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JAMES L. MacDONALD, superintendent of the public schools
of Wellsville, is, in point of continuous service in one
place, the second oldest incumbent of such an office in
the State. He was born in Muskingum County, Ohio,
Sept. 27, 1843, and is a son of John and Mary (Atcheson)
MacDonald.
John MacDonald, father of Mr. MacDonald,
was born in Scotland and came to America with his
parents when aged about three years. His people
settled first in Washington County, Pennsylvania, whence
they moved to Monroe township, Muskingum County, Ohio.
John MacDonald lived his whole life
thereafter, until the age of 73 years, on the old
homestead, engaged in agricultural pursuits. He
was a Whig and an Abolitionist and in sympathy with the
organization termed the "Underground Railroad."
The mother of our subject was a daughter of Humphrey
Atcheson; she was born in Muskingum County, Ohio,
and died aged 52 years. Of the seven children of
John and Mary (Hutcheson) MacDonald, two died in
infancy; and the others were: Humphrey A.,
who is chaplain of the National Soldiers' Home at
Dayton, Ohio; James L., of this sketch;
Nathaniel; Mary Elizabeth married Samuel Clark,
of Guernsey County, Ohio, and lives on the old
homestead; and David, who also lives on the
homestead. The parents came of Presbyterian stock
and united first with that sect called the Seceders, but
later they became active members of the United
Presbyterian Church, which succeeded the former society,
John MacDonald being an elder in both bodies.
The boyhood of James L. MacDonald was that of a
farmer boy with ambitions reading beyond the tilling of
the soil and the restrictions of what made up a purely
agricultural life in those days. His early
education was obtained in the local log schoolhouse and
in Muskingum College. He then began teaching, his
first school being at New Concord, Ohio. Two years
later he went to Senecaville and in 1870 he came to
Wellsville, being elected superintendent of the city
schools. In this responsible position he has
continued ever since. Many changes have been
brought about during his incumbency and the work has
extended so that now 25 teachers are employed where
seven sufficed when he took charge. He is a valued
member of the Ohio State Teachers'
Association.
Mr. MacDonald was united in marriage with
Rachel A. Henderson, who was a daughter of Andrew
Henderson, who was a daughter of Andrew Henderson.
She was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, was educated at
Muskingum College and taught for several years before
marriage. Her death took place in 1899 at the age
of 52 years. She was a lady of education,
refinement and Christian character and a consistent
member of the United Presbyterian Church. The four
children of this union were: Charles R., a
resident of Chicago; John H. deceased at the age
of 18 years; William R., an attorney at
Wellsville; and Mary L., at home.
Mr. MacDonald is a
member of the Presbyterian Church, in which he is an
elder. He has always been particularly interested
in Sunday school work, has served as superintendent and
is a valued teacher. Politically he is a
Republican. His fraternal connections include
membership with Wellsville Lodge, No. 180 F. & A. M.;
Wellsville Chapter, R. A. M.; Royal Arcanum; Protected
Home Circle and Mystic Circle.
Source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical
Publishing Co. , Chicago, Illinois - 1905 - Page 709 |
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P. V. MACKALL,
head of P. V. Mackall & Company, real estate
dealers and insurance brokers in the Ikirt Block,
East Liverpool, is a lawyer by profession and has been
identified with many important enterprises.
Mr. Mackall was born near Negley, Columbiana
County, Ohio, in 1878, and is a son of E. D. Mackall
who was a prominent agriculturist and fruit grower of
this county. Our subject is descended from
Benjamin Mackall, who with his brother James
came to America from Central Scotland in 1760 and
settled at Baltimore, Maryland. Benjamin
entered the army in the Revolutionary War, serving as
captain, and after its close located at Georgetown,
Pennsylvania, where he died. James went
South and one of his sons, a Confederate general, was
killed at Island No. 10 in the Civil War.
Benjamin Mackall and his wife, Mary (Dawson)
Mackall were the parents of four sons and two
daughters, the sons being named Thomas, James, Samuel
and Jack.
Thomas Mackall,
the eldest of the sons mentioned, resided at Calcutta,
Ohio, and was father of three sons and two daughters,
the sons being named George, Thomas and
Press.
James Mackall, the second son of
Benjamin and Mary (Dawson) Mackall, was the father
of 12 children, namely: James, grandfather of our
subject, J. S., who is a prominent politician and
business man of Georgetown, Pennsylvania; Benjamin,
who resides on a farm near Hookstown, Pennsylvania;
Samuel, deceased, who lived near Hookstown,
Pennsylvania; George, residing near Beaver,
Pennsylvania, who became prominent in politics; Jack,
decease. a captain in the river service, who lived at
Georgetown, Pennsylvania; Thomas, who died on the
home farm in Pennsylvania; Phoebe, who married
Milton Calhoun and resides near Hookstown,
Pennsylvania; Annie, who married a Mr.
