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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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Bellaire Twp. -
R. J. GARRARD was born in the county of Essex,
England, in 1813. What book learning he obtained was at home.
At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to the general dry goods
and grocery business with Mr. E. Clark near London.
Here he remained three years. In the fall of 1837, he migrated
to America and engaged in the wholesale and retail clothing business
with Digby & Hopewell, of Pittsburgh. In May, 1844, he
married Elizabeth Eversen. In 1852 he took charge of
the dry goods store of F. Bassett, of Wheeling, W. Va. in
1853, Bassett sold out and then he took charge of Gill,
Kelley & Co.'s store in Benwood. In the spring of 1857, he
removed to Bellaire, and engaged in general dry goods and grocery
trade with M. N. Dowler, of Virginia. This partnership
continued for some four yours, after which time Mr. G.
carried on the trade alone till the fall of 1875. Residence
513 Union street.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, Publ.
at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company - 1880 -
Pg. 274 |
St. Clairsville Twp. -
THOMAS H. GENIN - An able councellor at the
Belmont county bar for about fifty years. He was born March
23d, 1796, near Aquebogue, Suffolk county, Long Island. His
parents died when a child, when he was taken by his uncle William
Woodhull, of Chester, New Jersey, and reared to manhood.
His uncle was a graduate of Princeton College, culminating his
collegiate course prior to the revolutionary war and had been a
Presbyterian minister for twelve years. Genin became a
pupil under him. He was destined for the law, but tried
various kinds of industry before making discovery of that fact.
He finally went to New York and studied law. In 1816, at the
age of twenty, was admitted to the bar of that city. In August
of that year he was married to Miss Ann Hilliard, of
Randolph, New Jersey. In 1817 he migrated to St. Clairsville,
where he lived and died. He was Master Commissioner for
twenty-six years. He was a literary man as well as a lawyer.
He sympathized with Lundy's efforts and early espoused the
cause. Became a member of the "Humane Society," before which
he delivered a brilliant oration. Has written a number of
papers on various topics and several poems, prominent amongst which
is "Napolead." Above his grave is placed a life-size statuary,
in which, it is said, the sculptor has finely delineated the
features and figure of Genin. His death occurred in
1868.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 229 |
Kirkwood Twp. -
THE GILLILANDS - In
1804, three brothers, Morgan, Thomas and James
Gilliland, single men, migrated from Virginia to Belmont
county, Ohio, and commenced improvements on section twenty-five,
Kirkwood township, the land being entered by their father, Hugh
Gilliland, a few years previous. Their first
improvement was the erection of a log cabin, and in the fall of the
same year their father came on with the remainder of the family,
consisting of wife and six children, John, Jesse,
Susan, Rachel, Hannah and Ruth. They
all lived in the cabin house for some time, and then a better one
was erected. Thomas, Morgan and John
served in the war of 1812, under the command of Captain
Bentley and returned home at the close of the war. All of
them have long since passed away. The father, Hugh
Gilliland, deceased in 1817.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 367 |
Kirkwood Twp. -
THOMAS GILLILAND, born
in Ohio county, Va., in 1793; married Margaret Cowgill,
deceased, in 1814; reared a family of five children - William,
Susannah, Mary E., Ruth A. and Eliza M. He died in
1845; his wife died in 1840.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 367 |
Kirkwood Twp. -
WILLIAM GILLILAND, a son
of Thomas and Margaret Gilliland, deceased, was born Aug. 25,
1815, on the farm where he is now living. He married Amanda
Beans, daughter of Levi Beans, in 1853.
They have a family of six children, two sons and four daughters.
He was reared a farmer and has followed that as his vocation during
his life. At present he owns a farm containing about three
hundred acres, under a good state of cultivation. His wife
died in April, 1874.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 368 |
St. Clairsville Twp. -
JOHN M. GOODENOW was a brilliant lawyer and
scholar. He resided in St. Clairsville but a short time.
Came in 1830. He was elected to the supreme bench. From
this place he removed to Texas, but failed in business and started
on his return to his former home. He died on his way near
Cincinnati.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 230 |
Barnesville -
ROBERT C. GRAVES
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 331 |
Kirkwood Twp. -
ROBERT GRIFFIN, a native of Ireland, settled
in Kirkwood township with his wife and five children near where
Sewellsville is now located, in the spring of 1807. He leased
a farm, on which he lived eight years, and in 1816 he purchased land
on which he settled and remained the rest of his life. He
followed farming, and reared a family of six children—James,
William, George, Henderson, Robert and
Margaret, all of whom are deceased, except Henderson,
who is living in Kirkwood township. Our subject died Oct. 14,
1819, and his wife died in 1837.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 366 |
Kirkwood Twp. -
THE GROVES. In the
year 1860 three brothers, Joseph, William and
Barnet Groves, migrated from Pennsylvania to Belmont county and
settled and made some improvements on section 8, in Kirkwood
township. Not being prepared to enter the section when the
proper time arrived, some party made it their business to go to the
Land Office at Steubenville and enter the land on which they had
made their improvements. Then they moved their quarters to the
eastern part of the township, located, and made improvements on
section 3, and entered the same. They were the first actual
settlers in Kirkwood township. There is a brick dwelling,
house standing on the farm at present that was erected by William
Groves in 1818 or 1820. They were all men of families,
and have been dead several years.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 367 |
Kirkwood Twp. -
JOSEPH GROVES, a son of
the above named William Groves, was born in
Pennsylvania in 1795. He came with his parents to Belmont
county in 1800. He was reared a farmer, and followed that as
his principal vocation during his life. He married
Elizabeth Fox in 1822, and settled on the farm now owned
by his son, Matthias Groves, where he remained until
his death. He reared a family of six children—William,
Samuel, Matthias, Margaret, Elmina and
Rachel. Margaret is deceased. His wife
died in 1863, and he departed this life in March, 1876.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 367 |
Kirkwood Twp. -
MATTHIAS GROVES,
deceased, was born in Frederick county, Va., in 1784. He was
reared a farmer, and followed that as his occupation through life.
He married Sarah Coblin, of the same county, in 1804.
He migrated to Belmont county, Ohio, with his family, and located in
Kirkwood township, one half mile east of where Heudrysburg is now
situated, in 1808. He and his wife died many years since.
He reared a family of six children— Lovina, Susan,
William, George, Margaret and James, all of
whom grew to be men and women, married and reared families. At
present only three of the number are living, George,
Margaret and James.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 366 |
Kirkwood Twp. -
WILLIAM GROVES was the
father of eleven children—three sons, Joseph, William
and Barnet, and eight daughters, Nancy, Rebecca,
Martha, Lovina, Margaret, Sarah,
Rachel and Mary, all of whom are deceased. He was a
natural mechanic, and could make almost anything out of wood or iron
that he wished to. He made the first spinning wheel that was
used in the township and erected the first grist and saw mill on
Stillwater creek. He was called a professional hunter and
trapper, and spent considerable of his time in that way.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 367 |
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