BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of the Upper Ohio Valley
with Historical Account of Columbiana County, Ohio.
A statement of the Resources, Industrial Growth and Commercial Advantages.  Family History and Biography
Vol. I & II. Illustrated
Publ. Madison, Wis. - Brant & Fuller -
1891

(Transcribed by Sharon Wick)

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	HENRY SEACHRIST, was born in Lancaster county, Penn., in 1813, and removed to Ohio with his parents in 1815, settling in Fairfield township, Columbiana county, where Jacob, the father, raised a family of fourteen children.  Henry remained on the farm until he was seventeen years old, and then became  an apprentice to the blacksmith's trade, which he followed for ten years.  In 1846 he removed to Portage county, Ohio, with his family, and lived there until the fall of 1851, when he returned to Columbiana county and took possession of the farm now owned by him.  He has reached his seventy-seventh year, and is still hale and hearty.  Although he never had any advantages of education he is well informed, and is a good English scholar and a fair German student.  His wife, Margaret, was a daughter of John and Elizabeth Windel, who emigrated to Ohio from Virginia early in the history of Columbiana county.  John Windel was one of the old time wagoners, his route extending as far as Washington, D. C.  The farm once owned by him is still in the possession of his descendants.  Mrs. Seachrist died in May, 1886, leaving eight of the ten children born to her to mourn her loss.  The names of the children of this marriage are:  John (deceased), Mrs. Elizabeth Myers, Jacob W., Enos, Mrs. Tryphena Seeds, Mrs. Margaret Ann Hoke, Eva Elza (deceased), Leonard, Ira and Mrs. Mary Rauch  Enos Seachrist, the principal of this sketch, was born Feb. 8, 1842, in Columbiana county.  When the late war broke out he was but nineteen years of age, but nevertheless he became a Union soldier, having enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Fifteenth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry, Aug. 19, 1862, and served until the close of the war, at which time he received his honorable discharge at Cleveland, Ohio.  For two years after his return from the war he engaged in farming, and on June 18, 1867, espoused Rebecca, daughter of John and Lucinda Marlnee, by whom he has ad two children, Orin H. and Ida May.  The family are members of the United Brethren church, and he is also a member of the G. A. R.  His wife died Mar. 22, 1888.  She was very earnest, Christian woman, and her loss to the community is great. Source: History of the Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. I - Publ. Madison, Wisc. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 188
	IRA SEACHRIST, a well-to-do farmer of Fairfield township, dates his birth from 1855, being a son of Henry and Margaret (Wendle) Seachrist.  His father was born in Fairfield township in 1813, being the son of parents who came to Ohio about 1807.  The old folks located where the Columbiana cemetery is now, having cleared a farm from the original woods that covered that locality.  They erected a little log cabin in the woods which they occupied, and turned their stock loose to graze at will.  There being no fences in those early days, the stock wandered off into the wilderness in search of food, and frequently it was a very difficult matter to find them again.  The father of our subject began life under very great difficulties and in extreme poverty, but accumulated considerable property, all of which was the result of his own hard labor.  In his old age he can look out upon 160 acres of land, accumulated during an industrious lifetime, and all of which is well cultivated and well stocked.  The old gentleman has been delicate health for several years, and his faithful life companion, the mother of our subject, closed her eyes on this world in 1887.  Both of the old people were faithful and upright members of the United Brethren church.  Our subject was reared on a farm, being brought up and educated like most other children of pioneers.  In 1878 he took unto himself a wife, in the person of Baraba Ott, daughter of Martin and Mary B. (Koch) Ott.  They were natives of Germany, and came to America in 1866, settling in Columbiana county, where they remained until their death.  To the union of our subject were born four children:  Jesse, Florence, Ada, and Lena E.  Mrs. Seachrist was born in Germany in 1858, and came with her parents to this country in 1866.  Mr. Seachrist, like his father before him, was a blacksmith by trade, and both of them did much work in this line, his father having a shop in Columbiana for several years.  The farm now owned by Mr. Seachrist is the same land on which the first court of Columbiana was held.  At the present writing, he is building a new house about three rods from where the old log barn stood in which the court was held. Source: History of the Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. II - Publ. Madison, Wisc. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page
	SAMUEL N. SHAFFER.  One of the township's most respected residents is Samuel N. Shaffer.  Mr. Shaffer is the son of Archibald Shaffer, who was an early pioneer of Columbiana county.  He was a man of considerable influence in the community, and was a very exceptional farmer.  His son Samuel was raised on the farm and was given the educational advantages to be had at that time.  When Samuel reached the years of manhood, he was married to Miss Tamar Williams.  Mrs. Shaffer is the daughter of Jesse Williams, who settled in Columbiana county at an early date.  To the union of Samuel Shaffer and Tamar Williams have been born seven children:  Minnie, Alice, George, Lida, Archibald, Frank and one other that died in infancy.  Samuel Shaffer is an excellent farmer and has a fine farm, under the highest cultivation.  He also operates a milk business in East Liverpool which is run in connection with his farm.  His stock is of the best, and his reputation as a man of integrity and ability is undoubted.  Both Mr. and Mrs. Shaffer are active and efficient communicants of the Presbyterian church at Calcutta, and are always to be found with the charitable and intelligent of the community. Source: History of the Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. I - Publ. Madison, Wisc. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 175
	DAVID SHIVELY, one of the leading citizens of Knox township, was born Sept. 3, 1821, on the farm where he now resides.  His parents were Daniel and Mary (Boyer) Shively, both natives of Buffalo Valley, Union County, Penn.  His father was born Feb. 3, 1778, and his mother (Mary Boyer), was born Aug. 6, 1782.  They were married Nov. 27, 1805, and in 1809, removed from Pennsylvania to the farm where David Shively now resides.  The elder Mr. Shively purchased a section of land which he divided between David and a sister.  In the same year that he came here, Daniel Shively planted an apple tree which is now standing, and measures twelve feet circumference, bearing every year.  On the farm where they settled, they reared a family of nine children, five of whom survive.  The father of the family died in 1865, and his wife in 1835.  The subject of our sketch grew up to manhood on the farm where he still resides, received a limited education in the common schools of his township, and after he became of age he still continued to cultivate the same farm.  He was married on May 13, 1848, to Sarah A. Glassb, and to this union were born seven children, all of whom survive except one.  Mrs. Shively died May 5, 1885, and on Jan. 16, 1887, Mr. Shively took for his second wife Mrs. Martha Bush, daughter of Uriah and Mary (Snyder) Deweese.  Uriah Deweese was born Jan. 5, 1803, and his wife Mary, in 1806.  They were married on Feb. 12, 1824, and reared a family of seven children.  Mr. Deweese died in 1855, and his wife in 1871.   David Shively and wife are members of the German Baptist church.  He farms on a general scale and keeps stock of all kinds.  He makes a special feature of milch cows from whose milk is made the fine article of Sweitzer cheese.  From these cows, thirteen in number, were taken 11,006 pounds of milk last June. Source: History of the Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. I - Publ. Madison, Wisc. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 281
