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20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio
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1910

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Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published by Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 816

  ALLEN PALMER, who was once one of Island Creek's most respected citizens and exceptionally successful farmers and stock raisers, was born on the farm on which his widow still resides, in Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, March 29, 1833, and died on the same farm Nov. 3, 1881.  He was a son of George and Elma (Coulter) Palmer.  The Palmers were among the earliest settlers of Island Creek Township and both the parents and grandparents of the late Allen Palmer lived on this farm.
     Allen Palmer obtained a district school education.  His whole life from youth up was devoted to agricultural pursuits which he followed carefully and intelligently and resulted in the amassing of an ample fortune.  He was married on Oct. 11, 1853, to Miss Nancy Alban, who was born in Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, March 16, 1833, a daughter of George and Nancy (Cox) Alban.  Her father was a native of Island Creek Township and her mother of West Virginia, and her paternal grandfather George Alban, settled in this township when forests covered the land where now richly cultivated fields are seen. Mrs. Palmer  has one sister, Mary, who is the widow of Samuel Magill, formerly of Island Creek Township but she now lives in Newcastle, Pa.
     To Mr. and Mrs. Palmer five children were born, namely: George and John H., residing in Island Creek Township; James W., residing in California; Samuel E., residing in Brooke County, West Virginia; and Charles S., who lives in Colorado.  One son, John H., resides on the homestead and carries it on for his mother.  He married Miss Susie Green, a daughter of Henry Green, late of Island Creek Township, and they have three children: Harold M., Earl and Elma G.  Mrs. Palmeris a member of the Presbyterian Church, as was her husband.  He was a Democrat in his political views but never was willing to accept. office.    
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published by Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 641
  CHARLES ISAIAH PARLETT, assistant manager of the Dillonvale Brick and Tile Company, is also engaged in the insurance and real estate business at Dillonvale, Ohio, and is one of the representative young business men of the place.  He was born in Mt. Pleasant Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, June 11, 1880, and is a son of Isaiah and Jane (Deyarmon) Parlett.
     Isaiah Parlett
was born Dec. 14, 1840, at Middletown, Ohio, a son of William and Aily (Nichols) ParlettWilliam Parlett was also born at Middletown.  April 27, 1819, and his wife was barn in Pennsylvania, May 3, 1820, being of English parentage.  both died at Quaker City, Guernsey County, Ohio.  They had the following children: Jarrett, who died in California in 1858; Isaiah, who died Dec. 19, 1898; Charity who is a widow (Mrs. Riggle), residing near Cambridge; Mary Ann deceased, who was the wife of the late Joseph King, of Mt. Pleasant; Martha Jane, who was the wife of William Chambers, and resided at Little Hocking, Ohio, until her death; Samuel, who lived and died at Georgetown, Ohio; William who died young; and Nancy, Thomas and Ruth, all of whom are now deceased.  Isaiah Parlett was married in early manhood to Jane Deyarmon, who was a daughter of David and Ruthetta (Frye) Deyarmon the former of whom was born in Ireland in 1771 and died at Dillonvale in 1858; the latter, born in Pennsylvania, in January, 1802, died at Dillonvale in 1879.  They had five children: Nancy; Lucinda, who married James Wier, of Mt. Pleasant; Tabitha, who died at Dillonvale in 1907, (was the wife of Thomas Paxton); Hester, who died at Martin's Ferry in 1889; and Jane who became the wife of Isaiah Parlett.
    
To Isaiah Parlett and wife seven children were born as follows:  William S.; Lou, who married Wiley Brown, of Mt. Pleasant Township; Minnie, who married Ray Yost of Wheeling, W. Va.; Mary, who died aged five years; Charles Isaiah; David, who resides at Toledo, Ohio; and Ralph, who lives at home.
