was sworn interpreter of the German language, and was soon appointed one of his majesty's justices of the peace, which office he held for thirty-five years. He was a resident of Philadelphia for fifty-three years. Peter Miller's wife was Elizabeth Richardson, third in descent from Sir John Richardson, who married Lady Elizabeth Aubrey, daughter of Lord Aubrey, of Wales, England. They emigrated to the Island of Jamaica, a great part of which was owned by them. After the earthquake in 1692 they came to America. A large blue china mug, that was saved from the wreck, is still in possession of one of their descendants living near Wheeling. Mary Ann Updegraff was a ready and fluent writer. OHIO COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA - 463 She was clerk of the " Ohio Yearly Meeting of Woman Friends" for more than forty consecutive years. In the spring of 1876, at the request of many of her friends, she wrote her reminiscences, but owing to continued afflictions in the family and her own death, they were never published. Her manuscript gives quite an account of the social life of her early days, with other pleasant and interesting information. She had six children, only two of whom survived her. Two of her sons and two grandchildren died in 1876. She died at Colerain of pneumonia and paralysis October 28, 1876, and is buried at Colerain, Oho. Israel Updegraff had eleven children, of whom only three are living.* Isreal Updegraff, son of the above, was born in Wheeling. He was educated in the schools of his native city and then began the active affairs of life as a clerk in a clothing store. Remaining in the clothing business for a short time he then became connected with A. J. Pannell in the lumber business, and remained in this business up to the time of his death which occurred in 1876. He was a public spirited, charitable man. Although he never sought political preferment yet he was active in the democratic party, and at one time was the treasurer of Ohio county, and also held the office of justice of the peace for several years. Like his distinguished forefathers he was a member of the Society of Friends. His marriage to Miss Lettia E. Ramage, of Belmont county, Ohio, was solemnized in January, 1852. They were the parents of six children, named as follows: Alexander, Mary Ann, Ella L. Laura R., Effie R., and Ida B. Mary became the wife of J. Shriver L., she died in 1876. Ella L. married Lewis Steenrod, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. Laura R. is the wife of Reed Baird, M. D., and Effie married Archie Adams. Alexander, the oldest child and only son, was educated in Wheeling. After leaving school he clerked in the office of Pannell & Updegraff for some time and then became a clerk in the office of the collecter of water rents and taxes. For six years he was connected with the Belmont Nail company, leaving the last mentioned place to accept the office of city clerk, which position he held for four years. After keeping books for L. S. Delaplain & Company for one year he became the secretary of the city water works board, having been the first to hold this responsible position after the organization of the department. Subsequently Mr. Updegraff returned to the Belmont Nail company and remained with them for five years. He now holds the office of assistant secretary of the Wheeling Title and Trust company. Mr. Updegraff is considered as one of the brightest young business men in the city. In all the various positions of trust which he has held he has proved himself worthy of the trust reposed in him, and it is not too much to say that if his life be spared he will reap the reward which follows energy and integrity. Ira B. Van Fossen, proprietor of a popular retail grocery at No. 700 Main street, Wheeling, is a native of Perry county, Penn., born Octo- * Dirck and Herman Up den Graeff left no descendants . 464 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. ber 28, 1846. He is the son of Nathan Van Fossen, a native of the same county, who died September 17, 1883. The latter married Mary C. Cougher, who was born at Carlisle, Penn., and eight children were born to them, seven sons and one daughter, the sixth of whom is the subject of this sketch. The mother is still living at Duncannon, Perry Co., Penn. At that place Ira B. Van Fossen passed his early years, receiving his education in the public schools. On November 23, 1863, being nineteen years of age, he bade his parents farewell and removed to Wheeling, where he found employment as an apprentice to the trade of a nailer, which has since been his occupation except when engaged in business. He followed his trade mainly at Wheeling, but also at other places, St. Louis, Mo..; Pittsburgh, Sharon and Harrisburg, Penn.; Latonia, Ohio, and Pueblo, Col. Nobember 12, 1883, he embarked in business as a coal dealer, and is now one of the leaders in that branch of trade in the city, owning both the Fulton and Slacktown mines, among the best and most