C. V. Shoub	C. V. SHOUB Source: History of the Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. I - Publ. Madison, Wisc. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 358
	ALBERT R. SILVER.  One of the most important and extensive industries of Salem is the manufactory operated by Albert R. Silver.  Mr. Silver is the son of William and Esther (Spencer) Silver.  James Silver was the paternal grandfather.  He came from Harford county, Md., in a wagon, and settled in Salem in 1802.  He cleared and improved a farm there.  He was killed in 1812 by a falling tree.  His wife was Ruth Beaver, by whom he had eight children: Asa, Mrs. Elizabeth Bishop, William, Amos, James, Ann, Joel and Ruth.  William was reared in Salem township.  He learned the blacksmith trade with Daniel Burger, near New Lisbon.  In 1822 he located in Salem, where he conducted a blacksmith shop until 1829.  He then purchased a farm in Goshen township, which he cleared and improved, remaining there until 1868, when he returned to Salem, and spent the balance of his life in retirement, dying in 1881, at the age of ninety-four years.  His wife was the daughter of John Spencer, a pioneer of Butler township.  Their children were: Albert R., Mrs. Eliza Kirtland, Lovering B., Abel and Amos.  His second wife was Mrs. Sarah (Warrington) Whitacre, who bore him three children: James, Mrs. Emily Lloyd and Mrs. Esther Kirk.  Albert R. Silver was born July 16, 1823, in Salem, but his education was had in the old log school-house in Goshen township.  He located in Salem in 1841, and became an apprentice to the blacksmith trade, after which he worked as a journeyman up to 1854, five years of that time having been foreman of the Woodruff Carriage Works, one of the most important factories in Salem at that time.  Mr. Silver then formed a partnership, for the manufacture of carriage builders' tools.  This partnership existed until about 1862, when John Deming purchased an interest in the business, which, up to 1890, was conducted under the name of the Silver & Deming Manufacturing Company.  In the latter year Mr. Silver withdrew, and established a new concern for the manufacture of carriage tools, butchers' tools, feed cutters, etc., while Mr. Deming continued the manufacture of pumps.  Mary A. Dunn became his wife Apr. 28, 1848, and they have six children: Emmor W., Charles R., Mrs. Esther Brainard, Ellen A., William, Homer and Otis.  Mr. Silver and wife are earnest communicants of the Methodist Episcopal church.  Mr. Silver has ever been a pioneer in reform movements.  He espoused the cause of abolition with all his might, and is now a zealous advocate of prohibition, probably being the oldest prohibition voter in the county. Source: History of the Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. I - Publ. Madison, Wisc. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 232
	HON. THOMAS H. SILVER, banker, lawyer and legislator, of Wellsville, is one of the most prominent men of Columbiana County.  Mr. Silver is a native of Wellsville, having first seen the light of there Feb. 21, 1855.  His father was David S. Silver, M. D.  He was a native of Maryland and a graduate of the New York College of Medicine.  He began the practice of his profession in Columbiana county, Ohio, in 1825, and remained there until 1845, when he removed to Wellsville.  Here, Dr. Silver was actively engaged in the practice of medicine until 1883.  He died in August, 1887, at the age of seventy-six, having lived a life of usefulness and honor.  His wife, Nancy E. (Hammond) Silver, was a daughter of Thomas Hammond, an Englishman by birth, who emigrated to this country, and afterward became the founder of the town of Hammondsville, Jefferson county, Ohio.  David and Nancy Silver were the parents of five children: Thomas H., Margaret H., Frank, and David, Jr.  Thomas H. was reared in Wellsville, where he fitted for college.  Entering Allegheny college, at Meadville, Penn., he was graduated therefrom in 1875.  He then entered Harvard college, and graduated in 1876, and from the law department of the latter college in 1878.  In 1884 he founded the Silver Banking company, and was made president of the same.  He is also the proprietor of the Champion Brick works, which was established in 1886.  Susanna, daughter of Capt. Daniel and Harriet (Brown) Moore, of Newport, Ky., became his wife Oct. 2, 1885, and has borne him the following named children:  Harriet M. and Thomas.  In 1881 Mr. Silver was appointed solicitor of Wellsville; was elected mayor in 1883; has served on the school board for four years; has been president of the Wellsville Fair association from its inception in 1888, and in 1889 was elected to the upper branch of the Ohio legislature by the republican party.  Although still a young man, Mr. Silver has accomplished more than ordinarily falls to the lot of man in a lifetime of the hardest work.  Magnificently equipped, both by nature and education, his success has been most brilliant.  Above all it is deserved.  A true representative of the true American citizen.  Both himself and wife are communicants of the Methodist Episcopal church. Source: History of the Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. I - Publ. Madison, Wisc. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 359
	ORVILLE C. SINCLAIR, dealer in groceries, was born in Hanover, Columbiana county, Ohio, Oct. 8, 1833, the son of Jacob and Margaret A. (Greer) Sinclair.  His paternal grandfather was David Sinclair, a native of Virginia and one of the pioneer farmers of Hanover township, where he located in a very early day.  After residing in that township a number of years, he removed to the southwestern part of the state where his death afterward occurred.  The following are the names of his children:  Hayden, Barton, Levi, Lewis, Jonathan, Matilda, Jacob, Ruth and David.  Jacob Sinclair was born on the homestead farm in Hanover township, and became a well-known stock dealer and butcher.  He was accidentally killed several years ago by being struck upon the temple with a stone which crushed the skull.  His children were three in number:  Alfred G., Orville C. and Chambelon.  Orville Sinclair was reared in Ashland county, Ohio, from his eighth year and received a practical English education in the common schools.  He embarked in the grocery trade at Wellsville in 1867, at his present stand since which time he has had a very successful business career, being among the substantial tradesmen of the city at this time.  He keeps on hand a full line of general groceries, and by carefully studying the demands of trade has made himself a very popular salesman.  He served in the late war, first as a member of the home guards, and later in Company E, Fifty-seventh Ohio volunteer infantry, with which he was connected for a period of three years.  His first wife was Eliza, daughter of George B. and Evaline Johnston, a union blessed with the birth of three children:  George B., Harry W. and  Robert E.  His second wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Fassett, daughter of Stephen and Hannah Fassett, has also borne him three children:  Paul, Clyde and Carl.  Mr. Sinclair is a member of of the G. A. R., F. & A. M. and O. A. M. fraternities, served in the common council six years and is a republican in politics. Source:  History of the Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. I - Publ. Madison, Wisc. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 359
