THE PAN-HANDLE - 725 sage from Ireland to Boston but by the exercise of good judgment and economy he has come to be regarded as one of the best farmers in the county, and has acquired a handsome farming property. His marriage to Nancy Rankin took place in Wheeling, and it has been blessed by the birth of seven children, whose names are: Johnny, deceased at the age of eighteen months; James, Sarah, Robert, Andrew, Martha and Hugh Henry. These children live with their parents with the exception of Robert, who is a resident of Kansas City. Mrs.. Moore died May 22, 1889. She was a life long member of the Presbyterian church. By her death the community lost a most estimable woman, her husband a loving wife and the children an affectionate, tender mother, than which no greater praise can be bestowed on any woman. Mr. Moore is living upon his farm surrounded by his refined and cultured family, enjoying the fruits of his well directed labors. Both he and his family are consistent communicants of the United Presbyterian church. A. D. Pierce, an enterprising citizen of Marshall county, residing at Fort Ridge, near Moundsville, was born May 30, 1844, in the county in which he now resides. He is the son of William S. Pierce, .a venerable old resident of the county, who was born in Ohio county, December 29, 1817, the son of Arthur D. and Sarah (McCulloch) Pierce, natives, respectively, of Virginia and Delaware, who were married in Ohio county in 1808, and had thirteen children. The father served in the war of 1812, removed to Marshall county in 1826, and died in March, 1868. William S., whose active years were successfully devoted to agriculture, was married March 13, 1842, to Susan Bonar, and three children were born to them: Arthur D., Miles B. and Sarah E., wife of Samuel Dorsey. The eldest of these, the subject of this mention, was reared on the farm of his parents until a little past seventeen years of age, when, July 6, 1861, he was among the first who came to the rescue of the nation, by enlisting in Company I, Third West Virginia regiment. He served in the infantry until June, 1863, and subsequently until August 17, 1864, in the cavalry, being honorably discharged with the rank of sergeant at the latter date. He participated in all the movements and engagements of his regiment, fully performing the part of a gallant soldier. Among the battles in which he participated may be mentioned: McDowell, Cross Keys, Rapidan, Second Bull Run, Rocky Gap. November 7, 1865, Mr. Pierce was married to Lizzie, daughter of John D. and Mary E. (Porter) Gibson, old and respected citizens. This union has resulted in two children: William K. and Mary S. Mr. Pierce has been engaged successfully in various enterprises, and as a farmer ranks among the foremost in the county. He is also interested in stock-raising, is a member of several breeding associations, and is associated in the ownership of some very valuable animals. He is financially one of the leading men of the county and is a director of the Marshall county bank. As president of the board of education he fills ably a distinguished position in county affairs, and as a member of the I. O.O. F., 726 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. and an official member of the Methodist Episcopal church, is active in benevolence and religious work. John Pierce, a young and prosperous farmer of Marshall county, was born in 1851. His father and mother were George and Rebecca Pierce. The father died, and some years after Mrs. Pierce was again married, this time to Joseph Parks. Joseph Logsdon, Mrs. Pierce's father, was born in 1796, and at the time of his death was the oldest man in the county. John Pierce was married February 18, 1873, to Miss Amelia C., daughter of Joshua and Mary J. (Price) Talbert, who were old and influential residents of Marshall county, both being consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church for many years. Their five children were: William; died in infancy; Alvida B., wife of David Briggs; Mrs. N. C. Chambers; Mrs. Mary E. Magers; and Amelia, who died when a child; and Laura B., who became the wife of Thomas Mahon. Mr. Pierce is a wide-awake farmer, keenly alive to all farming interests, and owns a farm in the highest state of cultivation, supplied with all labor-saving machinery obtainable, as well as with the finest breeds of live stock. He makes a specialty of Short-horn cattle, Poland and Chester White hogs, and Norman coach horses. His success with the latter stock has given him an enviable reputation as a progresive, well posted stock-raiser. Mr. Pierce is a member of the Marshall County Horse Breeders' association. The republican party claims him as one of its closest adherents. Mr. and Mrs. Pierce's marriage has been blessed by the birth of five children: William E. died in infancy; Willis E., Charles E., Walter R., and Bessie J. They have none of them yet left their father's home. Mr. and Mrs. Pierce are active members of the Christian church. George W. Pipes, engaged in the jewelry business at Cameron, W. Va. is a native of Greene county, Penn., born April 17, 1853, the son of Washington and Cynthia A. (Clark) Pipes, both natives of Pennsylvania, who are mentioned more at length in another connection. Mr. Pipes received his education in the common schools, also beginning at the age of eleven years to earn his own support. At the age of seventeen years he began clerking in the store of Prettyman & Phillips, at Cameron, and subsequently he was in the employment of Pipes & Rickey, druggists, then of A. Conley, and then of H. S. White, at Belton. Having served an apprenticeship at the jewelry trade for three years, he embarked in his present business at Cameron in 1877. He has met with gratifying success, and is now ranked with the enterprising and responsible citizens of the town. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, of the National Union, and the Junior Order of American Mechanics. Politically he is a republican. Mr. Pipes was married December 28, 1880, to Mary A., daughter of Dr. S. B. and Elizabeth Stidger, of Cameron. Both these parents, who were worthy and popular people, are deceased, the father having died December 31, 1884, at the age of fifty-three years, and the mother in 1881, aged about forty-eight years. Eight children were born to these parents, of whom Mrs. Pipes and three younger, THE PAN-HANDLE - 727 William W., Leroy L. and Irene still survive. Mr. and Mrs. Pipes have two children: Charlie B. and Lizzie Belle. T. C. Pipes, a prominent citizen of Cameron district, engaged in business as a real estate and insurance agent, and pension attorney, and holding the office of justice of the peace at Cameron, was born in Greene county, Penn., January 16, 1845, the son of George W. and Cynthia A. (Clark) Pipes, both natives of Pennsylvania. The father, a blacksmith by trade, removed with his family to Marshall county in 1864, and made his home at Cameron in 1865, where he died in August, 1876, at the age of sixty-six years. His wife died in March, 1874, at the age of sixty-two. Nine children were born to them, seven sons, who survive, and two daughters, who are deceased. Mr. Pipes began business for himself at the age of twenty-five years, as a blacksmith, and followed that business with considerable success until 1883, when he became a justice of the peace for Cameron district. He is one of the influential people of Cameron, is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the National Union, and the Junior Order of American Mechanics. Politioally he is an earnest republican. Mr. Pipes was married in March, 1874, to Lucretia, daughter of Brice and Barbara A. Howard, pioneer residents of Marshall county, who still survive to connect the early days with the present. To Mr. and Mrs. Pipes three children have been born, one of whom, Herman, survives. W. S. Powell, a highly successful teacher in the schools of Marshall county, was born in Virginia in 1848, the son of William O. and Mary (Job) Powell, the former of whom was a native of Virginia, and the latter of Maryland. The father, who was a well-known farmer, died in 1871, at the age of seventy years, and the mother died in 1856, at the age of fifty-two years. Both were members of the Methodist church, in which the father was a notable worker. The children born to these parents were ten in number, but only two survive: W. H. H., the oldest, lives at Vienna, Penn., and W. S., the subject of this mention. The latter was reared on the farm, and was engaged in its duties, subsequently in carpentry, in his early manhood, and was then on the plains of the west, engaged in various occupations during the summer and teaching in the winter. Since 1871, he has taught every winter, with but one exception, and the fact that he has taught fourteen years in one neighborhood speaks highly of his proficiency as an instructor and his sterling character as a man. On December 27, 1888, Mr. Powell was married.to Winona M. Hull, of Marshall county. She is a member of the Presbyterian church. John S. Redd is a son of Solomon and Mary (Scott) Redd. He was born in Washington county, Penn., October 13, 1836, and moved with his parents to his present home at Beeler Station, in 1852. He was married to Elizabeth, daughter of James and Sarah Wellman, some time after. Mrs. Redd's grandfather was a valliant soldier in the Revolutionary war. