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20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio
by Joseph B. Doyle -
Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago -
1910
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DANIEL
M. ABRAHAM, who passed from this life on December
19, 1896, on his farm in Island Creek Township,
Jefferson County, Ohio, was one of the respected,
esteemed and altogether worthy men of his community.
He was a native of Island Creek Township and was born in
the house in which his widow still resides, May 16,
1829, and was a son of Daniel and Mary (Walker)
Abraham, the former of whom was born in Jefferson
County and the latter in West Virginia.
Daniel M. Abraham grew to manhood on the home
farm and had such educational advantages as the
neighborhood afforded. In those days the tilling
of land and the growing of fine stock were followed as a
business, descending from father to son, and youths were
trained in farm duties from boyhood. Mr.
Abraham was a life-long resident of Island Creek
Township and was one of the most successful farmers and
stock raisers in his section. He had a farm of 160
acres, on which his widow still resides, living in great
comfort. Mr. Abraham was a man of
high moral character, a leading member of Centre Chapel
Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he was a class
leader. In his relations with his family, his
neighbors and all who did business with him. Mr.
Abraham was honest, sincere and kind and he will
long be remembered.
On March 2, 1854, Mr. Abraham was married to
Miss Susan McClure, who was born in Allegheny
County, Pennsylvania, November 4, 1832, a daughter of
Andrew and Margaret (Abraham)
McClure, the former of whom was born in Allegheny
County and the latter in Jefferson County. Mrs.
Abraham was reared in Allegheny County and was
married there, after which she accompanied her husband
to Island Creek Township and has lived on her present
farm ever since. To Mr. and Mrs. Abraham
five children were born, namely: Mary J., who is
the wife of Samuel Speaker of Island Creek
Township; Margaret A., who is the wife of
George McCauslin, of Island Creek Township;
Alvernia, who is the wife of William Groves,
of Mexico, Mo., William E., who resides in Island
Creek Township; and John W., who is deceased.
Mrs. Abraham is a member of Centre Chapel Methodist
Episcopal Church.
 Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co.,
Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
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JOHN Q. ADAMS, a
general merchant at Empire, O., where he has been established since 1880, is a
representative business man of this place and a highly respected citizen. He was born at
Toronto, O., Dec. 14, 1841, and is a son of
John C. and Eliza (Elliott) Adams.
John C. Adams was born in
Knox Township,
Jefferson County, Ohio. He was a son of
William and Patience (McClain) Adams,
the former of whom lived to be ninety-two years old. In early manhood
John C. Adams was employed for some
years as a clerk in a store at Toronto,
O. In 1848 he moved to
Greensburg, Ky., where he engaged in the
practice of law and some years afterward was elected judge of the Court of
Common Pleas, in which office he served for six years.
Judge Adams later retired to Covington,
Ky., where he still lives and is now a nonagenarian. He married
Eliza Elliott, who was born in
Hancock County, now
West Virginia, who died when their
son, John Q., was twelve years old.
After his mother
died, John Q. Adams went to live with
his maternal grandmother.
Mrs. Jane Elliott, in
Hancock County,
W. Va., with whom he remained for three
years, in the meanwhile attending school.
HE was fifteen years old when he became connected with
Freeman Bros., the firm of fire brick
and sewer pipe manufacturers, who plants were in operation on both sides of the
Ohio River, and he remained there for about a quarter of a century. In 1880 he came to Empire where he
has been prosperous as a merchant.
He has taken an active interest in town and township affairs and served two
terms, elected on the Democratic ticket, as trustee of
Knox Township.
Mr. Adams was married first to
Miss Rebecca Hukill, of
Hancock County, W. Va.
She is deceased, as also are all their four children:
William, Annie, Jesse and
John.
On May 1, 1876, Mr. Adams
married Miss Elizabeth Hinkle, who
was born at Malvern, O., a daughter of
George and Mary (Curfman) Hinkle, former residents of Empire.
Mr. and Mrs. Adams are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church at Empire, in which he is a class leader. In fraternal life,
Mr. Adams belongs to the Masons at
New Cumberland, W. Va., to the Knights of Pythias at Empire, and to the Odd
Fellows at Toronto,
O. He is well and favorably known
all through Jefferson
County.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B.
Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
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PETER ADAMS, one
of
Brush Creek
Township’s substantial farmers and stock raisers, belongs to an
old Jefferson
County family, his grandparents having come to this section of
Ohio
when his father was a child of seven years.
Mr. Adams was born in an old
log house that stood on a farm adjoining the one he now owns in Brush Creek
Township, Nov. 24, 1837, and is a son of
John and Hannah (Peckham) Adams.
John Adams was born at Brownsville, Pa.,
and was a son of Thomas and Bathsheba
(Hartley) Adams. The first of the
family to come to Jefferson
County was
Martin Adams, who became a man of large estate and he was a brother of
Thomas Adams. He came with a party of surveyors and was
so pleased with the appearance of the land that he patented a number of tracts,
including what later became the Cope, the
Robert Russell and the Joseph Beard
farms and he also selected 160 acres for his brother,
Thomas Adams. To this tract,
Thomas Adams later added a second 160 acres.
Martin Admas never married, his death
taking place on what is now the Cope farm.