	WARREN H. SINCLAIR is among the live business men of Calcutta.  Mr. Sinclair was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, in 1863.  Archibald F. and Margaret (Johnson) Sinclair were his parents.  They were natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio respectively.  The father was a blacksmith by trade, but later became an oil speculator.  He was a prominent democrat, and although he would not accept an office himself, worked assiduously for others.  He died in 1885, aged fifty-four years.  He was a member of the United Presbyterian church, as is also his wife, who survives him, at the age of sixty-five years.  They had eleven children, six of whom still live, they are:  Mary, a popular teacher of Leetonia, where she has been engaged in that calling for ten years; Ellen, also a teacher before her marriage to John Loughlin; Tamar taught schools in various parts of the county until she became the wife of J. G. Glasby; Laura, a teacher for some ten years; she married Samuel Davis, and is now deceased: Maggie, died at the age of seventeen; James, married Callie Ridinger, now lives at East Liverpool; Milton, deceased, at the age of thirteen; Charles, died when nine years old; Warren Mattie, an efficient teacher of Leetonia, and Willie, deceased.  Of the five who have died all, with the exception of Laura, died of diphtheria, in March, 1879, within four days of each other.  Warren H. Sinclair began business for himself in 1879, when he opened a blacksmith shop.  Within a few months he has established a livery and undertaking business, and is meeting with financial success, and is accounted as one of the substantial men of the township.  He married, Sept. 24, 1884, Miss Mattie Grader daughter of Frederick Grader, of Calcutta.  Jennie T. and Archibald F. are the children that have come to bless this happy home.  Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair are members of the United Presbyterian church, and the former is a loyal adherent of the democratic party. Source:  History of the Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. II - Publ. Madison, Wisc. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 265
	WILLIAM A. SKINNER, proprietor of one of the leading mercantile houses of Salineville, is a native of Ohio, born in Belmont county, in the year 1840, son of Calvin and Anna (Morrison) Skinner, both natives of the same state.  When he was five years of age his parents removed to Morgan county, Ind., where, upon a farm, his early life was passed, attending school at intervals and assisting his father in the fields.  At the father's death, in 1853, the property reverted to the heirs, and William being the eldest son, to him fell the lot of managing the farm, and he remained upon the same looking after his mother's interests until his twenty-fourth year, when he removed to Salineville, Ohio, and engaged in coal mining.  He followed this occupation until 1877, at which time he was elected marshal of he town and constable of the township, the duties of which offices he discharged in a satisfactory manner for seven years.  He also served the township as trustee of the schools two terms, and upon his retirement from the same, hired as clerk with J. W. Ogle & Co., which continued until 1887, when Mr. Skinner purchased new stock and went into business on his own account.  His business venture has been financially successful, and his lines of groceries and provisions, stoves and tinware, are as complete as those carried by any other merchant in the city.  Mr. Skinner was married in 1864, in Indiana, to Mary J., daughter of Christopher and Margaret Johnson, of Ohio, but at that time residents of Indiana.  Mrs. Skinner departed this loife in 1872, and in 1874.  Mr. Skinner married his present wife, whose maiden name was Rebecca Maple, daughter of Milton and Mary Maple, the issue of which marriage has been the following children:  Francis C., John A., Mary A., Olive B., Lulu M. and one deceased.  Mr. Skinner is a member of the I. O. O. F. and Knight of Maccabees fraternities.  He votes with the republican party, and is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church, as is also his wife. Source: History of the Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. I - Publ. Madison, Wisc. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 317
	DANIEL J. SMITH.  Among the best known citizens of Liverpool township is Daniel J. Smith, a prominent farmer, who was the son of William G. and Susan (Smith) Smith.  Mr. Smith was born in East Liverpool, Oct. 30, 1833.  The father is still living at the advanced age of eighty-seven years. He was one of the pioneer settlers of Columbiana county, where for many years he was a merchant, having been more prominently identified with the growth of the city of East Liverpool than any other one man.  He was a projector of the New Lisbon & Ashtabula railroad, which would have been one of the greatest railroads in the state had it not been for its failure in the financial panic of the thirties.  He is now living in Tacoma, Wash.  Thomas Fawcett, William G's maternal grandfather, came to Ohio in the pioneer days and laid out a town which he called St. Clairsville.  William G. Smith bought adjoining property and had it laid out in lots, and changed the name of Liverpool, and later to East Liverpool.  In the late war William held a commission from Secretary Stanton on a convoy in the interests of the government to keep out contraband goods, rebel spies, and any other unlawful persons or things.  His wife died in March, 1888.  She was a member, as is also her husband, of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he has ever been a devout and active member.  His home was the minister's home during the itinerancy period.  Daniel operated a canal boat between Fredericktown and Pittsburg when fifteen years of age, in which he continued for two years.  He then entered his father's employ in his Pittsburg store, as a clerk, and was there until 1851.  From 1853 to 1856 he was engaged in the pottery business, and then moved to Missouri, and traded through Kansas and the Indian Territory.  Being an abolitionist of the John Brown and Jim Lane stripe he was notified to leave the country, but sent his wife and remained himself until his business was completed and he was ready to go.  He sold out what he had for as much as he could get in money, and took $1,350 in nine-month notes, and left the notes to be collected by a man by the name of Jerre Marree, who turned rebel.  What Jerre did not get the rebels did, having taken it from the United States mails on their way North.  He returned home, and has since remained there, where he has been successfully engaged in faming, stock and wool buying, and is known throughout that portion of the state as an enterprising and upright business man.  In 1864 Mr. Smith enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Forty-third regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry, and served four months and eleven days.  His regiment held the center on the 17th of June in the attack in front of Petersburg.  Having contracted malarial fever he was put on detached duty, having control of provost guards at Wilson's Landing, guarding prisoners and contrabands.  Mr. Smith did much toward establishing Union Leagues.  He founded the first one in George S. Harker & Co.'s pottery at East Liverpool and later, one in every township in the county.  Rev. Samuel Clark and himself then branched out and established them all over the state.  June, 1854, was the date of his marriage to Miss Deborah E. Thompson, daughter of Hon. Josiah Thompson  Six children were born to them:  Josiah T., William S., Lulu S., Cassius C. (deceased, Wilson F. and Letta M.  The mother died Dec. 29, 1874, aged thirty-five years.  She was a devout member of the the Disciples church and a true Christian woman.  Mr. Smith was again married, Miss Amanda Canaga becoming his wife.  Two children are the fruit of this union, Leona and one unnamed.  Mr. Smith is a Mason, member of the Sr. Order of American Mechanics, the Royal Arcanum, and the G. A. R.  Up to the second election of Abraham Lincoln he was an abolitionist.  He is now an ardent adherent to the republican party. Source: History of the Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. II - Publ. Madison, Wisc. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 358