Dawson and moved to the West; and three who died in
infancy.
James Mackall, grandfather of the subject
of this biography, was born at Georgetown, Pennsylvania,
in 1812, and accompanied his mother to South Beaver
township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, in 1820. He
worked on the canal at 12½
cents per day, and before he had attained his majority
he had bought and paid for 160 acres of land in South
Beaver township, which he deeded to his mother when he
reached the age of 21. He then set out to work for
himself, and shortly purchased a tract of 130 acres near
the old Mackall homestead (now known as
the G. H. Mackall farm); after farming for two
years, he branched out into wider business fields by
buying some 3,000 sheep, which he drove to the
Philadelphia market and disposed of at a good profit,
thus getting a good start. He continued as a
drover for some years and later engaged in contracting,
building many of the bridges in Columbiana County.
He also engaged in fruit growing, raising the first
budded peaches in the county, also the first small
fruit. He was one of the best known men in
Columbiana County, being familiarly known as “Uncle
Jim." He was a typical Scotchman. He
died in 1903 at the advanced age of 91 years. He
was united in marriage with Nancy Davidson,
who died at Salem, Ohio, in 1905, at the advanced age of
89 years. Of their 12 children, two sons and five
daughters still live, namely; J. E., a farmer of
Middleton township; E. D., father of our subject;
Rena, wife of L. D. Overlander, of
East Palestine; Phemia, wife of D. L.
Augustine, master mechanic of the Buckeye Engine
Works, of Salem; Isadore, wife of Stephen
Calvin, of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Ellison,
wife of G. E. Dawson, of Belleville, Kansas; and
Belle, wife of Rev. A. Culp, a
Universalist minister, now located at Boston,
Massachusetts. Those deceased are; George H.,
proprietor of the “Beaver Valley Nurseries" until his
death in 1900, at the age of 64 years, who had six
children,—Roscoe C., M. M., W. C. , Romaine, Edith
and Ella; A. R., a corporation lawyer
and promoter residing at East Liverpool, deceased in
1889, who was at one time a partner of Hon. R. W.
Tayler, who is now United States district judge for
the Northern District of Ohio,— he left a son and
daughter, Bertha and Murray, of St. Louis,
Missouri; Sarah, wife of Attorney McCoy,
of Columbiana County, who died without issue; and two
children who died in infancy.
E. D. Mackall was born in Middleton township
Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1854, and became a prominent
farmer, and business man and now resides on the old
Mackall homestead. He was married to
Dana Godsleben, who is now living in
Middleton township, and they had eight children, as
follows: P. V., our subject; Vida N.;
Otto V.; Mona B.; Carlisle D.;
Burdette N.; Elta V.; and Sylvanius,
who died at the age of one year.
P. V. Mackall spent his boyhood until the age of
16 years upon his father’s farm and then for two years
was in the employ of his uncle, George H. Mackall,
in the capacity of traveling salesman for the latter's
nurseries. He attended Mount Hope College during
the winter months and worked during the summer. He
next entered the Ohio Valley Business College, from
which he was graduated in 1898, and then accepted a
position with the G. W. Michaels Business College
at Logansport, Indiana, as principal. He had prior
to that time served as principal at Cooper Institute,
Wellsville. He continued at Logansport until the
business college building was destroyed by fire and then
returned to Ohio, entering the Buckeye Engine Works at
Salem. Deciding upon a professional career, in
1899 he entered the law office of Attorney A. H.
Clark; that winter he also taught school. He
entered Ohio Normal University at Ada, Ohio, in August,
1900, and in June of the following year was graduated in
law, having completed a two-years course in one.
On leaving college he traveled for the Hartford Chemical
Company for some time. He practiced law at Wabash.
Indiana, for a period, then at the solicitation of Mr.
Clark, his former preceptor, he returned to East
Liverpool and became the latter’s partner in the fall of
1901. This partnership continued with success
until February, 1904, when it was dissolved. He
then became secretary and treasurer of the United
Warehouse Company, of which he was organizer and
promoter. He organized the Tioga Oil & Gas
Company, also the McCoy Drilling Company, which
has a capital stock of $40,000, and is drilling for oil
and gas. In August, 1903, he organized the firm of
P. V. Mackall & Company, real estate dealers and
insurance brokers, the other members of the firm
being Otto V. Mackall and W. A. Calhoun.