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Redd has been made happy by the presence of six children: Melissa, died at the age of sixteen, leaving a large circle of friends to mourn the loss of one 728 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. so much beloved; Mary, the wife of Elex Cox; Iona and Leona, twins, now very interesting young ladies; Susannah and William B., both dying in childhood. Mr. Redd enlisted in Company C, Twelfth. West Virginia infantry and served until his regiment was discharged in July, 1865. He bravely bore his part in the tedious battle of Lynchburg, also the battle of New Market and many other minor engagements. He was severely wounded May 15, 1864, and is still carrying the ball in his leg. It can truly be said of him that, " A soldier's wounds are the proofs of his valor." At Winchester he was taken prisoner and transported to that " den of horrors," Libby prison, from there he was removed to Belle Isle, where he remained for thirty days, five of which he spent without a morsel of food. Receiving his honorable discharge, he turned his sword into a ploughshare, and has since made as successful a farmer as he did a soldier. Mr. Redd is a loyal republican. The entire family are greatly esteemed by a large circle of acquaintances. They are all members of the Christian church. Solomon Redd is a brother of the above, and was born in Washington county, Penn., in August, 1838. The father was a hatter by trade, but spent most of his life upon a farm, he was also interested in a steamboat which afterward sunk. The mother was born in Washington county, Penn., in 1801, being one of twelve sisters who all reached maturity. She was a worthy member of the Baptist denomination. Solomon Redd went to Marshall county in 1852. He bought land there and was well and favorably known throughout the whole county until the time of his death, which occurred in 1864. He was the father of eight children: Thomas, who married Almira Conrad; Samuel, who married Julia Stidger; Sarah A., the wife of Jonas Weygandt; Margaret, who became Mrs. William Dickey; Parker S., killed in battle at Hatcher's Run, during the late war, also a member of Company C, Twelfth West Virginia infantry; Susannah, the wife of T. T. F. Riggs; and John S. and Solomon, the subjects of this sketch. Nathaniel Redd, the grandfather of the above, was born in Virginia, in 1749, dying at the age of seventy-seven in Washington county, Penn., August 15, 1826. He was the father of fifteen children, and at the time of his death, the grandfather of 144 children, and great: grandfather of sixty-six. Solomon Redd married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John and Elizabeth Stewart, old and highly respected residents of the community, in 1862. Eldora, afterward Mrs. F. T. Moore; Parker S., who married Cora Moore, and Frank, were the issue of this marriage. After suffering greatly for eleven years, Mrs. Redd died passing away to the reward of an affectionate wife and devoted mother, August 14th, 1877. Mary, daughter of James and Mary Dickey, of Washington county, Penn., became the second Mrs. Redd. After being a bride but six months, she fell a prey to consumption and died. He has since married Mrs. Sarah S. Dobbs, a daughter of W. P. R. and Sarah A. Stephens. Mr. Stephens is a native of England, and his wife of Wales, both coming to this country in early childhood. They are now living at Bellaire, Ohio. Sarah M. is the THE PAN-HANDLE - 729 only child that has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Redd. Solomon Redd is one of the most substantial and prosperous agriculturists in the county, having a farm in the highest state of cultivation, and stocked with the finest breeds of cattle and horses. Mrs. Redd, by a former marriage, had one child, Edward M. Mr. and Mrs. Redd are very popular members of the society in which they move.. Mrs. Redd is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. William H. Richmond, born August 5, 1862, is a son of Isaac Richmond, who was born May 17, 1816, in Pennsylvania, moving to Marshall county in his early manhood. He has lived near Glen Easton for thirty-five years. Mr. Richmand has been twice married; the first time to Elizabeth Ira, on November 22, 1842, by whom he had four children, Rachel J., born June 19, 1843, died April 9, 1844; John W., born June 22, 1845, died 1847; Emily E., who married Charles Harris, to whom she bore two daughters and one son; Mary E., wife of Samuel Harris, and Nannie J., the wife of James Allen. Mrs. Richmond's death occurred October 13, 1851. Two years later, September 8, 1853, Mr. Richmond married Mrs. Mary Greathouse, born January 29, 1823, widow of Thomas Greathouse, who left four children: Elizabeth A., Harmon, Robert J.. and Mary V. Her parents were Robert J. and Elizabeth (Harris) Davis, who came to this state many years ago from Maryland, being among the first settlers in Marshall county. Mr. Richmond, by his second marriage has had five children, they are: Sarah B., now Mrs. Morgan Hicks, who are the parents of six living offspring, Otie, William, Ollie, Edward, Encil and Ivan; Amy R., who died December 20, 1863, when six years of age; .Francis M., born August 8, 181860,ied December 29, 1863; Ida and William H. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Richmond are noted for their hospitality and good works, having given the best years of their life to the service of the church.. William H. Richmond became a farmer at the age sixteen, and has been engaged in this pursuit, more or less, ever since. Receiving a good common school education, he afterward graduated with honor from the Wheeling Business college in 1882. For some time he was employed as a salesman, but returned to farming after his marriage. September 27, 1885, to Miss Lottie E. Fordyce, a daughter of John M. and Catharine (Steward) Fordyce, both of whom were born in Pennsylvania. Their eight children are W. A., Lottie E., John M., Franklin F., Sarah E.; Hayes S., deceased; Annie B. and Harry. Mr. and Mrs. Richmond have two bright little girls, Elcie May and Essie Fay. Mr. Richmond has turned his attention of late to educational matters, and with such good results that he is rapidly coming to the front as an earnest and efficient educator. He is an honored member of the S. of H. society. John W. Rickey, M. D., of Glen Easton, is one of the prominent physicians of Marshall county. He was born in Greene county, Penn., April 14, 1842, the son of Abraham and PhPhoe (Throckmorton) Rickey. The father was a native of New Jersey, and the mother was born in Pennsylvania. Abraham Rickey was a farmer of notable enterprise and integrity, and an earnest worker in the Presbyterian 730 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. church, of which he was an elder. He died July 28, 1880, aged seventy-six years. His widow survives at the age of eighty-six years. Of the ten children of these parents, seven are living. Dr. Rickey was educated at Waynesburg college, after which he taught school for fifteen months, meeting with considerable success in that profession. He then read medicine for two years, attended Worcester Medical college, in Cleveland, O., and followed the study by two years as a clerk in a drug store at Cameron. While so engaged, he began practicing in 1870. Since 1873, he has been located at Glen Easton, where he has met with the favor of the community, and has gained an extensive practice. Dr Rickey has for about six years held the office of school commissioner, and his present term will expire in June, 1893. He was married in May, 1869, to Clara B., daughter of Uriah Williams, of Marshall county. To this union have been born four children: Willis M. Nellie, Mayes S. and J. Earle. Mrs. Rickey is a member of the M., Episcopal church. The doctor in political alliance is a republican. Socially, as well as professionally, he is highly esteemed. Charles S. Riggs, a well-known contractor and carpenter, of Moundsville, was born in the county of Marshall, October 24, 1858, the son of T. T. F. and Susan (Redd) Riggs, who were both natives of Washington county, Penn. The father, a carpenter by ocoupation, came to this oounty in 1852, and died in January, 1880, aged fifty-two years. His wife died in January, 1877, aged fifty years. