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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 -
COL. BENJAMIN MACKALLSource: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 326 |
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Barnesville -
DR. MACKALL - In 1845 Dr. John T. Mackall,
having studied medicine with Dr. Hoover, opened an office and
solicited public patronage. The professional life of Dr.
Mackall illustrates the fact that there are exceptions to the
rule "that a prophet is not without honor only in his own century.
He was without doubt the most skilled practitioner among children
that has ever blessed Barnesville. He died in 1875, honored,
respected and loved by all, and leaving a character behind him as a
man worthy the emulation of anybody.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 317 |
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Barnesville - |\
JOHN T. MACKALL, M. D. - He was a brother to
Col. Benjamin Mackall, and was born in 1818, in Warren
township. He read medicine with Dr. Isaac Hoover, and
till within a brief time of his death on the 24th of March, 1877,
was in the active duties of his profession. He was W. M. of
Friendship Lodge A. F. and A. M. for seven years, and was intimately
connected with all the philanthropic movements of his generation.
His widow, Mrs. Sarah A. Mackall, survives him. The
children are: B. H. Mackall, M. D., Mary F.,
(married to W. A. Talbot, Jr. ), John W., Anna M.,
(married to John W. Hingely.)
Dr. B. H. Mackall studied medicine with his
father, and graduated at the age of twenty-six at the Ohio Medical
College of Cincinnati in the spring of 1870. He has passed
through the various chairs of the A. F. and A. M. Chapter, Red Men,
Knights of Pythias and Good Templars and was a charter member of the
last three.
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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Barnesville -
THOMAS McCALLSource: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 328 |
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Barnesville -
W. J. McCALVIN, M. D. - His father, John McCalvin,
was born on a farm near Inverness, Scotland, and died at St. Johns,
New Brunswick, while en route for the United States, in 1836, at the
age of forty. His widow (Elizabeth McCalvin, nee
Robinson. a daughter of Alexander, who died in 1844 at
the age of one hundred and four in Ireland, and Elizabeth
Robinson.) removed with her son, W. J., born in 1836, in St.
Johns, N. B., to Philadelphia. In 1844 she removed to
Cambridge, Guernsey county, O, where she now resides, over
eighty-three years of age. As an item for our farmer friends
we give the following: Alexander Robinson had a farm
containing twenty acres. His children numbered eight sons and
a daughter. All but one came to America. They each
received from their father five hundred pounds ($2,500) as an
outfit. What must have been the income from the land?
Our subject became a cabinet-maker by trade. Finding this
unsuitable to his taste, he read medicine with Dr. G. L. Arnold,
of Cambridge, and practiced for some years in Cambridge and
Wellsville, O. He attended a term of lectures at Starling
Medical College of Columbus, O., and graduated in 1872. In the
same year he removed to Barnesville, from which time dates his
permanent location. He was married in 1866 to Emma W.,
daughter of Samuel and Margaret Swayne, nee Brown
(Friends). Their only child is deceased.
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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Bellaire -
ARTHUR McCLAIN was born in Ireland in 1840.
He migrated to the United States in 1860. Enlisted in Co. G,
98th Reg. O. V. I., May, 1862, as a private. Was promoted to
sergeant. Served three years and was mustered out at
Indianapolis, Aug. 1864, when he came to Bellaire. In 1869 he
married his first wife, Belle Moffitt, who afterwards died.
In 1876 he married his second wife, Kate Shaw He has
been engaged in quarrying limestone.
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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Bellaire -
JOSEPH McCLAIN - Born in Ireland in 1842.
Received a common school education. Served five years as an
indentured apprentice in general grocery, provision and bakery
business. He worked several years as a journeyman in the trade
at home, three years on his own account. In 1856 he married
E. J. Telford. Migrated to the United States in the spring
of 1870, coming to Bellaire the same year, and starting in the
general grocery and provision trade. In 1876 he
connected himself with his brother under firm name of A. & J.