     Charles Isaiah Parlett was educated in the public schools of Mt. Pleasant Township and Dillonvale, graduating from the Mt. Pleasant High School in the class of 1897, after which he became station agent and telegraph operator and continued his connection with railroad work for three years.  He then embarked in the mercantile business at Adenia as manager for Carrick & Paxton, but two years later went into business for himself at Piney Fork, where he continued until 1907.  He then sold out and came to Dillonvale, where he has been successfully engaged in the fire and life insurance business and deals also in real estate, handling the risks of some of the largest insurance companies in the land.  He has been very active in local politics and is a member of the Jefferson County Republican Executive Committee.
     In 1900 Mr. Parlett was married to Miss Roxa Cass, who is a daughter of A. D. and Mary Cass and was reared at Dillonvale.  They have four children, Mildred, Clyde, Edgar and Bruce.  Mr. and Mrs. Parlett are members of the Methodist Protestant church at Dillonvale.  He is prominent in the Masonic fraternity and belongs also to the Odd Fellows.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 967
  WILLIAM S. PARLETT, postmaster at Dillonvale, Mt. Pleasant Township, is a representative business citizen of this place and is a member of the Dillonvale Mercantile Company.  He was born in Harrison County, Ohio, Jan. 20, 1864, and is a son of Isaiah and Jane (Deyarmon) Parlett.
     Isaiah Parlett
was born in Harrison County, Ohio, in 1840, and died in 1898, aged fifty-eight years.  His parents were William and Ailey Parlett, natives of Guernsey County, Ohio, where they died.  The Parletts came originally to Ohio from Baltimore, Md.  The maternal grandfather was born in Ireland, and after coming to Jefferson County, Ohio, lived and died in a village which bears the name of Deyarmonville.  His wife died in Mt. Pleasant Township, at the age of seventy-seven years, her husband having lived to be eighty-seven.  The maternal grandparents of Mr. Parlett belonged to the Seceder Church, but the Parletts were members of the Methodist Protestant Church.  The mother of Mr. Parlett was born in Jefferson County in March, 1843, and still survives.  To Isaiah Parlett and wife seven children were born, four sons and three daughters, namely: William S.; Charles Isaiah, who is engaged in the insurance and real estate business at Dillonvale, and married Miss Roxa Coss, a daughter of Alfred Coss; David E., a commercial salesman, maintaining his home at Toledo, Ohio, who married Miss Florence Sorbey; Ralph, who is engaged in the insurance business at Mt. Pleasant; Louise who married Wiley C. Brown a farmer in Mt. Pleasant Township; Minnie, married first to Jesse Brokaw, and second, to Ray Yost, who resides at Wheeling, W. Va., and Mary, who died in her fourth year.
     William S. Parlett was four years old when his parents moved from Harrison to Jefferson County, settling on a farm in Mt. Pleasant Township, and he attended the public schools in Mt. Pleasant and Smithfield Townships.  He remained at home until his marriage in 1889, when he went to Martin's Ferry, where he learned the butchering business and remained in that place for two years.  Since then, Mr. Parlett has spent the greater part of his time in Mt. Pleasant and Dillonvale, coming to the latter town in 1890, and prior to January, 1898, when he embarked in business for himself, he was in the employ of C. A. Eberle, a butcher and meat dealer at Dillonvale.  On Jan. 16, 1906, Mr. Parlett was appointed postmaster, Dillonvale being a third class office, and he has proved a careful and efficient public official.  In politics, he is a stanch Republican.  He was serving in his second term as a member of the town council when appointed to his Government office and since then has given a large part of his attention to it.  He has been an active and interested citizen ever since coming here and has served on the school board for the past ten years.
     Mr. Parlett was married in 1889 to Miss Flora E. Buckingham, of Calais, Monroe County, Ohio, and they have six children, Madge, Eulah, Harold, Eugenia, Walker and Myron all of whom survive except Walker.  Mr. Parlett and family are members of the Dillonvale Methodist Protestant Church, of which he is a trustee.  He is a Thirty-second Degree Mason and belongs to the Blue Lodge and Chapter at Smithfield, the Council and Commandery at Steubenville, and Carson Lodge of Perfection and Lake Erie Consistory.  He is also 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 987
  GEORGE A. PATTERSON*, a prominent farmer and stock raiser and a leading citizen of Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where he owns 278 acres of valuable land, was born in this township, Mar. 21, 1874, and is a son of Andrew J. and Samantha (Taylor) Patterson.