convenient near the city. In March, 1888, he also engaged in the grocery business, which is successfully managed under the immediate attention of his wife. He is well-known and highly respected, is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and in politics is republican. Mr. Van Fossen was married December 24, 1879, to Catherine Capitola Marshall, who was born at Fulton, near Wheeling, the youngest of ten children of Walter and Catherine (Bauersach) Marshall, who now reside five miles northeast of the city. Mrs. Van Fossen's father was born at Fulton, her mother in Noble county, Penn. Mr. and Mrs. Van Fossen have three children: Lydia Catherine, Edna Masters, and Walter LeRoy. Charles E. VanKeuren, proprietor of the Dairy restaurant, at No. 40 Twelfth street. Is one of the well-known young business men of Wheeling. He was born at Montrose, Penn., on March 19, 1856, the son of J. W. VanKeuren, a native of Orange county, N. Y. The father left home when quite young and went to sea, and was a sailor before the mast for a number of years. Leaving the sea he settled in Pennsylvania, and in 1861 removed to Michigan. In 1869 he came to Wheeling, where he has since resided, and is engaged in the painting trade. Charles VanKeuren started out for himself in 1870, by learning the confectionery trade with Peter Zinn, but soon afterward left that employment and finished his trade with Charles Schwartz. In the fall of 1874 he began steamboating in the Parkersburgh traffic, as pastry cook on one of the Ohio river steamers. During 1878, 1879, 1880 and 1881, he was in the employment of the government, steam-boating in the northwest during the summer seasons, and was in that part of the country during the Sitting Bull Indian campaigns. During the winter of 1879, he was engaged in the restaurant business at Deadwood, Dak., and in the following winter he carried on the same business at Bismarck. In the fall of 1881 he returned to Wheeling, and opened a restaurant, but in 1885 sold out and went to Minneapolis, Minn., and there opened an establishment. In the fall of 1886, he again returned to Wheeling, and opened a restaurant in the basement of the chamber of commerce building, on the corner of Main COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA - 465 and Fourteenth streets. His business increased to such an extent that in the following June he had to seek larger and more convenient quarters, and therefore removed to his present place of business on Twelfth street. Even this location as he took it, was soon found inadequate, and in the spring of 1889 an addition was made to the room. Mr. VanKeuren is one of the successful young business men of the city, and deserves much credit for his success. Beginning on a capital of only $50, he has succeeded in building up a lucrative business, and at the same time deserves much credit for supplying Wheeling with a first class restaurant. He was married at Wheeling, in 1883, to Eliza McGee, of this city, and they have two children. Mr. VanKeuren is also a stockholder and director of the Provident Insurance company, of Wheeling. As a member of the order of Odd Fellows, he is a past grand, and is chief patriarch of the encampment, and captain of the patriarch militant. He is also a member of the A. 0. U. W., and the Junior Order of American Mechanics. Hanson E. Waddell, manager of the Hobbs Glass works of Wheeling, was born April 13, 1846, at Wheeling, of which city his ancestors were prominent settlers in earlier days. His grandfather, Joseph Waddell, a native of Scotland, came to America when a young man and made his home at Wheeling, becoming one of the pioneers of Ohio county. His son, Elijah Waddell, was born in this county in 182o, and was occupied during life, as was his father, in farming. He died in 1854, but his widow, Bethan Boggs, a member of the Boggs family, so prominent in the history of the valley, is still living about nine miles from the city, in the sixty-fifth year of her age. Hanson E. Waddell, son of the above, left Wheeling when about six years of age, accompanying his father to Illinois, where the latter had purchased a farm. After his father's death he returned to Wheeling and made his home with his grandfather William Boggs. When about fifteen years of age he attended the academyndWest Liberty, a9.nd subsequently the West Alexander academy, in Pennsylvania. He then entered the Iron City Commercial college, at Pittsburgh, and completed his studies there in about 1865. On leaving school he obtained a position as book-keeper and salesman for A. Sheets. The elder Sheets soon afterward removing to Bellaire, Mr. Waddell accompanied him, and remained there four years. At that city he became interested in the glass industry, and became secretary of the National Glass manufactory of Bellaire, going from there to the Bellaire Window Glass company as assistant secretary and salesman. He then traveled for two years for Rodefer Bros., successors to the National company, and subsequently became the eastern salesman for the Belmont Glass works. This position he resigned in 1879 to accept that of secretary and salesman of the Central Glass company, of Wheeling, and the latter he resigned in August, 1888, at which date he accepted his present position. He is one of the notably able business men of the city. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, the Masonic order, and the I. 0. 0. F. On June I, 1871, he was married to Emma, daughter of Dr. Isaac Hoover, of Barnesville, and they have four children. 30—A. 466 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. John Walford, a worthy citizen of Wheeling, who has achieved substantial success in business as a retail grocer, was born at Tipton, South Staffordshire, England, September 27, 1843. In that country his parents John and Mary (Hayward) Walford, passed their lives, the father dying when John was sixteen years of age. The latter is the third of the six children born, and is the only one of the famiiy that came to America. In youth he was occupied as an iron worker, and continued in such employment until the fall of 1870, when he emigrated to the United States. He reached Wheeling October 5, 187o, and for fifteen years thereafter he was employed as an iron worker in various mills, during all but one year in the Riverside works. In 1884 he engaged in the grocery business, and is now in possession of a valuable property and an extensive trade, the result of his unaided industry and sagacity. He is a member of the Wesley Methodist Episcopal church, and is active in church work, having been superintendent of the Sunday-school for nineteen consecutive years. He is also a member of the I. O. O. F., the A. O. U. W., and the Knights of the Golden Eagle. Mr. Walford was married before leaving England, on February 20, 1870, to Sarah Jennings, a native of Tipton, also, born May 12, 1845, the daughter of Charles W. and Hannah (Squire) Jennings. Her mother died in that country, of which her father is still a resident. She is the fifth of twelve children, and one of the three who emigrated to America. Mr. and Mrs. Walford have two children: Annie Elizabeth and Annie Helena, the first of whom died, aged seven months. August Warneke, Jr., of Wheeling, member of the city council from the Fifth ward, is a .native of that city, born April 6, 1857. His parents, August and Caroline (Yeager) Warneke, were both of German birth, but were married in this country, to which the father immigrated about the year 1855. The wife died in November, 1880. Five children were born to them. Of these, two daughters, beside the subject of this sketch, reside at Wheeling, also Louis, who is assistant secretary of the Peabody Insurance company, and one son is in Sedalia, Mo. The senior August Warneke followed the trade of blacksmithing in his native land, and on coming to Wheeling opened a shop, which he conducted until about 1871, when he purchased and removed to a farm on the Bethany pike, where he now lives. He is a 'prominent member of the German Lutheran church. August Warneke, Jr., after receiving his education in the public schools, began an apprenticeship as a blacksmith at Fulton. After working at various places for several years, he purchased a shop on Twenty-third street, between Main and -Market, where he has since continued in business, having a large and profitable custom. He resides at No. 48 Twenty-second street. Mr. Warneke is an active member of the democratic party, and has always taken considerable interest in municipal affairs. In the fall of 1889 he was elected by the council to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Edward Miller, of the second branch, and Mr. Warneke has since that time been a useful member of the council. He is a prominent member of the Knights of Pythias; of Black Prince OHIO COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA - 467 lodge, No. 19, and Coeur de Lion division, No. 1, U. R. Mr. Warneke was married in 188o, to Anna Teichman, of Cincinnati, and they have two children, Samuel and Clara. Both he and wife are members of the German Lutheran church. Isaiah Warren, a notable manufacturer of Wheeling, is a son of Matthew Warren, who occupied a creditable place during forty years in the mercantile and manufacturing life of Wheeling. The latter was born in the north of Ireland, a member of one of the oldest Scotch-Irish families in that region. In the early part of 1831 he immigrated, and after a few months' stay at Baltimore, came to Wheeling September 11. He brought with him his wife, Ann, daughter of William Doran, a native of Ireland. From 1831 to 1844, Matthew Warren was engaged in the boot and shoe business on the corner of Tenth and Main streets, but at the latter date he embarked in the manufacture of lard oil, the firm being Warren & List. And in 1852, having formed the firm of Warren, Dunlap & Co., erected the main part of the building now occupied by the " Central Glass company." There he engaged in pork