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BIOGRAPHIES
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick)
HISTORY OF
BELMONT and JEFFERSON COUNTIES,
OHIO,
AND
INCIDENTALLY HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
PERTAINING TO
BORDER WARFARE AND THE EARLY SETTLEMENT
of the
ADJACENT PORTION OF THE OHIO VALLEY,
By J. A. Caldwell
with Illustrations
Assistant, G. G. Nichols
Managing Editor, J. H. Newton
(Assistant, A. G. Sprankle.
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WHEELING, W. VA.
PUBLISHED BY THE HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY
1880
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Barnesville -
ANNIE E. BAILEY,
daughter of John H. Piper, was born in Barnesville, Ohio,
Sept. 23, 1842, and on the 29th of November, 1859, married
William C. Bailey. Mr. Bailey was first lieutenant of
Company A, 4th Regiment, W. Va. V. I. in the Rebellion. At the
expiration of sixteen months his health failed him, on account of
which he was discharged. In the spring of 1861 they removed to
Gallipolis, Ohio, and two years later returned to Barnesville, where
Mr. Bailey departed this life Dec. 9, 1874, leaving his wife
and one daughter, Ada E., to mourn his loss. Mrs.
Bailey was assistant in the post office for four years, and is
engaged in the millinery and fancy goods trade at present on Main
street.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 333 |
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Warren Twp. -
BENJAMIN BAILEY is a son of Stephen and Tabitha Bailey,
and was born in Somerset township, Belmont county, Nov. 1, 1812.
His grandfather's name was Edmund Bailey, the name of whose
wife is unknown, and he was the parent of the following named
children: Jesse, Micajah, Matthew, James and Stephen.
The latter, the father of our subject, was born in Loudon county,
Virginia, Nov. 15, 1777, and married Tabitha Patterson in the
year 1807, by whom he became the father of six children -
Elizabeth, William, Benjamin, Exum, Rachel, and Stephen.
The two former and the latter are dead. He came to Belmont
county in 1807, and soon after his arrival he was married as above
stated, and located in Somerset township, four miles south of
Barnesville. He entered the land and cut the first stick of
timber upon it. The patent, which he received is signed by
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. On this farm
Benjamin was born and grew to manhood and here he also reared a
family. He resided upon it until 1874, when he removed to
Barnesville, but he still owns it. Our subject married Lucy
Crew, daughter of Isaac and Judith Crew, Aug. 7, 1834.
Their children's names and births are as follows: Tabitha,
(deceased) born June 29, 1835; Eli C., (deceased) Mar. 11,
1837; Phebe, Aug. 13, 1838; Elizabeth, Jan. 6, 1811
William L., Jan. 17, 1844; Sarah A., July 18, 184;
John D., Nov. 27, 1850; Lewis, (deceased) Feb. 12, 1853;
Stephen, Aug. 2, 1855; Benjamin, (deceased) Dec. 13,
1857; George W., Dec. 25, 1858; Isaac H., June 2,
1861. Mr. Bailey always followed farming until his
removal to Barnesville, and for forty years he has been a grower and
packer of tobacco, many years buying large amounts. He has
also been a crier at sales for forty years, and still follows the
same. His religious faith is that of the Society of Friends.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 353 |
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Colerain Twp. -
ELI BAILEY, a son of Richard and Phoebe
Bailey, was born in Chester county, Pa., Dec. 4, 1843. His
father emigrated to Jefferson county, Ohio, in 1833; remained there
sixteen years, then removed to Harrison county, where he followed
farming some years and finally settled down in Colerain township,
Belmont county, where he lived a quiet, peaceable and retired life
until his death, which occurred in the year 1878, at the age of
seventy-nine years. Richard Bailey was a lawyer and
followed his profession successfully in Chester county, Pa.