     Andrew J. Patterson was born in Island Creek Township and spent his life here, his death occurring on Mar. 13, 1901.  He was a son of William Patterson, who came to this township in its early days of settlement and in 1800 secured the farm land which remained in the Patterson name for 100 years.  This farm is now owned by David McKinley and wife, the latter being a daughter of Andrew J. Patterson.  The latter was a member of Mt. Tabor Methodist Episcopal Church in Island Creek Township and served as one of its trustees.  He was a man of sterling character and had correct views on public questions pertaining to the welfare of his family and community.  He was twice married and the surviving children of both unions are: Henry S., who resides at Richmond, Ohio; Laura P., who is the wife of David McKinley; and George A. The mother of the last named was born in Ross Township, Jefferson County and died Mar. 19, 1901.
     George A. Patterson passed a quiet, healthy boyhood on his father's farm, early becoming accustomed to its management, and obtained a public school education in Island Creek Township.   He has made farming and stock raising his business and devotes particular attention to sheep raising, keeping exclusively to the Merino strain.  He is a practical, intelligent and well informed man and in the management of his large estate and his different industries shows enterprise and progressiveness.
     Mr. Patterson was married in 1897 to Miss Sylvia Gordon, who was born in Salem Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and is a granddaughter of William Gordon, a former well known citizen and old settler.  Mr. and Mrs. Patterson have had five children: Bessie L., Margaret M., Beatrice Irene, Genevieve A. and Geraldine G., all of whom survive except the eldest.  Mr. and Mrs. Patterson are members of Mt. Tabor Methodist Episcopal Church.  Like his late father, Mr. Patterson casts his vote with the Republican party.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 1123
  M. B. PATTERSON, secretary of McGowan Bros. Company, wholesale grocers, has been engaged in business in Steubenville for many years and is a well known citizen.  He is a veteran of the Civil War, in which he served nearly four years.  He was born in Steubenville, O., in January, 1841, and is a son of Samuel Patterson, who also was born in Jefferson County, and died in 1855, of typhoid fever.  He was a carpenter and contractor by trade.  Samuel Patterson, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was among the early settlers of Jefferson County.
     M. B. Patterson was reared and educated in Steubenville, where his entire business career thus far has been spent.  For a period of twenty-six years he has been connected with the McGowan Bros. Company, of which he now is secretary.  At the first call to arms in 1861, Mr. Patterson enlisted as a private in Company E, 70th New York Volunteer Infantry, and remained in the service until August, 1865.  At the time he was mustered out he was a first lieutenant in Company H, 193d Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  His early service was with the Army of the Potomac, and later in the Shenandoah Valley.  He
is a member of E. M. Stanton Post, No. 166, G. A. R.
     In 1880, M. B. Patterson was united in marriage with Miss Lizzie O. Hall, who was born and reared in Jefferson County, and the following children were born to bless their home: George P., of Los Angeles, Cal.; Ray H., of Steubenville; Mabel H., and Lucile M.  Mr. Patterson has been secretary of the National Union ever since its inception in Steubenville, and is a member of the Steubenville Country Club.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 596
 

THOMAS M. PELLEY was born Apr. 8, 1868, at Sherrard, W. Va.  He was educated in the public schools and took a course in the Wheeling Business College and the Pittsburg College of Pharmacy, where he graduated in the class of 1892.