McClain, general grocery, provision and produce merchants, North
Belmont street, Bellaire, O.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 279 |
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Bridgeport,
Martin's Ferry & Pease Townships -
MRS. CATHERINE McCONAUGHEY was a daughter of
Jos. Kirkwood, and was born in 1820 in the village of
Kirkwood, near Bridgeport. In 1845 she married Dr. Jas.
McConaughey. They had three children. Dr.
McConaughey was born in Harrison county, Ohio, in 1809. He
studied medicine under Dr. Hamilton, of Mount Pleasant, and
graduated at the Medical College in Cincinnati. He practiced
for several years in Bridgeport and the surrounding country.
He died in 1870.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 307 |
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Bridgeport -
JOSEPH McCONNAUGHEY was born in Maryland in 1801, and came to
Belmont county in 1831. He had learned the trade of
bricklaying but found so little to do when he first came here that
he went at common labor. He married Miss Rebecca Glass,
Apr. 12, 1852. They have had eleven children, of whom seven
are living. Mr. McConnaughey has been a devoted church
member and built a church at his own expense. He has been one
of the most charitable men in Bridgeport. He is engaged in
coal and mining on a large scale and is one of Bridgeport's most
active business men.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 308 |
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Bridgeport -
MILTON McCONNAUGHEY was born Nov. 16, 1826, in Jefferson
county, Ohio, near the village of Richmond. His parents were
Joseph and Rebecca McConnaughey. They removed to
Bridgeport in 1831. Here Milton attended the common
schools and learned brickmaking with his father. He engaged in
the coal speculation after attaining his majority, in which he
continued about fourteen years. In 1848, he married Cintha
A. Coss. In 1861, he and C. P. Whitney took the
contract of hauling all the freight of the C. & P. R. R. to Wheeling
and returned. In this he continued until 1877. His wife
in the meantime died Apr. 3, 1872 and he married for his second
wife, Amanda V. Amrine, May 11, 1875. In 1872 he was
elected Mayor of Bridgeport, re-elected in 1874, and again in 1876.
Residence on Howard street.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 305 |
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Bellaire -
ALEX. M. McELROY, born in Washington county,
Pa., in 1848, and received a common school education.
Commenced the printing business in Columbus, Ohio, but abandoned
that on account of failing health, and engaged in the grocery trade
in that city for two years. He then turned his attention to
farming in Washington county, Pa., for awhile and then came to
Belmont county and farmed until 1873. He then removed to
Bellaire and engaged in the grocery trade. He is now carrying
on a general grocery and provision business on Belmont street.
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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Cross
Creek Twp. -
WILLIAM McELROY - William McElroy was a native of
Ireland, but came to this country when only six years of age, with
his father, who located in Pennsylvania. When the war between
the colonies and England commenced, William was a very young
man, but he enlisted and remained during the entire war. After
its close he settled in Virginia, and remained there until the
whites began to cross over into the northwestern territory, when he
too crossed the Ohio river and made his way out to section
twenty-four in Cross Creek township, cutting his way through the
woods from Steubenville. He remained on his first clearing for
a few years, when he moved on the farm which is now owned by his
grandson. He had but one child, a son, James, who moved
to *Mederia county, Ohio, where he reared a large, where he reared a
large family. William, son of James McElroy,
lived with his grandfather, and now occupies the old homestead.
He married a miss Patterson, and has a family remaining in the
country. William, Sr., lived to be one hundred years of
age.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 599
* Sharon Wick's NOTE: This is how the county is spelled in
this book. |
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Cross
Creek Twp. -
WILLIAM McELROY, son of James and grandson of
William McElroy, who were pioneers of Jefferson county, was born
in Cross Creek township, Apr. 15, 1815. He was reared a farmer
and educated in the common schools of the township. He married
a Miss Patterson, of Jefferson county. The McElroys
were of Irish origin, and came to America before the Revolutionary
war. William, the grandfather of the subject of this
sketch, served as a soldier during the war, and after its close
lived for a while in Virginia, before settling in Jefferson county;
he was a neighbor of David Greathouse, who tried to persuade
him to accompany the party who murdered the Logan family, but
this Mr. McElroy refused to do, greatly to his honor.
The McElroy family have always been good citizens and highly
esteemed by their neighbors.