Thomas married Bathsheba Bartley,
who belonged to a wealthy Philadelphia
family. Of his children,
John Adams survived until April,
1882. He inherited the large estate and
added to its volume during his lifetime.
He combined farming with other activities, one of these being the raising of
fine live stock. He married
Hannah Peckham, a daughter of
Charles and Rhoda Peckham. They were of Rhode
Island and came into Jefferson
County in their cart drawn by oxen and lived to see
years of comfort surrounding them in the country they had entered as pioneers,
living to nearly one hundred years of age.
They settled first on the site of Irondale and moved from there to
Somerset Ridge and from there to the farm on which they grandson,
Peter Adams, resides. He owns a large amount of land, 292 acres
of surface and 372 acres of coal property.
The coal is being developed. The
whole of the surface land is richly underveined with coal, there being four
veins of three and six feet, and two others of less extent.
Peter Adams attended school at
Monroeville in his boyhood and has been engaged in agricultural
pursuits ever since, together with looking after his valuable coal interests. In 1874 he built his comfortable residence
and in 1884 erected his substantial barn.
On Oct. 8, 1869,
Mr. Adams was married to
Miss Marjorie McBane, a daughter of
Angus McBane, of
Brush
Creek Township, but a
native of Scotland, from
which country he came to Jefferson
County in 1818.
Mr. and Mrs. Adams had four
daughters and two sons born to them, namely:
John W., an attorney at law located
at Wheeling, W. Va., who married and has two children –
Elizabeth and Eleanor; Jeanetta M.,
who resides at home; Orpha, who married Charles Hart, of Salineville,
O., and they have three children –
Marjorie, Helen and one unnamed;
Angus Hays, who manages the home farm; Elizabeth, who has adopted the noble profession
of a trained nurse resides at Wheeling; and
Blanche, who married Roy Ramsey, of Mechanicstown,
Carroll County, Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. Adams are members of the
United Presbyterian Church.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph
B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
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STEPHEN E. ADKINS,
hardware merchant and plumber, doing a very prosperous business at Mingo
Junction, Ohio, was born at Point Pleasant, W. Va., April 7, 1863, and is a son
of
Spencer and Caroline (Glover) Adkins.
Spencer Adkins
was born at Roanoke, Va., where he
was educated in the profession of civil engineer.
In the line of business he assisted in laying out the town of
Point Pleasant, W. Va., and was so pleased with the situation that he located there. He died Feb. 1, 1891, aged sixty-one
years. He married
Caroline Glover, who survives him. They had the following children born
to them:
Mary, (deceased), who was the wife of Capt. W. D. Holmes, commander of a vessel on the Ohio River;
John, who is in business at Wheeling
as a manufacturer; Bettie, who
married William Crothers; Sarah, who
married Willialm Greenley, a
prominent business man of Charlestown, W. Va.;
Rose, who is the widow of
George Kiser and
Stephen E.
Stephen E. Adkins
was reared at Point Pleasant and during boyhood attended school four months each
year. He was ambitious to learn a
good trade and was only thirteen when he started to work in a tinner’s
establishment. As soon as he
completed the usual apprenticeship, he opened a shop of his own at
Point Pleasant, and then learned the plumbing trade. Thus equipped with two excellent
trades, Mr. Adkins came as a very
desirable citizen to Mingo Junction, moving his stock to this place in
September, 1901, and opening a store in the
McLister Building,
on Commercial Street. In October, 1909, he came to his
present excellent location on
Commercial Street, opposite the public school
building, and added a full stock of hardware and paints, and builders’ supplies. He owns seven pieces of good property
at Mingo Junction in addition to his three-story brick block which he built on
Commercial Street.
Mr. Adkins was married Oct. 29, 1884,
to Miss Maggie E. Hysell, a daughter
of Curt Hysell, of Point Pleasant,
W. Va., and they have two children:
Oscar E., who managed the plumbing
end of the business, having learned the trade with his father, before he
established his own plumbing shop on Fourth Street, Steubenville; and
Oca, who is the wife of
Ralph Porter, a leading grocer of
Mingo Junction.
Mr. and Mrs. Porter have one
daughter, Ella Deborah.
Mr. Adkins and wife reside in the
Adkins Block. In politics he is a Democrat and has
taken quite an active part in public matters.
In 1909 his party nominated him for county commissioner and he failed of
election by but 188 votes, having run far ahead of his ticket and carried
Steubenville
by sixteen votes.
Mr. Adkins is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
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ASBURY B.
ADRIAN, a prosperous farmer and stock raiser,
who owns 100 acres of valuable land in Wayne
Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, is a
representative citizen of this section and a former
trustee of the township, Feb. 24, 1855, and is a son
of Jacob and Eve (Betz) Adrian.
Jacob Adrian was also born in Wayne Township and
was a son of Joseph L. Adrian, who was a son
of Jacob Adrian, the pioneer of the family,
who secured Government land in this township in its
earliest days of settlement. Jacob Adrian,
father of Asbury B., now in his eighty-first
year, lives in Salem Township, and of his nine
children there are eight survivors: Asbury B.;
Clark B. and Edwin S., both of Salem
Township; Huldah B., wife of John Dale,
of Gallipolis, Ohio; Calvin L. of Harrison
County, Ohio; Margaret, wife of Frederick
Trelaven, of Columbus, Ohio; Jane, a
teacher in the public schools of Allegheny, Pa.; and
Charles R., of Mingo, Ohio. Salome,
the second born, is deceased. The venerable
Jacob Adrian has resided in Salem Township since
1856 and during his active years was a farmer and
stock raiser.
