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