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MELVIN
BERTRAM ADAM, one of the leading business men of
Leetonia, where he has been interested in the awning
business for the past nine years, was born in the town
of Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohio, Nov. 20, 1845, and
is a son of G. F. and Katherine (Springer) Adam.
G. F. Adam was born in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1802,
and came in 1820 to Lisbon, Ohio, where he shortly
afterward embarked in a carriage-making business, being
a pioneer in this line. He died there in 1875,
being one of the city's most respected men. He
never took a very active part in politics, but was twice
elected a member of the City Council, really against his
wish. His first marriage was to Miss Frederick,
daughter of John and Lydia Frederick, of Lisbon,
and had one daughter, Susan (Crook), who lives in
Leetonia. His second wife, the mother of the
subject of this sketch, was Katherine Springer,
one of the old pioneer of this section. They had
the following children: Caroline, deceased, who
was the wife of William Harper; Frederick T.,
deceased, who was a soldier of the Civil War and the
first man to enlist from Lisbon; Karl, deceased
in 1857; George M., a soldier of the Civil War,
who resides in East Liverpool; Loretta, deceased,
who was the wife of William Lodge; Mary Aurelia,
deceased, whose husband, H. W. Brown now a
resident of National Soldiers' Home, Virginia, was
General Grant's private secretary and had
charge of the spy bureau; Louisa S., widow of
Dr. Miller of Findlay, Ohio; Melvin Bertram;
David, who died in infancy; Augusta, who died
young; and Julia E., widow of David M. Watson,
who was also a soldier of the Civil War. - she resides
in Aspen, Colorado.
Melvin Mertram Adam, the immediate subject of
this sketch, was educated in the schools at Lisbon and
was but a youth when he began to learn the carriage
manufacturing business in his father's shop. When
the Civil War was at its height, he wished to enter the
army; being opposed by hi family, he ran away to
Kentucky, about the time of the Kirby Smith
invasion. He was present at the capture of
Morgan, the raider, and suffered a severe accident
to his foot at that time. He later joined the 15th
Regiment, Pennsylvania Vol. Inf., when Lee
invaded Pennsylvania and served about nine weeks, when
the regiment was disbanded. In 1864 he enlisted in
Company K, 143rd Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., and with
that regiment participated in the siege of Petersburg
and the campaign in Virginia, until September, 1864,
when he was honorably discharged and returned to Ohio.
He enjoys the distinction of having been given three
honorable discharges in the Civil War.
Mr. Adam continued to work at his trade until
1896, he and his brother having succeeded to their
father's business, in 1874. It was carried on
under the style of M. B. & G. M. Adam. In
1879 they moved their carriage factory to East Liverpool
and there under the same firm name they continued the
manufacture of carriages and buggies. They turned
out only first-class, honest work and specimens of it,
still stanch and serviceable, are in use in the county,
after the passage of a century. The firm also
carried on a harness business in connection with their
other enterprise. They continued in business at
East Liverpool until 1896 when, finding they could not
compete profitably with the cheap work thrown on the
market, they gradually disposed of their stock and went
out of business. In 1896 Mr. Adam bought a
fine property in Leetonia, removed to this place and has
been interested in his present line of business ever
since. He was chief of the East Liverpool Fire
Department for eight years and has always been a
public-spirited and useful citizen of every community in
which he has lived.
In 1874 Mr. Adam was married to Emma Ernwein,
who was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and they have
seven children, viz.: Bertha E.; Nellie A.; Clara L.;
Etta A.; Carl E., shipping clerk at the Cherry
Valley furnace; Corinne C. and Florence J.,
deceased. Mr. Adam is a member of
General Lyon Post, No. 44, G. A. R., at East
Liverpool.
Source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical
Publishing Co. , Chicago, Illinois - 1905 - Page 425 |
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MARTIN ADAMS,
one of the well-known citizens and substantial farmers
of Washington township, who has been settled on his
present well-improved farm in 86 acres in section 34
since 1868, was born in this township, near Clark's
Mills, in 1835, and is a son of Francis and Charlotte
(Ogle) Adams.
Francis Adams was born in Jefferson County, Ohio,
and his father, Thomas Adams, was a native of
Pennsylvania. The latter was a pioneer in Ohio and
took up a large tract of government land in Jefferson
County, in company with his brother. Later
Thomas Adams and his son Francis operated a
still, this being the days prior to the revenue tax on
spirituous liquors. The children of Thomas
Adams were: John, Thomas, Francis, Jacob,
Peter, Barbara, Louisa, Elizabeth, Agnes and
Bashire. By a second marriage a son was born,
Andrew Adams, a resident of Missouri. The
grandfather of our subject lived to the age of 75 years,
while his son Francis did not reach that age by
three years. The latter left these children:
Louisa, deceased; Albert; Martin; Mary Louisa;
Francis, deceased; Loammi Lucinda; Charlotte,
deceased; Verlinda; Norman and Diantha,
deceased.