     In 1888 he also came to Mingo Junction and became his brother’s partner in the drug business, which they have so successfully carried on ever since.  On Nov. 26, 1902, he was married to Miss Jennie Quinn, a daughter of John Quinn of Mingo Junction.  They have a pleasant home on Steuben Street.  Both brothers are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and both are Republicans in their political attachment.  During the administration President Roosevelt.  William E. Pelley, was appointed postmaster, but he declined to serve, feeding that from the nature of his business he should have no divided interests.  He is a member of the Odd Fellows, at Mingo, while Thomas M. Pelley is identified with the Masons at Steubenville.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 564

  SAMUEL M. PHILLIPS, a well known and highly esteemed citizen of Amsterdam, O., and manager and partner in the firm of H. Phillips & Brother, dealers in gents' furnishing goods, was born in New York City, N. Y., a son of Joseph and Mary Phillips, the former of whom is deceased, while the latter is a resident of Steubenville.  Mr. Phillips secured his education in New York City, and in 1904 engaged as a merchant with his brother at Mingo Junction, the firm still carrying on business there.  The store at Amsterdam was opened in 1907, and since its opening has had its share of the patronage of the people of this community.  Mr. Phillips has acted as manager of both stores and it is probably due to his business ability that the firm has met with such success.  Mr. Phillips is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Red Men, both of Amsterdam.  In his political views he is independent.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ. Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 869
  B. R. PORTER, residing at Yellow Creek, Saline Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, is one of this county's oldest, most respected and most substantial citizens.  He was born in the northern part of England in 1832, and is a son of John and Ann (Gill) Porter.
    
The parents of Mr. Porter died in England, and of their family of twelve children, B. R., the eleventh in order of birth, is the only one living, and he, with a sister, Barbara, and a brother, Benjamin, were the only ones to come to America.  Barbara died in Pennsylvania at the home of a daughter.  Benjamin died at Wellsville, O., and his burial was in the cemetery there.
     B. E. Porter came to America in 1854 and spent a short time at Wheeling, W. Va., and from there came to Yellow Creek, Jefferson County, and entered into the hotel business and continued in the same at this place, and at Wellsville and Irondale, for thirty years.  The old hotel at Yellow Creek, which he first conducted for several years, was built in 1803 and subsequently burned down.  He then purchased the Herwick Hotel at Wellsville and operated it for two years, and then returned to Yellow Creek which has been his place of residence ever since.  He owns considerable property in the village and erected a row of dwellings and has long been one of the representative citizens.  Formerly he was active in the order of Odd Fellows at Yellow Springs, but no longer attends, on account of the infirmities of age.
     Mr. Porter was married first to Miss Susan Roberts, in 1855. She was a daughter of Edward Roberts, who at that time owned the coal mines near Yellow Creek.  Mrs. Porter died in 1863, leaving two sons and two daughters: John, Edward, Ann and SusanJohn married Mary Leonard and resides at Detroit where he is in the railroad service.  He has had the following children: Grace, Anna, Emma, Roy, Leonard, John, Victor, Mary Ann, and William.  Three daughters and one son moved to Portland, Ore.  Edward Porter is unmarried and lives at Pittsburgh, an electrician.  Ann married W. H. Madden, a merchant at Hammondsville, O., and they have four children: John R., Edward, Annie and SusanSusan Porter became the wife of W. C. Connor, and has one daughter, Mary.  On Mar. 30, 1888, Mr. Porter married at Steubenville, O., Miss Mary Jane McDonald, and they had the following children:  Maggie, who married Samuel Gorsuch, has one son, Willis; Mary, who married Fred Bruggemeyer, has had two children, Fredaand Carl, the latter of whom is deceased; William, who never married, and was accidentally killed at a railroad crossing in Wellsville, O.; and Bartholomew, who resides at Bellaire.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 625
  J. W. PORTER, a member of the Jefferson County Bar, and one of the influential and leading business men of the younger generation of Jefferson County, Ohio, was born in New Alexandria, Ohio, and is a son of T. B. Porter, and a grandson of Joseph Porter, who was one of the pioneer settlers of the county.