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Of their nine children six are living: H. M., C. S., M. E., William M., T. F. and E. T. Charles S. engaged in carpentry, first at the age of twenty-one years, and has since followed it with oonsiderable success. He is the contractor for the tabernacle being erected at the camp ground, as well as of the old one erected in 1887. As a workman he ranks among the best, and as a citizen is highly esteemed. Mr. Riggs was married in April, 1880, to Lydia, daughter of Joseph and Rebecca (Jones) Caldwell, and to this union four children have been born: Lawman, Albert, Goldie M. and Virginia. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he is a member of the National Union. Mrs. Riggs' father, a farmer by occupation, enlisted in the Union army in 1861 as a private, and was promoted to lieutenant, a position he held when he was killed in the assault on Fort Gregg, one of the last engagements of the war. He was aged about thirty-five years. His wife died in 1870, aged forty-five. They had four children: George H., Mary J., Lydia and Emma C. Wesley C. Riggs, a well-to-do farmer and stockman of Fairview Ridge, was born in Marshall county, August 1, 1846. He is the son of John S. Riggs, a notable man, a progressive farmer, a leader in church affairs, who was born in Ohio county, in 1821, and was married September 11, 1841, to Eliza Murphy, by whom he had three children. His wife died March 5, 1869, and he died March 11, 1888. During the war John S. Riggs served as aide-de-camp of Gov. Pierpont, and he took an active part in affairs of state. His children: William H., Wesley C. and Hanson, are all living, the elder being a resident of THE PAN-HANDLE - 731 Omaha, Neb. The latter enlisted at the age of nineteen as a private, and was promoted to first lieutenant of Company A, Twelfth West Virginia regiment, and served three years. He married Mary A., daughter of Capt. Whittingham. Wesley C. began for himself at the age of twenty-one years, and has ever since been engaged in farming except four years' service as deputy sheriff under H. W. Hunter. He has given much attention to the raising of fine stock, is a member of the Horse Breeders' association, has a half-interest in a Shorthorn bull purchased in Washington county, and is keeping Southdown sheep, thoroughbred Spanish sheep and Poland China hogs. In all his enterprises he has achieved a good degree of success, and has prospered in life, and is enjoying a comfortable home. He was married October 3, 1867, to Amanda J., daughter of Joseph and Mary C. Hammond, pioneers of Marshall county, and they have six children: Janie, Joseph B., John S. D., Chalmer G., Montie A. and Benson W. Henry A. Riggs has also been reared in the family. Mr. and Mrs. Riggs are members of the Methodist church, and he is a member of the K. of H. Rev. W. W. Roberts, of Cameron, a highly esteemed minister of the Disciple church, was born in Marshall county, April 15, 1844, the son of G. S. and Elizabeth Roberts, both natives of Virginia. The father, born in 1818, is now a resident of Pennsylvania, and is a shoemaker by trade and a revered local minister of the Methodist Episcopal church. His wife, who was born in 1820 and died February 25, 1882, aged sixty-two years, was a devoted member of the same religious denomination, and was one of the kindest and best of women, ever ready for good and charitable deeds. Subsequent to her death, G. S. Roberts was married to Elizabeth Bisset. By his first marriage he had twelve children, and by the second, three. The subject of this sketch received his early education in the schools of Moundsville. On February 2, 1864, he enlisted in Company C, First West Virginia cavalry, and experienced exciting and dangerous service. He took part in the battles of Cedar Creek, Winchester, New Market, Hatcher's Run, Lynchburg, Snicker's Ferry, and all the battles fought in the Shenandoah valley by Gen. Sheridan, serving in Custer's division. He was at Appomattox and witnessed the surrender of Lee. While on Hunter's raid, he was three days without rations, except a quart of oats, which he took from his horse. He was present at the grand review at Washington, and was discharged at Wheeling, July 8, 1865, having served a year and a half during the hottest of the war. Notwithstanding his severe service, he increased in weight during that time from ninety-eight to 172 pounds. After his return to peaceful employment, he worked with his father three years, and then engaged in the ministry, to which his endeavors have since been. consecrated. His efforts have been highly acceptable, and he occupies a high rank among the ministers of his denomination. Since 1875 he has served as the committee on the location of meetings at the " annual meetings" of his church. Several times he has with honor to his cause advocated the principles of his church in joint debate. He is liberal 732 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. and progressive in his views, and has advooated the active participation by women in church affairs. During his ministry he has immersed 1,444 persons, taken over 2,000 into the church, and organized fourteen congregations. He is now in oharge at Beeler Station, a congregation of 400 members, organized in 1830 by Bishop Campbell, and one of the oldest and wealthiest in the state. He also preaches at Cameron and Jacksonville. Mr. Roberts is also a member of the Junior Order of American Mechanics, the G. A. R., and is noble grand of Cameron lodge, No. 36, I. 0. O. F. He was married July 8, 1866, to Lydia D. Miller, and they have seven children: Samuel S., who died in infancy; ,Jennie B., wife of J. F. Hughes, and mother of two children, Robert L. and Estie I. M.; Charles N., George W., Lida M., Daniel F., and Thomas J. W. B. Robinson was born July 10, 1846, in Marshall county, W. Va. His parents were Nathan and Catharine (Carmichael) Robinson.. Mr. Robinson was a successful farmer in his time, and was highly respected by a large number of acquaintances. These parents had eleven children: David, died in infancy; George, who enlisted in Company B, Twelfth West Virginia infantry, and died at Grafton, W. Va., having served his country well and faithfully and was a consistent member of the Presbyterian ohurch for a number of years.. Sarah J., Philip, W. B., Elizabeth, John, Samuel, Catharine J., who died December 16, 1889; Nathan and Mary E. Mr. Robinson passed to his reward January, 1880, at the age of sixty-five years. He was universally beloved and esteemed; the mother is still living, enjoying the friendship of many who love her. David Carmichael, W. B. Robins0n's grandfather, married Catharine Barney, whose family were among the first settlers in their section of the county, and may be classed with the pioneer Methodists of that community. The great-grandfather, Barney and wife, were also pioneer Methodists, living in Greene county, Penn., for many years. Mr. Robinson commenced life without the advantages of wealth and an extended education; beginning on the lowest round of the ladder he has gained a position where he can be called a successful man, and is in the truest sense of the word a self-made man. He first began as a farm laborer, then rented a farm and followed farming until November 19, 1874, when he married Miss Sarah V., daughter of Charles. and Nancy Munnell, of Wheeling. After his marriage Mr. Robinson engaged in the mercantile business for a short time, but subsequently disposed of his business and bought land on Wolf run and again began to till the soil. After three years he sold his farm and removed to Beeler Station, where he again embarked' in business. He has met with much success in the general merchandise business, and has made a reputation for honesty and ability in his business endeavors. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, they are: Oliver B., Mamie D., George L., Walter F. and Maggie V. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson are members of the Disciples church, and are among the most hospitable and charitable people of the community. Philip Robinson served in Company B, THE PAN-HANDLE - 733 Twelfth West Virginia regiment, enlisting in 1862, and serving with fidelity to his country until the close of the war. T. R. Rogers, M. D., a retired physician, now a member of the firm of T. R. Rogers & Sons, of Moundsville, was born in Greene county, Penn., July 27, 1833, the son of John and Susan (Penn) Rogers. The father was a millwright, inventor of Rogers' water wheel, and the first postmaster of the place called in his honor, Rogersville, Penn. He was born in 1800, and died in 1873, and his wife died in 1870 at the same age. Both were prominent members of the Methodist Protestant church, and they had nine children, of whom five survive. Dr. Rogers attended the college at Waynesburgh, Penn., and then read medicine with Dr. Braden, of Rogersville, and attended the medical college of New York university, under Dr. Alexander Mott. He began practice when twenty-two years old at Davistown, Penn., then practiced two years at Des Moines, Iowa, afterward several years at Harnedsville, Somerset Co., Penn., and then at Selbysport, Md. At the outbreak of the war he moved to Rogersville, Penn., and nine years later to Waynesburgh, where he practiced fifteen years, removing thence to Moundsville, W. Va., in 1883. His practice has covered a period of thirty years. In Greene county he held the office of assistant assessor of internal revenue for several years, was examining surgeon for pensions three years, member of the school board and town council of Waynesburgh about seven years, served with marked efficiency in all positions. He has been a member of the town council of Moundsville four years, and he has served as postmaster at Rogersville and Harnedsville, Penn. In 1888 he was a delegate to the republican state convention which nominated Gen. Goff for governor of West Virginia, and in his party as well as in other channels, Dr. Rogers is quite influential. He is a member of the Masonic order, and he and family are members of the Methodist church. He was married in July, 1856, to Emma, daughter of John Frantz, of Selbysport, Md., and they have eight children: Nora, wife of William Stidger; John W. and Thomas, members of the firm of Rogers & Sons; Ella, leading soprano of the Methodist choir, one of the finest in the state; Hallie; Nettie, wife of Dorsey Blake, and Eddie and Willie, deceased. John A. Schwob, born in Scholbach, Loraine, France, February 26, 1831, died at Moundsville, April 9, 1889, was one of the most noted citizens of the city, and the founder of one of the important manufacturing institutions of Moundsville. He was a son of John A. and Caroline (Faber) Schwob. In 1832, in company with his mother, he was brought, to this country by his grandparents, Henry and Christina Faber, and soon after their arrival his mother died in Pittsburgh, Penn. The grandparents removed to Monroe county, Ohio, where John A. lived upon the farm until he was seventeen years old, he then went to Wheeling and learned the trade of cabinet-maker, remaining there two and one-half years. From Wheeling he went to St. Louis, residing there and at Hannibal, Mo., until the spring of 1852, when he went to Miltonsburgh, Ohio, where he opened up a 734 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. cabinet-making shop, and remained there until 1879. On July 19, 1853, he was married to Wilhelmina, daughter of Peter and Phillipena Schuetz, a native of Vorderweidinthal, Bavaria, Germany. Six children were born to them, viz.: John W., born May 26, 1854; Amelia L., born October 19, 1856; Eliza, June 28, 1859; Mary, February 25, 1861, died September 11, 1861; Herman H., July 2, 1865, died March 29, 1867, and Charles C. March 23, 1869. John W. was married to Elizabeth Egger, of C.; county, Ohio, on the 3d of July, 1879; three children were born to them, viz.: Oliver O., Albert A. and Elsie E. Amelia L. was married to E. C. Grisell, of Moundsville, W. Va., April 1, 1880, one child was born to them, Elmer F. Eliza was married to Louis Dressel, of Moundsville, W. Va., November 13, 1880, two children were born to them, viz., Trella F. and Mabel Amelia. In 1860 Mr. Schwob, in connection with cabinet-making, began the manufacture of grain cradles. In 1875 he abandoned cabinet making and manufactured grain cradles exclusively, inventing his own machinery, and coming to Moundsville, W. Va., in 1879, where he established a factory which is now under the management of his sons, John W., Charles C., and son-in-law, E. C. Grisell, turning out 4,000 grain cradles per year. Mr. Schwob was honored with the office of treasurer of Malaga township, Monroe Co., Ohio, for ten years, and was a justice of the peace of the same township for six years. He was an elder of the Presbyterian church, to which his widow belongs. A. A. Sharpnack began life with 25 cents in 1869, and now owns a large agricultural property in Marshall county, W. Va. Mr. Sharpnack is noted for his integrity in all the affairs of life, and for his devotion to the cause of temperance, being a radical prohibitionist. His father, Daniel, was a millwright living near Uniontown, Penn., where he was very much respected for the same sterling qualities that he transmitted to his son. Daniel and Amanda (Minor) Sharpnack had six children, Melissa, Ellen, Mary, Harriet, Minerva, and A. A., who was born in Wetzell county, W. Va., in 1846. Miss Nancy Bane, whom he married in 1869, was the daughter of Frederick and Lida (Blodget) Bane. Frederick Bane was born in Greene county, Penn., December 20, 1811, moving to Marshall oounty with his parents, Jesse and Nancy (Beeler) Bane, in 1820. Jesse Bane's birth occurred in 1772, and he died in September, 1835, in Greene county, Penn. The latter's wife was born in 1775, and passed away in September, 1856. Elizabeth, George, Amy, Absalom, Jesse, Ellis, Nancy, Frederick and Nimrod were their children. Frederick Bane married Lida Blodget, October 10, 1839. She bore him five children, William A., Margaret and Joseph, who died in their infancy; James A., who married Sidney Ingraham, and Nancy J., the wife of the subject of this sketch. Mrs. Bane died July 3, 1889, after a life spent in usefulness. She was a member of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Bane's history is identified with the growth of this county, he having been actively engaged in farming since 1820. Despite untoward circumstances he has fought his way upward, until now he is the possesso r THE PAN-HANDLE - 735 of a good estate. Mr. and Mrs. Sharpnack have four children, Mrs. Stidger Fletcher, Mary, James and Amanda. Three of the latter, together with their parents, are members, in high standing, of the Baptist church. William H. H. Showacre, ex-sheriff of Marshall county, and a prominent citizen of Moundsville for many years, was born in the city of Baltimore in 1836, the son of John and Louisa (Small) Showacre, both natives of Maryland. His father was a worthy citizen of Baltimore for many years, was a justice of the peace for a considerable period, and during the administration of Gen. Harrison held office in the custom house. He and his wife were both born in 1800, he died in 1885 and she in 1877. Of their eight children, but one is deceased. The subject of this mention turned his attention to telegraphy at the age of nineteen years, and became highly proficient in the art, served as a train dispatcher ten years, a portion of the time as a government employe during the rebellion, assisting in the movement of the troops. Subsequently he was appointed agent of the Baltimore & Ohio road at Moundsville, and he held this responsible position nineteen years, discharging its varied duties with an efficiency rarely equalled and to the entire satisfaction of the corporation and the public. On January 1, 1885, he left the railroad to enter upon the duties of sheriff, to which he had been elected, and this office he held four years, proving himself an able and trustworthy public servant. In politics he is prominent as a republican, his church affiliation is with the Presbyterian denomination, and he is a member of the Masonic order. Mr. Show-acre was married in February, 1861, to C. Isabel, daughter of Marshall and Jane Jackson, of Marion county, W. Va., and they have had twelve children, eight of whom survive: Charles A., an attorney at Moundsville; Louisa, wife of C. J. Sheets, of Bellaire; Clara J., John M., Catherine S., Nellie, Della and William R. Mrs. Showacre