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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Bellaire -
JAMES H. McFARLAND was born in Frederick
county, Virginia, in 1850; was reared on a farm and received a
common school education. He engaged in the Sewing Machine
business with teh "Weed Company," remaining in their employ for
several years. In 1872, he commenced selling the "Singer," but
now he represents the Howe Company" in Belmont county. His
office and headquarters are at Bellaire. In 1875 he was
married to Anna, daughter of Davi and Casandre Malcom,
of this city.
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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Barnesville -
JAMES McKINNEY, the father of Mrs. Tidbull,
was major in the Revolutionary army. He came from Bedford
county, Pa., to Belmont county, Ohio, in 1805, and on the 13th of
June of the same year, married Ann, a daughter of Robert
and Elizabeth Fletcher. The later, a widow with three
children, came to Union township. Belmont county, with Duncan
Morrison, a son-in-law, in 1803. James McKinney and
bride returned to Bedford county Pa., and in 1814 again
removed to Belmont county, locating in Kirkwood township. He died
in1826, nearly seventy-eight years of age; his wife in 1859 nearly
eighty-nine years of age.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 325 |
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Goshen Twp. -
JOSEPH McNICHOLS - Nathaniel and Martha
McNichols, parents of Joseph McNichols, emigrated from
Frederick county, Va., Oct. 18, 1807, and settled on land south of
Burr's Mills, part of which is now within the limits of the village.
Their son Joseph was born on this farm, Aug. 6, 1808.
The father died when the son was only five years old. Here
Mr. McNichols grew of manhood and helped clear up the farm.
He was married in May, 1833, to Miss Charity Newsom, who died
in October, 1860. He married for a second wife, Miss
Adelaide Hollingsworth, Feb. 8, 1862, ho still survives.
Mr. McNichols followed gunsmithing twenty-six years of his
life, then purchased a farm, on which he has since lived. He
has always lived a peaceful, quiet life - never served on a jury in
a county court, nor never gave evidence in any court, in all his
life; neither has he ever failed to pay promptly any debt as
promised - or failed in a promise for work, or anything else in the
whole course of his life. As a recompense for him promptness
and punctuality in his business transactions through life, he is
blessed with an abundance of this world's goods, which now in the
evening of life he is quietly and peacefully enjoying with the
confidence of an entire community.
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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Barnesville -
THOMAS D. MARISSource: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 333 |
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Bellaire Twp. -
H. D. MEEK, of the firm
of W. L. Hamilton & Co., Agent for Davis Sewing
Machine Company, was born in Belmont county, Ohio, in 1847.
Educated at Eastman College, Poughkeepsie, New York. In 1878
he commenced in the mercantile business in Bellaire and continued in
the trade until 1873. The year prior to this date, he married
Rosa, daughter of John and Rachel Kelly, of
this city. In 1873 he organized the Bellaire Gas and Coke
Company, of which he was Secretary and Superintendent for nearly six
years. He then connected himself with the Davis Sewing
Machine Company. W. l. Hamilton & Co. are located on
Thirty third street, and represent the Davis machine in the
county of Belmont.
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 -
J. T. MERCER was born in Loydsville, Belmont
county, Ohio, in 1837, and received a liberal education in the
common schools. He engaged in the drug business; studied it as
a profession and graduated in Pharmacy College, in Philadelphia, in
1857. He was one of two men of the state of Ohio that had
studied in business as a profession and graduated at that time.
The same year he started in business in Bellaire and was the first
druggist of the city. At that time he says there was less than
a thousand inhabitants. When starting he was told by an old
citizen he had “better turn his store into a grocery, as Dr.