     J. W. Porter is a native of this county, secured a common school education in the public schools of New Alexandria, and began teaching school before he was sixteen years of age.  He taught for several years in the country schools, and for six years was principal of the Central Grammar Schools at Toronto, Ohio.  He was highly successful as a teacher and was the holder of an eight year teacher 's certificate.
     Mr. Porter attended school at Scio College, and later took up the study of law.  He was admitted to the Jefferson County Bar in June of 1903, was successful in passing one of the severest examinations that had been given by the State.  He has been associated with Mr. P. P. Lewis, one of the most successful and prominent attorneys in the State of Ohio, in the practice of law.  In December of 1908 he passed the examination in the Federal Courts, and practices law in both the State and Federal Courts.
     Mr. Porter was united in mariage with Mayme Montgomery of Toronto, Ohio, and they have one daughter, Kathaleen PorterT. H. Montgomery, father of Mrs. Porter, was one of the influential and wealthy citizens of Jefferson County, and an ex-sheriff of the county.  Mr. Porter lives at Toronto, Ohio, but practices law in Steubenville, the county seat.
     Mr. Porter is in every sense a self-made man.  He made his own way through college, and has by diligent and laborous work pushed himself to the front.  He is a talented scholar, a forceful talker, and a gentleman of high rank.  He has a nice practice in his chosen profession, and is destined to be one of the leaders of the Jefferson County Bar.  Mr. Porter is no partisan; on his father's side, they were strong and loyal Republicans, while on his mother's side of the house, they were devoted Jacksonian Democrats, and he seems to have taken the best from the teachings of both, and become independent in his political views.  He believes in placing men in office who will carry out the principle, "that a public office is a public trust."  His mother was Elizabeth Graham, a member of a leading and substantial family of Jefferson County.
     Mr. Porter is a member of the M. E. Church of Toronto, Ohio, and is interested in the growth of all church work.  He is affiliated with the K. of P. Lodge, and the Benovolent Protected Order of Elks.
     Mr. Porter has three brothers and one sister, the Rev. C. M. Porter Attorney R. G. Porter, V. L. Porter, in the oil business and Mrs. Frank S. King, wife of Ex-City Auditor Frank S. King, of Steubenville, Ohio.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 933
  RALPH E. PORTER, proprietor of a first class grocery store at Mingo Junction, O., with commodious quarters in the Adkins Block on Commercial Street, has lived here ever since he was ten years old, but was born at Toronto, O., May 15, 1882, and is a son of John H. and Ella (Plumber) Porter.  The parents of Mr. Porter reside at Cleveland, O.  They moved to East Liverpool, O., from Toronto, in 1884,
and in 1892 to Cleveland.  Ralph E. is the only survivor of their three children.  Raymond, the eldest, died when aged twelve years, and Bessie, the second born, died at the age of three years.
     Ralph E. Porter was ten years old when he came to Mingo Junction to make his home with hi-s uncle, Dr. W. J. O'Connell, a well known medical man of this section, who died in 1902 when aged sixty years.  Mr. Porter attended school regularly until he was seventeen years of age, when he began work in a grocery store for J. C. Hanna, with whom he remained for three years and then became clerk at the Bar Mill, where he continued for five years.  In 1907 he bought out his former employer, J. C. Hanna, and in June, 1909, took possession of his present quarters opposite the postoffice.  He carries a large stock of both staple and fancy groceries and aims to please every taste and suit every purse.
     In October, 1905, Mr. Porter was married to Miss Oca Adkins, who is a daughter of Stephen Adkins, one of the leading and substantial citizens of Mingo, and they have one daughter, Ella DeborahMr. Porter was reared by his late uncle to believe in the principles of the old Democratic party.  Dr. O'Connell was not only a leader in politics at Mingo Junction but in all its public affairs, serving four terms as mayor of the place and two terms as postmaster.  Mr. and Mrs. Porter are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Mingo Junction and they are also factors in the pleasant social life of the place.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 576
  HON. THOMAS W. PORTER, mayor of Steubenville, O., is efficiently serving in this highest municipal office and is giving his fellow citizens a clean, business administration that is winning the approbation of all who have the best interests of this beautiful city at heart.  He was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, Aug. 29, 1861, and is one of a family of four children born to his parents, who were Joshua M. and Rachel (Williams) Porter.  The father of Mayor Porter died at Steubenville in 1872.  He was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, where he learned a trade and continued to work at the same long after he settled in Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1857.
