650 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. ton county Penn., August 10, 1810, and died July 9, 1878. His early education was limited to the common schools, and he followed the vocation of farming all his life. He was married to Sarah J., daughter of Thomas and Jane Finley, December 8, 1838. She was born June 20, 1820, in Washington county, Penn. The issue of this marriage was nine children, two of whom are deceased, Sarah M. and Samuel R. Those living are: Thomas R., Robert, David, John, Margaret J. (Edie) , Mary V. (Fowler) , and James C. Our subject had a fair opportunity of gaining an education, attending the common schools until twenty-two years of age. After leaving school he began the occupation of farming and has been engaged in that vocation ever since with admirable success. Mr. Cunningham is unmarried. He is a member of the Presbyterian church. He is a staunch democrat in politics and much respected by all. Hon. John R. Donehoo, a prominent attorney of Fairview, was born at Cross Creek, Washington county, Penn., September 1, .1834. His father, James Donehoo, was born in county Armagh, Ireland, in 1800, and was brought to this country by his parents, Daniel and Nancy (McCune) Donehoo, while an infant. These parents settled in Allegheny county, Penn., and the father was engaged in farming until his death at the home of his son, James, about 185o. James Donehoo became a tailor by trade, and being an intelligent and influential man, was made a justice of the peace, which office he held for more than forty years, and was at the time of his death, in 1873, one of the oldest justices of the state. He was a county commissioner and member of the state legislature. He married Eliza Ramsey, born in Washington county in 1809, daughter of John and Martha (Shields) Ramsey, natives of Chambersburgh, Penn. She is still living. John R. Donehoo, after finishing his preliminary education at the Cross Creek academy, read law with C. W. Russell, of Wheeling, and was admitted to the bar in 1857. After practicing in this county a short time he went to Wheeling, and followed his profession there several years. Going then to Washington, Penn., he remained there about four years, during the most of that time editing the Washington Examiner, in addition to his. practice. He then published a campaign paper at Steubenville for three months, and subsequently removed to Fairview, where he practiced law for eighteen months. His next residence was in Fulton county, Penn., where he edited the Fulton Democrat for four years. During that period he also served one term as district attorney, and was re-elected, but resigned. While in Fulton county, he was a delegate to the New York democratic national convention which nominated Seymour and Blair. Mr. Donehoo next purchased the Indiana (Penn.) Democrat, which he edited for some eighteen months, and thence went to Morgantown, W. Va., where he edited the Constitution for about two years. In March, 1874, he removed to Fairview, where he has since resided, devoting his entire attention to the practice of law, with the exception of some time given to official duties. In 1874 he was appointed district attorney for Hancock county, and served two years. In 1880 THE PAN-HANDLE - 651 he was elected state senator for the counties of Hancock, Brooke and Ohio, and served four years, with credit to himself and constituency. Mr. Donehoo expects during the next year to make his residence at New Cumberland. In 1860 he was married to Eleanor McCown, born in Fairview (then Virginia) , daughter of John C. and Eliza (Sproule) McCown. Her father, a native of Washington county, Penn., died in 1877; the mother was born in Ireland, and died in 1856. Mr. Donehoo and wife have four children: James D., a minister of the Episcopal church; Eleonora, Jessie, attending Washington Female college, and Christine. Mr. Donehoo is at present a member of the board of regents of the State Deaf and Blind schools at Romney. Basil J. Dornan, an enterprising and popular citizen of Hancock county, is a native of Washington county, Penn. He was born in July, 1847, the son of Emanuel Dornan, who was born near Florence, Penn., about 1807. His occupation was farming and carpentry. He was married to Catherine Swearingen, born in Beaver county, Penn., about 181o, daughter of Basil and Sarah Swearingen. The father died at New Cumberland in 1876. When Basil was about six years old he accompanied his parents to this county, where he attended the common schools. He completed his education at Wellsville, Ohio, where he studied two or three years, and at the Iron City commercial college, at Pittsburgh. He has been engaged mainly in farming, though he has also worked somewhat at carpentry, and has filled official positions. Two years ago he embarked in dairying in connection with farming, and as a dairy man enjoys a custom that is a just reward of his enterprise. He is a member of the Disciples church, and in politics was republican, but is now a member of the union labor party. He has served four years as deputy sheriff of the county. He is a member of Stella lodge, No. 47, I. O. O. F., and of the Knights of Labor, and the Junior Order of American Mechanics. Mr. Dornan was married October 16, 1866, to Alzira Gibson, a native of Beaver county, and daughter of Joseph and Nancy (Cunningham) Gibson, both deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Dornan have eight children: Elmer, Nannie, Mary, William G., Dora, Ola, Charles, and Archie. Hiram G. Filson, proprietor of the tinning establishment at New Cumberland, is a son of Robert Filson, an old resident of Ohio, in which state he is still living, engaged as a carpenter. Hiram G. was born in Mount Union, Stark county, Ohio, October I, 1847, and worked upon a farm in his youth. He attended school during the winters until the death of his mother, which occurred when he was twelve years of age. At seventeen he began work as a tinner with Peter McKinlay, of Steuben county, Ind., and after learning the trade he set up a shop at Mendon, Mich. Three years later he removed to Alliance, Ohio, and after working there several years came to New Cumberland, where he has the only tinshop and is doing a large business. He is making extensive arrangements for the manufacture and sale of a patent flour bin, which is meeting with a large demand. He has also patented an adjustable eave trough box and a can machine. Mr. Filson is a valued citizen, a member of the 652 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. Odd Fellows and Masonic orders, and is a republican. In 1873 Mr. Filson was married to Matilda, daughter of James Brown, an early settler of the county, and a minister of the Methodist Protestant church, of which his daughter is a faithful member. Mr. and Mrs. Filson have two children, Jamesetta and Carl G. Frank M. Graham, proprietor of the planing-mill at New Cumberland, is a native of Pittsburgh, Penn, born November 22, 1853. His father, John Graham, was born in Ireland, and at the age of nine years, came to America, settling in Philadelphia, where he followed the trade of blacksmith until 1837. He then removed to Pittsburgh, and was engaged at his trade until his death, which occurred July 3, 1879. He was married in 1830, to Mary Graham, who was born in Germantown, Penn., in 1808. They were the parents of ten children: Thomas, Evesann, William, James (deceased), Paul (deceased), Mary, John M., Albert, Samuel B., and Frank M. The latter, the youngest child, was educated in the Pittsburgh schools, attending Newell's institute for two years. After leaving school he entered the office of John A. Woods & Son, coal dealers of Pittsburgh, and remained with them five years, and subsequently he was book-keeper for A. Cook & Sons for five years. He then came to New Cumberland, and entered the employment of the West Virginia Fire-brick company, as book-keeper and traveling salesman. He remained with this company for more than three years, and then returned to Pitts burgh, where he engaged in the saw-mill and lumber business for two years. Returning to New Cumberland he became the proprietor of the only planing-mill in the town, and is doing a flourishing business, carrying a stock of the value of $7,000 to $8,000, and disposing of large quantities of building material on account of the rapid growth of the town. In September, 188o, he was married to Lizzie M. Cavett, who died in December, 1886, leaving two children: Jessie, born July 31, 1882, and Effie W., born December 1, 1885. On June 14, 1888, he was married to Lottie M., daughter of Richard Pitchford, of Pittsburgh and they have one child: Earl Francis, born June 27, 1889. Mr. Graham and wife are members of the. Methodist Episcopal church, and he is both an Odd Fellow and Mason, and belongs to the A. O. U. W., and both branches of the American Mechanics. David C. Glass, a prominent farmer of Hancock county, W. Va., was born in Washington county, Penn., November 19, 1846. He is the son of Moses and Rebecca (Cummings) Glass, of Washington county, Penn., where the father was engaged in agriculture until his death, which occurred March 24, 1868. The mother died ten years later. Moses Glass was a son of John Glass, who was born in Ireland, in about 1752, and his wife, Mary, who was born in 1759. The grandfather died in Washington county in 1829, and his wife in 1823. David C. Glass was raised as a farmer, and was so engaged in Pennsylvania until 1869, when he removed to Guernsey county, Ohio, and there followed agricultural pursuits until 1873, when he came to Hancock county. He lived fourteen years one mile east of his present residence, which he has occupied THE PAN-HANDLE - 653 for four years. He owns here 214 acres of valuable land, 160 of which is cleared, and is about two miles from oil wells, and he probably can develop paying wells on his own land. A good vein of coal, worked by two mines, underlies his land. Mr. Glass was married March 27, 1870, to Frances Jordan, who was born in Morgan county, Ohio, March 25, 1853, the daughter of Lewis and Nancy Jane (Boyd) Jordan, both of whom