Asbury B. Adrian was but one year old when his
parents moved into Salem Township and there he grew
to manhood, attending the local schools and Richmond
College before that institution was discontinued.
In 1886 he was appointed station agent at what was
then called Bloomfield Station but is now known as
Fair Play Station, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, and
served there for eleven years and for a number of
years he was also post-master at that point.
In 1887 he settled on his present farm in the
northern part of Wayne Township and has followed an
agricultural life ever since.
On August 24, 1882, Mr. Adrian married Miss
Flora E. Copeland, who was born in Salem
Township, a daughter of the late Samuel Copeland,
and they have had five children born to them:
Chester E., John H., Bertha, Emma and Emma L.
In politics Mr. Adrian is a stanch Republican
and is active in the affairs of Wayne Township.
Formerly he served four years as president of the
board of township trustees.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
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JACOB ADRIAN,
an enterprising farmer and highly respected citizen
of Salem Township, is the owner of a fine farm of
162 acres located in the northwest corner of Section
19, this township. He was born May 18, 1830,
in Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, a son of
Joseph and Sarina (Richard) Adrian.
Joseph Adrian was born in Maryland, where he was
reared, after his marriage settling in Wayne
Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where he lived
until the time of his death at the age of sixty
years. He was a member of the Baptist Church
and both he and his wife were buried in Wayne
Township in the pine Run Baptist Church Cemetery.
His marriage with Sarina Richard, who was a
daughter of John Richard, resulted in the
birth of the following children: Jacob, Etta,
Ann, George, Lucinda, William, David (deceased),
Robert, Louisa, and Basil (deceased).
Jacob Adrian was
reared and received his educational training, in
Wayne Township, and learned the carpenter's trade,
which he followed in that locality for some years.
After his marriage he continued his residence in
Wayne Township for some time, and then located on a
small farm in Salem Township, subsequently coming to
his present farm of 162 acres, where he has followed
carpentry in connection with farming. He
erected a house and barn, the latter of which was
destroyed by fire during the summer of 1909, and has
just completed another fine barn. He is
politically a Republican. Mr. Adrian
was united in marriage with Eva Betz, a
daughter of Solomon and Rhoda Betz, and
of their union were born: A. Basil who
married Flora Copeland; Rosa Lena, deceased;
E. Stanton, Hilda, Margaret, Charles, Mary Jane
and town who died unnamed.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
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CHARLES W.
AKEN, superintendent of the Eastern Ohio
Sewer Pipe Company and a resident of Irondale, O.,
is a man of wide experience in the manufacture of
sewer pipe, in which he has been engaged nearly all
of his business life. He was born at
Tiltonville, Ohio., June 29, 1864, adn is a son of
Amos and Lucinda Aken.
James Aken, grandfather of our subject, was born in
Jefferson County, Ohio, and lived here in the days
when the Indians were numerous and at times hostile.
His brother had the misfortune to lose his scalp to
the Red Men. The wife of James Aken was
native of Ireland. The mother of the subject
of this record was also a native of Jefferson
County, and was of Irish ancestry, her people coming
from Ireland to the vicinity of Wheeling, W. Va.,
and thence to Jefferson County. She is living
at Toronto, O., at the age of seventy-four years and
in the enjoyment of good health. Amos Aken
was born in Jefferson County, and lived at
Tiltonville, until early in the eighties when he
moved to Toronto, and there the remaining years of
his life were passed. He was a speculator in
live-stock and was a man of activity in business
affairs. The following were the children of Amos
and Lucinda Aken: James, who lives at
Toronto with his mother; Ella, wife of
William Ellington, of Toronto; Mrs. William
Struthers, of Pittsburgh; Mrs. G. Y. Travis,
of East Liverpool; Frank, deceased, who spent
a number of years in Portland, Ore.; and Charles
W.
Charles W. Aken received a limited education in the
public schools and since he was fourteen years old
he has been practically upon his own resources.
At the age of sixteen years he began learning his
trade at Toronto, O., where he worked for a period
of twelve years. He then went to Urichsville
and was employed as a molder by the Diamond Sewer
Pipe Company, soon after being made superintendent.
He served in that official capacity for fourteen
years, and in April, 1905, was called to Irondale to
serve in a similar capacity for the Eastern Ohio
Sewer Pipe Company.
Mr. Aken was united in marriage with Miss
Annie Sterling, a daughter of James Sterling,
of New Lisbon, O., in April, 1893. They are
liberal minded and progressive people and are fond
of travel, having but recently completed a seven
weeks' tour of Florida and Cuba. Mr. Aken
is a member of Blue Lodge, F. & A. M., the
Chapter and Council, at Urichsville, and his wife is
present matron of the Eastern Star at Toronto.
He also is a charter member of the lodge of Elks at
Urhichsville. He is a Republican in politics,
and while a resident of Urichsville was a member of
the city council and served on the street committee.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
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William R. Alban |
WILLIAM R.