     Thomas W. Porter obtained his education in the public schools of Jefferson County and when he reached manhood came to Steubenville and entered the rolling mills, where he continued an employe until 1887.  In that year he embarked in the retail grocery business and continued in that line until called upon to assume the duties of his present office.  Mayor Porter may be described as a man with no frills or fancies, his life having been a very practical one and this fact makes him a most satisfactory mayor, at a time when the city's needs are insistent and a clearheaded, courageous and honest man is needed at the helm of public affairs.  In politics Mayor Porter is a Republican and his election on the Republican ticket to his present office, on Nov. 4, 1907, was by a majority of 467 votes.  He is fraternally identified with both the Masons and the Knights of Pythias.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 865
 

JOHN POTTER, secretary and treasurer of the Miners and Mechanics Bank at Steubenville, Ohio, is one of the most active of the younger generation of businessmen of the city.  Mr. Potter was born in Steubenville, June 16, 1876, and is a son of E. P. Potter, who for many years was engaged in the dairy business here but is now living in retirement on Washington Street.  The subject of this sketch was reared here and received a good public school education, graduating from the Steubenville High School with the class of 1893.  Upon leaving school he became a bookkeeper in the Miners and Mechanics Bank, and has sine been identified with that institution, during the past five years in the capacity of secretary and treasurer.  He takes a deep interest in the success and advancement of the best interests of his native city, taking rank with the progressive element.  He is an elder of the Third Presbyterian Church, and is church organist.  He has been interested in the welfare of the local Y. M. C. A. and serves as treasurer of the board of directors.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 983


Capt. B. F. Prentiss

CAPT. B. F. PRENTISS, one of Steubenville's best known citizens, residing at his comfortable home, No. 218 North Fifth Street, Steubenville, came here in 1856.  H was his title first in early manhood, when he ran a canal boat on the old Pennsylvania Canal, and later, when he raised a company for service in the Civil War.  He was born at Milton, Pa., in August, 1835.
     After coming to Steubenville, in 1856, he went to work for the Jefferson Iron Company, later for a Wheeling concern and then went to Pittsburgh from which city he returned to Steubenville in 1859.  He was working in the La Belle Iron Works when the Civil War broke out and he immediately went out with Co. G, Second Ohio, that served one month in the State defense.  He then came back to Steubenville and raised a company that was mustered into the service as Co. H, First Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in October, 1861.  Some eighteen months later he resigned and returned to Steubenville.  when General Morgan made his spectacular raid through the State, Captain Prentiss was one of the soldiers that fought to repel him.  In 1864 he became manager of the nail manufacturing works at Benwood and was connected there about three years.  He has had other interests and for twelve years served with the greatest efficiency as a justice of the peace.  Since 1867 he has been a member of E. M. Stanton Post, No. 166, G. A. R., and for many years he has been identified with the Masonic fraternity.
     In 1863 Captain Prentiss was married to Miss Margaret Jane King, who was born and reared at Steubenville.  Their two daughters, Mary K. and Jennie B. reside at home.  The former is principal of the Washington school of Steubenville.  The latter is one of the city's successful physicians.  She was graduated first from the Steubenville High School and in 1890 from the Homeopathic College of Cleveland, with her medical degree.  After spending one year in dispensary work in Cleveland, she established herself at Steubenville and has built up a very lucrative practice.  She is a member of the Ohio Valley and the Ohio State Homeopathic Medical Societies.  Dr. Prentiss is a member 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 786

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