is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Hon. Josiah Sinclair was born in Monroe county, Ohio, March 7, 1843. He is known in political circles, having been a member of the West Virginia legislature for several terms. His father, John Sinclair, was a noted lawyer of Woodsfield, Ohio, at which place the subject of our sketch received his education, attending the public schools, and subsequently the high school until he reached the age of seventeen years. For a time he was employed as a clerk in the county offices, and later as a clerk in the general freight office of the O. C. R. R. company, at Columbus. Leaving. Columbus, Mr. Sinclair went to Rosemond, Ill., where for a time he was a clerk in a general store. Returning to Woodsfield, he enlisted June 19, 1863, in the army, and at the oganization of his company, August 11, 1863, he was elected second lieutenant, Company F, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Ohio volunteer infantry. He served with his regiment in Kentucky and east Tennessee, under Gen. Burnsides, and was mustered out March 5, 1864. After the war he studied law in Woodsfield, and was admitted to practice at the September term of court in 1866. Subsequently he entered the employ of Laughlin Brothers of Wheeling, and later be- 736 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. came connected with R. E. Sellers & Co., of Pittsburgh. In 1871 Mr. Sinclair became a member of the firm of Smiths, Sinclair & Co., of Wheeling, and afterward of the firm of Howell, Paull & Sinclair, of the same city. In 1878 he came to Benwood and engaged in the retail drug business. Mr. Sinclair was elected to the legislature in 1880, and was re-elected in 1886. During the term of his office he introduced several important bills, and took part in the debates of the house. His parents were John and Mary A. (Adams) Sinclair, who were married, April 15, 1831, in Belmont county, Ohio. The father was born, September 29, 1804, in the county Armagh, Ireland; the mother was born, December 25, 1815, at Waynesburg, Penn. They had four sons in the service of the government during the late war. Alexander was a lieutenant in the Twenty-fifth Ohio infantry, and was killed at Chancellorsville; William was a graduate of West Point, and was colonel of the Sixth Pennsylvania reserves, and also assistant inspector-general; Francis was lieutenant of the Twenty-fifth Ohio infantry, served in the One Hundred and Seventy-seventh regiment, and died in the service. William Sinclair, the grandparent, was born in Ireland. The great-grandfather, John Sinclair, was born in Scotland. The maternal grandparents were Francis and Jane Adams, who were born and married in Ireland, and came to this country later in life. John W. Snediker was born in Marshall county, W. Va., in the year 1838. He was one of eleven children born to Garret and Mary H. (Miller) Snediker; the children were as follows: Elizabeth, married Albert Wait, she is now deceased; Charles, married Mary Pedley, she is deceased, he married for a second wife, Charlotte Simpson, of Wayneburg, Penn.; James died while in the service of the United States; Rebecca married Joshua A. Lancaster, now living in Kansas; Samuel M. married Mary McClarin, of Steubenville; Joseph M. married Adeline Kemple, of Marshall county; Milch married J. M. Dowler, of Wheeling; Mary and William both died in childhood; and two others who died in infancy. The parents were both born in Virginia; the greater part of their lives they lived on their farm in the vicinity of Wheeling, W. Va. They were worthy members of the community, and were both devout communicants of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Snediker's paternal grandfather was a major in the war of 1812. His wife's maiden name was Harris, and both of these grandparents were natives of Germany, settling in Brooke county, W. Va., at an early .date. They were very prominent and wealthy people, and members of the Presbyterian church. His maternal grandfather, who was a native of Virginia, moved to Morgan county, Ohio, and both he and his wife were pioneer members of the Methodist Episcopal church of that county, and highly respected and useful members of the community. In 1859 Mr. Snediker married Jane, daughter of Joseph and Hannah Pedley, who were of English birth, they located in Wheeling, where Mr. Pedley followed the trade of a stone-mason, having been engaged on some of the old buildings of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Snediker had seven children: R. Ella THE PAN-HANDLE - 737 Charles R., Mary V., Harry L., Laura J., and Minnie M. All of these children are deceased but Ella, Charles and Harry. Mrs. Snediker died in 1872, and her death was a calamity to her neighbors, her family and the church of which she was a consistent member, having joined the Methodist denomination in her early childhood. In 1873, Mr. Snediker married J. Amanda Richey, daughter of James and Joanna (Whittingham) Riohey, who were for many years leading members of society in Marshall county, and also members of the Methodist church. Annetta B. and Cora L. are the result of this second union. Mr. Snediker has been township treasurer for sixteen year, and was also an overseer of the poor two years. He has a large farm stocked with the finest breeds of cattle, sheep, etc., and is classed with the progressive and representative farmers of the county. He and wife are members of the Disciples church, and he is a republican.   Jacob Spoon, a prosperous farmer of Clay district, and a brave volunteer soldier of .the republic, was born and raised in Marshall county. He was born October 3, 1819, a son of Peter and Rebecca (Hickman) Spoon, natives of Maryland. His father was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, was married in 1807, and then came to Marshall county. He was a zealous Presbyterian and his wife a Methodist. His death occurred November 9, 1844, at the age of ninety-two years, and his wife died May 28, 1865, aged eighty-seven. Eight children were born to them: Susan, Rebecca, Mary, Sarah, Andrew, Peter, Hannah and Jacob. Jacob was reared as a farmer, and after, he was married, November 27, 1845, to Catharine A. Bonar, born August 16, 1823, daughter of James and Nancy A. Bonar. He began farming on his own account, and has continued at this with much success here, until recently, when he retired. On July 21, 1863, he enlisted in Company L, Fourth West Virginia cavalry, and served until his discharge, April 10, 1864, on account of wounds. He was detailed to guard the trains from New Creek to Petersburg, a very dangerous task, and when taking the last train through, they were attacked and the train captured, at Medley. He was wounded seriously, a ball taking effect in his left ear, carrying away part of the skull. He was unable to escape and was captured by the confederates, who took the nearly frozen man to a fire, and when he regained consciousness, the next day he found his wound dressed. He remained there thirteen days, and was nearly famished before he reached the hospital at New Creek. From -there he was transferred by way of Grafton, to Wheeling, where he was attacked by lung fever, and was ill six weeks, from the effects of which he never recovered. But he has the satisfaction of knowing that he did his duty faithfully and heroically. Mr. Spoon and wife have had ten children: Amanda A., deceased; James M., who married Maggie Gibson; Hickman, who married Maggie Earlewine; Jeremiah, deceased; Alcinda, Malvina, Jacob H. married Ella B. Jefferson; Franklin Pierpoint, a carpenter in Colorado; Daniel N., who married Emma Connelly, and Matilda J. Parents and children are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.   47—A.   738 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY.   