ALBAN, now one of the leading practitioners
at the Jefferson County bar has a Welsh ancestry
whose representatives settled in American long
anterior to the War of the Revolution. John
Alban appears to have come to Virginia at least
as early as the middle of the 18th century, and
located near Winchester, Va. Here on Feb. 15,
1758, his son George Alban, great-grandfather
of William R. Alban, was born. In 1764
John Alban purchased a section of land from
Lord. He reenlisted on Mar. 3, with
Capt. Jeremiah Dunn's company of Express Riders,
with whom he remained until Nov. 24, 1778, when,
disabled by wounds he returned to the home farm at
Winchester, where he married Miss Jane Green,
in 1783, by whom he had a family of ten children.
In 1796 the family removed to Charlestown, now
Wellsburg, on the Ohio River, and in teh following
year to Island Creek Township, in the newly
organized county of Jefferson, O. Mr. Alban
was probably the first settler in the wilds of this
township back from the river, and it was a primeval
wilderness, where it was necessary to guard against
the nightly depredations of wolves and other savage
beasts, and where a visit from the wandering red man
was still not infrequent, although Wayne's
victory had removed all danger from this source.
On Dec. 27, 1800, be purchased a quarter section of
land from Thomas Edgington, and this farm
remained in the family until about 1808.
Mrs. Allen died on Aug. 8, 1839, aged
seventy-nine years and was followed by her husband
on Jan. 29, 1840, at the ripe age of eighty-two
years. Of the children, George Alban, Jr.
alone remained in the county, the other being
scattered over the country from the lakes to the
Gulf, and there were representatives of the family
on both sides in the late Civil War.
He married Nancy Cox, Dec. 29, 1825, who died
Oct. 29, 1877. Mr. Alban died in 1861,
leaving seven children, one of whom, John Alban,
the father of the subject of one sketch, lived until
1902, when he departed full of years and honor.
As an illustration of the standing of the family,
the office of justice of the peace, for Island Creek
Township was held almost continuously by George
Alban and his son from 1802 to 1861.
John Alban married Margaret Warden, on
Sept. 21, 1858, and on Oct. 10, 1864, on his
father's farm near the old home place William R.
Alban was born. As usual among the youth
of our rural communities he received his primary
education in the country schools, finishing at Scio
College. He taught school for six years, and
in 1891 began the study of law in the office of
Hon. E. E. Erskine, then prosecuting attorney.
In the fall of 1892 he entered the law department of
the Ohio State University, and was admitted to the
bar the following year. He remained with
Mr. Erskine two years, and then opened a
separate office where his industry and ability soon
had the effect of building up a rapidly increasing
legal business. Being an ardent Republican he
was made chairman of the County Central Committee
in 1899, in which capacity he served most
efficiently for three years. In 1902 he was
nominated for prosecuting attorney on the Republican
ticket without opposition, an almost unprecedented
honor, and was elected by an exceptionally large
majority. He was renominated and elected for a
second term, and retired from office in 1909 with an
unexcelled record for vigilance and proficiency in
conducting the criminal business of the county.
Since then he has devoted himself to his legal
business of which he has a large share. Mr.
Alban is a prominent Methodist and a leading
factor in religious circles. He is a broad
minded citizen in every respect, and his name is a
synonym for integrity and honor that is universally
recognized in the community. On Dec. 24, 1895,
Mr. Alban was joined in wedlock with Miss
Laura A. McWha, and has one daughter Ethel M.,
aged thirteen years, and one son Frederick Warden
aged one year.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page
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SAMUEL Z. ALEXANDER, for many
years a Justice of the Peace in Knox Township, Jefferson County, Ohio,
has been a farmer here all his mature life and owns a valuable property
consisting of 115 acres of well improved land. He was born here,
Apr. 15, 1833, and is a son of James and Rachel (Spiller) Alexander.
James Alexander was born in Hancock
County, W. Va., and was a son of John Alexander, who was born in
what is now West Virginia, and was of Scotch-Irish parentage.
James Alexander came early to Jefferson County and entered
160 acres of laud from the Government during the administration of
President James Madison, who signed his deed, and
Samuel Z. Alexander owns eighty-eight and one-half acres of the
original tract. James Alexander died in 1865.
He was a man of high standing in Knox Township and for twenty-one years
had served as a Justice of thePeace. He was captain of a rifle
company in the War of 1812. He was an old line Whig and up to the
time of death, when in his ninetieth year, took an interest in
publicaffairs and cast his ballot for the candidates of his party.
He was twice married and became the father of nineteen children.
Samuel Z. Alexander, although one of an
unusually large family, is the only survivor and he has always made his
home on the farm on which he lives. In his boyhood the children of
even men of many acres of land often had few educational opportunities,
and the greater part of his early schooling was obtained in the
subscription schools which had no stated term of months, their
continuance being usually dependent upon the support given by
subscribers. Mr. Alexander's father, however, was a
very intelligent man and the youth grew up accustomed to hearing public
questions discussed by the leading men of the township who came for his
father's advice and thus he gained much information. Reading and
association with people, officially and otherwise, has long since
corrected any deficiency. For many years Mr. Alexander,
like his late father, has been a Justice of the Peace and for a quarter
of a century has been a notary public. In early manhood he learned
the cabinet-making trade but his life has been mainly devoted to farming
and stock raising.