Eli Bailey, our subject, has resided in Colerain township since
the year 1852, and has carried on blacksmithing quite extensively,
in which he has met with considerable success. To-day he is
the owner of two fine farms and valuable village property.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 390 |
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Barnesville -
HEZEKIAH BAILEY,
son of Micah and Mary Bailey, was born
in Warren township, Oct. 23, 1821. He obtained a common school
education, and was reared a farmer. Married Elizabeth
Bundy, daughter of William and Sarah
Bundy, Dec. 31, 1845, by whom he became the parent of seven
children - Sarah, Oct. 15, 1846; Mary, Nov. 16, 1848;
Demsey, Feb. 5, 1851, Melvina, May 6, 1854; Almeda,
Mar. 8, 1856; Adaline, Aug. 26, 1858; Lucinda, Jan. 9,
1864. All are living but one - Melvina. They
resided where Daniel Stanton now lives from the time
of their marriage till Mr. B's death, which occurred Oct. 19,
1872, when Mrs. Bailey removed to Barnesville, where
she now resides. Residence on East Main street.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 334 |
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Goshen Twp. -
JESSE BAILEY - The parents of the subject of
this sketch, removed from Sussex county, Virginia, and settled in
Warren township, Belmont county, in 1811, where their son Jesse
was born, January 1, 1815, and grew up to manhood under
the care of his parents. He married Miss Asenath Patterson
on the 29th day of March, 18337, and in 1849 removed to Goshen
township, where he has resided ever since. He had seven
children, four sons and three daughters, Silas, John, Lindley,
Rachel, Allen, Mary Jane and Sarah Elizabeth. The
daughters are all dead; the sons survive; three of them are married
and live in the neighborhood, and are farmers. Allen,
the youngest son, still resides with his parents. These aged
parents are both members of the Society of Friends, and by their
kind, unaffected simplicity of manners, and goodness of heart, adorn
the church to which they belong. They are models of the ideal
character of these people. Mrs. Bailey's sympathies, in
common with those of her sect from the days of William Penn,
are in behalf of the poor Indian, who has suffered so many and such
grievous wrongs from the white man. Mr. Bailey, as has
been the case with most of the Friends, has always been opposed to
slavery. He is a mild, but steadfast Republican, voting that
way from principle and conscientious conviction of duty. He
owns a farm and is comfortably situated; both himself and wife are
very intelligent, and perfectly versed in the theology of their
church. Mrs. Bailey is an authorized and acknowledged
minister by the society of Friends.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 405 |
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Somerset
Twp. -
JOHN D. BAILEY
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 410 |
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Warren Twp. -
LINDLEY P. BAILEY was born in Goshen township, Belmont
county, Ohio, Mar. 8, 1850. He was educated at Mt. Pleasant
and reared on a farm; married Elizabeth S. Stanton July 26,
1871. They are the parents of four children - Edward M.,
Oscar J., Anne and Clara. For one year after his
marriage he lived on Isaac Vail's farm, and then removed to
his present location, some two miles east of Barnesville on the B. &
O. R. Before his marriage he taught school, but since he
has been a grower of sheep. In the fall of 1878 he turned his
attention to the South Down. The first he purchased was from
George J. Hagerty, of Licking county, Ohio, which took the
premium at the Ohio State Fair. Bought from John I. Holly,
of New Jersey, a sheep from the Webb flock of England.
He purchased other fine sheep from different parties. His sheep
is of the finest quality, and he has taken great pains in improving
his stock.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 360 |
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Barnesville -
MRS. ELIZABETH BARNESSource: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 330 |
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Barnesville -
JACOB BARNESSource: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 329 |
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St. Clairsville Twp. -
JAMES A. BARNES was born in Barnesville Sept.
19, 1823. He was reared a farmer, and for a number of years
followed that occupation. In 1849 he married Miss Matilda
Cater, a daughter of William Cater, of Somerset township,
where he had removed. In February, 1864, he enlisted in the
army and became a member of Company C of the 60th O. V. I., and
served fifteen months. Participated in the attack on the lines
at Petersburg, and on the 30th of September, 1864, lost his right
arm in the engagement at Poplar Grove Church, Va. Returned
home May 15, 1865. In 1866 he was elected assessor of Somerset
township, and also was made collector of that township for the
county treasurer. In the year following he was re-elected
assessor and also justice of the peace, serving one term. In
1868 his wife died, and in the winter of 1869 he removed from
Boston, his home in Somerset, to Barnesville, where, in the spring
of 1870, he was elected assessor. In the fall of 1871 he was
elected to the office of county recorder, on the Republican ticket,
by a majority of 25 votes. He took charge of the office Jan.
1, 1872. He was re-elected in 1874 by 491 votes, and run again
in 1877, but, being declared beaten by two votes, he contested the
election and won it by three. He was married to his second
wife, Lizza A. Bumgarner, daughter of H. R. Bumgarner,
of St. Clairsville, in 1876. He has rendered full satisfaction
as a public officer.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 241 |
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Richland
Twp. -
DUNHAM M. BERRY was born in Richland township Oct. 23, 1828.