packing and in the provision trade, and continued to manufacture lard oil. In 1862, the firm of Warren & Son began the manufacture of carbon oil, then known as coal oil. The refinery erected here was amongst the first in the country, carbon oil selling at that time for $1 per gallon. At once the new illuminant took the place it has so well held ever since its advent. Mr. Matthew Warren retired from business in 1871. He and his wife were members of the Fourth Street Methodist Episcopal church, of which he was a trustee and class leader. With other leading citizens at that period he was a member of the old volunteer fire department. He was also a county magistrate appointed in 1853, under the old regeme. Mr. Warren died September 8, 1875, his wife preceded him, having passed away in 1873. Two sons and one daughter were born to them : Isaiah; Archibald, of Memphis, Tenn., and Mrs. William Vanpelt, of Winfield, Kas. Isaiah Warren was reared at Wheeling, and attended a private school taught by Rev. William McKay, a Methodist minister, and he was also for several years with A. W. Reuter, of Wheeling, and at Brooks' academy at St. Clairsville. In 1851, he visited Europe and remained a year. Upon his return to Wheeling he purchased the interest of Thomas H. List, in the firm of Warren & List, and the firm then became Warren & Sons. In this business he continued with his father, and in his subsequent enterprises, until the retirement of the latter in 1871, when William Berger was admitted into the business, under the style of Warren & Berger. Upon the death of Mr. Berger two years later, Mr. Warren succeeded to the entire business, which has since been conducted in his name. He does an extensive business, manufacturing and dealing in carbon and lubricating oils. In 1882, he added the manufacture of sulphate of ammonia, which he conducts on a large scale, and he also renders and deals in tallow. Mr. Warren is an earnest worker for the best interests of the community in municipal affairs was formerly a member of the council from the Third ward. He is a prominent member of the Fourth Street Meth- 468 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. odist church, which he joined in 1838, and of which he is secretary of the board of trustees. • He was married May 1, 1855, to Virginia, daughter of Dr. Charles McLane, a graduate of the university of Pennsylvania, and also the well-known inventor of a proprietary medicine, which has a world-wide fame. To this union seven children have been born, of whom three survive: Nellie T., wife of C. C. Holloway, of Ohio; Alan I., a student at the Boston university law school, and Eugene L., a student of medicine. Stanton Bundy Warrick, a member of the large dry goods firm of Egger, Warrick & Co., is a son of James and Eleanor Warrick. He was born at Somerton, Belmont county, Ohio, in the year 1854. Until his twenty-fourth year he remained on the paternal farm, his boyhood having been occupied between attending the district schools and the ordinary farm work of a farmer's son. In April, 1878, he entered Eastman's National Business college at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and graduated from this institution October 7, of the same year. He first began work as a salesman in the dry goods house of Hogue & Shotwell, at Freeport, Harrison county, Ohio. Mr. Warrick remained with this firm until January, 1883, at which time they removed their stock of goods to Somerton, Ohio, where S. Hogue, the senior partner of the firm, was engaged in the dry goods business. Here they combined the two stocks, and having a sufficient number of employes they were obliged, to dispense with Mr. Warrick's services. After having been engaged in various capacities, he entered into partnership with J. H. Egger and R. B. Roberts, the style of the firm name being Egger, Warrick & Co. This house has by energy and fair dealing built up one of the largest trades in the city. James Warrrick, father of the above, was born in 1818 in South Hampton county, N. C. He came to Ohio with his parents in 1826 and settled in Belmont county, near Barnesville, Ohio, where he still resides. The wholesale grocery house of Waterhouse Brothers, recently formed, is one of the important ones in that field of trade. The members of the firm, John and Stephen Waterhouse, are sons of Stephen Waterhouse, an esteemed retired citizen of Wheeling, who came to that city in 1839, from Yorkshire, England, where he was born in 1811, the son of John and Margaret Waterhouse. Stephen Waterhouse engaged in brick manufacturing at Wheeling for twelve years, but since 1881 has lived a retired life. He was married in 1841 to Charlotte Simpson, of Yorkshire, England, and six sons and four daughters were born to them, of whom three daughters and two sons named above are now living. John Waterhouse, senior member of the house of Waterhouse Bros., was born in Wheeling, February 5, 1842. At the age of fourteen years he sought independent employment and