On Oct. 27, 1859, Mr. Alexander was
married to Miss Margaret Edmiston, who was born in
Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Aug. 26, 1840, a daughter of
John and Elizabeth (Cannon) Edmiston. Her parents were both
born in Pennsylvania, came early to Knox Township and lived to advanced
age. Mrs. Alexander had an aunt. Mrs.
Letitia Walker, who died June 20, 1901, in her 102nd year.
One brother of Mrs. Alexander survives, Joseph W.,
who lives in Knox Township.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander have had eight children,
three of whom are deceased: One that died in infancy; Mary E.
and John C. The survivors are: Rachel A., who is the
wife of James M. McClave, of Urichsville, Ohio ; Lizzie,
who is the wife of John N. Crawford, of Knox Township; James,
who lives in Knox Township; Ina M., who is the wife of Levi
Mackey, of Island Creek Township ; and Edna, who is the
wife of J. C. Hilsinger, who is cashier of a bank at Toronto,
Ohio. Mr. Alexander and family are members of the
Island Creek Presbyterian Church, in which he is an elder. In
politics he is a Republican and for eighteen years served as township
clerk. The anniversary of the fiftieth wedding day of Mr. and
Mrs. Alexander was celebrated in 1909, at which time many relatives
and friends gathered in the old home and the occasion was one that will
long be remembered for its exhibition of kind feeling.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page
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William J. Alexander |
WILLIAM J. ALEXANDER,
owner of a planing-mill at No. 131 North Seventh Street, Steubenville,
O., and a dealer in lumber, slate and all kinds of roofing, doors, sash
and all interior furnishings, spouting, mantles and tile, does a large
amount of business and is numbered with the representative and reliable
business men of this city. His establishment is the oldest of its
kind in the county, having been founded in 1873. He was born in
Steubenville in 1867.
Moses Alexander, father of William J.,
was born in Ireland and came to America in 1855 and to Steubenville in
1857. Here he embarked in a wholesale grocery business which he
conducted until 1873. He then went into the lumber business in
which he continued until within two years of his death, which occurred
in 1898. He was a man of business probity and was well known all
through this section.
William J. Alexander was afforded excellent
advantages in the Steubenville schools and then went into the lumber
business with his father, with whom he continued until 1895, when he
assumed the entire charge. In 1905 he erected his fine
planing-mill, equipping it with modern machinery and giving employment
to a number of first class workmen. In October, 1895, Mr.
Alexander was married to Miss Mary Kennedy, and
they have two children, William J., and Mary Myers.
Mr. Alexander and wife are members of the United
Presbyterian Church. He is a valued member of the Chamber of
Commerce.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page
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L. D. Allen |
L. D. ALLEN, M.
D., physician and surgeon, who has been
engaged in the practice of his profession at
Amsterdam, Jefferson County, Ohio, since 1871, is
also interested in farm pursuits, owning 115 acres
of fine and in Springfield Township, on which he has
four producing oil wells, another being in process
of drilling. Dr. Allen was born near
Carrollton, Carroll County, Ohio, Apr. 10, 1843, and
is a son of Jacob and Mary (Tope) Allen.
The parents were farming people and spent their
lives in Carroll County, their burial being at
Pleasant Hill.
Dr. Allen was educated at Carrollton, in Carroll
County, and studied for four years under the
direction of Dr. Black near Del Roy, O.,
after which he came to Amsterdam. He is a
member of the Jefferson County Medical Association.
Besides attending to a practice which has been built
up through many years. Dr. Allen has
been occupied very often with the cares of public
office. He is a notary public, for fifteen
years has been a justice of the peace and for two
years served as mayor of the town.
Dr. Allen was married in 1863, to Miss Mary
Armstrong, who died in 1903. They had the
following children: Laura, who is the wife of
J. W. Walker, of Carnegie, Pa.; J. Brady,
who is deceased, both he and his mother resting in
the Amsterdam Cemetery; J. Alva, who resides
at Jewett, Lafayette, who lives at Amsterdam; M.
Lillian who lives at home; Bessie, who
married a Mr. Harry Polen, and they reside at
Bowerston; and Leroy, who is a clerk in a
local clothing store. Dr. Allen is
identified with the Odd Fellows.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page
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WILLIS E.
ALLISON*, who has been engaged in the slate
and tin roofing business in Toronto, Ohio, since
1891, is a representative business man of the place
and is at the present time a member of the city
council.
Mr. Allison was born in Paris, Pennsylvania,
about eight miles from Toronto, Ohio, Dec. 21, 1865,
and is a son of William Everett and Elizabeth
(Calhoun) Allison. In childhood he was
taken by his parents to New Cumberland, W. Va., and
shortly afterward to Fairview, W. Va., where his
mother died when he was four years old. In
1876, he was brought by his father to Hammondsville,
Ohio, and there the latter, who was a practitioner
of medicine, died.
William E. Allison, in 1883, when to East
Liverpool, Ohio, and learned the trade of roofer and
slater with an uncle, J. C. Allison. He
continued at his trade there until 1891, in which
year he established himself in his present business
in Toronto. He has always been identified in a
public spirited way with the interests of Toronto,
and in the fall of 1909 was elected to the city
council, his term beginning Jan. 1, 1910.