	DAVID S. SMITH was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, in the month of February, 1843.  His father was a farmer, and David was of industry, which has since stood him in such good stead.  When about fifteen years of age he began to work during the summer months for himself, remaining at home in the winter, until he was of age, when he became a clerk in a general store, and was thus employed at different places, among them being East Palestine, in his native county, until he removed to Kansas, where he obtained employment in a general mercantile business, and remained there for two years.  At this time Mr. Smith returned to the locality of his home, and two years after his return from Kansas he embarked in the drug and hardware business with a man by the name of Lamb, under the firm name of Lamb & Smith.  After six years of this partnership Lamb took the drug business and Mr. Smith the hardware department, at the same time admitting a Mr. Fraser to partnership, the firm being Smith & Fraser.  In the course of time Mr. Smith sold his interest in the firm of Smith & Fraser, and purchased a half interest in a stock of general hardware, stoves, etc., in the same town of East Palestine, Ohio, the firm, under the name of Smith & Crawford, enjoying a good trade.  Miss Callie Boice became his wife in November, 1882, and they have been blessed by the birth of one child, Mary, born in July, 1885.  Mr. and Mrs. Smith are influential and earnest members of the Presbyterian church, of which he is a ruling elder.  They are continual workers in every movement, promising the enlightenment and welfare of the community.  Mr. Smith is a member of the Maccabees lodge, No. 70. Source: History of the Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. I - Publ. Madison, Wisc. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 289
	PHILIP M. SMITH, attorney-at-law, is a native of Columbiana county, born in Yellow Creek township, Aug. 17, 1852.  He attended Mt. Union college during the years 1872-73, 1875-76, but did not complete the prescribed course.  He read law with Judge W. A. Nichols, and was admitted to the bar in April, 1878, at which time he located at Wellsville, where he has since been in the active practice of his profession.  He was elected prosecuting attorney in 1885, re-elected in 1888, and has discharged the duties of that position with commendable fidelity and efficiency.  He has a large and lucrative practice in the courts of this adjoining counties, and is one of the successful members of the Columbiana bar.  He was married in 1880, at Clarksburg, W. Va., to Miss Ida McKeehan daughter of Dr. B. F. and Emily (Martin) McKeehan.  Mr. Smith's father is William C. Smith, a resident of Yellow Creek township, where he was born June 24, 1871, on the farm which he now occupies, and which he has owned all his life.  The old Smith homestead was entered by the maternal grandfather of William C. Smith, Alexander Smith, about the year 1804.  It was afterward purchased by his son-in-law, Philip Smith, and from him inherited by William C.  William C. has five children, viz.:  Philip M., Alexander, William E. and two daughters at home on the farm.  The wife of William C. Smith whom he married in January, 1848, was Janette Baily, daughter of Alexander and Margaret (Noble) Baily who came from Scotland to the United States in an early day, and were among the pioneer settlers of Yellow Creek township, this county.  The paternal ancestors of William C. Smith were also natives of Scotland, and both families were Scotch Presbyterians, noted for their sterling honesty, good sense, and intelligent citizenship. Source: History of the Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. I - Publ. Madison, Wisc. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 361
	WILLIAM SMITH.   William, Jacob, Valentine, Henry (deceased), Jessie, George, David, Anna, the wife of George Warner (now deceased), Mrs. Margaret Fausnaught, Mary, Mrs. Elizabeth Burke, and Sarah (deceased), where the children of Peter and Sophia Smith, the former of whom was born near Hagerstown, Md., about 1769.  Soon after his marriage he removed with his wife and one child to what is now Mahoning county, when Columbiana county, Ohio.  He settled on a farm of 100 acres, which he converted from wild land into fields of waving grain.  He started for the scene of action during the war of 1812, but met others returning from the war who said that it was over, so he returned to his home.  The father belonged to the Reformed church, while the mother was a Lutheran, and so well had they lived that they went to rest without fear, the father dying in 1852, and the mother three years later.  They were godly people, faithful to God and man, and both now sleep aside by side in the old Springfield cemetery.  Thus ended the lives of two of the grave, simple pioneers of Columbiana county.  William Smith was born in Mahoning county, since changed to Columbiana, in 1817.  His boyhood was but a repetition of the boyhood of the pioneer's sons.  Having attained to the years of manhood, he married Rachel McNutt in March, 1839.  She was the offspring of Alexander McNutt, a Virginian.  Seven children blessed this marriage:  Peter, Mrs. Sarah Warner, David S., Cowden M., Rachel, William A., and George S.  The mother died in January, 1886.  For many years they were devout members of the Reform church.  Mr. Smith has been a justice of the peace of Unity township for twenty-one years, and has also served as assessor at several different periods.  He has a well improved farm, upon which he does a general farming and stock-raising business.  His life has been a success. Source: History of the Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. I - Publ. Madison, Wisc. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 289
	WILLIAM C. SMITH, a prominent farmer of Yellow Creek township, was born in 1817, on the place where he now resides.  He is the son of Philip Smith, who was born in 1754, in Invernesshire, Scotland.  He was a tailor by trade, and emigrated to America in 1805, being nearly ninety days making the passage across the ocean.  He landed at New York, thence made his way to Pittsburg, where he worked for some time in the brickyard.  He married Janette Smith, and soon afterward they located a quarter-section of land in Yellow Creek township, Ohio, where they raised a family of six children of whom the only living one is the subject of this sketch.  Our subject received the usual education afforded by the country schools, and afterward set to work on the farm at which he has continued all his life, meeting with unusual success.  On Feb. 4, 1847, he united his fortunes in marriage to Janette Bailey, who was born in 1826, her father being a native of Scotland.  Our subject and wife were the parents of five children:  Catherine, Philip, Maggie, Alexander and William.  The family are members of the Presbyterian church.  Our subject's son, Philip, is prosecuting attorney of Columbiana county.  He obtained his education at Mt. Union college, after which he taught eight terms of school before he entered regularly into the law business.  Alexander, another son, is an attorney in Wellsville, and William, a third son, is operating coal mines at Portland, Ohio.  The family stands well and are highly respected by a wide circle of acquaintances. Source: History of the Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. I - Publ. Madison, Wisc. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 360