Otto V. Mackall was born in October, 1881, and
spent his boyhood on the farm until he was 17 years old,
when he entered the employ of the American Wire Nail
Company, of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. He
resigned to accept a position with the Beaver Valley
Traction Company, with which he remained until he
entered Beaver Valley College, from which he was
graduated in June, 1903. In August of that year he
became a member of the firm of P. V. Mackall &
Company; he has charge of the real estate department of
the company’s business. He is vice-president and a
director of the United Warehouse Company.
P. V. Mackall has a fine residence at No. 125
Basil avenue, East Liverpool, where he resides with his
sisters Misses Vida and Mona Mackall. In
politics, he is a Republican. While at college he
was president of the McKinley Club, and stumped Hardin
County for McKinley. Religiously, he is a member
of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. , Chicago, Illinois - 1905 - Page 521 |
Robert J. Marshall |
ROBERT J. MARSHALL,
M. D., a leading physician and surgeon of the East End
of East Liverpool, whose portrait is herewith shown, is
also a very successful man in other lines of business
and is at the present one of the heaviest real estate
holders in his section of the city. He is a man of
energy and enterprise and success has come wholly
through his own efforts.
Dr. Marshall was born in Big Beaver township,
Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Nov. 26, 1862, and is a son
of Hugh James and Amanda (Hudson) Marshall.
His grandfather, John Marshall, who was a native
of the North of Ireland, died in this country in 1862,
aged 79 years. He was six years of age when
brought to this country by his parents, who settled in
Western Pennsylvania, and where he followed farming all
his life.
Hugh J. Marshall was born in Lawrence County,
Pennsylvania, Dec. 31, 1831, and in early life engaged
with his father in farming and also taught school.
About four years after his marriage, he moved from
Lawrence County to Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and in
1857 settled on a farm in Big Beaver township where he
purchased what was known as the Henry Newkirk farm
He was a Republican in politics, and in 1871 was elected
county commissioner, in which position he served two
terms. He is past noble grand of the Odd Fellows
lodge at Beaver Falls. He was united in marriage
with Amanda Hudson, a daughter of Stockman
Hudson, who lived most of his life in Lawrence
County, Pennsylvania, and they have five children:
John, of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Mary
Elizabeth, wife of Fulton Patterson, of New
Galilee, Beaver County, Pennsylvania; Amos, who
resides near Homewood, Beaver County; Matilda,
wife of Robert Crawford, of Homewood; and
Robert J., our subject. Mrs.
Marshall died in 1870, aged thrity-nine
years. Religiously, she and her. family were
members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
After completing the prescribed course of study in the
public schools, of his native county, Robert J.
Marshall attended Greersburg Academy at Darlington,
Pennsylvania. He then read medicine under Dr.
W. A. Sawyer, for a time, after which he attended
Western Reserve Medical College at Cleveland, Ohio, from
which institution he was graduated Mar. 3, 1886.
During the following summer he practiced with his former
preceptor, and then was located at Fairview and at
Ohioville, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. He made
rapid progress in his profession and in 1889, seeking a
larger field for practice, located in the East of East
Liverpool, where he has since lived and practiced.
He has a very thorough mastery of his profession, having
been a constant student during the years of his
practice, and has probably performed as many successful
capital operations as any other surgeon in this section.
His skill has many times been demonstrated and to-day he
enjoys the unbounded confidence and respect of his
fellow-citizens.
Dr. Marshall is a member of the County,
State and American medical associations, and also
belongs to Glasgow Lodge, F. & A. M., of Smith’s Ferry;
East Liverpool Lodge, No. 379, I. O. O. F.; East
Liverpool Encampment, No. 107, I. O. O. F.; and Eureka
Circle, No. 86, Protected Home Circle, for which he is
examining physician. He was one of the
incorporators and is president of the Federal Building &
Loan Company; and is a director of The Electric
Porcelain Company. He is an active business man
and owns what is known as the “Meadow Brook Place” in
the East End. On “Meadow Brook Place” and many
other valuable properties he has drilled a number of
oilwells, all producers, and he also has oil interests
in neighboring counties. He is a Republican in
politics and for nine consecutive years was a member of
the City Council.
In 1888 Dr. Marshall was united in marriage with
Sue E. Piersol, a daughter of Prof. S. H.
Piersol of West Bridgewater, Pennsylvania and they
have had five children: Robert Earl, who
died at the age of three years and two months; Wilma
W., Ila M., Roberta and James
Allabaugh. Religiously they are members of
the Second United Presbyterian Church.
Source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. , Chicago, Illinois - 1905 - Page 489 |
J. A. Martin |
HON. J. A. MARTIN,
the present probate judge of Columbiana County, formerly
mayor of Lisbon, and one of the city's representative
citizens, was born in the northern part of Jefferson
County, Ohio, in 1852.