George K. Steele, a well-known citizen of Moundsville, was born in VanBuren county, Iowa, January 9, 1843, the son of William and Sarah A. (Robinson) Steele, the former of whom was a native of Kentucky and the latter of Ohio. The parents settled in their western home in 1838, where the father engaged in mercantile business, and became a prominent man, a county officer for several years and a distinguished Odd Fellow. He died in 1851, aged forty-three years, and his wife, a devout member of the Methodist church and a daughter of Rev. James Robinson, a minister of that denomination in Kentucky and Indiana, died in 1888, aged seventy-six. At the age of eighteen years George K. Steele enlisted in Company E, Second Iowa volunteer infantry, in May, 1861, and after serving one year re-enlisted in Company K, Fifteenth Iowa, and was in that command until the battle of Shiloh, when he was detailed at Gen. Grant's headquarters to take charge of the government mail from the west. After eighteen months' service in this capacity he was appointed second lieutenant in the Ninth Louisiana colored regiment, and stationed at Water Proof, above Natchez. He served there nine months and then resigned and received the appointment of mail messenger between Memphis and Little Rock, via the river, and continued in that capacity until 1866. Since that date he has been engaged in the show business as agent, with one company, by whom his enterprise and active business qualities are highly appreciated. During the past fourteen years Mr. Steele has been a resident of Moundsville, where he is esteemed as a worthy and progressive citizen, and is socially highly regarded. He was married in 1878 to Nannie, daughter of Theodore Williamson, of Tyler county, W. Va.   S. Marion Steele, M. D., a young physician of Moundsville, skillful and thoroughly grounded in his profession, is a native of West Virginia, born in Tyler county, September 14, 1860. He is a son of John A. and Hannah (Davis) Steele, the former of whom is a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Virginia. The father now living in Ohio county, at the age of seventy years, did patriotic service durthe rebellion, serving three years and three months in the Tenth West Virginia regiment. The mother died March 23, 1886, aged about sixty-three years. Of their seven children, the oldest, W. G., a minister of Disciples church for some ten years, died March 9, 1889, at the age of forty-two years. John R. is a resident of Ohio county; James M., of the same county; Wesley and Thomas J. reside at Moundsville, and Sarah M., wife of J. N. Ewing, of Bellaire. Dr. Steele, after attending the district schools of Ohio county, entered the Moundsville high school, where he was graduated in 1880. He then began the study of medicine, in the meantime teaching school for four terms. At the end of that time he attended lectures at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, where he was graduated in medicine, March 15, 1886. Settling at Moundsville, May 7, 1886, he began the practice of his profession, and has already attained a creditable rank, and is esteemed also as an enterprising and valuable citizen. He is a member of the city council and is   THE PAN-HANDLE - 739   health officer. Is with his wife a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and is also affiliated with the Junior Order of American Mechanics. The doctor was married October 20, 1887, to Florence N. Cheadle, daughter of T. D. and Dorcas Cheadle, of Moundsville, and they have one son, Byron W.   James F. Stewart, one of the prominent farmers of Marshall county, W. Va., was born December 20, 1824. His parents were William and Jane (Cunningham) Stewart, the former one of the oldest men now living in the county. Although eighty-seven years of age, he is in reasonably good health, converses freely, remembers early days quite well, has been a man of more than ordinary physical strength, was quite an athlete in his earlier days, and was never beaten in many of the games that were played years ago. He came to this section with his parents, Robert and Mary (Irwin) Stewart, in 1808, and settled on Wheeling creek, and eight years later his parents bought and moved to land adjoining that now owned by himself. The county was then one unbroken wilderness, except some little improvement at Beeler's Station. Land was worth $2 per acre. Labor 25 cents per day, making rails 25 cents per 100. His parents were married in Ireland, and came to this country with two children: Irwin and Thomas, and seven others were born to them after coming to America, viz.: Jane, John, Robert, William, Nancy, Samuel and Fleming. These parents and most of the children were worthy members of the Disciples churoh. Thomas Stewart, the great-grandfather of our subject, oame to this country about 1808. His wife probably died in Ireland. William Stewart was born April 3, 1803, and was married to Jane Cunningham, in 1824. This union was blessed in the birth of eight children: Agnes, who married William. Foster. She died at the age of twenty-six. Robert married Miss Hanley, of Illinois. Samuel married Miss Woosley, of Illinois; James F.; Andrew W. married Miss Hanley. Irwin married, first, Isabel Shepherd and afterward Miss Richey. Mrs. Jane Stewart was born in 1804, and passed to her reward in March, 1878, after having spent her life in the service of her Maker, in the Disciples church. William Stewart was justice of the peace for some years in this county, and has always been a man of sterling integrity and irreproachable character, and is now spoken of in the highest terms by those who have known him most of his life. Our subject has been a farmer all his life. He was married in 1858 to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart have had six children, whose names are: D. Webster, John W., William A., Mary J., Belle and Effie, all at home with their father, all well educated, two of whom are teachers in the public schools of the state. Mrs. Stewart died in 1885. She was a life long member of the Disciples church, and a devout, earnest, praiseworthy Christian lady. Mr. Stewart is also a worthy member of the same church. He is one of the prominent, responsible and highly respected farmers of the county. Owning and operating one of the finest and most extensive farms in his district, he is well and favorably known over the county, and in politics is a solid republican.   740 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY.   Dr. George A. Stidger of Cameron, a well-known and popular physician, was born in Marshall county, December 27, 1844. He is the son of Dr. George Stidger, an early physician and one of the first to practice surgery in Marshall county. He was widely known throughout this part of the state, and highly esteemed. He was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, in 1807, and died in Marshall county in 1887. His wife, whose maiden name was Mary A Baker, was a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church, to which the elder Dr. Stidger also belonged. She died in 1864, aged fifty-three years. Six sons and three daughters were born to these parents. Dr. George A. Stidger received his literary education at the Iowa Wesleyan university, where he was graduated in the class of 1866. Subsequently he came to West Virginia and began the study of medicine with his brother, S. B. Stidger, M. D., one of the most noted surgeons of this part of the state. He completed his professional studies in the Jefferson medical college, where he was graduated in the class of 1882, and he also attended two terms of the medical department of Wooster University at Cleveland. He has carried on the practice of medicine and surgery since 1871, and has attained a creditable and unquestioned rank among the able and skillful men of his profession in this region. The doctor was married in 1874, to Elizabeth, daughter of U. B. and Susan Williams. Her father, one of the oldest engineers of the Baltimore & Ohio road, died of apoplexy on his engine, in 1881. Her mother is living with Mrs. Stidger, and is now seventy-six years old. The docter and wife have six children: George H., Mary B., Hugh, Ada, Crafton and Howe. He and wife and two elder children are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.   E. C. Thomas, prominent among the physicians and surgeons of Marshall county, was born in Belmont county, Ohio, December 14, 1835, the son of Edward and Catherine (Clark) Thomas. His father was a native of north Wales, and came to America at twenty-four years of age. He was a coal miner, afterward a coal dealer, and in this country a farmer by occupation, and was known as an honest and upright man. He died in 1869 at the age of seventy-five years, and his wife, who was the daughter of Elizabeth Zane, the " powder girl of Wheeling," died in 1872, aged seventy-two years. She was a mem- ber of the Methodist church from the years of the earliest organizations in the west, and her home was always open to the itinerant ministers. Thirteen children were born to these parents, and eight survive. Dr. Thomas, the eighth child, was occupied on his own account at the age of eighteen as a teacher, and he continued at this for several years, finally beginning the reading of medicine with Dr. Bates, at Wheeling, in 1857. He was graduated by the Ohio Medical college, of Cincinnati, in 1860, and then entered the service of the United States as assistant surgeon of the Third West Virginia infantry, of which command he was promoted surgeon about a year later. He was mustered out with the regiment in August, 1864, and then served as assistant surgeon in the hospital at Claremonte, Md., until July 1, 1865. On the restoration of peace he began his practice at Mounds-   THE PAN-HANDLE - 741   ville, in which he has ever since been engaged with noteworthy success. During five years he acted as surgeon of the penitentiary. He has been a member of the State Medical association, also of the I. O. O. F., and is now a member of the G. A. R. In September, 1865, he was married to Mrs. Margaret Jane Williamson, daughter David Patten, of Belmont county, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.   