	C. N. SNYDER, a prominent attorney and counsellor-at-law, of Leetonia, is a native of Columbiana county, born in the year 1849, at Washingtonville, that county.  He began active life as an employe in the coal mines near his home.  His desire for an education and his determination to obtain one, conquered, and in 1868 he became a student of Mount Union college, where he remained for one year.  After leaving college, Mr. Snyder became to fit himself for a teacher, and soon was in charge of a school.  He continued this vocation until 1879, when he began the practice of law, having previously studied during the time at his command under the tutelage of J. C. Ryan, of Washingtonville.  Locating in Leetonia, he has since made that his home.  He married Miss Jennie M. Roller in 1878, by whom he ahs had four children:  Flora M., Vernon C., Olive M., and Helen.  Mrs. Snyder, a graduate of Mt. Union College, is the daughter of the Reverend J. R. Roller, who at the time of his daughter's marriage was in charge of a church at Washingtonville.  Mr. and Mrs. Snyder are active and consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church, the former is also a member of the Good Templar's society, and an ardent and energetic republican.  As a lawyer, Mr. Snyder has acquired the reputation of an honorable, high-minded and energetic member of this chosen profession, and enjoys a lucrative and rapidly growing practice.  He has been the solicitor for the village of Leetonia for seven of the eleven years resident there, and active and prominent in all public improvements in the community.  His address of welcome to the Pioneer society of Columbiana county, held at Leetonia in 1887, was a masterly effort and attracted general and favorable mention.  If his life is spared, there is doubtless a bright and honorable career before him. Source: History of the Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. I - Publ. Madison, Wis. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 255
	JOHN STANLEY, JR. (deceased), was born in Virginia, in 1794, and was one of the early settlers of Columbiana county, moving to this part of the state in 1811, and settling in Goshen township.  When a young man he learned the cabinet-maker's trade, and earned the reputation of a very skillful workman, in the town of Salem, where he erected a shop, the first manufacturing enterprise of the kind in the place.  As originally constructed the shop was a primitive affair, supplied with machinery, operated by a tramp wheel, and oxen supplying the motive power.  This gave place, in time, to an engine, the first ever both to Salem, and after operating his factory for a few weeks the entire structure was destroyed by fire.  He afterward rebuilt, but in a few years disposed of his factory and moved to the country where Dr. Spear now lives, which farm he cleared, taking possession of the same in1839.  He sold out in 1850 and purchased another farm north of the railroad, which he also sold a few years later and retired to the town of Damascus.  He was first married in 1820, to Abigail Stanley, daughter of Thomas and Emily Stanley, who bore him several children:  Edith, widow of Jesse Hall, who died in 1877 - Mrs. Hall is still living; Thomas married Hepsiba Macey; Elihu P. married Mary E. Ladd; Judith C., wife of William C. Johnson, and Mary A. married Albert Peele.  Mrs. Stanley died in 1852, at the age of fifty-four years, and in 1857 Mr. Stanley was united in marriage to Mrs. (Cobb) Hawkes whose parents, Edward and Phoebe Cobbs, were natives of Maine.  Mrs. Stanley came to Ohio with her first husband, William Hawkes, in 1853, and settled in Salem, where the latter died in 1855, leaving two children, Joshua and Lydia M. Hawkes.  Joshua married and had two children, and he and all his family are deceased.  Lydia M. married John Stanley, who died in 1861, leaving one child, Martha W.  The subject worker, a public spirited man, and one of Columbiana county's representative citizens. Source: History of the Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. I - Publ. Madison, Wis. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 202 - Butler & Goshen Twps.
	LEANDER M. STANLEY, farmer, and also editor of the Salem Republican Era, was born in Columbiana county, Apr. 12, 1846.  His parents were Pleasant T. and Elizabeth (Ladd) Stanley, the former a native of Ohio, one of the first white children born in this county, and the mother a native of Virginia.  The subject's grandparents, Benjamin and Elizabeth (Cobbs) Stanley, were natives of Virginia, but in an early day moved to Ohio, and in 1803 came to this county, having been among the first settlers.  Benjamin Stanley and a brother-in-law, Anselem Cobb were the original settlers of Knox township, the country at that time being in a wilderness state, with wild animals and Indians quite numerous.  Benjamin Stanley died in 1868.  His wife died in 1863.  They were both birthright members of the Society of Friends, and reared a family of thirteen children, seven of whom are yet living.  The immediate ancestors of Benjamin Stanley were Thomas and Unity Stanley, both of whom died years ago, the latter at the advanced age of ninety-six.  Pleasant Stanley, the father of the subject, was a farmer and miller.  He died in 1879 aged sixty-seven.  His widow still survives, having reached the age of seventy-six.  They had three children: Mary E., wife of Nathan Baker; Leander M. and Jason L.  Leander M. Stanley was educated in Damascus, under the able instruction of Prof. I. P. Hole, and in 1867 went to Iowa and accepted the position of local editor of the Oscaloosa Herald.  He discharged the duties of this position in a highly creditable manner for two years, returning home in 1870, in April of which year he was united in marriage to Miss Mina Cattell, daughter of William and Mary Cattell, of this county, parents natives of Pennsylvania.  After his marriage Mr. Stanley engaged in farming and fruit raising, to which he has given his attention ever since.  As a journalist he is favorably known throughout Ohio, having been Associate Press correspondent for a number of years.  He took a trip to the Pacific coast in the interest of a newspaper syndicate at the commencement of the "boom" of 1886, and his letters from there were widely read and quoted by the press.  In April, 1889, he took charge of the Salem Republican Era, of which he is still one of the proprietors, and which, under his successful management, has acquired a wide circulation and liberal advertising patronage.  Mr. Stanley is a successful newspaper man, a scientific farmer and fruit grower, and in every respect a worthy and progressive citizen.  Politically he is a republican.  The wedded life of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley has been blessed by six children, whose names are as follows:  Ada O., Estella, Roy, Percy, Maud and Wilsey.  The family are members of the Society of Friends. Source: History of the Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. I - Publ. Madison, Wis. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 201 - Butler & Goshen Twps.
