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Source:
20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio
by Joseph B. Doyle -
Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago -
1910
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M. KEANE, of the firm of
M. Keane & Sons, proprietors of the largest and
most complete retail grocery store in the Ohio Valley,
with commodious quarters at Nos. 134-136 South Third
Street, Steubenville, has been a resident of the city for
forty-five years and is well known all through Jefferson
County as a reliable man of business. He was born in
Ireland in 1846 and came to America and reached
Steubenville in 1865.
Mr. Keane occupied himself during his first few
years in various public works, and in 1876 he embarked in
the grocery business in the same block in which he is now
located. Business conditions at that time were
somewhat unsettled on account of the long period of civil
strife just being concluded, and Mr. Keane
had only a limited capital to start on. He had
business qualities, however, of a high order, as was
demonstrated by the success that attended his efforts and
continued year after year, until he has built up his
present large business. His three story brick
building, with dimensions of 44 by 115 feet, with
basement, is stocked with seasonable goods and a complete
line of staple and fancy groceries, giving evidence of the
large amount of patronage at his command. He has
associated with him in business his four older sons, and
they are all well educated, practical youngmen.
Mr. Keane married Miss Margaret
Reidy, who was also born in Ireland, and they
have five sons and one daughter: Thomas J., James
S., Robert L., Harry A., Charles A.,
and Mary, the last named being
the wife of Dr. W. R. Shannon, a dental
surgeon in Steubenville. Mr. Keane
and family are members of the Holy Name Catholic Church,
and he and sons are all members of the Knights of
Columbus, and belong also to the Steubenville Chamber of
Commerce. Mr. Keane is a member of
the board of trustees of the Carnegie Library.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph
B. Doyle - Publ. Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
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T.
H. KELLY, of the firm of Kelley & Westmyer,
proprietors of the Eagle Bottling Works, with business
locating at No. 130 North Court Street, Steubenville,
O., is a native of the city of which he is a
representative business man, having been born here in
1855.
Thomas Kelly, father of T. H. Kelly, was
born at Rochester, Pa. He was engaged in the
steamboat business on the Mississippi River and made his
home for a part of his life at St. Louis, Mo. He
was married in Jefferson County and resided first at
Steubenville.
T. H. Kelly was mainly reared at Steubenville
and attended the schools here, after which he began work
in a grocery store. Seven years afterward he went
into the grocery business for himself at Denver, Colo.
Two years later he came back to Steubenville and then
went into the manufacturing of soft drinks with Mr.
Westmyer, under the firm name of the Eagle
Bottling Works. This business is the oldest of its
kind in the city and the partners have been associated
together for twenty years. They deal also in
cigars, tobacco, glasses, cheese, crackers and pretzels.
The quality of their goods is always standard and as
businessmen they are held in high esteem. Mr.
Kelly is an active Democrat but, while working in
the interests of his party, has never been accused of
neglecting the claims of good citizenship. For
eight years he served as a member of the city board of
elections.
In 1888 Mr. Kelly was married to Miss Ella
Powers who was born and reared at Steubenville, and
they have five children: John, who is a traveling
salesman for the Eagle Bottling Works; and Margaret,
Helen, Katherine and Marian, at home.
Mr. Kelly and family are members of the Holy Name
Catholic Church. He is identified with the
Catholic Mutual Benevolent Association and is an active
member of the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co.,
Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ. Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
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Hon. Frank H. Kerr |
HON. FRANK H.
KERR was born on a farm near Richmond, this
county, Feb. 5, 1862. He is of Scotch-Irish
ancestry, his father, William E. Kerr, being a
farmer; his mother's maiden name was Mary A. Stoneman.
When Mr. Kerr was nine years of age, his parents
moved to Richmond, and early manhood, young Kerr
assisted in the support of the family by doing odd jobs
on neighboring farms and clerking in the village store.
Being one of a family of eight children, he naturally
had to rely largely on his own efforts to make his way
in the world, especially as the opportunities in a small
country town were not extensive. Fortunately he
was able to secure a good education in the village
schools, subsequently taking a course in Richmond
College.
Before reaching his majority he began taking an
interest in politics, working on behalf of the
Republican party, and very soon after reaching the age
of twenty-one years was elected central committeeman of
his precinct. Salem Township, in which he resided,
had always been strongly Democratic, and in order to
keep the Republican organization intact, he was twice
nominated for township clerk, and came within very few
votes of being elected. He was elected and served
two terms as clerk of Richmond village in the years 1886
and 1887. In 1888 he removed to Steubenville,
having been appointed deputy clerk of the Probate Court
of Jefferson County. While here he studied law and
was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court at
Columbus, on Oct. 8, 1891. After seven years'
service as deputy in the Probate Court, Mr. Kerr
retired and began the practice of law. In 1899 he
was nominated by the Republicans of his county for
probate judge, after an active contest, in which he
broke all precedents by being chosen over the chairman
of the county central committee, who was also an
aspirant. At the regular fall election following
he ran 300 votes ahead of his ticket. He was
re-elected in 1902, and retired at the end of his second
term in 1906, and resumed the practice of law.
Judge Kerr was appointed by Governor Herrick
one of the three delegates to represent Ohio in the
Uniform Divorce Law Congress, which met in Washington
City in February, 1906, and again in Philadelphia the
following November. In 1908 Judge Kerr was
strongly urged for the nomination of lieutenant governor
of Ohio, and would doubtless have been awarded the same
had not geographical considerations influenced a
selection from another part of the state.