Henry W. Thompson, a well-known citizen of Moundsville, is a native of Ireland, of Scotch-Irish lineage. His parents were Henry and Ann J. (Burns) Thompson, who came to Wheeling in 1849, the subject of this mention being then four years old, he having been born July 27, 1845. The father was employed in a cotton mill, then in a rolling mill, and at the time of his death, March 6, 1885, he was justice of the peace. His widow survives at the age of seventy-four years. Both were members of the Presbyterian church. Four of their seven children are living. Henry W. began working for himself at ten years of age, carrying tools for the workmen on the B.& O. bridge, and subsequently found employment in the cotton factory, and then in the rolling mill, learning his trade of boiler maker. Though he had served on the militia his youth prevented his enlistment in the civil war until July, 1863, when he became a member of Battery H, First West Virginia light artillery. The command of 500 was captured at New Creek; and were conveyed to Richmond, where they arrived in an almost starved condition, and were then treated to the regular allowance of a loaf of corn bread for four men, and two ounces of meat or fish, when they could get it, twice a day. He was imprisoned in the Pemberton tobacco warehouse, opposite Libby prison, from November 15, 1864, to February 15, 1865, and suffered great hardships. He was taken to Camp Chase and given a furlough of thirty days, after which he returned to his command, but the war was then about closed and he was discharged July, 1865. After peace was restored he resumed his trade, but since 1885 has been engaged in gardening at Moundsville. He was married May 14, 1872, to Mary E., daughter of George and Catherine Blake, of Benwood, and they have had three children: *Edna V., George B., deceased, and Hugh W. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian church, and he is affiliated with the Masonic order, the I.O. O. F. and the G. A. R.   Joseph Tomlinson, Jr., the first white settler where Moundsville now stands, was born in Maryland, October 12, 1745, the son of Joseph Tomlinson, who was born in Ireland, October 12, 1712. Joseph, Jr., married Elizabeth Harkness, who was born in Maryland, March 2, 1754, and they emigrated and discovered Grave Creek mound, and settled in the flats of that stream in the year 1770. About 1795 he laid out a town, and named it Elizabethtown in honor of his wife, and this name was in use until the town was consolidated with Moundsville in 1866. The children of Joseph, Jr., were Robert; Drusilla, wife of Hezekiah Bukey; Samuel, Joseph, Isaac; Mary, wife of John Kinnard; Lucy, wife of Samuel Riggs, and afterward of Isaac Hos-   742 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO.   kinson; Elizabeth, wife of Joseph McMahon; Nathaniel and Jesse. Nathaniel became a farmer, enlisted in the war of 1812, and married Margaret Ransom, by whom he had two children. Alfred Tomlinson, now a prosperous farmer near Moundsville, and Ellen C., wife of William Alexander. Margaret (Ransom) Tomlinson, who died at the home of her son son-in-law, Judge Alexander, November 17, 1870, was one of the most widely known and esteemed ladies of the county. She was a daughter of William Ransom, a native of county Armagh, Ireland, who was married January 7, 1771. They came to Moundsville in 1799, and the father died here March 13, 1804., and the mother, December 29, 1857. Alfred Tomlinson, above referred to, has devoted his life to agriculture and is one of the most highly regared citizens of this region. He was born near Moundsville, October 5, 1822. He was married in 1851, to Mary D., daughter of James D. Morris, and they have two children, James M., and Mary, wife of Rev. M. F. Compton, a Methodist minister, of New York city. Mr. and Mrs. Tomlinson are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.   Charles W. Vance was born in Wheeling, Ohio Co., W. Va., in the year 1858. Robert A. Vance was born in 1855. They are the sons of Robert and Harriet (McAully) Vance, old citizens of Wheeling, and highly respected members of the Methodist Epscopa1 church, Robert Vance, Sr., was born at Little Beaver, Penn., about the year 1818. He was a heater in rolling mill. He enlisted in Company K, First. West Virginia cavalry, in September, 1861, and served unti1 the close of the war. He was honorably discharged at Wheeling. He did much scouting and hard marching, and was in all the engagements which his company participated. Harriet (McAully) Vance, was born in England in the year 1823, and came to the United States when seven years old. She was the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Asbeens) McAully, natives of England, who emigrated to this country in 1830 and settled at Pittsburgh, Penn., where the father died at the age of seventy-six. The mother is still living at the advanced age of ninety years and has remarkably good health for one of her extreme age. The grandfather of our subject, James McAully, was born in Ireland, but was soon after taken to England where he lived and died. He was a weaver of fine carpets. Andrew Vance, the paternal grandfather, married Sarah Wright, and soon after settled near Beaver, Penn. They were Quakers. Andrew was a soldier in the war of 1812. His father was of Scotch-Irish birth, and also a member of the Society of Friends. Charles Vance was one of a family of seven children: Harriet, who married J. W. Davis, of Benwood; George W., married Anne Askin, of Illinois; Sarah E., deceased; Marietta married J. F. B. Wilson; Carrie married W. E. Telly, and is now a resident of Mingo, Ohio; and Robert A. The latter is a member of the firm of Vance Bros., merchants of Benwood, W. Va. Charles Vance began life for himself at a very early age by working in the iron mills of the city, and remained in this pursuit for   THE PAN-HANDLE - 743   about thirteen years, when he formed a partnership with his brother and embarked in the mercantile business. They now operate a large retail dry goods and grocery business. Charles Vance is a member of the I. O. O. F. Both members of the firm are considered as among the substantial business men of the city, they having gained an enviable reputation for integrity and enterprise.   Antonius T. Warner, a substantial and leading citizen of Marshall county, proprietor of a saw-mill and lumber yard near Moundsville, was born in 1850, at Baltimore, Md. He is the son of a shipbuilder who came to his death by a falling timber striking him while he was engaged in resetting a mast on a ship. His widow, Rebecca (Fay) Warner, is still living. Three children were born to them. Antonius was placed among strangers to earn his subsistence at an early day, and he worked faithfully until he was of age, when he engaged in saw-milling, a business with which he has ever since been connected, also giving considerable attention to farming. He came to Marshall county in 1855, and there and in Ohio county has since made his home. By industry he has in spite of an inauspicious beginning, accumulated enough of a property to make him one of the solid men of the vicinity. In 1879 he was married to Mrs. Laura V. Flannagan, daughter of Jacob W. and Mary Jane Cox, old settlers of the county of Marshall. Her father was a prosperous farmer, for more than fifty years active in the Methodist church, a member of the agricultural society of the county, and a stockholder in rolling mill at Moundsville. By her marriage to Joseph Flannagan, Mrs. Warner had two children, Willie and Ebert S., and by her union to Mr. Warner she is the mother of five children: Jessie, Russell, Della, Wertie and Stacy Harrison. Mrs. Warner is a member of the Methodist church. Mr. Warner is associated with the I. 0. 