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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 -
RICHARD H. TANEYHILLSource: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 330 |
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St.
Clairsville -
ADDISON THOMPSON was born July 21, 1857, near St.
Clairsville. Here he went to school until 1872, when he
attended the Western University and Duff's College for a couple of
years. In 1875 he was employed as assistant bookkeeper in the
dispatch office, Pittsburgh, Pa., a situation he held about
one year. In August, 1878, he was appointed deputy clerk of
the courts of Belmont county, which position he still retains.
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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St. Clairsville Twp. -
G. W. THOMPSON was born in St. Clairsville in
1806. Graduated at Cannonsburg college, in 1825. Studied
law under W. B. Hubbard, and was admitted to the bar in 1826.
He practiced law here for five years. Removed to Wheeling in
1836, where he was married. He was afterwards elected judge of
the court, and also elected to Congress from West Virginia. He
still resides near Wheeling.
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 -
ROBERT THOMPSON was born in St. Clairsville, Ohio, Apr. 6,
1804. Mr. Thompson is but little indebted to schools
for education. His father was one of the early merchants of
St. Clairsville, and Robert's boyhood days were spent in his
father's store. At the age of eighteen yeas, he began to clerk
in his brother, John's store, at St. Clairsville, where he
continued till 1822, when his brother went to Wheeling, Robert
still acting as his clerk. In 1826 he became his brother's
partner and opened a store at Elizabethtown, Marshall county, West
Virginia. They continued at this place some five years, and
then sold their store. He then came to his father's where he
remained, till April 1844, when he became united in marriage to
Miss Louisa Alexander, daughter of Judge James Alexander,
Jr., of Belmont county. After his marriage he located
on a farm, where he resided until some four years since, when he
came to the place he now occupies in St. Clairsville. Mr.
Thompson still owns his old farm of two hundred and thirty-three
acres and an other of seventy-five acres both of which are in
Richland township.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 245 |
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Cross
Creek Twp. -
THOMAS THOMPSON was born in Jefferson county and is the son
of one of the early settlers here. He received a good
practical education and was brought up on the farm. At the
outbreak of the late war he enlisted and served his country until it
closed. He then engaged in the mercantile business with Mr.
Graham, of New Alexandria, where he still continues. They
are an enterprising firm and do a large business.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 600 |
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St.
Clairsville -
MAJOR THOMAS THOMPSON, the oldest citizen now
living in St. Clairsville, was born Apr. 8, 1800, fourteen miles
east of Wheeling, and was brought to this village, when it was in
the woods, by his parents, in May of the same year. His
father, John Thompson, was a native of Armagh county,
Ireland; married Miss Sarah Talbott, of parish of Langhall
in1789; migrated to the United Utates States in
1790, and landed at New Castle, Delaware, with only a few cents,
expending all of that for a small morsel of food. He found a
cabin wherein to lodge his family whilst he could look around for
employment, but met few to sympathize with him. One day, when
out in search of work, he came to where two roads forked, and he was
undecided which one to take. As he paused for a moment
sililoquizing: "If I had money I would go this road, for it
seems the most traveled," when he happened to glance down to the
ground. To his utter surprise and astonishment he discovered
some money lying at his feet - less than a dollar in change.
He traveled that road a short distance, and obtained work for all
that winter. He always afterward befriended those of his
native country, as he saw how they were looked down upon, and sent
many a poor, destitute Irishman on his way rejoicing. He came
to Chartier creek, near Cannonsburg, Pa., after several years
residence at New Castle, and thence to St. Clairsville, where he
became one of the first merchants, and grew to be quite wealthy.
Her he lived until his death, in 1852, his wife having died in 1839.
They reared a family of twelve children - three sons and one
daughter still living. Thomas was the fifth child.
He was educated in St. Clairsville, and at the age of seventeen
assisted his father in the mercantile business. In 1829 he was
married to Miss Mary Smith, daughter of Steele Smith
of St. Clairsville, an old innkeeper who migrated to the village of
1812, and kept tavern until 1856, when he died. Our subject
reared a family of nine children. In 1839 he was called to
mourn the loss of his wife. In 1840 he retired from the store
and turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. He was
married again, in 1841, to Miss Eliza Jane Close, who resided
about a mile north of town. This union resulted in three
children - one boy and two girls. He built a grist and saw
mill on "Jug run," which he operated until it was burned down in
1841, having used it but, a few months; loss $11,000, - supposed to
have been the work of incendiarism. He then purchased the
property in which he is still living. In 1849 his hearing
began to fail. Having injured his right eye in 1841, the sight
left it in 1862. About this time the the other optic
became affected and the sight grew very dim. This lasted for
twelve years, then a total loss of sight took place. In 1878
he had his right eye operated upon, which enables him to discern
objects more clearly. John Wesley, the founder of the
Methodist church, preached twice in his grand-father's barn, in
Ireland. The Major, now almost eighty yeas old, still regains
a good memory, and loves to talk of the early events of the town and
county. With the exception of the partial loss of sight and
hearing, he is blessed with a certain degree of health, and promises
to enjoy years of life.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 239 |
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Barnesville -
WILLIAM TIDBALL, son of John and Sarah
Tidball, nee McGowen, was born in Allegheny
county, Pa., about nine miles from Pittsburgh, in 1796. The
former came with his parents to that county when a boy; subsequently
he entered two hundred acres of land covered with a dense growth of
timber, and commenced a clearing that increased slowly fro year to
year. Much of the early history of the Tidballs is
lost. In common with the pioneers of that period, they were
more engaged in making than in recording history. He died in
1847, and his wife some years later.
The children were - Margaret, deceased; Jane,
deceased; William, at one time a Presbyterian minister and an
attorney at St. Clairsville; John and James (twins),
deceased; and David, for some years a resident physician of
Kirkwood township.
William Tidball has been twice married; first in
1822 to Maria, a daughter of John Caldwell, a pioneer
of Wheeling. Mrs. Tidball died in her twenty-sixty year
in 1834. Their children were: Sarah, deceased;
Maria Jane, deceased; and John C., so well as
Major-General Tidball, of the Union army in the late war.
Mr. Tidball's second marriage was in 1838, to Rebecca
McKinney, daughter of James and Ann McKinney, nee
Fletcher. Their children are: Ann Z. and
Chalmers M.
Our subject farmed in the vicinity of Wheeling for
six years and in 1858 removed to Kirkwood township, Belmont county.
Here he was engaged in merchandizing and farming from 1831 in 1861.
During these years he served three terms as Justice of the Peace, as
well as several years as school director and township trustee.
For two years he has been a resident of Barnesville.
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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Flushing
Twp. -
WILLIAM G. TODD. - John Todd was
born in Washington county, Pa., and migrated to Flushing township,
Belmont county, in 1812. He married Annie Price in
1828, and moved to section 20, where William G. Todd was
born, Apr. 11, 1832. He lived with his father till married to
Margaret Thompson, by whom he had two children - Matthew
C. and Sadie A., who married Job Reynolds.
His wife dying, he married Sarah Jane Hood, Sept. 11, 1866.
The children of this marriage are Salona V. and Willie H. Todd.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 381 |
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