His grandfather, John Berry, a native of Virginia, emigrated
to Belmont county in 1798, and located on the land now situated in
Colerain and Richland townships, and erected his cabin. His
nearest neighbor was a Mr. Croy, who lived about one mile
distant, and had come one year before him. His wife's father,
John Horn, was an officer in the war of the Revolution, and
came to Belmont county at the same time. Four of his sons,
Enoch, John, Samuel and Thomas, served in the war of
1812. Jacob Berry, father of our subject, was born Jan.
15, 1797; married Miss Jane Martin, a native of New Jersey,
in about 1818, and died in 1877. Our subject married Miss
Martha A. Norris Sept. 9, 1852. He is a carpenter by
trade, which he follows in connection with farming. His farm
consists of 120 acres, and is situated one half mile from St.
Clairsville, on the Cadiz pike, where he has lived since 1854.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 254 |
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DR. ELIJAH PERRY BIRDSONG
born near Richmond, Va., in 1818. He came to
Bridgeport, Ohio, in early life, read medicine with Dr. Bates,
of Wheeling, graduated at the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, in
Mary 1852, and practiced his profession in Bellaire for a number of
years. He was one of the representative men of the place,
taking a leading interest in its progress and enterprises, and was a
leading member of the M. E. church. He married Hester Ann,
daughter of Rev. Jas. Moore, of Belmont county in the year
1848, and was the father of six children three of whom are living,
all daughters. HE died on the 1st of March, 1858.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, Publ.
at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company - 1880 -
Pg. 275 |
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Bellaire -
JOSEPH E. BLACKBURN was born in Farmington,
Belmont county, Ohio, in 1858. Educated in the schools at
Martin's maker, at Belmont Glass Works. He worked in
Pittsburgh a year and then came to Bellaire and engaged with the
Bellaire Goblet Company as mould maker, where he still remains.
In 1879, he married Dora Truman.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, Publ.
at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company - 1880 -
Pg. 274 |
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Bellaire -
PROF. HENRY C. BRANNEN was born in Bellaire,
October, 1851. Educated at home and in the Lebanon Normal
School (Ohio) where he graduated in 1869. He followed school
teaching a number of years. Engaged for thirty years in the
book and Stationery trade. He was married to Catharine,
daughter of John B. McCanley, of Bellaire, in 1871.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, Publ.
at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company - 1880 -
Pg. 274 |
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Bellaire Twp. -
E. R. BROOKS, born in Lawrence county, Pa., in 1846.
Was reared on a farm. Engaged with the Howe Sewing Machine Co.
as sub-agent, and continued with that company four years. In
1873 he removed to Bellaire, and is now selling the Singer Sewing
Machine, No. 804 south Belmont street.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, Publ.
at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company - 1880 -
Pg. 278 |
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Barnesville -
JEREMIAH BRYANTSource: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 330 |
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Barnesville -
JOHN BUNDYSource: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 331 |
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Goshen Twp. -
GEORGE N. BURNS, was born in Loudon county,
Va., Jan. 5, 1804. His parents Ignatus and
Bethsheba, came to Goshen township, Belmont county, in 1807, and
settled about one mile southwest of where the village of Belmont now
stands. The country was almost an unbroken wilderness and
little George had to take hold of the work as soon as he
could life a twig of brush. George grew up to manhood
with his parents, and in 1829, he married Miss Eliza McFarland.
HE has seven children who have grown to years of maturity, three
sons and four daughters: Lemuel, Thomas, William, George Bentley,
Bethsheba Jane, Elizabeth Ann, Lydia Louisa and Mary Viola.
Two of the sons, Thomas William and Lemuel, served in
the Union army during the rebellion. Thomas William
died of disease in Kentucky. Lemuel served till the
close of the war, and participated in many of the hard fought
battles, such as Pittsburgh Landing, Atlanta, &c. He went with
Sherman on his memorable "march to the sea." Of the
daughters, three are married. Bethsheba and
Elizabeth Ann live in Minnesota, and Lydia Louisa lives
in Belmont county. Now in the evening of life, Mr.
Burns is living in case and comfort, enjoying the competency secured
by a well spent, industrious life. He is an intelligent man,
with mind unimpaired by age, and respected by all who know him.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 406 |
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