became a clerk in the glass house of Hobbs, Brockunier & Co., where he remained for thirteen years, during a portion of that time keeping the books of that company. In 1869 he embarked in the business in which he has since been engaged as a partner in the wholesale grocery trade with Joseph Speidell, and continued to be a member of that firm until January 1, 1889. Then withdrawing from the old firm, he OHIO COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA - 469 formed a partnership with his brother, Stephen Waterhouse, and on April I, 1889, they opened their wholesale grocery house, which met with success from the start, and is doing a large and constantly increasing business. Though a comparatively new house, it has the advantage of the experience of the senior member of the wholesale trade, which is as extensive as that of any other man now engaged in that business at Wheeling. Mr. Waterhouse, in addition to meeting the demands of business, has given much time and careful attention to municipal affairs. He was elected to the second branch of the city council from the Eighth ward in 1867, and was subsequently elected from the Sixth and Fifth wards, retiring from the council in 1883, after a continuous service of sixteen years, probably the longest consecutive service in the history of the council. On November 24, 1864, Mr. Waterhouse was married to Ellen Shields, daughter of Michael Shields. of Wheeling, and they have had eight children, seven of whom are now living. Stephen Waterhouse, junior member of the above named firm, was born at Wheeling, January 3, 1844. At about the age of twenty-two years he entered the glass house of Hobbs, Brockunier & Co., as shipping clerk, but six months later engaged with his father in the manufacture of bricks, and continued to be so occupied until 1888. In the spring of 1889 he became a member of the firm of Waterhouse Bros. He has rendered efficient service to the city as a member of the council, to the second branch of which he was first elected from the Eighth ward, in 1881. He served two years, and in January, 1889, was re-elected and held the office until December of that year, when he resigned. Mr. Waterhouse was married in 1866, to Mary F., daughter of William Coombs, of Wheeling. She died in 1869, and the two children born to her died, one before and one after her death. In 1877 he was married to Annie E., daughter of James E. Bryson, of Wheeling, formerly of Baltimore. To this union four children have been born, two of whom survive. E. W. Wells, of the firm of Klieves, Kraft & Co., Wheeling, is one of the leading architects of the city, and consequently intimately associated with the architectural development of the place. Mr. Wells was born in Brooke county, W. Va., October 21, 185o. His father, James Wells, was a native of Washington county, Penn., but while quite young removed with his parents to Brooke county, where he has since resided, and has for many years been occupied as a carpenter, though residing on a farm near Bethany. The subject of this mention, after attending the common schools, entered the West Liberty academy, where he attracted the attention of Prof. W. K. Pendleton, who persuaded the father to send him to Bethany college a short time for the development of his talent for evident designing. Consequently he received six months' training at Bethany college in drawing and civil engineering. Subsequently he worked with his father three years, and in May, 1874, he removed to Wheeling. He was first associated with Charles P. Hamilton in stair building, and then as a journeyman with Klieves, Kraft & Co., to whom in their first work, 470 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. the building of the Morgantown university, he demonstrated his ability as a mechanic. After four years' service with the firm he became a partner, and having in the meantime given much study during leisure hours to architecture, the demand for his services soon became so pronounced that he was compelled to open an office and employ assistants, and this is now a regular part of the business of the firm, under his management. Among the many buildings for which he has furnished the designs and superintended the erection, may be mentioned the North Wheeling public school building, the Island, and the Eighth ward school buildings, the Y. M. C. A. building, and Rogers building, the Peter Welty building, L. C. Stifel's block, Schenck's building, the Female college at Buckhannon, and the Ravenswood school, the residences of Dr. Hazlett, George E. Stifel, Alfred Paull, Dr. Ackermann, Lawrence Sands and R. K. Giffens. He has also given particular attention to the designing of ornamental work for the interior of bank buildings and the like, and in this connection has displayed notable talent. Mr. Wells is also interested in the Standard Insurance company as director. He was married June 13, 1876, to Jennie E., daughter of Robert Wells, of Brooke county, and they have five children. He