Our subject was reared in Carroll County, Ohio, and
received his education in the district schools. In
1868 he bought his present farm and has given his
attention closely to agricultural pursuits ever since.
He is one of the leading farmers and much esteemed
citizens of his neighborhood.
Mr. Adams was married in Caldwell County,
Missouri, to Elizabeth Dudley, daughter of
Edward and Lydia Dudley. She died Feb. 27,
1905, survived by all of her 10 children, as
follows: Lydia Ann, born Jan. 5, 1862, who
married George Moore, a potter, formerly of East
Liverpool, now of Trenton, New Jersey; Flora,
born Aug. 13, 1864, who married Sherman Grove;
Charlotte, born May 31, 1865, who married William
J. Riley, a railroad man, and has two children, -
Elizabeth and Lydia Ann; Rhoda Jane,
born may 4, 1866, who is married and resides with her
three children in Toronto, Ohio; Alice, born Aug.
9, 1867, who married Charles Wark and lives in
Wheeling, West Virginia; William Francis, born
Aug. 1, 1869, who lives in the West; John M.,
born Sept. 24, 1871, a resident of Carroll County, Ohio,
who married Effie Gilson, daughter of John S.
Gilson, whose family history will be found in this
work, and has four children, - Warren Gilson,
Ulia Jean and Orretta Jane and Orville
John (twins); Ida, born Sept. 18, 1873, who
is the wife of Rev. H. J. Rose, living near
Pittsburg, - they have four children, Gladys, Parker,
Ethel and Joseph; Clementine, born Dec. 8,
1875, who married H. P. Rose and lives at
Chester, West Virginia, - they have three children,
Lloyd, Edna and Hazel; and Della, born
Nov. 28, 1878, who married Arthur Simmons and
lives in Amsterdam, Jefferson County, - they have two
children, Paul, born May 25, 1903, and Alvin,
born Aug. 8, 1904.
Mr. Adams has always been a stanch supporter of
the Democratic party. He is one of the leading
members of the Presbyterian Church at Monroeville.
Source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical
Publishing Co. , Chicago, Illinois - 1905 - Page 650 |
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JAMES
ANDERSON, M. D., one of the prominent physicians
of Salem, and a leading member of the medical fraternity
in Columbiana County, was born in Knox township,
Columbiana County, Ohio, Dec. 13, 1851, and is a son of
William and Isabel (Little) Anderson.
The parents of Dr.
Anderson were natives of Scotland. They were
married in Knox township, Columbiana County, Ohio, in
1847.
They prospered and when our subject reached his 16th
year they were able to give him collegiate advantages.
In 1869 he entered Mount Union College where he was
graduated in 1874 and in the same year began the study
of medicine with Dr. G. L. Anderson, a well known
physician of Homeworth, Columbiana County. In the fall
of the same year he entered the medical department of
the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, from which he
was graduated in 1876, and was graduated from the
University of New York in 1877.
Dr. Anderson settled at Salem a few
months later and this has continued his home and the
scene of his labors ever since. Devoting all his
energies to his profession, he has been a very
successful practitioner, has built up a large and
lucrative practice and has gained the confidence and
esteem of the community. Constant study and
extended reading keep him posted on all matters
concerning medical advance. He is a member of the
Medical Society of Columbiana County and also of the
Ohio State Medical Society, and takes part in the
discussion of the important questions relating to the
profession, at the meetings. He is also a member
of the American Medical Association.
In 1877 Dr. Anderson was united in
marriage with Henrietta Brooke, who is a daughter of
Jesse and Agnes (Diehl) Brooke, of Homeworth,
Columbiana County. They have three children, viz.:
Mary, Thomas B. and Robert B. Mary,
a graduate of Salem High School and the Woman’s College,
Baltimore, Maryland, is at present a teacher' of Latin
and ancient history in the Salem High School.
Thomas B., a graduate of Salem High School, is now a
student in the Western Reserve College, Cleveland, Ohio.
Robert B. is a' student in the Salem High School.
The family belong -to the Presbyterian Church.
Politically Dr. Anderson is identified with the
Democratic party. His well-appointed office is
located in his pleasant home at No. 4 West Main street,
Salem.
Source: History of Columbiana
County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by
Biographical Publishing Co. , Chicago, Illinois - 1905 -
Page 410 |
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SANFORD E. ANDERSON,
senior member of the firm of Anderson & Mawhorter,
owners of the largest bakery in East Liverpool, is a man
of superior business qualifications and has made a
success of everything to which he has turned his hand.
He has a keen appreciation of the wants of the people
and has always acted upon the principle that the best is
none too good. As a result the bakery enjoys
excellent standing in the business world and commands an
extensive patronage.