	MICAJAH C. STANLEY (deceased), formerly one of the highly respected citizens and business men of the county, was born Feb. 6th, 1832, in Mahoning county, Ohio, the son of Thomas B. and Mary E. (Kellie) Stanley, natives respectively of Virginia and Delaware.  The father is still living in Salem, having reached an advanced age.  His first wife was born Nov. 27, 1805, and died Feb. 21, 1886, the mother of two children, viz.:  William and the subject of this mention.  Thomas B. Stanley was born Sep. 5, 1805, and is the son of Thomas and Edith Stanley, who were married Dec. 2, 1790, and had a family of five children.  Thomas Stanley was marriage the second time to Priscilla Ladd, June 5, 1802, and by her had a family of five children also.  The subject of this sketch was educated at Goshen and Damascus, and engaged in business for himself as a farmer, and later ran a livery stable for some years, and then engaged in the manufacture of lumber.  He afterward abandoned the latter business and again became proprietor of a livery stable, and was thus employed until his death, which occurred Apr. 2, 1883, aged fifty-one years.  He was a man honorable in his dealings, of liberal culture, respected by all, and in his death the county lost one of its best men.  He was married Apr. 4, 1861, to Louisa J., daughter of Catlett and Mary A. Jones, of Columbiana county, of whom a notice appears elsewhere in this volume.  Mr. and Mrs. Stanley's wedded life was blessed with the birth of one child, Carrie, wife of Leslie W. Atkinson, of Mahoning county.  Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson have one child, a daughter, Darling. Source: History of the Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. I - Publ. Madison, Wisc. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 200 - Butler & Goshen Twps.
	JONATHAN STANLEY is one of seven children born to Jonathan and Mary (Crew) Stanley, both natives of Hanover county, Va., who settled in what is now Perry township, in 1805.  Having passed the first winter on the farm now owned by a. H. Phillips, they, in 1806, located on the land from which they reclaimed the farm since occupied by them and their children.  The father died in 1852, and the mother in 1857.  Their children were:  Andrew, Fleming, Abraham, Mrs. Millie Johnson, James, John and Jonathan, all of whom are dead except Jonathan and Mrs. Johnson,  the latter being a resident of Howard county, Ind.  Jonathan was born on the homestead farm and has since remained there, boy and man.  Upon the death of his father he succeeded to the property.  Mr. Stanley has been thrice married, his first wife being Hannah, daughter of David and Elizabeth (Bennett) Miller, of Brownsville, Penn., by whom he had five children: Mrs. Elza S. Bousall, Mrs. Isabel Spear, Abram, and two others who died in youth.  The second wife was Amelia F., daughter of Aaron L. and Phebe H. (Wing) Benedict, of Morrow County, Ohio, by whom he had one daughter, Mrs. Felicia A. Cope.  The present Mrs. Stanley was Mrs. Ann (Bean) Earle, of Salem.  Mr. and Mrs. Stanley are members of the Society of Friends, and the former is a most earnest advocate of prohibition.  John Stanley, the grandfather of the above, was a son of Maddox Stanley, of Hanover county, Va., and James Crew, the maternal grandfather, was also a native of the same county and state. Source: History of the Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. I - Publ. Madison, Wis. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 233 - Perry Twp.
	SAMUEL STAPLETON, who comes from one of the oldest families in Columbiana county, was born on the old Stapleton homestead farm in Elk Run township, May 26, 1834.  Samuel and Sarah (Booth) Stapleton were his parents.  The father was born in Baltimore, Md., in 1789, and came to Ohio at a very early date.  Settling in the woods he built for himself the typical little log cabin, and straightway began clearing his land for cultivation.  For a long time he was engaged in hauling flour to Pittsburg using the money which he received for this arduous service to pay for his land.  To him belongs the novel distinction of having driven the first three horse team west of the Allegheny mountains.  The mother was born in Ohio near the state line of Pennsylvania in 1788, and was rocked in the sugar-trough cradle of that day.  While she was yet a young girl a family by the bane if Faulks were making sugar in the woods, and while they slept one night Indians came upon them and killed one son, taking another son and a daughter away with them into captivity.  The two captives returned to Ohio after having reached manhood and womanhood.  Sarah Booth was the daughter of John Booth.  John Booth came down the Ohio river in a flat-boat from Pennsylvania, and settled in the wilds of Columbiana county.  Samuel Stapleton has always lived on the farm on which he was born.  His education was derived from the old log school-houses of his boyhood.  He has a well improved farm of eighty acres which is noted as being among the best farms of the county.  He is a leading and worthy citizen of his township.  In 1857 Mr. Stapleton married Miss Cynthia A. Morlan, by whom he has had three children: Virginia, Luella and Florence K.  The mother was born in Elk Run township.  She is a relative of ex-President Hayes.  The family are communicants of the Disciples church. Source: History of the Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. II - Publ. Madison, Wis. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 394 - Elk Run Twp.
	THOMAS STARKEY, SR., is one of the oldest residents of East Liverpool.  He was born at Stoke on Trent, at Stone Park, in Staffordshire, England, Apr. 21, in the year 1829, being the son of Thomas and Ann Starkey.  His parents were both natives of England.  The grandfather of the subject of our sketch, who was also named Thomas Starkey, met his death at a jollification meeting, after the battle of Waterloo.  His son Thomas, was born in the year 1806, and received a limited education in England.  He married Anne Lawser, born near Market Drayton in Shropshire, in 1804, and daughter of John and Bettie Lawser.  His life was spent at various occupations.  He was interested in horses, and was also engaged in the mercantile business for a number of years.  He died about the year 1875, and she in 1876, near Stoke.  They were the parents of fourteen children, five of whom are still living and all the residents of England except the subject of our sketch.  The latter received his early schooling in England.  His boyhood days were spent in various ways until he reached his majority.  He worked principally in the potteries, but also assisted his grandmother in the store.  Her maiden name was Ellen Bradbury, but Mountford by second husband, and she died in 1848, at Penkhall.  In 1851 he came to the United States, and on adjoining farms.  In 1857, he came to East Liverpool, where he again found employment in the potteries, where he continued to work until about 1870.  At the latter date, in company with Mr. P. S. Ourby, he bought the old Star pottery, and changed it from a stoneware to a Rockingham and yellow ware establishment.  They continued this business together about two years, when Mr. Starkey sold his interest to Samuel Woster & Son.  He then retired from Active business and since that time has been engaged in handling real estate, having purchased the tract of land in the north of the city, which is now known as Starkey's Addition. He was married in 1852, to Margaret Nolland, born in 1829, in Londonderry, Ireland, and daughter of Philip and Catherine Nolland.  To this union have been born four children, Viz.:  Ellen M., now Mrs. E. O'Connor; Thomas F., Anna and Emma.  The last two mentioned are dead.  Thomas F. married Anne Green, of East Liverpool.  Mr. Starkey and wife are members of the Catholic church.  He has never taken any part in politics, but is an ardent democrat.  He ahs been very successful in business, and has accumulated considerable property. Source: History of the Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. II - Publ. Madison, Wis. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 359