and family are members of the Disciple church. Rev. Albert William Werder, who has, for more than a quarter of a century, acted as pastor of St. James' German Evangelical Lutheran church, Wheeling, was born in the kingdom of Wurtemburg, Germany, January 17, 1839. At the age of thirteen years he came to America with his parents, John B. and Christina Werder, who settled in Sullivan county, N. Y. The father died there December 19, 1854, and the mother and son then removed to Honesdale, Pean., where they resided nearly eight years, the son finding employment as a bookkeeper: In 1862 he and his mother removed to Columbus, Ohio, where he entered the-Theological seminary of the church to which he has since devoted his talents. He was graduated there in June, 1864, and having in the previous month received a call from the St. James church, of Wheeling, he entered upon his work here in the following July. During the many years that have elapsed he has ever sought to promote the interests of his sacred cause, and has won the affection of his congregation, and the esteem of the community. On April 14, 1868, Mr. Werder was married to Mary E. Bayha, daughter of Jacob Bayha, of Wheeling, and she gave him one child, Albert Paul, who died at an early age. The mother died in February, 1870. On September 10, 1874, Mr. Werder was married to Mary Ella, daughter of Frederick Miller, of Wheeling, and they haves five children, Mary Ann, Albert Henry, Emma Louisa, Ida Caroline and Charles Frederick William, of whom the eldest died, aged five years. The, founder of the American branch of the Wheat family came to the United States sometime in the latter part of the eighteenth century and settled at Alexandria, Va. James M. Wheat, the father of the subject of this biographical sketch, was born in Alexandria in i800, which was also the birthplace of his father. For many years OHIO COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA - 471 the family were merchants at Alexandria, where they were prominently identified with the business and social interests of the community. In 1832 James M. Wheat came to Wheeling, V'a. (now West Virginia), became the manufacturer of windowg glass. He married Marta Brewer, at Berkeley'Springs, Berkeley county (now Morgan county), Va. Their children were: Joseph Edward, George K., Eliza Selena, Hanson Bradley, Jesse S., Mary Virginia, Adaline Lambert, James Muliken and Lydia Hart. George K. Wheat, the second son, was born at Berkeley Springs, January 25, 1825, and came to Wheeling with his parents in July, 1832. He was educated in several different schools of the city, among which may be mentioned the Lancasterian academy, taught by Prof. McBurney. The academy occupied the ground south of the Fourth Street Methodist Episcopal church, and the school taught by Professors Rutter and Smith, which was conducted in the building on the corner of Fourteenth and Chapline streets. In 1837 Mr. Wheat's father removed to Ritchietown, now South Wheeling, and established a tannery there, he being a tanner by trade. Until the year 1844 Mr. Wheat was engaged in various pursuits, first being employed in a ship yard, and then in a glass factory operated by H. Milton Miller; subsequently he worked in a saw-mill owned by Hughes & Martin. In March, 1844, he entered the employ of J. & T. Hornbrook, dealers in notions, and remained with them for four years. According to agreement, he was to receive the first year, $50; the second, $75; and the third, $100. The fourth year he was engaged at a salary of $500, which was a very liberal compensation in those days. About 1849 the firm dissolved partnership and divided the stock, and one year later, Jacob Hornbrook sold his business to Wheat & Chapline, this firm continuing until the death of Alexander C. Chapline, which occurred in 1855. Mr. Wheat purchased the Chapline interest in the business from the administrator of his partner's estate, and was connected with the same until January 1, 1889. While with the Hornbrooks Mr. Wheat made several trips to Louisville on a flat-boat carrying merchandise to that point, subsequently making two trips to Cincinnati for Wheat & Chapline. The first trip was made about the year 1852. After having disposed of his stock and while making arrangements to return home, the steamer " Lake Erie," which had been used to tow canal boats from Rochester, Penn., to Pittsburgh, arrived at Cincinnati with two barges, each loaded with about 5,000 bushels of coal. This was the first coal ever towed down the Ohio river by a steamboat. Instead of selling his flat-boat, as was before necessary, Mr. Wheat paid the captain of the " Lake Erie" $75 to tow his boat back to Wheeling. To Mr. Wheat belongs the entire credit for bringing the pottery industry to Wheeling. This important industry now forms one of the chief manufacturing interests of this community of factories. While passing through the town of East Liverpool, Ohio, the enterprise and prosperity of the place struck Mr. Wheat