Mr. Anderson was born in Beaver township,
Beaver County. Pennsylvania, Sept. 16, 1867, is a son of
Robert A. and Elizabeth (Hooker) Anderson, and
grandson of Bernard Anderson, who lived in Beaver
County, Pennsylvania, during the greater part of his
life. Robert A. Anderson was born in Beaver
County, Pennsylvania, where be still lives at the
advanced age of 72 years. He has been a successful
farmer and served for some years
as township supervisor. He is a Republican in
politics, but never aspired to political preferment.
He married Elizabeth Hooker, who was born
in 1845 and is a daughter of Jacob Hooker.
They became parents of five child as follows:
Euphemia, wife of John Warner, of
Salem; Sanford E.; Estella, wife of
Isaac Riley, of East Liverpool; Frank, a
resident of Beaver, Pennsylvania; and Loretta,
also of Beaver. Religiously, the family is
Presbyterian.
Sanford E. Anderson received his educational
training in the common schools of his native county, and
in 1888 came to East Liverpool, Ohio, where he drove a
team for Faulk Brothers, continuing with
them one and a half years. He then bought an
interest in their mill and took charge of the cooper
shop, which they had at that time, continuing as a
member of the firm until 1898. Selling his
interest in that business he entered the employ of
McCain Brothers, coopers, and after remaining
with them a year and a half accepted a position as
traveling salesman for a hardware house. After a
period of eight months, he returned to the employ of
McCain Brothers, but only remained a short
time when he engaged to sell buggies, wagons and harness
for Trotter & Son. He remained with them
one season when he again returned to McCain Brothers,
and later worked for Armour & Company one year in East
Liverpool. In April, 1902, he purchased an
interest in a baking business firm, James
Anderson, one of its founders. The business
was conducted under the name and style of S. E.
Anderson for a little more than a year. Robert
Buchanan, one of the founders of the business,
again purchased an interest in it, the firm becoming
Anderson & Buchanan. This continued
until June 1, 1905, when Karl H. Mawhorter
purchased an interest and the firm became Anderson
& Mawhorter. When Mr. Anderson
first acquired an interest in this plant, it was but
one-third of its present size. They now employ
five bakers and three drivers. The product is sold
exclusively to the wholesale trade and by them furnished
to the retailers. This bakery is the largest in
the city and consumes 2,400 barrels of flour per year.
Mr. Anderson is also a director in the
West End Land Company.
In February, 1903, Mr. Anderson was
married to Ida Hayes, a daughter of Thomas Hayes.
She was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, but was
living in Columbiana County at the time of her marriage.
She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, while
our subject is a member of the First Presbyterian
Church, of East Liverpool. In politics, he is a
Prohibitionist.
Source: History of Columbiana
County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by
Biographical Publishing Co. , Chicago, Illinois - 1905 -
Page 625 |
George W. Armstrong |
GEORGE W. ARMSTRONG,
a well-known farmer and fruit grower of Columbiana
County, whose portrait accompanies this sketch, resides
on his farm in section 15, Center township, his
postoffice address being Lisbon. He was formerly
for 12 years engaged in house-moving, contracting, etc.
Mr. Armstrong was born at Elkton, Columbiana
County, Ohio, June 1, 1850, and is a son of Andrew
Armstrong, who served as county
commissioner of this county from 1868 to 1874.
Andrew Armstrong was born in Columbiana
County, Ohio, in 1818, and died in the spring of 1900.
He was a very successful farmer in Elkrun township, and
was one of the most active advocates of the building of
the new Court House which was erected in 1870. His
father, also named Andrew Armstrong, had
located here about 1803, and opened and cleared the
farm. The latter built a log house where he
conducted a country hotel or tavern. This house
was afterward replaced by a brick house in 1830, which,
in 1833, was completed for a home and hotel, and our
subject’s grandfather conducted it as a public house for
years —until the traffic by stages was discontinued.
He died here in 1855, and the farm is now owned by
Frank S. Armstrong, a brother of the subject of this
sketch. Grandfather Armstrong came from
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, and was one of the
pioneer settlers of Columbiana County.
George W. Armstrong’s mother, whose maiden name
was Elizabeth Bowman, was born in Elkrun
township, Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1820. She
died in 1900, about four months after the death of' her
husband. She was a daughter of Christian
Bowman, also a pioneer settler of this county.
Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong were married in 1843, and
50 years later celebrated their “Golden Wedding.”
They had eight children, seven of whom are living, one
being in North Dakota, and the others in Columbiana
County. No death occurred in the family until the
youngest child was 37 years old.
George W. Armstrong was reared and schooled in
Columbiana County, where he farmed, and afterward
followed house-moving until he was accidentally injured
at Lisbon.
Mr. Armstrong was married in Elkrun
township to Lydia Morris, who was born
there, and they have five children, namely: W.
Howard, who is married and resides in Lisbon; and
Eva M., Lois E., Lawrence S. and Helen J.,
who are at home.
Source: History of Columbiana
County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by
Biographical Publishing Co. , Chicago, Illinois - 1905 -
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