Birdsong's salts and pills had always effected a cure in his
case and he thought they always would.” He entered the United
States service as quartermaster clerk in the first army corps, army
of the Potomac. He was afterward transferred to headquarters
of the army of West Virginia, then promoted to Assistant Adjutant
General (rank of Colonel) on the staff of Gov. Brough, of
Ohio; reap pointed on the staff of Gov. Anderson, of
Ohio; again reappointed by Gov. J. D. Cox. In May,
1866, he resigned and took charge of the settlement of claims of the
state of Ohio against the general government. In 1868, he
returned to Bellaire and engaged in the business of railroad
transfer and forwarding, in which he is still occupied. In
1870, the Wheeling Towboat and Barge Company was organized. In
this company he was one of the original stockholders. In 1871,
when the City Bank (now the First National Bank of Bellaire) was
organized, he was its founder. The same year he became one of
the charter members and stockholders of the Baron Manufacturing
Company. He was made its first president and has remained as
such. This establishment to-day is one of the leading
manufacturing establishments in the county. In 1874, he
married Rachel, daughter of Jonathan Randolph,
of Zanesville, Ohio.
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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Pultney Twp.
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ROBERT MERRIT, a son of William and Mary
Merrit, of Berkeley county, Va., was born on the 6th of March,
1809. In 1810, he came with his parents and settled on section
35, about one mile and a half west of the mouth of McMahon's
creek when it was yet a wilderness. Early inured to the
hardships and privations of pioneer life, he grew to man's estate
without the advantages of much education. He has lived to see
the "wilderness blossom as the rose," and a thickly settled and
prosperous community grow up around him. In 1831, he was
married to Eveline, daughter of Hugh Milligan, of Ohio
county, West Va. Mr. M. owns 171 acres of first quality
of land, which is well watered and in a good state of cultivation.
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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St.
Clairsville -
THOMAS J. MERRITT was born in Hampshire county, Virginia,
Jan. 1, 1830. When about two years of age, his mother removed
to St. Clairsville, his father having died a short time previous.
When Thomas was six years of age, his mother gave up
housekeeping, and he went to live with John H. Heaton, editor
of the St. Clairsville Gazette, in which office he learned
his trade, which he has been engaged at ever since. Oct. 1,
1850, he was married to Miss Mary E. Franks, a native of
Virginia. He has been employed in one office the longest of
any man in Belmont county. He has never been sick twenty-four
hours in his life, and never lost twenty days work in the office.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 246 |
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St. Clairsville -
ROBERT H. MILLER. Came to St.
Clairsville a young man, succeeded Alexander Armstrong
in the newspaper business. He was considered a bright Mason, a
sensational writer and a good citizen. He filled the office of
clerk of the courts from 1846 to 1850. He died Aug. 15, 18i50,
and his remains were interred in the "Union Cemetery."
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 231 |
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Barnesville -
ROBERT MILLS - Robert, a son of
Benjamin Mills, deceased, came to Barnesville in 1809. He
was a saddler, the first in the place, and in later years purchased
the Philip Allen tannery, managing for many years both
trades, and connecting also farming and hotel-keeping with them.
He married in 1812 Patience Short, a member of the family of
James M. Round. Her parents died in Delaware when she
was a small child, and she accompanied Mr. Round's family on
their journey to Barnesville. This marriage is said to have
been the first in Barnesville. She died in 1860, in her
sixty-fourth year. He died in 1867, aged eighty-three.
The Barnesville Enterprise of that date
contained the following obituary concerning him:
Death of an Old Citizen - On Thursday last
Barnesville lost one of her oldest and most respected citizens -
Robert Mills, Esq. - who died at his residence, in this place,
at the ripe old age of eighty-three.
Robert Mills was born in Lancaster county, Pa.,
came to Ohio in 1809, and settled at Barnesville one year after the
town had been laid out. At that time two or three cabins
marked the spot where now stands a flourishing town, and the bears
and wolves frequently came to what are now the most prominent
streets.
"For fifty-eight years Mr. Mills resided in the
town he chose in his early manhood, and witnessed all the changes
that were wrought in that time. The men with whom he first,
worked and associated have long since passed away, and others were
born and grew old while he remained. For many years he has
been a landmark of the past, to whom every one paid reverence due to
honorable men. Everybody who has lived in Barnesville
remembers Robert Mills, and all will hear testimony to his
honesty and integrity. He was positive in his opinions and
positive in expressing these opinions, yet no one doubted the
honesty or sincerity of the man.
"From his habits he admired the customs of the past,
and thought the "good old days" were better for honor, truth and
virtue than the latter years of his life. He died as he had
lived, respected by all, and beloved by those who knew him well.