	JAMES P. STEWART, a leading tobacconist of Salem, is a native of Maryland, having been born in Mount Savage, Allegheny county, that state, Jan. 3, 1855.  His father and mother were Henry P. and Catherine (Maus) Stewart.  Mr. Stewart was reared and educated in Pittsburg, and there learned the cigarmakers' trade, afterward serving in the capacity of clerk in a tobacco store in that city.  In 1882 he located in Salem and established a tobacco business and has since succeeded in building up a large and increasing trade.  May 15, 1890, he espoused Isa N. Keener, daughter of Thomas Keener, of Beloit, Columbiana county, Ohio.  Mr. Stewart is a member of K. of P., O. U. A. M., and is a staunch republican.  Since his coming to Salem he has not only succeeded republican.  Since his coming to Salem he was not only succeeded in establishing a good business, but has also made a name for uprightness in his every deal. Source: History of the Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. I - Publ. Madison, Wis. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 234
	SAMUEL STOCK, a prosperous agriculturist of Columbiana county, was born in New Lisbon in 1822, the son of Henry and Minerva (Stallcup) Stock.  Henry Stock was born in Hanover, Penn., and was the son of Michael and Barbara (Ritz) Stock.  Michael was a native of Germany, and when a young man was a soldier in the German army, but deserted from the army and emigrated to America.  He was a wagon-maker by trade.  Henry came to Ohio with his parents in 1808, and settled in New Lisbon where he began to learn the trade of making spinning-wheels, but after a short time had a misunderstanding with his overseer and returned to Pennsylvania where he served the balance of his time at the trade.  Having become a practical mechanic he returned to New Lisbon and established a shop.  Here he conducted a large and lucrative business for many years and there are still many wheels in the county which bear his name.  The house still stands in New Lisbon which he erected in 1820.  Subsequently he traded his property for a farm near the latter place.  The only building which stood on the farm was a large barn which had been built in 1811, being the first frame barn in this county.  During the war of the Revolution Roland's volunteers slept one night in this noted barn.  Henry Stock was a soldier in the war of 1812.  Samuel Stock was raised on this farm.  He received a very limited education in the old log school house, and in 1849, married Elizabeth C. Wiles, daughter of William Wiles.  Eight children have been born to this union; the living are: J. Frank, Alice M., Elizabeth C., and Dora B.  The mother was born in September, 1824, in Maryland; she died in 1884, mourned by all who knew her.  She was a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church.  In 1857 Mr. Stock was elected superintendent of the Columbiana county infirmary and served until 1866, having performed his duties with great credit to himself.  Aug. 19, 1867, he was appointed to fill the vacancy then existing and did so, serving for two years and more.  When he resigned it was against the protests of the community. Source: History of the Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. II - Publ. Madison, Wisc. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 248
	D. W. STOUFFER, postmaster of Washingtonville, Ohio, is a native of Beaver township, Mahoning county, Ohio, where he was born in 1852.  John and Susannah Stouffer, his parents, were natives of Ohio.  Until twenty-three years of age Mr. Stouffer was engaged in acquiring an education and in assisting his mother on the farm.  At that time, however, he embarked in farming for himself.  Two years later he went to Washingtonville, and has since remained there.  His first business venture was in the opening of coal mines in company with his brother and William Warner.  They opened the Fairview coal mine in 1881, and operated it together until D. E. Stouffer sold his interest and took the superintendency of the mine.  In 1884 it was sold, and Mr. Stouffer then became engaged in various occupations until he was appointed postmaster of Washingtonville.  He received his appointment August 1, 1890.  In 1874, Miss Hannah E. Myers, daughter of George Myers, a native of Germany, but at the time of the marriage of his daughter, a resident of Beaver township, became his wife.  Mr. and Mrs. Stouffer have four children:  Harry A., Charlie, Raymond and William.  The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and are strong supporters of its good works.  Mr. Stouffer is also a member of the K. of P., of Washingtonville, and of the Jr. O. U. A. M., of Leetonia.  He takes an active part in politics, being a devoted constituent of the republican party.  The father, John Stouffer, died in 1853, on his farm in Mahoning county, and the mother passed to her reward in 1885 in Columbiana, where she had removed after her husband's death.  They were both devoted communicants of the German Reform church, and both possessed qualities which endeared them to all who knew them. Source: History of the Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. I - Publ. Madison, Wis. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page  256
	MICHAEL STRATTON emigrated from Haddonfield, N. J., to Perry township, Columbiana county, Ohio, in 1810.  He was a carpenter by trade, but cleared and improved a large farm, now owned by Joseph Lannon.  He was a Quaker, and reared a large family of children in this faith.  The children were: Josiah, Charles, Joseph, Daniel, Aaron, Michael, George, Mrs. Elizabeth Dean, Mrs. Abigail Rood, and Mrs. Mary Barber.  Charles came to Perry township with his father, and also cleared a farm from the surrounding wilderness.  He died there at the age of sixty-two.  The farm is now owned by Frank Tabor.  Charles married Hannah Mickle, who bore him the following children: Rhoda, James, Mrs. Martha Daniel and J. M.  The latter, who is the principal of this biographical mention, was born in Perry township, July 2, 1827, and was reared on the homestead farm.  He followed farming until 1865, when he embarked in the lumber business, in Salem, and has since continued in this.  His wife was Rachel W. Bousall, a daughter of Edward and Rachel (Warrington) Bousall, whom he married in 1853.  Martha D., who married Mrs. James Jessup, is the issue of this union.  Mr. Stratton is a member of the Orthodox Society of Friends, and is a man of enterprise and sterling integrity.  For three years he was a republican member of the Salem city council, serving with wisdom and efficiency.  He is a still a staunch republican, and on the right side of all reforms. Source: History of the Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. I - Publ. Madison, Wis. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page  234
	LOUIS STREET.  No name has been more prominently identified with the settlement and growth of the city of Salem than the name of Street.  Louis Street, a descendent of this old and respected family, was born in Salem, April 2, 1833.  His parents were Zadok and Sibyl (Tatum) Street.  John, the father of Zadok, was a native of Salem, N. J., who emigrated to Ohio about 1802, and settled at New Lisbon, Columbiana county, having made the journey in wagons.  Soon after his arrival he purchased the land which is now in the vicinity of Main and Ellsworth streets and the west side of Lincoln avenue, in Salem.  His father was Zadock Street, who came to Salem about 1804 and soon after died there.  John Street was one of the principal merchants of the city.  His wife was Ann Ogden, by whom he had three sons, all of whom grew to maturity; they were Zadok, the first white child born in Salem; Samuel and John.  Zadok, the eldest son, lived in Salem all his life, and was also a prominent merchant.  His death occurred in 1880, at the age of seventy-one years.  Sibyl (Tatum) Street, his wife, was a daughter of George and Beulah (Atkinson) Tatum, who settled in Goshen township, now Mahoning county, in 1831.  Ten children were born of this union: Louis, George, John w., David, Mrs. Annie Reed, Samuel T., Joseph C., Sibyl T., Zadok H. and Charles, deceased.  Louis was taught the mercantile business in his father's store.  In 1857 he located in Indianapolis and was there engaged in business up to 1861, when he removed to Richmond, Ind., and remained there until 1866, at which time he was appointed by an English foreign missionary society as missionary to Madagascar.  After a residence there of twelve years Mr. Street returned to his native country and after a residence of several years in Richmond and Indianapolis, he, in 1887, returned to Salem and has since remained there.  In 1859 he married Sarah T. Fawcett, of Perry township, and has two children, E. L. and Charles F., both of whom were educated in England.  Mr. Street is an orthodox Quaker, and a staunch prohibitionist. Source:  History of the Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. I - Publ. Madison, Wisc. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 236 - Perry Twp.