are still living at Cumberland, Guernsey county, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Glass have had ten children: Eva, Ina, Nettie, Nannie, Fletcher, Clark, Neddie, born May 23, 1884, died September 10, 1884; Oliver, Ethel F., born May 6, 1887, died October 11, 1887, and Edith A., born July 11, 1889. Mr. and Mrs. Glass are members of the Presbyterian church. William Herron, a prosperous farmer and owner of land in the oil district of Hancock county, is a son of Robert Herron, and Elizabeth McCorkle, who were married March 13, 1817, and came to this county soon afterward. Both were natives of Washington county, Penn., the father being born January 15, 1793, and the mother September 14, 1794. Seven children were born to them. In this county Robert Herron followed the business of farming and blacksmithing until his death which occurred April 22, 1877, his wife having preceded him July 24, 1876. William Herron came in 1848 to the farm he now occupies, which was then almost entirely wooded, and he now has about ninety acres cleared. There is one oil well on the farm which produces seven barrels per day, and has yielded as much as twenty-two barrels. Two other wells are nearly completed. He and his family are members of the Methodist Protestant church, and are highly esteemed by all. In 1848 he was married to Elizabeth A. Campbell, who was born near the site of New Cumberland, February, 1826, the daughter of Maj. James Campbell, one of the early settlers. To them have been born twelve children: William W., July 12, 1849; Sarah H., October 23, 1850, died May 30, 1884; Isabel, April 27, 1852; Elizabeth A., August 5, 1853; Wesley, April 22, 1855; Buchanan, March 5, 1857; Homer, July 21, 1858, died October 8, 1865; Armina, August 19, 1861, died December 5, 1885; Clement V.. June 22, 1865; Nora Lee and Cora Dean, January 15, 1869, William W. Herron, the oldest son of the above, was married December 29, 1871, to Joanna, daughter of Philip Ward, born in this county March 11, 1851. They have three children, Phillip W., William M., and Emory Lee. He is one of the prosperous young farmers, and has a fine farm of 100 acres upon which he has resided since about 1879. His land being in the oil region, he has leased it to an oil company for a rental of $4,000. He and his wife are worthy and popular people and are members of the Presbyterian church. Rev. W. E. Hill, minister of the Presbyterian church at Fairview, Hancock county, was born at East Liverpool, Ohio, June 2, 1842. He is the son of Sanford C. and Sarah (Leech) Hill, the former a native of this country. His mother was of Quaker extraction. His father was a devout Christian and at an early age united with the church of which his son is now the pastor. He has a national reputa- 654 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. tion as an astronomical calculator, and author of almanacs. The latter was a son of Roger Hill, who was one of the original members of the same church spoken of, and one of its first ruling editors, chosen some time in the latter part of the eighteenth century. The subject of this sketch became connected with the Presbyterian church early in life, and soon after began his preparation for the ministry. He prepared for college at the Wellsville academy, under the instruction of Rev. W. W. Laverty, and after his graduation from Jefferson college he took a course in the Western Theological seminary. He entered the ministry in 1868, and has since held pastoral charges as follows: Gettysburg and Fletcher, Ohio, 1869-70; Gettysburg, 1870-72; Wapakoneta, Ohio, 1872-76; Ottawa, Ohio, 1876-79; and at Fairview from the latter date to the present time. The church of which he has been the pastor for the last ten years, is one of the oldest and numerically one of the strongest in the Presbytery of Washington. In this, as in previous charges, he has been an untiring and zealous laborer in the sacred cause, and his efforts have not been without abundant fruits. Mr. Hill has also devoted much time to investigations in the domain of natural history, studying and cataloging the avi-fauna and flora of the Pan-handle of West Virginia, and has published numerous papers and catalogues in scientific journals. He has traveled across the continent and made investments at Tacoma, Wash., where he expects in the near future, to make his home. September 27, 187o, Mr. Hill was married to Nannie Horner, of Gettysburg, Ohio, and they have two sons and four daughters. Robert Herron was a well-known and prosperous farmer of Hancock county, was engaged in agriculture all his life, and with the exception of two years spent on an adjoining farm, always lived at the home where he owned nearly 200 acres of valuable land. Oil has been found in paying quantities less than three miles distant, and coal of a superior quality underlies his land, to which two mines already penetrate. Mr. Herron was born in 1833, the son of Robert and Elizabeth (McCorkle) Herron. On January 23, 1861, he was married to Ruth A. Baxter, who was born in Brooke county, September 4, 1836. She is the daughter of Samuel and Rachel Baxter, who were the parents of fourteen children, as follows: Absalom, Ruth A., Hannah B., George L., Rachel A., Mary Elizabeth, Sarah Maigare t, Samuel H., Catherine A.; Oric, who died in infancy; Damaris, Edmund Chase, Ella Virginia, and William, who died at three years. Mrs. Baxter died February 21, 1876, but the father is still living, at the age of eighty-two years. Mr. and Mrs. Herron were the parents of three children: Ernest, who died July 6, 1888, aged twenty-six years, three months and four days; June E., Samuel B., and Ida May. A part of the family are members of the Methodist Protestant church. In politics Mr. Herron was a democrat, but devoted himself to business rather than to party matters. He died November 3, 1889. Adolphus P. Howard, one of the leading fruit growers of Grant district, W. Va., was born February 26, 1844, in Wellsville, Ohio. His father's name was John F. Howard, born in Westfield, N. Y., May 4, THE PAN-HANDLE - 655 1815, where he received his early education. In early manhood he came to Pittsburgh, Penn., where he remained for a short time, when he came to Wellsville, Ohio, and engaged with D. &. D. McDonald, as a clerk in their wholesale and retail grocery house, with which he was connected during the time he remained in Wellsville. He was married to Nancy Dissellem, daughter of John and Lucy Dissellem, February 1, 1843. She was born December 19, 1817. In 1845 they removed to Louisville, Ky. They were the parents of three children, two of whom are deceased. In 1848 Mrs. Howard and children made a visit to her former home at Port Homer, where she and two of the children took sick and died. Mr. Howard, father of our subject, remained in Louisville until his death, January, 1863. Mr. Howard was an excellent business man and an active member of the Presbyterian church. Our subject's grandparents were the parents of four children, all deceased. Our subject removed to Louisville, Ky., with his parents when one year of age. He was with his mother at Port Homer, Ohio, at the time of her death, and was left with his uncle who raised him.. He had a good opportunity of gaining an education, attending the common school until about fourteen years of age, when he attended the high school for two years, and then became a student of Washington and Jefferson college, where he remained for one year. He was married first to Anna C., daughter of Robert and Honor Hewitt, August 24, 1865. She was born November 28, 1848. Mr. and Mrs. Howard were the parents of four children: Perle L., Carlton C., Homer H. and J. Frank W. Mr. Howard was married the second time to Mary E. daughter of Robert and Honor Hewitt, June 5, 1883. She was born E., 29, 1846. He and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Howard enlisted as a soldier in the civil war, at Pittsburgh, August 15, 1862, in Company I, Fifteenth Pennsylvania cavalry, under Capt. William W. DeWitt. He was engaged in the following battles: Antietam, Stone River and Chickamauga. He was mustered out at Rossville, Ga., April 6, 1864, by reason of special order from the war department. He is a republican in politics, and is a member of the G. A. R., Henry Cope post 237, Wellsville, Ohio. Mr. Howard is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church, having held the position of Sabbath school superintendent for a number of years. He takes great interest in the advancement of church work. He owns a beautiful site on the bank of the Ohio river opposite Wellsville, Ohio. He and family are much respected by all who have learned to know them. William J. Huff, a prominent young attorney of New Cumberland, who holds the position of prosecuting attorney for Hancock county, is a native of Fairview. He was born January 20, 1857, the son of William and Elizabeth (Jackson) Huff. His early life was spent upon his father's farm, working in the summer and attending the country school in the winter seasons, until he was about seventeen years old, when he entered Mount Union college, Stark county, Ohio. There he was a student for three years, completing the commercial and philosophical courses. After leaving school he became a teacher in 656 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. Hancock county, where he has followed that profession with credit for ten years, and held the principalship of the New Cumberland schools during the term of 1888-9. While teaching he also read law with Hon. John R. Donehoo, of Fairview. He was licensed as an attorney in the fall of 1879, and for some time afterward his time was devoted both to the law and teaching. The latter, however, he has now wired from, and he is giving his whole attention to the practice of law. In his preparation for this profession he took a course of study in the Cincinnati law school. Mr. Huff is popular and highly esteemed throughout the county, as was evidenced when in 1878 he became a candidate for the office of clerk of the circuit court. Although his party was in a minority on the general ticket of about Zoo votes, he lacked election by but seventy-one votes. In 1880 he became a candidate for the office of prosecuting attorney, and was defeated by eighty votes. In 1883 he was elected county superintendent of schools, an office he held for eighteen months, when he resigned it to enter upon the duties of prosecuting attorney, as which he was elected in the fall of 1884. He served four years, and in 1888 was reelected, and is now filling the office to the satisfaction of the public. The wife of Mr. Huff is Antha, daughter of John R. and Louisa (Scott) Finley, residents of Grant districts. Mr. and Mrs. Huff have three children: William Herbert, John Brooks and Frank Clare. Mrs. Huff is a member of the Presbyterian church, and he of the Methodist Episcopal. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias. William M. Lee, a prominent farmer of Hancock county, was born in Washington county, Penn., December 3, 1827. He is the son of James Lee, who was born in Washington county, Penn., in January, 1794, and was brought by his father, William Lee, to Brooke county, when one year of age. William Lee was a native of Ireland, and came with his father, Hugh Lee, to America about 1787-8. The father of the subject of this mention spent his early life in Brooke county, and then went to Washington county, Penn., where he married Margaret, daughter of Samuel McMillan, in 1818. James Lee spent his life in that county, working on a farm until his death, in June, 1867. William M. spent his early years in Washington county, and acquired a good common school education and a thorough acquaintance with agriculture. When twenty-two years of age he rented his father's farm, which he managed for fourteen years. He then removed to another farm in the same county, where he remained four years. In August, 1868, he removed to the farm in Hancock county, where he still resides. Here he owns about 202 acres of good land, the greater portion of which is in cultivation. In December, 185o, he was married to Caroline Patterson, who was born in Washington county, Penn., in August, 1829. She is the daughter of Hon. William Patterson, who had represented that county in the legislature for a number of years. His father, Gen. Thomas Patterson, represented Washington county in congress for eight years. Mrs. Lee's mother was a daughter of Aaron Lyle, who also resided in Washington county, and represented that district in congress for a number of THE PAN-HANDLE - 657 years. Mr. and Mrs. Lee have had seven children: Margaret F., Albert G., James M.; William P., died August 14, 1885, aged twenty-five years; Venie J., Mary A. and Caroline V. James M., graduated at the University of West Virginia, and is now superintendent of schools at Huntington, W. Va.; Albert, formerly a teacher, is now a merchant at Burgettstown, Penn. Mr. Lee is an elder of the Presbyterian church, as were his father and grandfather, and his family are also members. He has held the office of justice of the peace for eighteen years in succession. John Linduff, one of the industrious farmers of the county of Hancock, whose labors in the development of the country have been rewarded in the somewhat unexpected way of a discovery of the oil producing wealth of the land, was born in Brooke county, September 5, 1841. He is the son of Isaac Linduff, who was born in New Jersey, April 1, 1800, and came to Steubenville when six years of age. After a few years' residence there, he lived for a considerable period at the Mingo Bottom, and then settled in Brooke county. He is now about ninety years of age. John Linduff came to this county when less than four years of age, and has resided ever since on the farm he now occupies. He and his father together own 15o acres in the heart of the oil region, and there is a good well on his father's farm and one just beginning to produce on his own farm. Mr. Linduff was married September 5, 1867, to Sophia Moore, who was born in Hancock county February 2, 1851, the daughter of Henry Moore. The latter is a native of this county, of which his father, Robert, was one of the pioneers. Henry Moore, who is now a resident of Beaver county, Penn., has been a teacher most of his life, but is now engaged in merchandise. Mr. and Mrs. Linduff are the parents of six children, four of whom are still living: Anna Mary, Elizabeth Alice, Agnes Lydia and Frances Mercella. Two sons died in infancy. Mr. Linduff and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a valued citizen, and has served on the school board for three years. He has devoted his life to constant industry, but now, with a bonus of $150 per acre for the use of his land for the oil business, and a royalty of one-eighth of the product, he is prepared to take the world more easily. Robert E. Lindsay, ex-sheriff of Hancock county, was born November 7, 1850, at Phillipsburgh, Beaver Co., Penn. His father, William L. Lindsay, a native of Lancaster, Penn., and son of Michael Lindsay, a native of county Tyrone, Ireland, was a well-known school teacher, and also prominent as justice of the peace and notary public. He married Nancy Baker, who still survives. The father died in j uly, 1852. Robert E., at the age of ten years, came to New Cumberland, where he attended school until twenty years old, taking a course of one year at the college at Mt. Union, Ohio. Since then he has been employed as bookkeeper by the Porter Fire-brick company, with the exception of his service to the county. In 1884 he was elected sheriff of Hancock county, on the ticket of the republican party, of which he is a prominent member, and served efficiently from 1885 to 1889. 42—A. 658 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. He is now secretary of the republican executive committee of the county. October 8, 1874, he was married to Sarah, daughter of James and Jane Patterson, the former of whom was born in county Antrim, Ireland. Both were residents of, and died at, New Cumberland, the mother in April, 1879, and the father in 1882. Mr. Lindsay and wife have five children: James H., Ethel, Nina, Olivia, and William. L. Parents and family are members of the Presbyterian church, of which Mr. Lindsay has been an official member for several years. The widow of William Lindsay was married in 186o to William Teesdale, a prominent merchant of New Cumberland, who was born at Philadelphia in 1820. When eight years old he went with his step-father, Henry Bell, and his mother, to Pittsburgh, and then to Beaver, where the step-father took charge of a manufacturing establishment. From 1834 to 1837 they lived at Steubenville, where he learned the shoe maker's trade. This he afterward followed at/Holliday's Cove in 1837-8, and afterward at Paris, Penn., and King's Creek. He was then otherwise employed until 1852, when he came to New Cumberland, then known as " Black Horse Landing," and after service as a moulder in the brick yard, went upon the river and was engaged for about seventeen years by Porter & Co., in delivering brick. Since then he has been engaged in merchandise. His first marriage was in November, 1839, to Hannah Still, who died in 1858. Two children were born to them, both now deceased. By his present marriage he has two children: Anna M. and William J. Porter C. McLane, M. D., prominent in the profession of medicine in Hancock county, is a son of Dr. John McLane, who was born in Allegheny county, Penn., in 1772. The lattter was educated at the Cannonsburgh academy, and was one of the founders of the Philo literary society, in 1797. Experiencing a call to the ministry, he was licensed by the Presbytery of Ohio, August 28, 1799, and in the following year he received calls from Presbyterian churches at Upper Buffalo, Bull Creek, Middlesex, and Montours, the latter of which he accepted. He was ordained and installed as pastor August 27, .1800, and remained with that charge until December, ,8o8. When war was declared in 1812, he went into the service as surgeon, having studied that profession during his course at Cannonsburgh, and after the close of the war he settled at Florence, Penn., and devoted himself to the practice of medicine. In a few years he removed to Fairview, W. Va., and thence a few years later to Wellsville, Ohio, where he died in July, 1827. He was twice married, and by the first union had three sons and two daughters, of whom one son survives, at the age of seventy-one years. The second marriage was to Celia Cullen, and three children by her survive, two daughters, one living in Missouri, the other in Iowa, and the oldest son, P. C. McLane, the subject of this mention. He was born at Fairview, August 28, 1823. After his father's death he returned with his mother to Fairview, where she died in 1836. In youth he chose medicine as his profession, and began the study with Dr. Norman K. McKenzie. continuing it with Drs. Patterson and McKenzie. After attending lectures at the THE PAN-HANDLE - 659 Ohio Medical college at Cincinnati, in 1848-9, he began practicing at Fairview, and remained there until 1852, when he removed to California. He was there engaged in his profession until March, 1855, when he came eastward, and after traveling in the western states, settled at Comanche, Iowa,. in 1857. In May, 1862, he entered the service of the government at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., and remained until October, 1865, having charge of the post, hospital for a year or more, and having the care of the sick and wounded after the close of the war. Then, after a year spent with friends in the east, he entered the profession in Hancock county, locating himself at New Cumberland. In 1859 Dr. McLane was married to Miss E. M. Hoyt, of New Haven, Conn., who died in January, 1864. December 14, 1870, he was married to Mary E., daughter of Hon. D. H. Wortley, formerly a member of the Ohio senate, and a resident of Coshocton, Ohio. Four children were born to this union: Bertha E., Celia A.; Helen F., who died in 1878, and Kenneth. The doctor and wife are members of the Presbyterian church, of which he has been an elder many years. The firm of McMahan, Porter & Co. is one of the principal ones in this region interested in the manufacture of fire-brick and sewer pipe. The firm is chartered as an incorporation with a paid up capital of $100,000. The works produce in addition to the main product named, terra-cotta articles of all kinds, drain tile, etc. Hugh McMahan, senior member of this firm, was born in Westmoreland county, Penn., October 3, 1845. He is a son of Robert McMahan, who was born in Ireland in 1811, and was brought by his parents to America in 1816. He owns and tills a. farm in Allegheny county, Penn. His wife, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1811, died there in 1886. Hugh McMahan worked upon the farm with his father until about twenty-two years old, in the meantime, after graduating at Monongahela City Normal school, teaching school for several winters. He next engaged with a lumber and boat-building firm on the Monongahela river as bookkeeper for two years, and afterward was employed by R. C. Schmertz & Co., of Belle Vernon, in the same capacity for a short time. Then he purchased an interest in the firm of Smith, Porter & Co., now known as McMahan, Porter & Co., and came to New Cumberland in January, 1874 and took charge of the works. In 1875 .Mr. McMahan was married to Roxie, daughter of Capt. William Stewart and they have two children, Bessie and Robert Emmet. Mrs. McMahan is a member of the Presbyterian church. Capt. William Stewart, one of the best known river men of the upper Ohio, is a grandson of Daniel Stewart, who came to America from his native county of Derry, Ireland, seven years before the Revolutionary war, through which he served. He died in 1830, aged ninety-three years. His son, William Stewart, born in Washington county, Penn., about 1796, married Mary Neil, by whom he had the following children: John, James, William, Daniel, Sarah, Andrew. and Hiram R., of whom James, a physician at Steubenville, Andrew J., Sarah and William survive. The family removed in 1837 to Hancock county, where the father died in 1884. William was born April 1, 660 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. 1828, in the same house in which his father was born. At fifteen years of age he began an engagement of four years at fire-brick making, and after that went upon the river. ,He was first flat-boat pilot, then steamboat pilot, and is now making trips from Pittsburgh to Louisville. On August 28, 1851, he was married to Mary A., daughter of Philip and Mary Monsey, of French descent. She was born in Lancaster county, Penn. The captain and wife have the following children: Andrew C., Sarah R.; Frank W., clerk of the court; Hiram C., Mary P., Jessie V., Anna R. and James. The captain's home is at New Cumberland, where his wife conducts a popular hotel. Oliver S. Marshall, clerk of the Hancock county court, is a native of the county, a son of James G. Marshall, still a resident and a prominent citizen of the county. The latter is the son of John Marshall, who was a son of Aaron Marshall, one of the very earliest settlers of Hancock county, coming from Virginia to Washington county, Penn., in 1760, and to this country in 1780. James G. Marshall was born near Fairview in 1827. He has spent most of his life in the practice of the law, and has also filled various important official positions, such as district attorney for the county, commissioner of revenue, etc. He married Lavina, daughter of John and Elizabeth Miller, of this county. Oliver S. Marshall was born September 24, 185o. He received his education in the common schools and at the State Normal school at West Liberty, and Bethany college, at which institution he was graduated. Afterward he taught school for seven or eight years, during that period being principal of the New Cumberland schools for five years. In the fall of 1884 he was elected to the office of county clerk, to assume the duties of which office he resigned the principalship of the school January 1, 1885. He is discharging the duties of this position with much efficiency and satisfaction to the public. His term will expire January I, 1891. He is a republican in politics and influential in the party. He is a member of the Disciples church and of the local lodges of the I. 0. 0. F. and Knights of Pythias. In September, 188o, Mr. Marshall was married, to Lizzie, daughter of Campbell Tarr, a prominent citizen of West Virginia, and the first treasurer of the state. Mrs. Marshall is a native of Brooke county. She died January 22, 1887, leaving two children, John and Olive. One of the finest farms of Hancock county is that of James N. Mayhew, of Clay district, which comprises about 230 acres of fertile land, well improved, having a variety of all kinds of fruit, and provided with good buildings. Oil is found in paying quantities but a few miles away, and underlying the farm is a good vein of coal, of superior quality, three to eight feet in thickness. Mr. Mayhew was born in Washington county, Penn., December 31, 1827, and is the son of John and Elizabeth (Jackson) Mayhew. The father was born in Northumberland county, Penn., November 8, 1798, and the mother October 10, 1800, in Washington county, Penn. The grandfather Mayhew came from Northumberland county to Washington county in 1813, and in 1844 to Parkersburgh, W. Va., where he died in 1846. His wife survived until early in the fifties. Her father, Jackson, THE PAN-HANDLE - 661 lived in Washington county, where he engaged in farming until his death in 1852. John Mayhew spent his early life in Washington county, and came to Hancock county in 1836, where he followed farming and teaming until his death, in April, 1881. His wife died in November, 1875. _lames N. Mayhew came to this county with his father and received- his education in the Fairview schools. He remained with his father, assisting him in farming until 1852, when he removed to the place he now occupies. In the same year he was married to Mary Jane, daughter of Thomas Crawford, who was born. in Columbiana county, Ohio, in April, 1831. They have thirteen children, all living, as follows: Thomas C., John H., David E. William L., Nancy J.; Charles C. and James L., twins; George C., Ella E., Elizabeth J., Frank F., Ira and Noah G. Parents and family are members of the Methodist Protestant church. Mr. Mayhew has served the community efficiently as trustee and president of the school board for more than twenty-five years. For thirty years he has been a Mason. In the spring of 1878 Jennie Mayhew, daughter of the above named, was married to Wesley Herron. She was born in this county in 1860. Mr. Herron, a prominent young farmer, was born in Hancock county in 1855, a son of William Herron. He has a valuable farm of ninety acres in the oil field, half of which is leased to an oil company. Mr. Herron is a member of the Disciples church, and is highly esteemed by his neighbors. He and wife have six children: John E., Charles C., Celia M., Vernia B., Eula B. and Hattie. John S. Owings, a highly respected citizen of Butler district, was born in 1830 in Brooke county. He is the son of Ephraim Owings, who was born in Brooke county about 1811, and has since early manhood been engaged in farming. He was married in 1826 to Blanche Swearingen, daughter of John and Frances Swearingen, residents of Brooke county, and they had thirteen children, eight of whom are living. The father died July 12, 1884, but the mother is living, at the advanced age of eighty-four years. The grandfather of the subject of this notice was Asa Owings, who came from Baltimore, Md., to Brooke county about 1790, and settled opposite where the city of Steubenville now stands. He assisted in the building of the first house in that place. His death occurred about 1823. John S. Owings began farming in Brooke county and is still engaged in that occupation. On May 12, 1857, he was married to Mary E. Roberts, daughter of Samuel Roberts, a native of Brooke county, and to this union two children have been born, George and William E. He and wife are members of the Disciples church. Having been a life-long resident of the county, and taken an active part in public affairs, he is influential and widely known. In politics he has warmly espoused the cause of the democratic party. Mr. Owings has held the office of school trustee for ten years. John Porter, one of the most substantial and energetic business men of New Cumberland, W. Va., was born at Martin's Ferry, Ohio, August 7, 1838. His father, Moses Porter, was born in Ireland, and came to America when about fifteen years of age. He resided in 662 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. Wheeling, W. Va., and at different places in Pennsylvania, and followed the business of manufacturing brick. In about 1836, he came to Hancock county, W. Va., and began the manufacture of fire-brick, which he continued until his death, in March, 1845. Mr. Porter's mother is still living, at New Cumberland. After. the death of his father Mr. Porter made his home with his uncle, James Porter. He received his education in the common schools of Hancock county, and obtained the greater part of his instruction in the old time log school houses. He was married in 1869 to Carrie A. Mahan, who was born in this county, the daughter of John L. and Barbara (Brenneman) Mahan, the former of whom was born in Baltimore, Md., September 17, 1814, and came to this county about the year 1830, and has since been one of the prominent citizens, and is a farmer by occupation. Mrs. Porter's mother is a granddaughter of Jacob Nessley, one of the earliest settlers of this section. Mr. and Mrs. Porter are the parents of six children, of whom Lea Virginia, Frederick G., James B. and Jacob Nessley are living, and John C. and William K. are dead. He and family are member of the Presbyterian church. Politically Mr. Porter is an ardent republican, but his extensive business interests have occupied his attention to such an extent that he has had but little time to devote to politics. Although Mr. Porter was left when young to make his own way in the world, he is now one of the leading manufacturers of the upper