In 1885, Mr. Allison was married to Miss
Winnie Wilma Maple, of Hammondsville, Ohio, and
they have three children - Otis, who married
Bessie Baxter and has a daughter, Emma
Wilma; Charles W.; and Helen Maple.
Fraternally, he is a member of the Knights of
Pythias, and is Master of Work.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page
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ANDREW
JACKSON ANDERSON, a retired farmer, and
highly respected citizen of Springfield Township,
was born on his present farm of 240 acres, which is
one of the most valuable properties in this section
of Jefferson County, Ohio. He is a son of
Andrew and Esther (Blazer) Anderson.
Andrew Anderson was born in York County,
Pennsylvania, in 1795, and was two years old when
brought to Jefferson County, Ohio, by his parents
who bought the farm now owned by the subject of this
sketch, which was then the property of Henry
Jackman. This was sometime during the
twenties and Andrew Anderson never moved from
this farm, where he died Oct. 4, 1876. He
cleared up a part of the land and during his active
years kept up the improvements and erected the
buildings now standing. The two-story brick
house, which now stands in a good state of repair,
is the oldest in this vicinity and was built in
1838. The barn, 65x40, was erected in 1831.
At one time Mr. Anderson owned 420 acres of
land north of the center of Springfield Township and
all of it is now owned by his heirs, four of his
children still living. When the Republican
party was organized he identified himself with it
and continued during life to give it support.
He married Esther Blazer, who was born in
Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1803, and died
Feb. 12, 1880. They were worthy members of the
Presbyterian Church. Their burial was in the
Amsterdam Cemetery. Ten children were born to
them, namely: Sarah Jane (Rabbitt), Ellen,
John, Elizabeth (Rabbitt), David, William, Mary Ann
(Blazer), Margaret, James Monroe and Andrew
Jackson. Of these William, Margaret,
James Monroe and Andrew Jackson are now
living.
Andrew Jackson Anderson and his brothers and
sisters attended school in Jefferson and Carroll
Counties. The survivors are all substantial
people and among the best known in this part of the
county. Mr. Anderson lives on that part
of his farm which lies in Section 12, but
seventy-nine acres are situated in Section 15.
He has one very productive oil well on the place and
is making preparations to drill another well near
his residence. Mr. Anderson and his
brothers are all Republicans in politics and
Presbyterians in religious faith.
Grandfather Anderson in the early days had cut
off a willow walking stick which he without
intention left standing in the sand along the creek
on his property. This stick took root and grew
into a magnificent tree, some 5 feet thick, and is a
land mark in this vicinity. From it many trees
have been started all along the head waters of
yellow Creek.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
Page 781 |
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EDWIN S. ANDERSON,
who carries on a general contracting business at
Steubenville, O., was born in the old homestead on South Third Street, this
city, April 13, 1867, and is a son of
Joseph Anderson and a grandson of
Peter Anderson, one of the early pioneers.
Joseph Anderson was born at Steubenville,
Feb. 1, 1826, and died in the same city, Jan. 14, 1898. His father,
Peter Anderson¸ had come here in 1815, finding little more than an Indian trading post.
Joseph Anderson became a leading
citizen and prominent business man.
He enjoyed the confidence of such men as
Governor Tod, who, in 1863, commissioned him a lieutenant in
Co.
A, 1st Ohio Militia, from
Jefferson
County, to assist in the capture of
General Morgan. Far back the
Andersons came from Scotland.
Edwin S. Anderson obtained his
education in the schools of his own city and graduated from the High School in
the class of 1885. He then served an
apprenticeship to the carpenter’s trade with
Thomas Burke and has been engaged in
that line ever since, his main business now being contract house building. He has served in the city council,
elected on the Republican ticket, and at present is precinct committeeman. On Oct. 23, 1902,
Mr. Anderson was married to
Miss Annie Mary Price, who was born
in Washington County, Pennsylvania,
and they have three children: Mary B.,
Martha Grace and an infant.
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are members of
the Christian Church. He is a
skilled musician, a member of the American Federation of Musicians, and for
fifteen years has been identified with the Patten band. He belongs also to the Carpenter’s
Union.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B.
Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
Page 870 |
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G. L. ANDERSON,
manager of the Cavitt Lumber Company, of
Steubenville, O., a member of the Chamber of
Commerce and a representative citizen along many
lines, was born at Steubenville, May 1, 1875.
Leonard Anderson, the father of G. L.
Anderson, was also born at Steubenville, about
1859, and was one of the highly respected retired
residents of this city. His father was
Louis Anderson, who was born in Jefferson
County, near Steubenville, and was a son of Peter
Anderson, who came to Jefferson County in 1815.
Peter Anderson acquired and dealt in real
estate and was also one of the early shoemakers.
His descendants became lumber dealers and G. L.
Anderson's grandfather was one of the pioneer
lumber men of Steubenville. Leonard
Anderson made lumber his business interest and
for many years dealt extensively.
G. L. Anderson was educated in the Steubenville
school and has always been engaged in the lumber
trade. He has been manager of the Cavitt
Lumber Company ever since its organization, in
April, 1909, his long connection with thsi industry
making him particularly well fitted for such a
position.
