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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 -
G. H. KEMP, M. D.Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 327 |
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St. Clairsville -
HON. WM. KENNON, JR. - Was born in Ireland in
1802. His parents migrated to Belmont county, Ohio, when he
was a child. He studied law with Hon. Wm. Kennon at St.
Clairsville. He was admitted to practice in 1833. In
1837 he was elected Prosecuting Attorney, serving until 1841.
Was elected and served on congress from 1847 to 1849. He was
elected Common Pleas judge and filled that position from 1865 to
1867. On account of ill-health he resigned his office, and
died on the 19th day of October, 1867.
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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St. Clairsville
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W. S. KENNON, attorney-at-law. The
subject is a son of Wm. Kennon, Sr., and was born in
St. Clairsville, May 15, 1828 Sept. 15, 1826.
Was educated at his native town and Bethany College, in which latter
place he remained three years. He then returned home, began
reading law with his father, and was admitted to the bar. He
practiced law until the war broke out, when, in the fall of 1861, he
was made the Union candidate and elected to the legislature.
He served in the sessions of 1861-62 and at the close of the latter
session resigned to accept the appointment by Gov. Todd of
Secretary of State. In the fall of 1862 he was defeated for
that office, having been nominated by the Republicans. He was
sent by Gov. Todd soon afterward Washington to adjust Ohio's
war claims against the government. In 1863, Secretary
Stanton appointed him Paymaster of the United States Army, in
which capacity he served four years, when he resigned, removed ti
Cincinnati and entered into the practice of law in partnership with
Judge Okey and Milton Saylor. Here he remained
until his father had stroke of paralysis in 1871, when he was sent
for. He came home and has been practicing law in St.
Clairsville ever since. In the fall of the above year he was
elected by the Republican party as Prosecuting Attorney, serving
until 1878. He served six years as a Master Commissioner.
Office in Patterson's Block.
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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St. Clairsville -
JUDGE WILLIAM KENNON, SR. - This honorable
gentleman, who has long since passed the meridian of life is still
living in St. Clairsville. His public life has been full of
usefulness as well as honor. The judge was born in Fayette
county, Pennsylvania, May 15, 1799. In 1822, he migrated with
parents to St. Clairsville. Received a classical education at
Athens College, Ohio. After leaving college he became a
student of law under the tutorship of William B. Hubbard.
In 18___ he, in company with General James Weir, was admitted
to the bar at Hillsborough, Highland county, Ohio. In 1825 he
was marred to Mary, daughter of Ezer Ellis, who was at
that time, sheriff of Belmont county. This union resulted in
three children - W. S., John and Ellis E. In
1828 he was elected to Congress, serving until 1833 and defeated in
1832 by James M. Bell, of Guernsey county, and in 1834 was
again elected, serving from 1835 to 1837. In 1840, he was
elected judge of the 15th judicial circuit and served ten years.
He was a member of the constitutional convention in 1850 and the
same year was supreme judge and president of the commission which
made the present code of civil proceedure. All these
positions he filled with distinguished ability. He withdrew
from the bar and public life, owing to age and infirmity. He
is now in the 81st year of his age. Residence east Main
street.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. |
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Bellaire -
CHARLES E. KING was born in Clarksburg,
Montgomery county, Maryland. The log cabin in which he was
born stood in the same place where the building now stands, in which
General George B. McClellan held a council of war the night
before the battle of Antietam. At an early age Mr. King
went to Baltimore and learned the saddler and harness business.
Removed from the latter place to St. Clairsville, Belmont county,
Ohio, in 1825. Was engaged as foreman for different parties in
St. Clairsville and Mt. Pleasant for a number of years. In
1846, he engaged in business for himself and continued until his
death. He served as justice of the peace a number of years;
was Grand Secretary of the Indianapolis Order of Odd Fellows of the
state of Ohio for several years. During a long and busy life,
he was closely identified with an interested in the business
prosperity, growth and development of Belmont county.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 276 |
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Island King
Twp. -
DAVID KING, a native of Patterson, New Jersey, was born Oct.
4, 1839. He learned the trade of boiler making, which he
followed till 1860, when he removed to Allegheny county, Pa., and
from thence to Steubenville, Ohio, in 1861, and followed gardening
till August, 1862, when he enlisted in Company E, 52d O. V. I., and
served till the close of the war under General Sherman.
He married Catharine Campbell of Allegheny county, Pa., July,
1862, and has two children - both boys. After his return from
the army, Mr. K. followed gardening till 1873, when he began
the fire-brick business, in which he is still engaged.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, Publ.
at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company - 1880 -
Pg. 595 |
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Bellaire -
J. W. KING was born in St. Clairsville,
Belmont county, Ohio, in 1827. His mother died when he was six
years of age, and he was sent by his father to live in the country.
At the age of thirteen he commenced working with his father in Mt.
Pleasant, Ohio, at the saddle and harness business. After a
short experience at that trade he was bound as an apprentice to
learn the tailor's trade with Henry Bone, of Mt. Pleasant,
but not finishing his trade with him, he went to Wheeling and worked
two years with John Russell, on Market street. In 1846
he married Sarah A. Myers, of Martin's Ferry, Ohio. In
1848 he migrated to Bellaire and engaged in business. Mr.
King ay truly be called the "pioneer merchant tailor" of
Bellaire. He is now located on Union street, near railroad
bridge, and engaged in an extensive trade. A very significant
fact in the history and life of Mr. K is that he has mowed
grass and hoed corn on the ground where the building stands in which
he is carrying on business.
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 -
P. T. KING, born June 5, 1842, in Scotland.
Received an academical education. Migrated to New York in
April, 1866. Was engaged in the mercantile business in several
cities prior to his removal here, which was in November, 1872.
He was married to Isabella King, of New York state. He
is now driving a good trade in the dry goods business, on the corner
of Belmont and Thirty-third streets. Mr. K. is the
pioneer in the one price cash system of Bellaire.
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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Pultney Twp.
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THEOBALD KLEE, born in Germany in 1828. Migrated to
America in 1851; located in Pittsburgh and engaged immediately in
gardening. In 1852, he removed to Belmont county, and in 1864
purchased the property he now occupies, some ten or fourteen acres
of first quality of bottom land, on McMahon's creek, two
miles from Bellaire. In 1854, he was united in marriage to
Nancy J. Lowman. He has a fine residence, good
out-buildings, and the land is in a good state of cultivation
yielding largely of vegetables and berries for the Bellaire market.
Mr. K.'s family consists of himself, wife and three children
- John E., Sarah C. and Nora. Mr. Klee has been
prominently identified with the Christian church for a period of
twenty years. He became a member of the congregation at
Bellaire in 1854. In the erection of the present edifice he
served as one of the finance committee, and personally donated at
various times in different ways an aggregate of several hundred
dollars. He was a deacon for several years, and is now one of
the elders.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 283 |
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Bellaire -
M. M. KNIGHT, D. S., son of Thomas and Nancy Knight,
of Greene county, Pa., was born in 1847. He studied dentistry
in Cameron, W. Va., with Dr. S. D. Woods, and attended
White's Dental College in Philadelphia, where he was taken sick a
short time before he would have graduated. He commenced to
practice in Greene county, Pa., and after remaining a year there,
went to Quaker City, where he continued for about six years.
From thence he came to Bellaire, where he is now engaged in his
profession. In1874, he was married to Emma, daughter of
Jesse Lingo, of Quaker City, Ohio.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 273 |
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