Ohio valley. His first work for himself was keel boating on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, carrying the products of the fire-clay industries of this section to western and southern markets. He soon became interested in the manufacture of fire-brick, and in 1859 became part owner of a fleet of keel boats, and as his business increased, the keel boats were replaced by tow boats, several of which he owned and operated for a number of years. Since 1881 Mr. Porter has devoted his entire attention to manufacturing. He is now sole owner of the /Etna, Eagle and Union Firebrick works of this place, and is largely interested in the Sligo, Clifton and Enterprise Brick works, and the Black Horse Sewer-pipe Terra Cotta works. Besides this he is the principal owner of the Chelsea Iron Stone China and Decorated Ware works, which was recently constructed, and cost more than $r00,000. One year ago where this magnificent building now stands was a weed patch, and the rapidity with which this gigantic enterprise was completed and put in operation, illustrates the energy with which Mr. Porter goes into any enterprise. The entire building is constructed of fire-brick, over 1,500,000 having been used. For the foundation 2,200 perches of stone were required. The lower walls are eighteen inches and the upper walls thirteen inches thick. Eight kilns sixteen and one-half feet in diameter and fifty feet high are completed. The power is furnished by a 130-horse power Corliss engine. The building contains eighteen different departments, in each of which different parts of the work is done. It covers a full acre of ground, contains 620 windows, and the ventilation is as nearly perfect as possible. Although the works have been in operation but a short time, they are turning out ware of a superior THE PAN-HANDLE - 663 quality, and everything indicates a prosperous future for the Chelsea China company. Most men who succeed as well in business as Mr. Porter has done are somewhat too conscious of the fact, but he is as modest and unassuming as he is energetic and successful, and the greater part of the facts in this sketch were obtained from his neighbors and friends. The following from the Hancock County Independent shows the estimation in which he is held by those who know him best, and proves also that he is ever ready to do what he can for the good of his county: " The citizens of New Cumberland and the manfacturers along the river are indebted to John Porter more than any one else for the completion of the railroad to this place. His untiring energy and push have secured to the people the services of a road that would not have been built, to say the least, for some years to come. There were great discouragements in the way, but Mr. Porter, having determined to get the road, never looked back, and the New Cumberland branch is here to-day, a monument to his enterprise, perseverance, and untiring energy. Cumberland has reason to be proud that she has such a man to lead her out of the wilderness." Peter Pugh was born in New Jersey and migrated with his parents to Burgettstown, Penn., in 1785. About the year 1800 they came to what is now known as Fairview, and located on a tract of land containing 400 acres. Peter remained with his father a short time and then removed to Ohio, and he sunk the first salt well on Yellow creek, in which they obtained salt. Whilst there he entered two or three quarters of land, which he soon after disposed of. He was at that time engaged in sinking salt wells. He returned to Fairview about 1810 and settled on his father's farm, where he staid but a few years, then emigrated east and went to sinking salt wells. In 1818 came back to Fairview and located on the old Pugh farm, where he remained about two years and then settled on the farm now owned by his son David, living there until his death, which sad event took place in 1850, at the advanced age of eighty years. His son, David, was born near Fairview, June 6, 1806. He lived and worked with his father on the farm until twenty-five years of age. On December 22, 1831, he married Miss Nancy, daughter of Mr. Jonathan Allison, a prominent citizen of the county. After his marriage he took charge of the old homestead. His family consisted of two boys and two girls, namely: Robert W. Pugh; Lizzie, who married Col. R. H. Brown, present sheriff of Hancock county; Peter A., who married Miss 0. Campbell, of Cross. Creek village, Penn.; Sarah A., who married George A. Spivey, October, 1878. He and wife are members of the Fairview Presbyterian church. Rev. John Scott, D. D., pastor of the Methodist Protestant church at New Cumberland, has been distinguished through life as a minister, author and editor in the interests of his church. He was born in Washington county, Penn., October 27, 1820, a son of John Scott. The latter was born in county Donegal, Ireland, February 9, 1783, and emigrated to America in 1819, settling in Washington county, where he was engaged in farming until his death, December 19, 1833. 664 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. He married Frances Carson, also a native of county Donegal, born May 19,1782. She died August 1, 1875, in her ninety-fourth year. Their son, John Scott, spent his early life on the farm, and at the age of nineteen began to study for the ministry, with private tutors. When twenty-two years old he united with the Pittsburgh conference of the Methodist Protestant church, and has been a member of that conference since September, 1842, attending during that period forty-seven annual conference meetings. Dr. Scott was editor of the Methodist Recorder, the official church organ of his denomination from 1864 to 1870, and from 1879 to 1888, and while in that position up to 1884, was . editor of the Sunday-school publications of the church. He is the author of " Pulpit Echoes, or Brief Miscellaneous Discourses," published in Cincinnati in 1873; " The Land of Sojourn, or Sketches of Patriarchal Life and Times," published at Pittsburgh in 1880. In 1852-3-4 he was editor of the Missionary and Sunday School journal, published in Pittsburgh, and in 1873-4 edited the Home Companion, published at Cincinnati and Pittsburgh. Dr. Scott began his pastoral duties at New Cumberland, where, after forty-seven years of faithful and distinguished service, he he finds himself again. But the circumstances of his residence are very much altered from the time when he had here a circuit of which he made the round once in four weeks. The honorary title of Doctor of Divinity was bestowed upon Mr.' Scott by Washington college in 1860. On July 2, 1846, Dr. Scott was married to Margaret, daughter of William and Sarah Hunter, of Washington, Penn., and to this union four children have been born: William Andrew, a prominent attorney of Springfield, Ohio; Charles A., in real estate business at San Diego, Cal.; James H., a printer, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Albert R., a farmer in Washington county, Penn. L. R. Smith, a prominent business man of New Cumberland, was born April 30, 1832. His father, Thomas Smith, who was born in Pennsylvania in about 1790, was a brick-mason and mill-stone dresser by trade, and became a resident of Cincinnati about 1820, and died there in 1839. His wife, whose maiden name was Martha Smith, survived him but a few years. The subject of this notice came to New Cumberland when about twelve years of age, and after leaving school went to work in a brick yard. This business he followed for eighteen years or more, a portion of that time as one of the owners of the business, and he now holds stock in the fire brick companies of Porter, Anderson & Co., Smith & Porter, and Porter, Miner & Co. After terminating his active connection with the brick manufacture he embarked in merchandise, and is now general manager and part owner of the largest store of New Cumberland. He also finds time to manage his fine farm of 300 acres, of which about 200 acres are under cultivation, and all of which is valuable both on account of the minerals beneath and for the fertility at the surface. On this farm. Mr. Smith was fortunate recently in striking oil, and his well yields seventy-five barrels per day. During the administration of President Cleveland. Mr. Smith discharged the duties of postmaster at New THE PAN-HANDLE - 665 Cumberland very efficiently, and he has also served the public as justice of the peace for fifteen or twenty years. In 1858 he was married to Sarah J., daughter of John W. Morrow, a pioneer of the county, and they have these children: Lee, Mary, Alice and John, who are married, and Blanche. Alice and her husband reside at Wheeling. Mr. Smith and family are members of the Methodist Protestant church. Lee O. Smith, a well-known young business man of New Cumberland, was born in • this county in 1858, a son of L. R. Smith, mention of whom appears in these pages. He received his education in this county, completing it in town, and then found employment, first at. steamboating. This he followed for three years, running from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati. He then turned his attention to merchandise, and became a clerk for Robert Hadgens, at Rush Run, Ohio, where he remained for one year. At the end of that period he took the management of his father's farm for three years, leaving that to again seek mercantile pursuits, and accepted an engagement with H. Childs & Co., Pittsburgh, wholesale dealers in boots and shoes, as traveling salesman. In 1880 he opened a store at West Lafayette, Coshocton Co., Ohio, but after two years' experience sold out, and returned to New Cumberland, where he clerked for one year for Porter & Co. He then became traveling salesman for Speyer Brothers, wholesale dealers in notions and furnishing goods, of Wheeling, and in this position still remains. Mr. Smith is meeting with much success in his occupation, and is just completing a handsome residence on one of the principal streets of New Cumberland. In 1880 he was married to Ida B., daughter of Levi Gardner. She was born in Hancock county in 1858. They