Judge Martin, whose portrait accompanies this
sketch, was educated in the common schools of Jefferson
County and at the Hopedale Normal School, and
subsequently entered Mount Union College, where he was
graduated with the class of 1876. Judge Martin's
ambition was fixed on the law, but prior to giving it
much study he taught school for some years. During
this time he was superintendent of the schools at
Salineville, for three years, and spent two years at
West Salem, Wayne County. He then came to Lisbon
and entered the law office of Wallace &
Billingsley, where he read law. In the summer
of 1882, he was admitted to the bar before the Supreme
Court at Columbus. Since then he has been located
in practice at Lisbon.
Judge Martin is one of the leading Republicans
of this locality, is chairman of the Republican County
Central Committee and of the Republican County Executive
Committee. In 1898 he was elected mayor of Lisbon
and gave the city a clean and economical administration.
For some ten years Judge Martin served as justice
of the peace, and in the fall of 1902 was elected to his
present responsible position. He entered upon his
duties on the bench in February, 1903, for a term of
three years.
In 1887 Judge Martin was married to Millie
Shearer, of Lisbon, and they have one daughter,
Edith L. The family attend the United
Presbyterian Church.
Judge Martin is fraternally connected with the Knights
of Pythias, the Knights of the Maccabees and the Elks.
Source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. , Chicago, Illinois - 1905 - Page 399 |
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J. HARVEY MARTIN,
a retired farmer of the East End, East Liverpool, was
born May 26, 1843, at Frankfort Springs, Pennsylvania,
on the farm which was also the birthplace of his father
and purchased by his great-grandfather in 1792. He
is a son of James W. and Elizabeth (Blair) Martin
and grandson of Robert and Sarah (McLaughlin) Martin.
The Martin family is
of Scotch-Irish descent and the great-grandfather of our
subject, Robert Martin is thought to have been a
soldier of the Revolution who came over the mountains
from West Chester, Pennsylvania. It is known that
the farm upon which the subsequent generations were born
was wntered by him from the government in 1792 and he
received a deed therefor. This farm was located in
Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and was handed down to the
son, Robert, grandfather of our subject, who
married Sarah McLaughlin and engaged in farming
all his life. He was a soldier in the War of 1812
and in the service contracted a disease which took him
to his grave at an early age.
James W. Martin was born in 1804 and remained on
the paternal acres until about 1846, when he removed to
Jefferson County, Ohio, and operated a grist-mill for
two years. He then came to Columbiana County and
purchased a farm in St. Clair township, which he
operated until 1874 when he disposed of it and, with our
subject, bought a farm in what is known as the
“Klondike,” in the East End, East Liverpool. Here
he died Nov. 12, 1892. He married Elizabeth
Blair, daughter of Robert Blair and his
wife, who was an Allison. They had four children,
namely: Sarah Jane, Robert,
Martha Maria and J. Harvey. Sarah
Jane is the wife of J. W. Moore, of East
Liverpool, whose biography appears elsewhere in this
volume. Robert went to Oklahoma after the
Civil War and was the first Secretary of that Territory,
of which he was later Governor. His death was the
indirect result of exposure undergone in the army. Martha
Maria is the wife of Henry Abrams,
of East Liverpool. Both parents were members of
the United Presbyterian Church, of which the father was
elder for more than 40 years.
J. Harvey Martin received a common school
education and, following the footsteps of his ancestors,
became a tiller of the soil. This he continued
until 1893 when he removed to Steubenville, Ohio, in
order to educate his children. Two years later he
returned to East Liverpool where he has lived retired
from active business, although he is interested in and
looks after various enterprises. Mr.
Martin is a veteran of the Civil War, having served
in Company B, 143rd Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., and he is a
prominent member of General Lyon Post, No. 44, G. A. R.,
of which he is past commander. He is a strong
Republican and has been since casting his first vote for
Abraham Lincoln. He has filled a
number of local offices, among which was that of
assessor of Liverpool township.
Mr. Martin was married to Maria S. Gilmore,
a daughter of Thomas Gilmore, of
Steubenville, Ohio. Four children have been born
to them, only two of whom, Annie G. and Elizabeth,
are living. The latter is the wife of Charles H.
Bence, manager of The Sleepless Shoe Company, of
East Liverpool, of which our subject is part owner.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin are members of the
United Presbyterian Church.
Source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. , Chicago, Illinois - 1905 - Page 553 |
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PATRICK McNICOL, vice-president of The Standard Pottery
Company, of East Liverpool, was born in this city Nov.
16, 1865, and is a son of Patrick and Ellen (Johnson)
McNicol and a grandson of George and Margaret
McNicol.