"Time nor space will not permit us to treat the subject
as it deserves, and we hope some one better acquainted with the life
and character of Mr. Mills will furnish an obituary for
publication."
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 325 |
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St.
Clairsville -
A. H. MITCHELL, attorney-at-law, is a son of David
Mitchell, and was born May 31, 1849, near Lloydsville, Richland
township, Belmont county. Received a common school education,
and taught school from the time that he was 18 years of age until
22. In the meantime he devoted his leisure moments to the
study of law, and in September, 1871, he was admitted to the bar.
He removed to St. Clairsville and commenced the practice of his
profession in April, 1872. On the 23d of September, 1875, he
married Miss M. A. Wilkinson, daughter of William
Wilkinson, Esq., who served as commissioner of Belmont county
for several years. In April, 1878, Mr. M. formed a
partnership with his brother Wilson, in the law business, who
was admitted to practice April, 1877. This firm has continued
since that time. Office in Brown's building, (up stairs)
opposite National Hotel. Residence, east end of St.
Clairsville.
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 -
COL. J. R. MITCHELL was born in York county, Pa. His
parents were of Scotch-Irish extraction. He received an
academical education, and in 1846 migrated to Belmont county, and
engaged in school teaching for two yeas. In 1849 he removed to
Morristown, and started in the mercantile business. Here he
was appointed Postmaster under President Pierce's
administration in 1853, and served several years, when he resigned
and moved to St. Clairsville, in 1856, and became Deputy Clerk of
the Court during S. W. Gaston's entire term. In the
spring of 1860 he removed to Bridgeport and embarked in the drug
business. In July, 1862, he recruited a company of men for the
98th Ohio, and was made captain. From the rank of captain, he,
through meritorious conduct and bravery, was promoted to Major, and
then to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He was engaged in the
battle at Perrysville, Ky.; was in several skirmishes about
Franklin, Tennessee, and was with his regiment in Sherman's
campaign to Atlanta. From this point, on account of sickness,
he was obliged to withdraw from the service.
In the fall of 1865, he was elected Clerk of the Court
on the Republican ticket, re-elected in 1872, and again in 1874,
serving until February, 1878. On the 21st of September, 1870,
he was married to Miss Celia A. Grove. He is at present
Assistant Cashier of the First National Bank of St. Clairsville.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 242 |
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Bridgeport, Martin's
Ferry & Pease Townships -
JOHN P. MITCHELL was born in Belmont county in 1847. He
is a son of John Mitchell, who was among the first settlers
in the county. He was raised a farmer and received his
education in the common schools. In 1876 he married Miss
Milner of Mount Pleasant, Jefferson County. They have one
child a son.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 307 |
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Richland
Twp. -
DR. JOSEPH M. MITCHELL, son of Henry Mitchell, was
born in St. Clairsville, Ohio, Apr. 13, 1814. His father was
born in the county Down, Ireland, in the year 1787; emigrated to
America with the Patton family, with whom he was an
apprentice, in 1801; was a soldier in the war of 1812, served under
Colonel Paull, and was present at Hull's surrender at
Detroit. Being an alien, he ran a narrow escape of being hung.
In 1838, he began a shoe store in St. Clairsville, and remained in
the business as a dealer and manufacturer until 1855, and died in
1863. Our subject was educated at his native town, and after
studying medicine with Dr. Thomas Carroll, attended lectures
at the old Pennsylvania University at Philadelphia, in the winters
of 1835 and 1836. In the spring 1836 he began the practice of
his profession, and in 1839, he embarked in the drug business in St.
Clairsville, which he followed for some three years. In May,
1841, he was united in marriage to Lydia Pickering. He
served as county treasurer for two years, and acted as resident
engineer for five years on the National pike. Removed to his
present location, one mile south of St. Clairsville, in 1855.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 253 |
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Martin's
Ferry -
M. C. MITCHELL was born in Belmont county, Ohio, July 21,
1840. Our subject was reared a farmer, and educated at
Hopedale, Harrison county, and Vermillion Institute, Ashland county,
Ohio. He married Mary E. Kennon, of St. Clairsville,
Sept. 27, 1877. On the first of January, 1877, he began a
provision and grocery store, 34 Fourth street, Martin's Ferry.