have one child, Lewis, born June 10, 1881. Mr. Smith and wife are members of the Methodist Protestant church. In the year 1785 Jacob Nessly and wife built them a home in what is now Hancock county, W. Va. Their family had been in America fifty years or more. Attempts to trace their ancestry have not proved definitely the time the family came to this country, but the best information seems to make it reasonably certain that the progenitors of the American branch of the family emigrated from the Swiss Lorraine district on the borders of France, about the year 1730. Jacob Nessly had been married about the year 1722, to Elizabeth Graff, he being at that time past twenty-one and she past seventeen years of age. She was a descendant of Hans Graff, who fled from the persecutions of the Mennonites in Switzerland, and settled on Graff's run, in West Earl township, Lancaster Co., Penn., in 1717. He was the first settler of the township, and it was named in his honor, Earl being an English equivalent of Graff. The children of Jacob Nessly and wife were nine in number: Barbara, Daniel, who died in infancy, Jacob, Judith, John, Lucy, Elizabeth, Alice and Nancy, who died in. girlhood. The parents died, Mr. Nessly November 3, 1832, and his wife August 6, 1829. Their daughter, Elizabeth, was married in 1805 to Christian Brenneman, of Lancaster county, Penn., and eight children were born to them: Nancy, Jacob, Judith, Eliza, Julia, Richard, 666 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. Barbara and Cyrus. Nancy, one of these was married in January, 1827, to Thomas J. Hewitt, by whom she had nine children: Mary Amanda, William, Elizabeth, Harriet, Julia, Heaton, Addison, Em or, and Cyrus, all of whom are living except Heaton, who died in 1854. Mary Amanda, who was born in 1827, was married in 1850, to George W. Stewart; He was born near Philadelphia, January 19, 1825, and was the son of James Stewart, of Scotch descent, who came to Ohio when his son was five years of age. His mother was Olive Martin, of Quaker parentage, whose grandmother was a relative of Bayard Taylor. Mr. Stewart worked upon the farm until he was twenty-one years of age, when he went to Wellsville and was engaged in the wholesale grocery trade for three years. In 1848 he went into the dry goods business at the mouth of Yellow creek, Ohio, where he remained for several years. In the spring of 1866 he removed to New Cumberland and continued in the dry goods business with much success. He passed away August 9, 1882. He was one of the most enterprising and valued citizens of the county, and his many worthy characteristics will long be remembered. To Mr. and Mrs. Stewart were born seven children: Edgar, who died in 1852; Edmund D., Charles S., George W., Arthur H., William L., and Mary A. In 1885 the descendants of the Nessly family held a centennial celebration of the settlement in Hancock county, and 500 were in attendance. Jefferson J. Tope, one of the best known and most generally esteemed old residents of the county of Hancock, was born at Holliday's Cove, in December, 1818. He was early engaged in farming, to which he has devoted his life, and in 1839 he bought 100 acres of land in the woods which he has cleared. He now has 270 acres of good land, which is developing a source of revenue not dreamed of in early days of settling and clearing. The farm is in the heart of the oil field, and there is already one well on the same, producing fifteen barrels per day. Mr. Tope was married in 1845 to Louisa Langfitt, who ,was born in this county in 1828, the daughter of William Langfitt, one of the old settlers. He was a son of one of those heroic pioneers who struggled with the Indians, when he was a settler in Beaver county, Penn. Mr. and Mrs. Tope have had twelve children: Laodocia Alice, died about 1885; Lucretia Ann, born November, 1849; George Taylor, born 1851, died aged four years; James B., born in 1852; William J., Mary Virginia, John Mc., Della Louisa, Thomas Jefferson, Frank McClellan, Charles Wilders and Ella Cordelia. Mrs. Tope is a member of the Presbyterian, and her husband of the Methodist Protestant, church. He has served as a captain of the militia. In politics he was originally a whig, having voted in 1840 for Gen. W. H. Harrison, but has more recently been a democrat. Thomas J. Tope, son of the above, was born in Hancock county, April 27, 1862. His early years were spent upon the farm. On May 5, 1886, he was married to Florence Anderson, who was born at  Pittsburgh, Penn., in 1862, daughter of John and Lydia Anderson, who are both still living. After his marriage Mr. Tope followed THE PAN-HANDLE - 667 teaming until February, 1889, when he came to New Cumberland, and engaged in the livery business. He has since been conducting one of the principal stables of the town, and is one of the prominent young men. MARSHALL COUNTY. Elijah Adams, one of the worthy and responsible farmers of Loudenville, was one of thirteen children born to John and Elizabeth Adams, both natives of Greene county, Penn., Lucretia, deceased; George W., Sarah; Maria, now dead; Louisa, Frank, James Harvey, John, Henry L., Emma, Amanda, Susan and Elijah, the subject of this sketch, who was born in Greene county, Penn., in 1846. George W. married Mary M. Dunlays; Sarah became the wife of H. P. Adams, James H. married Hannah Coe; John married Josephine Burdette; Henry L. married Cora Randolph, and Emma and Amanda married Stewart Smith, and Charles Ford, respectively; Susan became Mrs. Pestle Foutz. John and Elizabeth Adams were old and highly respected inhabitants of Greene county, where they lived for over sixty years. Seven years ago they went to live with their youngest daughter, in Wirt county, W. Va. Elijah Adams began the battle of life upon the battle-field of his country, by enlisting in Company A, Eighteenth. Pennsylvania volunteer cavalry, on February 28, 1864. He was a brave soldier and fought in the following noted battles with great valor: Battles of Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Winchester, Cedar Creek, Fisher's Hill, was before Richmond, then in the valley, serving under Sheridan. Mr. Adams was in some battle, greater or less, almost every day for four months; was twice wounded quite severely, but, notwithstanding all this, he did not stay away from his regiment one day, from his enlistment to his discharge, which took place on the 28th of November, 1865. Having left the war with a record excelled by few men, Mr. Adams went to farming, and has continued in that occupation ever since. May 24, 1873, he was joined in wedlock to Margaret Lisle, daughter of Andrew and Margaret Jane Lisle, prominent people of Monroe county, Ohio. Mrs. Lisle was a worthy communicant of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. and Mrs. Adam's home has been blessed by the advent of eight children, they are: Sarah B., George W., Thaddeus S., Mary E. and James B., the two lat ter dying in childhood; Amanda J., Margaret E. and Elijah DeWitt. The children are still at home, and they form a very happy and interesting family. Both Mr. and Mrs. Adams are earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Adams is a member of the S. B. Stidger post of the G. A. R. and is also a solid republican, as well as a member of the Junior R., lodge No. 17. An annual which was presented to Mrs. Grant by Queen Victoria, is now in the possession of Mr. Adams. Wyley Allen, a prosperous farmer and prominent citizen of Marshall county, was born January 21, 1842, in Brooke county, the son of Thomas and Julia (Hunt) Allen. Thomas Allen was born in Eng- 668 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. land in 1813, and came to the United States with his father at the age of fourteen years. Settling in Marshall county, without capital, he accumulated, by his industry and economy, considerable wealth, and became highly esteemed. He died September 23, 1883. His wife died February 8, 1881, at the age of about sixty years. Both were active members of the Baptist church. Of their nine children, five are now living. Wyley Allen was reared on the farm, and has followed the vocation of a farmer throughout life with much success, being classed now among the responsible people of the county. He was married December 17, 1868, to Millie J., daughter of Esquire Martin, of Marshall county, who is elsewhere mentioned. Mr. and Mrs. Allen have had five children, three of whom died in infancy. The living are Thomas R. and Irma R. B. Mrs. Allen is a member of the Baptist church. Judge William Alexander, born in Ohio county, W. Va., died at Moundsville, May 6, 1882, was in his lifetime one of the most distinguished citizens of Marshall county. He was the son of Rev. Joseph and Margaret (Davis) Alexander, the former of Scotch-Irish lineage. The parents were Married in Ireland, and immigrating with one child, settled on Short creek. The father, who was a local minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, organized at Barnesville the first Sunday-school in Belmont county, and preached in the Fourth Street church at Wheeling when but sixteen members belonged. He died on the flats of Grave creek, May 29, 1870, in his ninetieth year, and his wife, who was born in 17817 died September 24, 1852. They had seven children: Elizabeth, William, Mary, Margaret, James, Joseph T. and Jane, wife of Col. J. H. Lockwood. The second wife of Joseph Alexander was Sarah List Nichols, of Wheeling. William Alexander was reared on a farm, and was educated in subscription schools solely, except one term in Franklin college. In August, 1835, he was made deputy sheriff of Marshall county, and retained that position seventeen years. In the meantime he was a merchant at Moundsville from 1837 to 1842, then returning to the farm. In October, 1844, he was married to Ellen C., daughter of Nathaniel Tomlinson, an estimable lady who survives him. In 1852, at the time of the change in the constitution of the state, he was appointed aide to Gov. Pierpont and he held that place until 1863, when he was appointed aide to Gov. Boreman, colonel of cavalry and held