Patrick McNichol, father of our subject, was one of
the early potters, one who learned his trade in one of
the pottery establishments of the old country. He
was born May 10, 1824, in County Donegal, Ireland, a son
of a weaver, who with his wife carried on weaving, as
did their neighbors, in their little home in that
county. The grandfather of our subject died in
1834, being survived by his widow until 1874.
George and Margaret McNicol were respected residents
of their community. Their son Patrick
remained at home until he was 17 years of age, when he
went to Glasgow, Scotland, where he worked in the
potteries until about 1850, and then came to the United
States, settling at East Liverpool, Ohio. Here he
entered the employ of Vodrey, Woodward & Blakely
and remained with his firm until it went out of business
in 1857. Then he went to work for Foster &
Riley, with whom he continued for 13 years.
In 1871 Mr. McNicol, in association with his
brother, John McNicol, organized a stock company,
purchasing the old Novelty Pottery, and remained with
the company until the fall of 1888, when he retired from
active participation in business. He enjoyed some
seven years of leisure, after a long, active and
successful life, his death occurring on the 13th of
November, 1894.
In 1852 Mr. McNicol married Ellen Johnson,
daughter of Thomas Johnson, who was at that time
a resident of Columbiana County. She was born Oct.
20, 1828, and still survives, a lady highly respected
adn esteemed. She is a devoted member of St.
Aloysius Catholic Church, as was the late Mr. McNicol.
They had the following children: George F.
and Ellen deceased; Thomas J., president
of The Salem China Company, of /Salem, Ohio; John F.,
deceased; Margaret; Patrick, the subject of this
sketch; Mary A., who married David S. Harris;
and Daniel B. and Charles A., of East
Liverpool.
After completing the common school course in his native
city, our subject entered his father's pottery and there
gained a thorough knowledge of the business. In
1890 he purchased an interest in The Standard Pottery
Company, which was then a cooperative concern. In
1892 it was changed into a joint stock company with its
present board of officers, Mr. McNicol being
vice-president. It is one of the important
industries of this section, one which is well managed
and one which returns an ample income to those
concerned.
Politically, Mr. McNicol is a Republican.
He is interested in fine horses and owns a very valuable
trotter. For some time he has been a member of the
directing board of the East Liverpool Driving
Association.
Source: History of Columbiana County,
Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical
Publishing Co. , Chicago, Illinois - 1905 - Page 456 |
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THOMAS A. McNICOL,
secretary and treasurer of The Potters' Co-Operative
Company, of East Liverpool, is a native of this city and
is the youngest child of John and Mary (McCarron)
McNicol. George McNichols the
grandfather of our subject, was born in County Donegal,
Ireland, as was his wife, Margaret, and there
they carried on weaving in their home, on the primitive
looms common to that section. In 1834 George
McNicol died and his widow struggled along there for
three years and then moved with her children to
Scotland. They settled in Glasgow where the sons
found employment and they remained there until 1850 when
the family came to the United Sates, locating in East
Liverpool, where Mrs. McNicol died in 1874.
John McNicol was born in County Donegal,
Ireland, Oct. 30, 1823, and was a lad of 14 when the
family moved to Glasgow. He at once secured work
in the potteries of Glasgow and learned every branch of
the business so that when he came to America 13 years
later, he had no trouble in obtaining work in the
pottery of John Blakely, of East Liverpool.
He remained there but a short time when he was offered a
better place with Knowles & Harvey for whom he
worked 17 years, leaving the firm to organize a
joint-stock company. This company purchased the
pottery of A. J. Marks, built by John Goodwin,
and made a specialty of "Rockingham" and yellow ware.
Mr. McNicol conducted this business until 1879
when he transferred it to his son, Daniel E., and
retired from active life. He was married to
Mary McCarron of Glasgow, a daughter of George
McCarron. They lost two children before coming
to this county. Those who grew to mature years are
as follows: Margaret, who resides in East
Liverpool and has been twice married, - her first
husband was John Grafton, and her second James
Greene; Hugh A., president of The Potters'
Co-Operative Company; Daniel E. president of The
D. E. McNicol Pottery Company; Mary E., a
Sister in the Ursuline Convent, of Toledo, Ohio; John
C. general manager of the D. E. McNicol
Pottery Company; George P., manager of The
Potters' Co-Operative Company; and Thomas A.
The mother died Apr. 12, 1880, and the father Nov. 30,
1881.
Thomas A. McNicol received a good, practical
education, attending the public schools of East
Liverpool, spending two years at St. Vincent's Academy,
in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and finishing with
a course in Niagara University, Niagara Falls, New York.