0. F. and the Knights of Pythias, and in politics is a republican.   Charles A. Weaver, of Moundsville, a notably successful business man and manufacturer, was born in York county, Penn., April 11, 1845. His father, Elijah Weaver, a native of Maryland, was a whip manufacturer by occupation, and died in 1878, at the age of sixty-one years. By his wife, Caroline Erb, a native of Ireland, he had six children, the oldest of whom is Charles A. The latter embarked in the whip manufacture at the age of twenty years, and has ever since followed that occupation, and though burned out in the year 1869, his business has since been enlarged and has greater proportions than before. His establishment at present manufactures about eighty dozen whips per day, and turns out about half the leather whips used in the United States. In this manufacture he is associated with John C. Bardall under the style of Weaver & Bardall, and he is also a member of the firm of Weaver & Humphreys, manufacturers of brooms, the product of whose establishment is about 125 dozen per day. Mr. Weaver's energies as a manager and financier are not confined to these extensive industries, but he is also president of the Marshall County bank, of which he is one of the founders, is a charter member of the Moundsville Coal company and director of the same, is a stockholder   744- HISTORY OF THE UPPER 'OHIO VALLEY.   and director of the Citizens' Natural Gas company, of Beaver, Penn.,. and has business interests in Wheeling, and at various places in Pennsylvania and the west. His prominence as a citizen has been recognized by his election to the office of mayor, and he is now a member of the council. Socially he holds a high rank, is a Mason of the degree of Knight Templar, and with his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Few men in West Virginia are more prominent in business and financial circles, and his success is a creditable nature, and founded on integrity of character, alertness in affairs and superior executive ability. Mr. Weaver was married December 24, 1867, to Mary Etta Richardson, daughter of W. F. and Mary Richardson, of Pittsburgh, and seven children have been born to them: May E., Charles A., William F., Harry E.; Carrie, deceased; Mary Etta and Walter M.   Daniel Winters is one of the prominent farmers of Marshall county, W. Va. He was born on the farm adjoining the one now occupied by him March 17, 1821. Daniel and Mary (Blake) Winters, his parents, came to Marshall county in the infancy of that county, and were classed among the first families of the community. Both were consistent members of the Presbyterian church. Their ten children were:' James, John, Esther, Betsy, Samuel, Margaret, Mary, Nancy, Daniel, and Rebecca J.; all of these are now deceased but Daniel. Mr. Winters had a natural fitness for agriculture and began life as a farmer on a small scale. By close attention to his farm, and by progressiveness in his methods, he has accumulated a fine property, and is classed among the prosperous farmers of the community. February 4, 1847, he espoused Miss Margaret Hartley, a daughter of Thomas and Alice (Warden) Hartley, who were very early settlers in Ohio county, W. Va., and who were prominent in the settlement of that region. Mrs. Hartley was a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and for years was an active worker of that denomination. Mr. and Mrs. Winters' home has been brightened by the advent of three children: Lemon, the oldest, died in infancy; Alice J. married Abner Campbell; their four children are: Orlena D., Millard L., Pearl M. and Martin D. Mary M. married Martin Thornburg, their children are: Harry L., Fairy 0. and Cora I.; these children have lived with their grandparents since the death of their mother, which occurred November 13, 1878; she was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, which she joined when thirteen years old, and was a true Christian woman, leaving bright evidences behind her of having lived a pure and noble life. Mr. and Mrs. Winters, from their life long residence in this community, are widely known, and are very much esteemed. They both went to school in the old log schoolhouses of their childhood, and have brought many interesting facts of that day up through the years of their life.. They are earnest and devoted communicants of the Methodist Episcopal church.   Daniel Wilson, a successful and well-to-do farmer of Marshall county, was born in the same, May 24, 1822, the son of Joseph and Martha (Downing) Wilson, both natives of Virginia. His father, a   THE PAN-HANDLE - 745   farmer by occupation, died in September, 1856, at the age of sixty-one years, and the mother several years later. Of their ten children, nine are living: James, in Indiana; William, Daniel, Rebecca, Mary J.; widow of Alexander Woodburn; Joseph, Elizabeth, Hannah, Samuel. Daniel began work for himself in 1850, at Limestone, which has since been his home, and followed blacksmithing for twenty-five years, after which he rented a farm for three years, and is now the owner of a fertile property of 320 acres. For four or five years just before the formation of the state, he served as justice of the peace. In the autumn of 1850 he was married to Mary J., daughter of James Standiford of Marshall county, and by this union had seven children: James, who is engaged in blacksmithing; Joseph, John, Emma, Lorena, Margaret C., and William S. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian church, of which he has been an elder since 1870, and politically he is a republican. Mr. Wilson's suocess in life has been achieved by untiring industry and integrity, and none are more highly regarded than he by the community. James Wilson, above mentioned, is an inventor of notable genius, and he has produced and secured patents upon a " vehicle top fastening," a " lifting jack " for wagons, and an adjusting seat for use on reapers and mowers on side hills, that are worthy of extensive use.   Edward E. Zane, a prominent young citizen of Glen Dale, Marshall county, is the descendant of a family of great importance in the history of the upper Ohio valley. His father, Daniel Zane, was a son of Col. Ebenezer Zane, one of the foremost of the early heroes of the frontier, a brother of the celebrated Elizabeth Zane, whose famous adventure at the siege of Fort Henry will never be forgotten. Col. Zane was a man of great bravery, rare good sense, and was upright in character. A similar man was his brother, Jonathan Zane, a noted Indian fighter and hunter, whose rifle was known from the river to the lakes by the name of " Old Destruction," so deadly was its aim. Had the advice of these two wary frontiersmen been followed by Col. Crawford, that soldier would have escaped death at the stake and his men a cruel massacre. Daniel Zane, who was born August 3, 1792, was married M arch 3, 1812, to Cynthia, daughter of his uncle, Jonathan Zane. She, a beautiful woman and a devoted Christian, died of consumption, June 5, 1841. On September 16, 1859, Daniel Zane was again married, to Angeline P. Tomlinson, who was born November 18, 1840, at Kate's Rock (Glen Dale), Marshall county, the daughter of Abelard and Annie Tomlinson. Abelard was the grandson of Joseph Tomlinson, who settled on the Grave Creek flats about 1770, being the only white settler in Marshall county, and came into possession of a large tract of land, which, including the famous mound at Moundsville, he willed to his son Jesse, the father of Albelard, who opened the mound in 1838. Daniel and Angeline Zane had one son, Edward E., born June 18, 1860. Daniel died July 8, 1860, and on September 16, 1861, his widow was married to Theodore Fink, a well known river man, who died March 4, 1875. Edward E. Zane at the age of fourteen years began the trade of carpentry, at   746 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY.   which he afterward worked for several years with Thomas and James Clark, contractors. Subsequently he was employed for three years in the store of H. R. Kingman, at Wheeling, after which he resumed his trade and followed that until 1885, when he bought a farm on which he now resides. On May 14, 1887, he established the postoffice at Glen Dale, of which he is now postmaster, the office being on his farm. June 18, 1884, he was married to Helena, only daughter of Michael Sohaub, of Woodfield, Ohio, a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He died May 4, 1885, aged forty-seven years. Mr. and Mrs. Zane have one son, Frank Edward, born April 27, 1886.