that place until the close of the war. He was elected to the legislature for two terms during the years 1864 and 1865, and in 1876 was elected presiding justice of the county. He took an active part in politics as a republican, and was earnest in the work of the Methodist church, of which his widow has been a devoted member since 1851. The grounds used as a camp ground were purchased of the judge, who was interested in that project. Franklin Arnold is one of the most progressive and successful men in Marshall county. Becoming a farmer at the age of twenty-one, he has pursued that calling up to the present time with unvarying success. Like all men who have gotten the best out of life, he has THE PAN-HANDLE - 669 had time to give his attention to other things besides his own calling. In politics, he exerts considerable influence, having represented his district in the state legislature, besides holding other positions of public trust. His farm is a model of good management, with its comfortable residence, and neat out-buildings, thoroughbred live-stock, and general appearance of thrift. Mr. Arnold is a well read man, being thoroughly informed upon all the questions of the day. He is still in the prime of life, having been born in the year 1852. His father, Van Lear Arnold, was born near Wheeling, W. Va., in 1812. He has been a resident of Marshall county for forty years. In his younger days he was a farmer of unusual ability and enterprise, and his labors have been attended with the success that industry and good judgment generally bring. Mr. Arnold has made ample provision for each of his children, who have all brought him much honor. Although never an active politician, yet, he has always been well versed in all important issues. He has filled the offices of both real and personal property assessor, with great efficiency, and with credit to himself. For fifty years he has been a prominent supporter and member of the Presbyterian church, serving as a presiding elder in that denomination for many years. He was married in 1842 to Miss Mary Blevins. Seven children are the issue of this marriage: Wylie, Augustus, Elizabeth; Eleanor, now deceased; Cyrus, Edgar and Franklin. Mrs. Arnold finally succumbed to the insidious disease of consumption, and was laid to rest in 1862. She was a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal church. In 1874 Mr. Arnold was again married, this time to Sallie M. Barnes, and he is now spending his years in peace and contentment on his farm near Moundsville. His son, Wylie, married Martha Gibson, in November, 1861. Their children are: Mary, Rose and Belle. Elizabeth became Mrs. M. B. Pierce, November 19, 1869. Edwin A. and Arthur DeWitt, are their children. Capt. Arthur O. Baker, circuit clerk, an aged and highly respected citizen of Moundsville, was born in Marshall county, W.Va., June 11, 1828. His parents were John and Elizabeth (Roberts) Baker, the father, a native of Marshall county, W. Va., the mother of Allegheny county, Md. The latter came with her parents to West Virginia about the year i800, the family settling on Robert's Ridge in this county. Mrs. Baker lived in the county nearly all her life. She died August I, 1848, aged fifty-four years. She was a devout woman and died in the Christian faith, being a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Baker, her husband, was the eldest son of Henry and Mary (Parr) Baker. They were married in 1787, on the what is now J. B. Hix farm (Parr's Run and Parr's Point are named for this respected old pioneer settler). The Parrs lived there at the time of said marriage. This flat surrounded by hills was known as the Flats of Grave creek. Henry Baker was an old Indian hunter, also a farmer. He died in 1847, aged about one hundred years. His wife died in Round Bottom at the age of sixty-one years. John Baker was born at a small Indian fort which stood on the north end of what is now known as Mt. Rose cemetery, on March 17, 1789. He was a 670 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. farmer, and was in the war of 1812 until the close. He died in this county, July, 1831, at the age of forty-four years. These parents had five children, viz.: Rebecca, who married Jacob Jefferson, she died in 1853, aged thirty-seven years. Steven married Elizabeth Stewart, he died in 1843, aged twenty-seven. Henry married Mary Elder, he died in 1856, aged thirty-four years. Jonathan E. married Sarah Stewart, he died in 1884, aged sixty-two years. Arthur, the youngest, our subject, is the only one of the family now living. His father died when he was three years of age. He then went to Cincinnati, Ohio, to live with his uncle, Britton Roberts, where he remained and attended school until 1847, at the same time learning the lumber business. The following two years he lived in Davies county, Ky., still in the lumber business as superintendent of the saw-mill and lumber yard. The cholera breaking out he returned to Moundsville and has been a resident of this village ever since. On returning he entered into partnership merchandising with his brother' Henry, which continued until 1855, at which time he was appointed deputy sheriff. He went into the clerk's office in 1857, and in 1858 was again appointed deputy sheriff, and continued in that position until 1862, when he was elected sheriff of the county. At the expiration of the term of office, the war having broken out, he was appointed provost marshal, with the rank of captain. He resigned that position in 1864, and raised as the first company, Company A, of the Seventeenth battalion and was commissioned captain by Gov. Boreman, and served until the close of the war, after which he was appointed commissary of the West Virginia penitentiary and served there until 1871. He was then elected to the legislature. After the expiration of his term he was elected clerk of the circuit court, which position he is holding at the present time. The last time he was elected without opposition, getting more than 3,800 votes out of the 4,000 in the county. It will be seen that Capt. Baker has acted in one official position for about thirty-seven years, when his present term will expire. It will thus be seen that in his official career he has not only held the confidence of his constituency, but by his efficiency, integrity and square dealings, has shown himself a splendid officer in all his various appointments, giving a very high degree of satisfaction in services efficiently rendered to all concerned. He was married in January, 1851, to Miss Elizabeth Koontz, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Koontz, formerly of Washington, Penn. Our subject's home has been made happy in the birth of five children, viz.: Flora, wife of Orlando Stevenson, only son of ex-Gov. Wm. E. Stevenson, of West Virginia; she has two children, Sadie E. and Carrie. Frank, married to Mary Daily, of this county, living in Wheeling. Charles, died in his fourth year in 1867. Clara, a music teacher of good qualifications. Ella died at the age of nineteen years, in 1888. She was a natural artist. At the time of her death she was a pupil of Miss Paren, of Wheeling. Capt. Baker and wife are both members of the Methodist Episcopal church. The mother has been an active worker in the church all her life, always taking an active interest in all things which THE PAN-HANDLE - 671 promise for the best interests of the church. Capt. Baker is an I. O. O. F. and a charter member in re-instating the lodge in this place. Also is a member of the K. of H. and reporter of the lodge here for many years. Politically, the captain is an ardent republican. The captain was school commissioner in the independent district of Moundsville, and drew the first contract to build the first free school house ever built in West Virginia. John C. Bardall, a prominent manufacturer of Moundsville, W. Va., was born April 14, 1839, the son of John and Rachel (Hass) Bardall, both natives of Germany, who came to this country in 1839. During their two months' voyage on the ocean, the subject of this mention was born. His father died August 29, 1888, aged seventy-six years, and the mother died in 1852, aged thirty-nine. Of the nine children born to them, five are now living. John C. Bardall's parents were poor, and he did not have the advantage of a thorough education in his youth. At the age of nineteen years he began to learn the trade of a whip manufacturer, at Wellsville, Penn., and in 1859, such was his efficiency, he was sent by his firm, that of Wells, Riddle & Co., to Allegheny city to establish a manufacturing establishment at the House of Refuge. He remained with that firm until 1864, when he became one of the firm of E. Weaver & Co., at Allegheny city, and remained there until 1873, when they removed to the Western Penetentiary, of Pennsylvania, the firm name then becoming Weaver & Bardall. In September, 1877, they located at Moundsville, where their industry has grown to mammoth proportions, their product going to all parts of the continent, and everywhere justifying the award to them by the centennial commissioners of a gold medal as " well-made, strong and serviceable.". Mr. Bardall is also connected with the coal industry at Moundsville as a charter member of the company, has interests in the Marshall County bank, and in the Citizens' Natural Gas company of Beaver, Penn., in which county his firm has 200 acres of land, has valuable property in St. Paul, Wheeling, coal and fire clay lands in Jefferson county, besides property in Moundsville. This firm has a tannery in Pittsburgh, for the supply of their manufactory. In the successful operation of all these interests, the excellent business talents and solid qualifications of Mr. Bardall are an important factor, and few men occupy a higher rank in business circles. Socially, also, he is highly esteemed. He is a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, has been superintendent of the Sunday-school at Moundsville for the past nine years, was lay delegate to the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church at New York in 1888, and