Mr. Anderson was married Apr. 12, 1889, to
Miss Katie J. Kane, of Mingo, Jefferson County,
Ohio, and they have four sons: Walter, Lawrence,
Clarence and Stewart. Mr. Anderson and
family belong to the Hamline Methodist Episcopal
Church. He is identified with Steubenville
Lodge No. 1, Knights of Pythias, and with the order
of Modern Woodmen.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 1158 |
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RANDOLPH ANDERSON, of the old business firm of
Anderson & Sons, at Steubenville, O., bears a
name that has been known in connection with the
iron, tin, copper, tile and kindred liens of
industry at Steubenville for more than seventy
years. He was born in this city, in 1856, and
is a son of Joseph Anderson.
Joseph Anderson was also a native of Steubenville,
born in 1826, and for over thirty years he was
engaged in the tin and mantel work here. His
father was Peter Anderson, a shoemaker by
trade, who came to Steubenville from Pittsburg, in
1815. On July 4, 1863, Joseph
Anderson was appointed by Governor Tod,
second lieutenant of Company A, 1st Ohio militia,
for military duty during the Morgan raid.
Randolph Anderson has spent his entire life in
Jefferson County and has always lived at
Steubenville with the exception of seven years when
he resided in Island Creek Township, and during the
larger part of it has been in his present business.
He was elected county commissioner of Jefferson
County in 1900 and served in the office until 1906,
retiring then with the esteem of his fellow
citizens.
Mr. Anderson was married in May, 1878, to
Miss Eliza Stephens, and they have two sons,
Ross C. and Carl E., both of whom are
associated with their father as members of the firm
of Anderson & Sons.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 694 |
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ROSS C. ANDERSON,
a leading business citizen of Steubenville is a
member of the firm of Anderson & Sons,
dealers and contractors in stoves, ranges, tin,
copper and sheet-iron utensils and work, together
with gas fixtures and cabinet mantels. This is
the oldest business in its line in Jefferson County,
it having been established at Steubenville over
seventy years ago. Mr. Anderson was
born at Steubenville, in 1881, and is a son of
Randolph and a grandson of Joseph Anderson.
Randolph Anderson succeeded his father,
Joseph Anderson, who founded the present
business about 1840, and continued alone until 1904,
when he admitted his son, Ross C. Anderson,
when the firm became Anderson & Son, later,
when Carl E. Anderson was admitted,
Anderson & Sons.
Ross C. Anderson attended school at Steubenville
until old enough to enter his father's business,
where he began at the bottom and thus learned the
smallest details. Every branch of the business
is of importance and the firm is favorably known all
over the county. The firm also handle their
own real estate and buy and sell Steubenville
realty.
In 1904 Ross C. Anderson was married to Miss
Nannie Borden and they have one child, Helen
Virginia. Mr. Anderson is identified with
Steuben Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and the Elks, and
belongs also to the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce
and to the Interstate Mantel Dealers' Association.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 689 |
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DAVID K. ANDREWS,
the owner of 107 acres of fine land in Cross Creek Township, was born in
Salem Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, May 5, 1848, and is a son of
William and Jane (McCullough) Andrews.
William Andrews was born in Washington
County, Pa., and was a son of John and Nancy Andrews. He
followed farming farming all through his active years and died in
Jefferson County. He married Jane McCullough, who
was born in Cross Creek Township, this county, a daughter of John and
Nancy McCullough. She died also in Cross Creek Township and
both she and husband were interred in the cemetery connected with the
United Presbyterian Church at Richmond, of which they were members.
They were people of worth and were respected and esteemed by all who
knew them. They had the following children: Mary, deceased,
who was the wife of Matthew Swan; Nancy, deceased,
who was the wife of Stephen Hobson; Margaret, who
is now deceased; Kate, who is thewife of Edward Hagen;
John, who died in the army during the Civil War; David K.
James, who lives on the old homestead; Anna, who is the widow
of William Hause; and Thomas, who lives at Topeka,
Kansas.
David K. Andrews attended the common schools
near his home and later spent four terms at Richmond College, at
Richmond, Ohio. Since he was twenty-two years old he has been
engaged in farming, at first with his father, and after the latter 's
death he operated the home farm until 1884, when he bought his present
place from the William Ramsey heirs. He takes much interest
in his estate, on which he has spent considerable money in the way of
improvements, including the erection of one of the most substantial
barns in the township. He carries on general farming, which has
brought him very satisfactory financial returns.
In 1882, Mr. Andrews was married to Miss
Frances Margaret McCausland, a daughter of George and Mary Jane (Cavitt)
McCausland. The parents of Mrs. Andrews came to
Jefferson County from Washington County, Pa., and were farming people.
Both deceased, they are survived by three children: Theresa Jane,
who is the wife of Samuel Kane; Frances Margaret, and
George B. To Mr. and Mrs. Andrews seven children
have been born — Cora, Mary, Lee, Irma, William, Roy and Laura
Eveline. The Angel of Death has twice invaded this little
circle, Mary and William both being deceased. Mr.
Andrews and family are members of the United Presbyterian Church
at Richmond. He is a Republican in his political affiliation and
has served two terms as road superintendent of his township.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ.
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page
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JAMES ANDREWS,
who is extensively engaged in sheep and cattle raising in
connection with general farming, is the owner of 325 acres of highly
cultivated land in Island Creek and Salem Townships, Jefferson County,
Ohio, and was born June 29, 1850, on his present farm, a son of
William and Jane (McCullough) Andrews.