so forcibly that he decided to look into the cause of it. As the pottery business was the business of the town almost exclusively, he naturally determined that this was 472 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. the cause, and immediately began to lay his plans for the establishment of a pottery at Wheeling. The Wheeling Pottery company is the immediate result of his foresight and enterprise. This concern was founded in November, 1879, and proved a great success. This experiment having been successful, other companies have been, from time to time, formed for the purpose of manufacturing china, porcelain and other earthenware, until, at the present writing there are four very large potteries in the city of Wheeling, besides numerous other smaller, but growing companies. Mr. Wheat is connected extensively in the West Virginia China company, the Warwick China company and the Wheeling Pottery company. His support has always been given to any enterprise which promised increased prosperity to Wheeling, and we find him prominently identified with the iron business, being a stockholder in the Benwood Iron company, the Belmont Iron works, the Wheeling Iron and Nail company, and the Wheeling Steel plant, he being a director in last two named. In 1858, with others, he established the Citizens' Deposit bank of Wheeling. This institution was merged into the First National bank, of Wheeling, in April, 1864. Mr. Wheat was president of both banks, and now has a $10 bank note in his possession bearing his signature as the president of the First National bank, of Wheeling, dated in 1864. This bill was in circulation until very recently, when it was discovered by a friend and presented to the one whose signature it bears. He was also one of the founders and a large stockholder in three insurance companies, the Wheeling Fire & Marine, the Franklin, and the National Insurance companies. From the early days of the oil business he has been an operator in the different fields, having been one of the capitalists who sunk the well on the National road, near the " S " bridge. He subsequently operated at Smith's Ferry, and is now interested in the Belmont oil field. His marriage to Miss Fannie J. Doane was solemnized June 6, 1855. Their children are: Henry Lawson, Kate Doane, George K., Jr., Albert Allen, Archie Laurance, Frank Renick and Fannie Josephine. Mr. Wheat is recognized as one of the most progressive and successful business men of the upper Ohio valley. His enterprise and ability have been exercised for the good of the entire community as well as for his own interests, and long after his individuality has sunk into that oblivion which comes to all, his many acts of charity and kindness will be remembered with loving tenderness.. The great industry which he has planted will serve as a monument to his ability and as a reminder of his public spirit. Mr. Wheat is an attendant of the Methodist Episcopal church. His greatness is best attested by the great devotion which his multitude of employes bear him. Charles H. Wheeler, a veteran merchant tailor of Wheeling, and one of the valued men of that city, was bcrn at Smithtown, Suffolk county, Long Island, July 26, 1819. He is the son of. Joshua Wheeler, also a native of that county, where the family has always resided since the original settlement in an early day by five brothers who came from England. Charles H. was reared on the farm to his sixteenth OHIO COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA - 473 year, when he began an apprenticeship of four years at the tailor's trade. That being concluded, in 1841, he left his native county and removed to Orange county, N. Y., whence after two years he went to Baltimore. In 1844 he made his home at Cumberland, Md., where he remained about nine years, during the latter part of that period establishing a shop of his own. In 1853, he came to Wheeling, where he has since permanently resided, and in this city he embarked in business as a merchant tailor upon his arrival. He opened in Washington hall, being the first business in 1860 well-known establishment. In 186o he sold out his business and returned to New York state with the intention of remaining there, but after eighteen months' absence returned to Wheeling. In the fall of 1861, he engaged in the manufacture of clothing for various houses, and was so engaged until 1865, when he took the position of foreman for one of the leading tailoring establishments of the city, with which he remained for thirteen years. In July, 1879, he entered the establishment of Thomas Hughes, and remained there until January 1, 1889, when he and his son Charles opened their present rooms in the Reilly block. Both are practical workmen, with thorough knowledge of their art, and in the short time they have conducted their establishment have met with much success. In addition to their general business they carry a full line of suitings. Mr. Wheeler was married June 5, 1849, to Henrietta Lakin, a native