is a reserve delegate to the Ecumenical council of all denominations to meet in that city in 1.890. He is also trustee of the Conference seminary and trustee of its building committee. Rev. Cornelius D. Battelle, of Moundsville, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, now retired from active service, was born in Belpre, Washington county, Ohio, July 13, 1807. He is the son of Ebenezer and Mary Battelle, the former of whom was a son of Eben- 672 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. ezer, a soldier of the revolution. Ebenezer and Mary, when Cornelius D. was an infant, came to Newport, Ohio, taking land under the Ohio company purchase, and they remained there until their decease, the father dying in 1876, at the age of ninety-seven years, and the mother in 1872, at the age of ninety-four. The subject of this mention, the eldest of their children, entered Marietta academy at fourteen years of age, and afterward worked on the farm until twenty-six, when he joined the Pittsburgh conference, and began a career as a preacher, which continued for fifty-six years. In 1833 he was put in charge of the Woodfield circuit, embracing parts of Washington, Monroe and Belmont counties, and he traveled 300 miles every four weeks and preached thirty times. In the first year he received 500 and more into the church. Subsequently he was transferred to other conferences, being stationed in succession at Covington, Ky.; Bloomington, Ind.; Indianapolis, and so on. Five years he has served as a circuit preacher, five years as presiding elder, thirty-five years as regular pastor, three years as superintendent of the western division of the Western Seamen's Friends society. He has taken into the church more than 3,000 members in all. The camp-ground at Moundsville he helped clear, and there preached the first sermon. At the outbreak of the civil war, in which his brother, Gordon D. D., who was a captain of the First West Virginia regiment, lost his life, he was presiding elder of the Wheeling district, and exerted a strong influence for the Union. The Rev. Mr. Battelle was married July 13, 1829, to Elizabeth Greenwood, by whom he had six children: Alpheus M.; William G., deceased; Amelia G., wife of Alexander Jones; Elizabeth A., wife of Winfield F. Holden; Mary and Melville, both deceased. The mother of these died June 16, 1856, and subsequently Mr. Battelle was married to Martha Guthrie, who died August 15, 1888, aged ninety-seven years. John C. Beam, a highly respected citizen of Marshall county, born in 1834, died June 28, 1882, was an industrious. and successful farmer and a brave soldier. He was the son of Adam and Mary (Sickles) Beam. The father was a native of Pennsylvania, and was brought to Ohio when two years old. He became a farmer, and later in life was engaged in the marble works at Bridgeman, Curran & Beam, of Bellaire, afterward removing to Moundsville. John C. Beam enlisted in August, 1862, in Company A, One Hundred and Sixteenth Ohio infantry, and served in twenty-one battles and skirmishes, notably in Hunter's raid, and was a prisoner at Libby three weeks. He was honorably discharged in June, 1865, with health very much impaired, and as a consequence of his over-exertion and exposure, he was sick with hemmorrhage of the lungs five years before his death. He was a brave martyr to the cause for which so many fell. Before the war, in 1860, he was united in marriage to Lizzie, daughter of William H. and- Mary (Brown) Brock, of Monroe county, Ohio. Her parents were members of the Disciple church, and the venerable mother survives at the age of seventy-four years. The father died in 1862, aged fifty- three years. Lizzie was the oldest of their 'children reared, of THE PAN-HANDLE - 673 whom the others are: Jane, wife of Mr. S. D. Wheeler; Oddy, killed at the battle of Piedmont; Abel and Daniel, of Monroe county, Ohio; Melissa, wife of Albert C. Workman, of Bellaire, and Philemon D. Mrs. Beam is a member of the Disciples church, and is a most estimable lady. She resides in Clay district. One of Benwood's representative business men is Jacob Becker, who is a native of Germany, having been born there in 1848. He came to this country when about four years old. Peter and Mary (Bach) Becker, his parents, settled in Ritchietown, the father died about one year after his arrival in America, his death being caused by getting overheated while discharging his duties as an employe in the Washington mills and by the ignorance of the attending physician. Mrs. Becker has since married Conrad Bender, who is now deceased. She is still living, having reached an advanced age. Mr. Becker's grandparents, Peter and Mrs. Becker, lived for many years in Washington county, Ohio, and were much respected in the community in which they resided. They were worthy members of the Lutheran church. Jacob Becker began the affairs of life by working in a glass factory, and was afterward variously employed until he went to work in an iron mill as a puddler, in which he has been more or less engaged all his life. For some time Mr. Becker worked at the cabinetmaker's trade. A few months ago he formed a partnership with Charles Zimmerman in the furniture and undertaking business, and this firm has made a fine record for itself during its short career. He married Miss Amelia Miller, daughter of George P. and Mrs. Miller, June 19, 1870. These parents were. natives of Germany, and were highly respected members of the German Presbyterian church. Mr. and Mrs. Becker have had three children to make their home complete. They are: Carl T., William H. and Tracy C. A. Mrs. Becker passed to her reward about two years ago, leaving a large circle of friends to mourn her loss. She was a life long member of the Lutheran church and a devout Christian lady. Mr. Becker is a member of the I. O. O. F. and the K. of P. By his business tact and ability he has made a success in life, and is esteemed by his fellow citizens for his strict integrity and adherence to right. Charles F. Boerner, dealer in general merchandise at Cameron, W. Va., was born in the kingdom of Saxony, Germany, March 4, 1824. He came to this country in 1853, and first settled at Wheeling, where he was engaged as a journeyman workman in the shoemaker's trade, until 1858, when he moved to Cameron and opened a shop of his own. This shop is still carried on, under the immediate care of his sons, Edward W. and Frank. Mr. Boerner embarked in merchandise at Cameron in 1880, subsequently did business at Loudensville, and then returned to Cameron, where he is now occupied. His place of business is popular with all, and he is esteemed as a worthy and enterprising citizen. Mr. Boerner is a member of the Lutheran church, and o f the Masonic order, and in politics is a republican. He was married in 1855 to Henrietta, daughter of C. and Henrietta Lohman, of Wheeling. To this union have been born eight children, two of 43—A. 674 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. whom died in early life. The survivors are Louisa S., Edward W., Charles F., Frank F., William A., and Ida C. Mrs. Boerner is a member of the German Lutheran church, and is a highly esteemed lady. David Bonar, a well-known citizen of Meade district, Marshall county, was born in that county May 21, 1849. He is the son of John Bonar, a native of Virginia, who was an industrious and prosperous farmer, and active in various ways as a good citizen. He was a trustee and class leader of the Methodist Episcopal church for a period of more than seven years. After a life of fifty-nine years in which, since youth, he had not experienced a day's sickness, he died in March, 1867, after an illness of only eight hours. His wife, whose maiden name was Lucinda Gorby, died in September, 1889, aged seventy-five years. To these parents were born eight children, only four of whom, besides the subject of this sketch, are living. David Bonar, at the age of twenty years, went to Illinois, and after a year's employment there returned to Marshall county, and began clerking in a general store at Rosby's Rock, and later at Moundsville. In his early manhood he had received a limited education at Moundsville and in. Waynesburgh college. In 1872 he turned his attention to teaching. Since then he has taught seventeen terms, fourteen of which have been in Meade, his home district, a record without a parallel in the county. Being thoroughly equipped for his profession and naturally endowed as an instructor, he has throughout given remarkable satisfaction. He. has served as superintendent of schools of the county, from 1880 to 1882, with much efficiency, and for two years he has acted as assistant county examiner. Politically he is active as a prohibitionist, and he was honored by nomination for senator from the second district in 1888. Mr. Bonar was married September 20, 1877, to Catherine V., daughter of Jehu and Catherine (Yoko) Parsons, of Wetzel county. They were early settlers in that county, and the father served as justice of the peace many years. He died at the age of seventy-one years, she at the age of sixty-three. To their marriage have been born three children: Cecil Parsons, John S. and Carl Fisk. Mr. Bonar and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Everett W. Bonar, a prominent citizen of Rosby's Rock, Clay district, Marshall county, is a son of Miles Bonar, above named, who has been engaged in farming all hiS life, and is classed among the progressive and enterprising young farmers of the county. He was born in this county August 20, 1860, and was married January 13, 1881, to Josie E. Evans, by whom he has three children: Ethel M., Clarence R. and Mabel C. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he is in politics a republican. Mrs. Bonar is a daughter of George W. Evans, a venerable and prominent citizen to whom the remainder of this paragraph is devoted. He was born within the limits of this county April 3, 1817, the son of Walter and Barbara (Barger) Evans, who was born and married in Maryland and settled at Rosby's Rock in 1816. The father, a wagon-maker by trade, was in