Mr. Kerr has taken an active part in all matters
of public interest to the community. He is a
member of the Knights of Pythias, Independent Order of
Odd Fellows and Order of Elks. He is a leading
Mason and Knight Templar, having taken all the degrees
to and including the thirty-second, and is a member of
the Royal Order of Scotland. He is vice president
of the Stanton Monument Association, and was chiefly
instrumental in reviving the work of that body, now
about to be brought to a satisfactory conclusion.
He is also a member of the Wells Historical Society, and
is deeply interest in all that pertains to our local
history.
On April 27, 1905, Mr. Kerr was married to
Miss Bella Cochran, an estimable young lady of
Steubenville, and occupies a pleasant home on North
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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
KERR was the first teacher and school was
held with more or less regularity until 1852, when
Samuel Clark was hired as teacher in $18 per month.
When Christmas came he refused to give the customary
treat, which the scholars demanded and quit the school
in disgust. His son Alexander, who had
received his early education here, was employed to
finish out the term, and thus the place became
immortalized in his book, "The Old Log School House."
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
EDMUNDS KERR, M. D., one of the leading medical
practitioners of Steubenville, Ohio, who has been a
resident here for the past six years, was born in
Irondale, Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1877, and is a son
of William M. Kerr. William Kerr, grandfather of
our subject, and a native of Washington County, Pa., was
one of the pioneers and one of the early commissioners
of Jefferson County. The father, William Kerr,
was born in Jefferson Count, Ohio, about 1835, and has
always been engaged in agricultural pursuits. He
has been actively interested in local politics and
served two terms as a commissioner of Jefferson County.
Dr. William E. Kerr attended the common schools
of the county and Mt. Union College, then taught for
five years, after which he entered the Jefferson Medical
College of Philadelphia. He graduated with the
class of 1903, and has since been successfully engaged
in the practice of his profession at Steubenville.
He is president of the Jefferson County Medical Society,
is a member of the State and American Medical
Associations, and a member of the Steubenville School
Board. Dr. Kerr is fraternally affiliated
with the Masonic order, in which he has attained the
thirty-second degree, being a member of the Blue Lode,
Chapter, Council and Commandery of Steubenville, and
Lake Erie Consistory of Cleveland; K. of P. No. 1, of
Steubenville; the Elks, Modern Woodmen of America,
Improved Order of Red Men, and the Royal Neighbors, all
of Steubenville. Dr. Kerr is also
identified with the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce,
the Country Club and the Y. M. C. A.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co.,
Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ. Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
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HOMER KIRKPATRICK,
a prominent farmer and extensive stock dealer, residing
on a farm of 171 acres located in Section 20, Salem
Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, was born Dec. 20,
1849, near Mt. Tabor, this county, and is a son of
James and Anna (Crawford) Kirkpatrick.
James Kirkpatrick was born near Steubenville, Ohio,
and obtained his education in the schools of Mt. Tabor,
Ohio. His occupation was farming and he became one
of the leading and substantial farmers of his community
and the owner of 320 acres of land in Ross and Salem
Townships. He was an active member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church and assisted in building the
parsonage of the Methodist Episcopal Church at East
Springfield, Ohio. Mr. Kirkpatrick was
first married to Ann Crawford, a daughter of
Cyrus Crawford, and to them were born the following
children: Homer (our subject), John,
James, Edward, Emma, Annie and Sadie. Mrs.
Kirkpatrick died in 1860 at the age of seventy-one
years and was buried at East Springfield, Ohio.
She was a member of of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
His second union was with Mary Jane Phillips, a
daughter of David M. Phillips, and of this union
were born two children, George and Mary. Mr.
Kirkpatrick was a Democrat, but never entered
actively into politics.
Homer Kirkpatrick obtained his educational
training in the Ross Township schools and at East
Springfield and Bacon Ridge. He spent two years at
East Springfield, where he dealt extensively in cattle
and then removed to Fairplay for two years, subsequently
living south of Bloomfield for four years, after which
he resided near the Two Ridge Church for four years.
For the past eighteen years he has been living on his
present farm of 171 acres, where he has dealt
extensively in stock in connection with farming, and has
for several years also dealt in wool.
Mr. Kirkpatrick was first married Feb. 13, 1877,
to Jane Porter, who was a daughter of August
and Mary Porter, and they reared the following
children: Harry, who married Minnie Graham,
resides on the old Norman farm in Salem Township,
and has two children - Ralph and Raymond; Anna, Emma
and Grace. Mr. Kirkpatrick's second
marriage occurred Mar. 9, 1902, with Mary A. Butcher,
who is a daughter of Isaac and Jane (Scarlett)
Butcher. Isaac Butcher was born in England and
at the age of eleven years came with his father and two
sisters to America, encountering a severe storm during
the voyage over. He was twice married, his second
wife being Jane Scarlett, of New Jersey, and the
mother of Mrs. Kirkpatrick. After this
marriage he located on our subject's present farm, where
he followed farming and stock raising until the time of
his death, Oct. 31, 1893. His wife died Nov. 9,
1901. They were both members of the Mt. Hope
Methodist Church, which Mr. Butcher helped to
build. He was a Republican in politics and served
in the Civil War, enlisting for 100 days in Co. G, 152nd
Ohio Vol. Inf. He was neither wounded nor taken
prisoner during his service. Mr. and Mrs.
Butcher had the following children: Eleanor,
deceased; Robert, who resides in Jewett, Ohio;
Mary A. (Mrs. Kirkpatrick); and James, who
resides in Scio, Ohio. Mr. Kirkpatrick was
elected land appraiser in 1900, which office he filled
very efficiently. He is at present the Democratic
candidate for nomination to the office of county
commissioner.
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Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co.,
Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ. Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
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