of Cumberland, Md., and they have had eleven children, of whom but two survive. One of these, Charles H. Wheeler, Jr., the partner of his father, was born at Wheeling, July 21, 1866. He is a thorough master of his trade, which he has learned in all its details. Joseph Wheeler, an active business man of Wheeling, engaged in the boot and shoe trade at 2801 Eoff street, was born at Dudley, Staffordshire, England, May 7, 1844. His parents, Jesse and Martha (Simons) Wheeler, were both natives of England. The father died when the subject of this sketch wa1850ite young, and about the year 185o the mother and her children came to the United States, and made their home at Wheeling. Here the mother died in 1859. Mr. Wheeler was reared and educated at Wheeling, completing his studies in the Duff commercial college, Pittsburg, Penn. At the age of fifteen years he found employment in a nail mill and learning the trade of a nailer, followed that in different mills, beginning as a nail feeder and rising to the position of nailer and factory manager. About 1879, he removed to Chattanooga, and managed a mill there. Then he was engaged at his trade in Wheeling until the spring of i889, when he opened the establishment above mentioned, which he is operating successfully. In war times he did honorable service to the country, as a member of Carlin's battery, or Battery D, First West Virginia light artillery. He is now one of the leading citizens of the Sixth ward, and fraternally is connected with Nelson lodge, No. 3o, F. & A. M., Wheeling Union chapter, No. I, Wheeling commandery, No.I.O.O.. T., Wheeling lodge, No. 9, I.O.O.F., Alpha lodge, No. 424, K. of H., and Welcome lodge, No. 6, A. O. U. W. In 1870, Mr. Wheeler was married to Jennie McNaughton, daughter of Steenrod 474 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. McNaughton, and granddaughter of one of the pioneers of the city, Neil McNaughton, Esq. In close connection with the local history of the Catholic church and its associate institutions, is that of Rt. Rev. R. V. Whelan, D. D., who, in 1846, though still bishop of the diocese of Richmond, which comprised the whole state of Virginia, came to reside for a while in Wheeling, and performed the pastoral duties almost unaided. In 1850 the diocese of Wheeling was established and the bishop of Richmond was translated to the new See of Wheeling. Until 1847, the little church which had been erected about 1822, was sufficient to accommodate the congregation, but at that time Bishop Whelan resolved to have a more capacious and grander edifice, one that would answer for many years to come. Accordingly the corner stone of the present cathedral was laid in 1847. Rev. Whelan himself designed it, and in person superintended the construction. In less than ten years he found it necessary to erect another church to accomodate the increasing members, and the separate church for the Germans was dedicated in 1858. In 1872, he erected a third church, that of the Immaculate Conception in the Eighth ward. Immediately after his arrival in Wheeling, in 1846, Bishop Whelan manifested a noteworthy zeal in the important matter of education. He was not content with establishing what are known as parish schools, but at once organized the Wheeling Female academy, and called to his assistance those famed educators, the Sisters of the Visitation, B. V. M. So exalted was his idea of education, that he, moreover, secured among them a teaching corps that has, ever since, gained for the Sisters' academy the very highest reputation. The academy continued in Wheeling until 1865, when it was removed to a point two miles east of the city, and was then called Mount De Chantel. No sooner had the Wheeling Female acadeniy been removed to the country than the ever vigilant Bishop Whelan put St Joseph's academy in operation on the site of the old one. In 1850 he purchased an admirable property for the Wheeling hospital, on its present site, and greatly enlarged the building. He soon discovered another- claim of charity. A home for orphans challenged his attention, and soon the act incorporating the Wheeling hospital was amended so as to read, "The Hospital and Orphan Asylum." The beautiful Mount Calvary cemetery was also one of the bishop's undertakings. It was laid out by the bishop himself. After an episcopate of thirty-three years, Rt. Rev. Richard Vincent Whelan, D. D., died in the city of Baltimore, his birthplace, on the 7th of July, 1874. As a prelate his record is as bright and glorious as that of any bishop of his church from the days of the Most Rev. John Carroll, first bishop of the states, to his own day. He was a man of indomitable will, of wonderful courage and of a power of endurance that knew no bounds. As a churchman his life was so grand, so heroic, that it may be termed apostolic. His remains repose in Mount Calvary cemetery, beneath the altar of a beautiful chapel which the love and reverence and gratitude of the people erected to his saintly memory.