Returning home, he went to work for The Potters'
Co-Operative Company where he worked his way up,
mastering every detail of the trade, and in 1902 he was
made assistant secretary of the company. In 1903
he was elected treasurer and the year following he was
elected secretary and treasurer. The members of
the McNicol family have certainly made a
remarkable record in the pottery industry and they are
citizens who are a credit to any community.
Thomas A. McNicol married Margaret C.
Gillespie, daughter of William Gillespie of
McKeesport, Pennsylvania, and one child.
Margaret Mary, has been born to them. They are
devout members of St. Aloysius Catholic Church.
Mr. McNicol belongs to East Liverpool Council, No.
509, K. of C.; East Liverpool Lodge, No. 258, B. P.O.
E.; and is a prominent member of the East Liverpool
Driving Association.
Source: History of Columbiana
County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by
Biographical Publishing Co. , Chicago, Illinois - 1905 -
Page 446 |
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THOMAS J. McNICOL,
president of The Salem China Company, of Salem, and a
practical and experienced potter, was born at East
Liverpool, Ohio, Aug. 4, 1858, and is a son of
Patrick and Ellen (Johnson) McNicol.
The parents of McNicol were born in Ireland
and were there reared, but were married in America.
Patrick McNicol came to America with the
intention of locating at East Liverpool, Ohio, where he
expected to secure work at his trade of otter. He
reached Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1850, and floated in
a skiff down the river to East Liverpool. Mr.
McNicol was a good workman and he was employed in
the potteries in East Liverpool until some seven years
before his death, which event occurred Nov. 13, 1894.
His widow still resides in that city. Of their
seven children six survive, all residents of Columbiana
County, viz.: Thomas J., of this sketch;
Patrick, vice-president of The Standard Pottery
Company, of East Liverpool; and Margaret, Mary A.,
Daniel B. and Charles A.
Our subject attended school at East Liverpool until
he was 15 yeas old and has always resided in Columbiana
County. As soon as his school days were over, he
went into the pottery with his father, although from
childhood he had been in and around potteries and knew
all the details of the business long before he began to
be a paid worker. He began making jugs and worked
for one firm at East Liverpool for five or six years,
using the old hand jigger, which was later supplanted by
the steam jigger. Mr. McNicol was then made
foreman of the clay-shops in which position he served
for a year, and then took charge of the engines and
returned to jigging. In 1899 he removed to Salem
and, in association with Cronin & Smith,
organized a company to build the works of The Salem
China Company. It is an incorporated company, of
which Mr. McNicol has been president since its
organization. He has personal charge of the clay
department in the factory, in which 150 hands are
employed. It requires a great deal of practical
knowledge as well as tact and judgment to operate a
large business of this kind, and the success which has
attended Mr. McNicol testifies to his possessing
both. This factory is one of the largest
industrial plants of the county and is owned entirely by
its operators.
In 1877 Mr. McNicol was married to Mary A.
Dechant, who was born at East Liverpool, Ohio, and
is a daughter of George and Annie Dechant.
They have two children: John and Carroll,
the former of whom is employed in his father's office.
Mr. McNicol is a member of the Catholic Church.
Source: History of Columbiana
County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. by
Biographical Publishing Co. , Chicago, Illinois - 1905 -
Page 465 |
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GEORGE MILLER,
a prosperous agriculturist of St. Clair township, came
to Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1882, and purchased 148
acres of fertile land in section 19, St. Clair township,
which farm has since continued to be his home. He
is a native of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and is a
son of Samuel and Mary (Cockins) Miller, born in
1845.
The Millers are of German descent and first
located near Baltimore, Maryland, later moving to
Pennsylvania. Jacob Miller, the
grandfather of our subject, owned a farm near Little
Washington and there Samuel Miller was
born in 1800. He was a wagon-maker and followed
that occupation for a great many years at Hickory,
Pennsylvania, before he purchased the farm in Allegheny
County upon which our subject was born. This
property contained 160 acres and part of it extended
across the line into Washington County. Samuel
Miller was the father of the following children;
Jacob H. deceased, who was a prominent attorney
of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Vincent; Margaret
Jane, deceased; Samuel W., who is a
minister of the Gospel, located at Pasadena, California;
John H., a resident of Hickory, Pennsylvania;
James McBride, who is a successful physician
of Beaver, Pennsylvania; James and William
(twins), the latter of whom is now a leading lawyer of
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Frank C., deceased, who
was a physician of East Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; and
George.
George Miller received his primary education
in Allegheny County, supplementing it with a course in
Duff’s Business College at Pittsburg. He was
reared on a farm and has always devoted his time and
talents to that line of work. When he was about 22
years old he moved to East Liverpool and remained there
several years. In 1882 he bought his present farm and
has demonstrated to the surrounding community that he
understands how to get the best results from the
operation of his farm, which is devoted to general
farming and stock-raising.
