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Belmont County, Ohio
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BIOGRAPHIES
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick)

HISTORY OF
BELMONT and JEFFERSON COUNTIES,
OHIO,

AND
INCIDENTALLY HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
PERTAINING TO
BORDER WARFARE AND THE EARLY SETTLEMENT
of the
ADJACENT PORTION OF THE OHIO VALLEY,

By J. A. Caldwell
with Illustrations
Assistant, G. G. Nichols                 Managing Editor, J. H. Newton               (Assistant, A. G. Sprankle.
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WHEELING, W. VA.
PUBLISHED BY THE HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY
1880

 

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  St. Clairsville -
STEPHEN CALDWELL, came from Brooke county, West Virginia, in about 1822.  He was a scholarly and a very affable man.  But, it is said, he was never very successful at the bar.  He died in Philadelphia.
Source:  History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company - 1880 - Pg. 229
  Warren Twp. -
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL
, a son of William and Ann Campbell, was born in Warren township Feb. 6, 1836.  His business is farming.  In 1859 he went to Pike's Peak, during the gold excitement, but soon returned and married Mary J. Dew, Feb. 20, 1866, by whom he has four children, viz.: Annie B., Nettie M., Harley L., and Nellie L. Campbell.  He remained on his father's farm four years after his marriage, then near Barnesville two years, and then on the farm of his father one year, after which he removed to where he now resides, on the old Hyde farm.
Source:  History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company - 1880 - Pg.357
  St. Clairsville -
C. C. CARROLL - First located in St. Clairsville as a physician, but was not very successful in physics, and, through the influence of Judge Ruggles, whose step-daughter he married, he was induced to turn his attention to law.  He was a member of the bar for 26 years, and a citizen of St. Clairsville for thirty-one.  "By his untiring application he had become a good lawyer, a ripe scholar, and deservedly distinguished as an able advocate, an honorable and successful practitioner, and a fearless and eloquent participator in the moral, and political and philanthropic discussions of his time."  He was elected as prosecuting attorney and served from 1845 to 1849.  He died in St. Clairsville, Dec. 25, 1858.
Source:  History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company - 1880 - Pg. 230
  Cross Creek Twp. -
JOHN CASSEL was born in Washington county, Pa., in 1809, and came to this country with his father, William Cassel when a small boy.  His father was one of the representative men of this county, and served as commissioner for several years with honor to himself and credit to the county.  John, the subject of this sketch, was brought up on the farm and received a fair education.  He is now engaged in farming, and has a finely improved farm, and, we may say, is one of the leading farmers in the township.
Source:  History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company - 1880 - Pg. 599
  St. Clairsville -
HON. ROBERT E. CHAMBERS, attorney-at-law, was born in Richland township, Belmont County, Ohio, of Irish parentage, his father having arrived in America in 1798, and his mother two years later.  His father followed agricultural pursuits through life.  Robert attended the district school during the winter months, laboring on the farm the balance of the year, until he attained his majority.  He then worked at the carpenter trade for about a year, after which he taught school, and at the same time was a pupil in an academy which prepared him for college.  He graduated from Franklin College, Harrison county, Ohio, in 1853, and subsequently resumed his vocation as a teacher, being employed as such in the district schools for three years and taught the high schools of St. Clairsville, Ohio, for two years; likewise having supervision of the public schools of that place.  He commenced the study of law in 1858, with Judge William Kennon, of St. Clairsville, was admitted to the bar in 1860, and at once entered upon the practice of his profession.  In 1862 he was elected a member of the lower house in the General Assembly and served for one year.  On his return home he resumed his legal duties and so continued until 1871, when he was elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for five years.  He filled the bench with honor, satisfaction and ability, and at the expiration of his term as such he again resumed the practice of law.  Office on Main street, nearly opposite St. Clair Hotel.
Source:  History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company - 1880 - Pg. 240
  JAMES D. COFFMAN was born in Belmont County, Ohio, May 30, 1839.  On the 29th of July, 1860, he married Mary J. Baker of Woodsfield, Monroe county, Ohio.  In April, 1861, he enlisted as a private in the 25th Regiment O. V. I. and became a member of Company B.  He served twenty-two months at the expiration of which time he was honorably discharged.  Moved to Bellaire, June 6, 1872, and has been working in the rolling mill ever since.
Source:  History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company - 1880 - Pg. 274
  Mead Twp. -
JAMES CORBET
was born in Belmont county, Feb. 21, 1835.  He was reared on the farm, and obtained his education at common schools.  He remained with his father till his death, which occurred in 1877.  He then purchased a portion of the old homestead, where he yet remains.
Source:  History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company - 1880 - Pg. 393
  Mead Twp. -
JOHN CORBET, a native of Belmont county, was born Nov. 24, 1837; was reared on the farm, and remained with his father till twenty-four years of age.  He married Marn Dunfee, Feb. 11, 1864.  She was born May 10, 1839.  They are the parents of one son and six daughters.  After his marriage he located on a farm situate in section 3, township 5, range 3, where he still remains.  He and his wife are consistent members of the M. E. Church, known as the Pultney Chapel.
Source:  History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company - 1880 - Pg. 393
  St. Clairsville -
HON. BENJAMIN S. COWEN was born Sept. 27, 1792, in Washington county, N. Y. where he was also educated.  He removed to Ohio in 1825, to the village of Moorefield, Harrison county, where he practiced medicine for a short time, but was admitted to the bar in 1830, and shortly afterward was appointed Prosecuting Attorney for Monroe county.  In 1832 he formed a law partnership with Wm. B. Hubbard, and removed to St. Clairsville, where he resided until his death.  In 1840 he was elected to the 27th Congress, and was chairman of the committee on claims.  In 1844 he was chosen to the State Legislature, and was there recognized as the acknowledged leader of the Whig party in the House.  He was elected by the Legislature in 1847, a judge of the court of Common Pleas, and was on the bench till 1853.  He took a leading part in the founding of Brook's Institute and Seminary of St. Clairsville, where his two sons, D. D. T. and B. R. Cowen, received most of their education.  He was married in Washington county, N. Y., to Annie, daughter of Judge Wood.  He continued in the active practice of his profession till he died on his birthday, Sept. 27, 1869, at the age of 76 years, respected and beloved by all who knew him.
Source:  History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company - 1880 - Pg. 230

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