Col. John Andrews, grandfather of our subject,
was born in Westmoreland County, Pa., and later came with his wife
Nancy and children to Jefferson County, Ohio, and took up the whole
of Section 6, in Salem Township. He erected a log cabin, and
operated a saw-mill in connection with his farming interests, and later
sold the western half of the section to his brothers. He served in
the War of 1812 as Colonel under General Harrison and was neither
wounded nor captured while in service. After the war he returned
to his family, who remained on the farm during his absence, and died
there in 1842. He and his wife were both charter members of the U.
P. Church, which was then a seceder and a small log affair, which
Colonel Andrews assisted in building. The cemetery which
surrounded the church, which was located in Section 6, still remains as
one of the landmarks of this locality. Both Colonel Andrews
and wife were buried at the U. P. Cemetery at Richmond, Ohio. They
were the parents of the following children: David, John, James, Mary,
Isabella and William.
William Andrews, father of James, was born
in 1800 in Washington County, Pa., and in 1803 came with his parents to
Salem Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where he was reared and received
his educational training in the subscription schools of this locality.
He spent the remainder of his life on the home farm engaged in
agricultural pursuits, and during his early life operated a saw-mill and
carding-mill. He was politically an abolitionist, being very
strongly opposed to slavery, and was later a Republican. He was a
member of the U. P. Church of which he was also an elder. His
marriage with Jane McCullough, who was a daughter of John
McCullough, of Springfield, Ohio, resulted in the following issue:
Mary, who was the wife of Matthew Swan, and died in 1873;
Nancy who was the wife of Stephen Hobson, and died in
1892; Margaret, who died in 1903, and was buried at the Richmond
Cemetery: Katherine who is the wife of Edward Haggan, of
Harrison County, Ohio; John who was a member of Co. G, 52nd Ohio,
Vol. Inf., and died while in the army, in the fall of 1862, at Bowling
Green, Ky., and was buried at Richmond, Ohio; David K., who
married Frances McCausland, now deceased; James, the
subject of this record; Annie E., who is the wife of William
House of Columbus, O.; and Thomas A., who was twice married,
first to Emma Davis. William Andrews passed from this life
June 29, 1871, and was buried in the U. P. Cemetery at Richmond, as was
also his wife, who died Mar. 22, 1902, at the age of eight-six years.
James Andrews grew to man's estate on his
present farm, which is the homestead place once owned by his
grandfather, and attended the schools of the township. He has
always followed general farming and makes a specialty of sheep and
cattle raising. He built the barn and other out-buildings on the
place, but the house was erected in 1854 by his father. Mr.
Andrews is identified with the Republican party in politics, and was
a member of the Ross Township Board of Education. He was married
Oct. 17, 1889, to Retta Simpson, who was a daughter of Robert
and Eliza (Kirkpatrick) Simpson, of Island Creek Township, and to
them have been born children as follows: Jennie McCullough
now attending school; Lydia May, Thomas McKinley and Joseph
Campbell. Mr. Andrews' cousin, Frances Patton, who was
born in East Springfield, Ohio, was left an orphan when but a few days
old, and always made her home with the Andrews until the time of
her marriage with Joseph R. Campbell of Omaha, Neb. The
family are all members of the United Presbyterian Church.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ.
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page
971 |
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DAVID ATEN - See
GEORGE ATEN
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 1081 |
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GEORGE
ATEN, florist, who has been engaged in his
present business at Toronto, Ohio, since 1894, has
long been a representative citizen here and is
widely known. He was born on a farm in Knox
Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, Sept. 7, 1841, and
is a son of Jacob and Eliza (Brown) Aten.
DAVID ATEN was reared on the
home farm and attended the country school.
From the farm he came to Toronto, in 1874, and
helped to start the first planing mill and lumber
yard here which business was conducted under the
name of the Phoenix Planing Mill Company. His
partners in this enterprise were Jefferson
Saltzman and J. B. Bowles. Mr. Aten
continued in the mill and lumber business for six
years and then started the first general hardware
store at Toronto, and conducted the Aten Hardware
Supply Store for some ten years, erecting the
commodious three-story brick building in which his
store was located, a valuable piece of property he
still retains. Finding his hearing becoming
somewhat impaired, Mr. Aten retired form that
line of business, adopting one where this infirmity
made less difference and built his greenhouse, in
1894, and went into the florist business. He
no longer attempts to grow all the flowers his trade
demands but handles those produced by a first class
company. Mr. Aten not only was the
pioneer in a number of business lines here, but he
has also continuously been interested in teh general
welfare of the town, lending his support to its
educational and religious agencies.
Mr. Aten married Miss Martha Jane Carson,
a daughter of David and Elizabeth (McKinney)
Carson, who was born in Virginia, but was reared
in Pennsylvania. They have had five children,
namely: Mary Elizabeth, who died when aged
ten years; Alfred, who went to California in
search of health, died on his way home; Martha E.,
who married Dr. Snyder; Flora, who married
Benjamin Wilson; and David Leroy, who
died at the age of three years. Mr. and
Mrs. Aten are members of the Presbyterian
Church, in which he is an elder.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 1081 |
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