	GEORGE W. STURGEON, the proprietor of the North Georgetown drug store, is an Ohioan by birth, having first seen the light of clay in Knox township, Sept. 24, 1851.  He was a son of Samuel L. and Regina (Klitz) Sturgeon, of whom mention is made above.  George W. Sturgeon grew to manhood in his native town, where he was given all the educational advantages at hand.  At the age of eighteen he accepted a position with Summers & Summers as a clerk in a dry goods store, and occupied this position until they sold their business in 1872.  He then went to work to learn the painter's trade, and continued in this until 1875.  In the latter year he purchased the stock of drugs in the hands of Daniel Biery as assignee of T. E. Biery, and established the business which he has since made so successful. Until 1880, Mr. Sturgeon remained in the store in which he started business, but at that time he erected the building now owned and occupied by him.  Mr. Sturgeon was commissioned a notary public by Governor Bishop Dec. 10, 1879, and was re-commissioned by Governor Foster Dec. 10, 1882, by Governor Hoadly Dec. 10, 1885, and again by Governor Foraker Dec. 15, 1888.  He was elected clerk of the township in 1878 and served for two years, and was re-elected in 1883, and again finished his term of two years.  Sept. 8, 1885, he was commissioned postmaster of North Georgetown under President Cleveland's administration, and held the office until Jan. 1, 1890.  On Apr. 14, 1890, he was elected a member of the school board for a term of three years, which office he is now filling to the satisfaction of the householders of the sub-school district No. 3, wherein there is enrolled 117 scholars of lawful school age.  Mr. Sturgeon is a member of the F. & A. M. Homeworth lodge No. 499, and is also a member of the Junior Order of American Mechanics, of North Georgetown, Hancock Council No. 99.  He was one of the charter members and is now councillor of the lodge.  He married Jan. 1, 1877, Miss Catherine Wyss, Rev. Gottlieb Ziegler performing the ceremony.  She was born in Bollingen, Canton Berne, Switzerland, Nov. 20, 1847, and came to this country with her parents in 1861.  They settled in Knox township.  Two sons and two daughters are the issue of this marriage: Samuel L., born Oct. 31, 1877; John F., born Aug. 25, 1879; Lucy E., born Oct. 12, 1881, died Jan. 24, 1883, and Lizzie M., born Mar. 30, 1884. Source:  History of the Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. II - Publ. Madison, Wisc. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 283 - Knox Twp.
	JOHN STURGEON, one of the representative citizens of North Georgetown, Ohio, was born in that town Jan. 5, 1839, the son of Samuel L. and Regina (Klitz) Sturgeon.  Samuel L. Sturgeon was born in Adams county, Penn., Sept. 30, 1815, died May 17, 1857.  Regina Klitz was born Mar. 17, 1814, in Springfield township, now Mahoning county.  Samuel L. Sturgeon came to Ohio with his parents when but a boy.  They settled in Madison township, but remained there only a short time, after which they removed to Columbiana, where the father kept a hotel until his death.  Samuel L. Sturgeon was united in marriage to Regina Klitz, Oct. 12, 1837, and to their union three sons and two daughters were born, namely: John, Elizabeth Milner, B. F., Mary E. Somers, and G. W. John, the eldest, was reared in North Georgetown, where he received a district school education.  In 1857 he was appointed postmaster by President Buchanan.  From 1862 to 1866, he served as deputy treasurer of Columbiana county; first for his uncle, Dr. Eli Sturgeon, and the remaining two years under the administration of Dr. Daniel Deemer.  He then went to Pittsburg, where he secured a position as book-keeper for a wholesale notion house and remained with them for ten years.  He then made a prolonged tour of the south, after which he returned to North Georgetown in the summer of 1878, and has since resided there.  He is a member of the F. & A. M., lodge 499 of Homeworth, and for a number of years served as a school director of his district. Source:  History of the Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. I - Publ. Madison, Wisc. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 284 - Knox Twp.
	JAMES W. SUTHERIN, perhaps the most prominent benefactor of the town of Negley, Middleton township, Columbiana county, Ohio, was born March 22, 1857, at Industry, Penn.  He was given some schooling, and when twelve years of age, began work in the coal mines.  After three years, he entered the employ of the Butts Coal Co., being engaged in their store until his father's removal to East Palestine.  Having accompanied his parents to their new home, James secured employment in the coal banks at the latter place, and remained there for some time, after which he worked in a store owned by a man by the name of Chamberlain.  Not being able to stand the confinement of store clerk, in 1880 he went to Kennelton to operate the coal works there for his father.  After three years, the coal supply having been exhausted meanwhile, he returned to East Palestine to assume the management of the Prospect coal bank for his father.  In 1883, Mr. Sutherin came to the place now called Negley and opened a coal bank.  He is now manager of the coal works in the latter place, and has under his charge 125 men engaged in developing this rich coal country.  Mr. Sutherin is one of the best coal bank managers in the country.  He has never had any trouble with the men under his control, and his course with them has always been marked by respect for their calling, and by a firm trust in their loyalty to him.  His experience in the business is unbounded,  He having followed all the steps from driving a mule to managing a mine.  June 22, 1881, he married a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Richardson, by whom he has had four children:  Maud, born March 27, 1882; James B., born Dec. 30, 1884; Burrizetta, born Apr. 1, 1887; and Paul, born June 14, 1889.  Mr. and Mrs. Sutherin are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he is also a member of lodge 417 F. & A. M., of the I. O. O. F. and of the Jr. O. U. A. M.  Mr. Sutherin is engaged in the mercantile business at Negley, in addition to his coal business. Source: History of the Upper Ohio Valley - Vol. I - Publ. Madison, Wis. - Brant & Fuller - 1891 - Page 189

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