Mr. Mitchell still keeps his farm of two hundred acres,
situated on Scotch Ridge.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 305 |
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Bridgeport, Martin's
Ferry & Pease Townships -
THOMAS MITCHELL, ESQ., was the youngest son of John and
Janette Mitchell and was born in Belmont county, Dec. 20, 1808.
His father came to Belmont county and settled on Scotch Ridge, and
was one of the early settlers. Thomas was raised a
farmer, received a liberal education, and on arriving at manhood
started out for himself. He has represented his township in
almost every capacity, and has been justice of the peace several
times. He is engaged in farming and operating a steam grist
mill.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 306 |
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Richland
Twp. -
DR. WILLIAM T. MITCHELL, son of Edgar and Delilah Mitchell,
was in Monroe county, Ohio, Mar. 5, 1847. He was reared a
farmer, and attended Franklin College, at Athens, O., for three
years. In 1864 he began as a day laborer on the farm in
Belmont county, and taught school for eight winters. In 1872
he began the study of medicine with Dr. Piper of Gencoe.
He attended both the Starling and Columbus Medical Colleges of
Columbus, Ohio, graduating at the latter in 1876, and began his
practice in March of the same year as a partner of his old
instructor. On June 6, 1878, he married Alice M. Ault,
of Belmont county, Ohio.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 252 |
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Bridgeport, Martin's
Ferry & Pease Townships -
CLARK MOORE, is a son of Joseph Moroe, pioneer of
Belmont county, and was born in Pease township in 1811. He was
raised a farmer and educated at Cannonsburg College, Washington
county, Pa. He graduated in 1832, but preferred the occupation
of farming to anything else, which he has followed with success.
JOSEPH MOORE occupies the old homestead that has been in the
Moore family ever since 1799. It is situated on Scotch
Ridge.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 308 |
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Bridgeport, Martin's
Ferry & Pease Townships -
JAMES MOORE, was born in Pease township, Dec. 7, 1836.
He was a son of James and grandson of Joseph Moore,
who were very early settlers in this part of the county. They
were of Irish origin, came to America in 1792, and finally in 1799
located on Scotch Ridge. James, the subject of this
sketch, was raised a farmer and received his education at the common
schools. He married Mary J. Marlen, of Richland county,
Ohio. They have three children two sons and a daughter.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 308 |
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Barnesville -
JAMES T. MOORE - Our subject is the son of Hezekiah
and Harriet Moore nee Smith, and was
born in Fairview, Guernsey county, in 1844. Mr.
Moore migrated in 1824 from Virginia, where he had been a
farmer, and located in Barnesville, where he engaged in
merchandizing and buying tobacco. He subsequently resided at
Fairview and Middletown, Guernsey county. In 1849, he removed
to Barnesville and was in the grocery business. He also was an
engineer for several years, receiving several injuries while
employed in that capacity. He died in March, 1877, sixty-three
years of age; his wife's death occurred in 1858, in her
thirty-seventh year. The children were Wm. H. (served
in 3d O. till 1864) married to Mary J. Fowler; Mary C.,
married to John Fowler; James T., married in
1869 to Mary V. Moore, daughter of Eliljah and
Rebecca Moore nee Fowler;
Elizabeth, married to Frank S. McCormick; Annie M.,
married to John R. Scott; Samuel W., in the regular
army; and Harriet E., married to John Steck.
James T. Moore entered as a private Company F,
30th Ohio, in August, 1861, and was mustered out in September, 1865.