Mr. Miller was married at East Liverpool
in 1872 to Mary Isabelle Mills and has reared a
family of seven children, namely: Mary Alexina,
who lives at home; William James, who
married Mamie G. Adams, whose father is chaplain
of the Clifton Springs Sanitarium, Clifton, New York;
Francis Clifford; Harry Vincent;
Robert Mills; Margaret Elizabeth;
and Antoinette. The family are members of the
Presbyterian Church and zealous workers' in the church
and its societies. Mr. Miller is a
Republican
Mrs. Miller is a daughter of James P.
and Nancy (McIntosh) Mills, both highly respected
residents of this vicinity in early times. The
ancestors of James P. Mills, who were of
Scotch-Irish origin, came to America before the
Revolution and cast in their lot with the struggling
colonists. General Sullivan, who was
a famous officer in the American Army, was an uncle of
James P. Mills' grandmother. Nancy
McIntosh was a daughter of William and
Sarah Alexina (McKenzie) McIntosh, the latter a
native of the parish of Red Castle, Inverness, Scotland,
and the former a native of Carnavora, Scotland. William
McIntosh's father, John McIntosh,
was a farmer and sheep raiser and William was a
shepherd in his native land until 1833, when he came to
the United States with his wife and two little
children,—Nancy and Alexander M. He
located in the “Scotch Settlement" near Wellsville,
Columbiana County, Ohio, and not long afterwards bought
a farm in Brush creek township, Jefferson County, moving
there in February, 1835. Their family was
increased by the addition of Mary, who was born
near Glasgow, Columbiana County; and John, who
was born on the farm in Brush Creek township, where he
still resides. Mary died, June 26, 1903,
after a long and useful life, of which the last 12 years
were spent in mission work for the Freedmen’s Bureau. Nancy
(McIntosh) Mills, mother of Mrs. Miller, died
in 1858 in her 30th year. Alexander M. McIntosh
enlisted on August 20, 1862, as sergeant in Company D,
126th Reg.. Ohio Vol. Inf., and died at Martinsburg,
West Virginia, February 16, 1863, from pneumonia.
Source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical
Publishing Co. , Chicago, Illinois - 1905 - Page 803 |
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JACOB MILLER,
deceased, was one of the prominent German farmers of
Columbiana County, owning a fine farm of 288 acres,
located in sections 14 and 15, St. Clair township.
He was honorable and upright in all his dealings and it
is our privilege to pay this token of respect to the
memory of one so highly esteemed by his fellow-men.
Jacob Miller was born in Bavaria, near the
Rhine, in Germany, in 1819. He was a stone-mason
by trade and followed that business in his native
country. He was a soldier in the German Army but
as it was a life for which he had no fancy he left it
and soon after crossed the ocean to find a home in
America. He first located in Lawrence County,
Pennsylvania. He also had a farm of 160 acres in Seneca
County, which he disposed of when he came to Columbiana
County. After coming to this county he worked at his
trade for some time.
In 1858 Mr. Miller was married to
Susan Grader, whose father was George
Grader, a soldier under Napoleon in the
battle of Waterloo. They had four children,—Mary
M., Caroline, George and Ellen.—all of
whom live on the homestead. George married
Mary Jane Parmer and has six children,—Frank,
Lawrence, Mary, Blanche, George and
Merle. His parents built him a house on a part
of their farm where he resides.
When Jacob Miller was married, he
returned to Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, and rented a
farm which he cultivated for five years. He then
came with his family back to Columbiana County and moved
upon the farm which was then owned by Mrs.
Miller’s father, George Grader, and which was
left to her when he died at the age of 86 years.
This property consisted of 175 acres of land in section
15, St. Clair township. Mr. Miller
carried on general farming and being of a frugal and
industrious nature soon accumulated sufficient means to
purchase an adjoining tract of 113 acres, which lay in
section 14. He was a Democrat but not an
aggressive one. He was a member of the German
Lutheran Church in his earlier day and a prominent
Mason. His death occurred May 11, 1901, when he was not quite 82 years of age.
His wife also died in her 82nd year, passing away on
July 12, 1905, esteemed and loved by all who knew her.
Miss Mary M. Miller has demonstrated the fact
that one may lie very successful in the dairy business
although a woman. On the 1st of June, 1901, soon
after the death of her father, she started with the six
cows already in her possession, purchased 22 more and
started selling milk. Finding the profits accruing from
the sales equal to her expectations, she added five head
more to her herd and now has a bunch of 33 as fine
cattle as it will be possible to find in a day's drive.
these cows have been selected especially and embrace
Jerseys, Holsteins and Durhams. The average
amount of milk secured each day is about 45 gallons.