He was the captain of the Tom Young Guards, and since November,
1877, has been the major of the 2d Ohio National Guards.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 329 |
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Brush Creek
Twp. -
WILLIAM MOORE - In presenting a history of the
Moore family, we first give a traditional account of
Benjamin, which is as follows: He was a baker's boy in one
of the English seaport towns; was stolen and brought to Philadelphia
and there sold for the passage money until he was of age. He
was then presented an axe an mattock with which to begin his career
n life on his own responsibility. He finally located in New
Jersey, about four miles from there Mt. Holly has since been
founded. This was over two hundred years ago. The land
on which he settled was taken by what was then known as the tomahawk
right. Here he begun clearing and improving his new
habitation. That old farm still remains in the possession of
his descendants. Next in descent was his son, Joseph
Moore, born on the old homestead in New Jersey. John
Moore, a son of Joseph Moore, follows next in
order, and was born on the above named farm in New Jersey, in the
year 1755, and located in Washington county, Pa., with his family in
1775. Cyrus Moore, a son of John and
Bathsheba B. Moore, was born in New Jersey, Nov. 1, 1783.
He was reared a farmer, and married Sarah Horner, of
Harford county, Maryland, in 1803. She was born Mar. 5, 1779.
They became the parents of the following children, viz: Mary,
deceased, her husband’s name was Blythe; Susan,
deceased, she was married to a Blazer; William;
Bathsheba, deceased, married a Boring; John, deceased; Dr.
Joseph, of Athens county, Ohio; Sarah, married a
Willis; Cyrus, deceased; Elizabeth’s husband’s
name was Elliott; and Dr. Mordecai Moore. In
1816, Cyrus Moore and family arrived in what was then
Columbiana county, Ohio, now the northwest section of Branch creek
17, Jefferson county, Ohio, and located on 160 acres of land
situated in said section. He had entered this land the year
previous to his arrival and employed a man to erect a cabin on this
tract; save this there were no improvements. On this farm he
passed his remaining days. He departed this life in the year
1861, and his wife died in 1859. Our subject, William
Moore, a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, was born
July 6, 1809; was reared a farmer and educated at schools common to
those days. Married Eliza Lawrence, of Fayette,
county, Pa., Apr. 10, 1834. She was born Feb. 22, 1810.
They have but one child, viz: George L. Moore. In 1834,
Mr. Moore came to his present location. He owns 574 acres of
land, most of which is in Carroll county, Ohio. Mr.
Moore and wife were members of the Disciples’ Church, of which
he has been an elder for forty years. George L. Moore,
the only child of William and Eliza Moore, was born in Brush
Creek township, Jefferson county, Ohio, Mar. 28, 1835. He was
reared a farmer and educated at Hiram College, and at Hopedale and
Mt. Union schools. Married Ann Lister, of Washington
county, Pa., Nov. 19, 1856. She was born Aug. 20, 1837.
They are the parents of seven children, viz: Emma, who
married Lewis Moore, William J., Frank C., Margaret A., John R.,
Eliza B. and Mary E. George L. and his parents
reside in the same house. His business is farming and stock
dealing. Cyrus Moore was a soldier in the war of
1812. He was the justice of the peace of twenty-one years.
The old family were Friends or "Quakers."
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 580 |
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Bellaire -
THOMAS H. MORRIS was born in Staffordshire, England, in 1817.
He migrated with his parents to America in 1832, and settled at
Newark, Licking county, Ohio. Studied medicine, but never
completed his course. Followed farming a number of years, and
then engaged in the foundry business in Newark. He closed out
that business and commenced work with the Central Ohio R. R., being
one of the pioneer conductors of the road, until injured; then on
recovery was transferred to the agency at Newark, which position he
held until after the completion of the road to Bellaire. He
was then placed in charge of the company’s business at this place.
In this he remained until the load was leased to the B. & O. Co.,
and then engaged with the Pennsylvania Co. as general agent ever
since. In 1848 lie was married to Mary A Taylor, of
Licking county, Ohio, who died, and in March, 1864, he married his
second wife, Elizabeth Thompson, of Columbus, O.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 277 |
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Island Creek
Twp. -
SAMUEL MORTON. - William and Mary Morton were the
parents of our subject, who was born in Fulton county, Sept. 2,
1811. He settled in Jefferson county in 1838; married
Elizabeth Winters, July 5, 1841. They reared a family of
four children. He has a farm of seventy acres, upon which he
settled in 1854. MR. M. and wife are members of the M.
E. Church at Wintersville.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 594 |
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