Miss Miller is a thorough business woman
and gives her personal supervision to the work, thus
insuring its success. She is a lady of pleasant
address and a visit to her farm would well repay any
lover of well-kept dairies.
Source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical
Publishing Co. , Chicago, Illinois - 1905 - Page 768 |
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JOHN P. MONTGOMERY,
owns the fine farm of 180 acres in sections 25 and 26,
St. Clair township, upon which he resides, and is one of
the foremost and most progressive agriculturists of the
county. He is a son of John and Sarah (Poe)
Montgomery and was born about 60 years ago on the
farm which is still his home.
His paternal grandfather, James Montgomery, came
from Pennsylvania about 1806 and purchased land in what
is now Liverpool township. He lived and died on
his farm, which afterward descended to his son,
Joseph, who was a bachelor, and still later became
the property of Charles H. Blazier.
John Montgomery was born in Washington County,
Pennsylvania, Sept. 15, 1798, and was eight years of age
when the family came to Ohio. He engaged in
agricultural pursuits and purchased the farm in St.
Clair township which he cleared and improved. In
place of the log cabin so familiar at that time, he
erected about 1832 a substantial brick home, which was
regarded as a piece of architectural elegance for that
time. He married Sarah Poe who died in 1854
in the 54th year of her age.
He lived until 1880. Their family consisted of
nine children, viz: Andrew, who died in his 13th
year, James who married Ann Eliza Gilland
and is now living in Henry County, Ohio, where he is a
prosperous farmer; Nancy, who makes her home with
our subject; Eleanor, widow of John
McCoy and a resident of Van Wert County, Ohio;
Elizabeth, deceased, wife of William McCoy;
Sarah Jane, who married George F. Houston
and resides at Alliance, Ohio; Joseph, deceased;
Rachel, wife of George
Gaston, of East Liverpool; and John P.
The maternal great-great-grandfather of our subject was
Adam Poe, the famous Indian fighter, who
killed the Wyandot chief, Big Foot.
His paternal grandfather, Andrew Poe, was
a resident of Stark County, Ohio, near Massillon, and it
was there that our subject’s mother was born. She
is a sister of Rev. Adam Poe, a Methodist
minister, living in Cincinnati.
John P. Montgomery has always given his
attention to farming and has lived on the farm upon
which he was reared and born. On Apr. 10, 1890, be
was married to Laura C. Fisher, daughter of
Michael and Eliza (Dawson) Fisher and sister of
Benjamin P. Fisher, who now owns the farm which was
her birthplace and whose biography appears on another
page of this work. This marriage has been without
issue. Mr. Montgomery has a fine piece of
land has it well improved. He has made changes in
the residence and in 1890 built a fine barn, while every
department of the farm shows the skill and care
displayed in its management. Mr. and Mrs.
Montgomery are Presbyterians. In politics he
is a Democrat.
Source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. , Chicago, Illinois - 1905 - Page 627 |
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E. F. MOORE,
postmaster at Lisbon, was appointed to that office in
1898 by President McKinley, who was a cousin, of
Dr. William Moore, father of the subject of this
sketch.
Mr. Moore was born in Elkton, this county, in
1852, and was reared and schooled here. He spent a
short time in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, completing his
preparation for the trade of a printer, and with the
exception of this period has always resided at Lisbon.
Mr. Moore secured the sole control of the
newspaper, Buckeye Sate, in 1876, and continued
as its owner and editor until 1901. He entered the
office of this paper, as an apprentice, in 1871, and
became its proprietor and literary head within five
years.
Mr. Moore was married in Lisbon, to Eva
I. Young, a native of Lisbon, and a daughter of
B. S. Young, who was born in Columbiana County, and
still survives at the age of 75 years. Mr.
Young was postmaster at Lisbon from 1872 to 1880.
In later years he was engaged in the hardware business,
from which he retired in the fall of 1904.
Mr. Moore and his wife have had 10 children, all
born in Lisbon. Seven of these are living, namely:
W. B.; Eva I., who is her father's assistant in
the post office; Mary E., who is teaching in the
Lisbon schools; Frank E.; Fitz-Randolph;
Charles and Ralph. W. B. Moore is now
practicing law at Clarksburg, West Virginia. He
took a special course of study at Charlottesville,
Virginia, in 1903, and then entered the senior, class of
the University of Cincinnati in 1904, being admitted to
the bar in June of that year.
Mr. Moore is a stanch Republican in politics.
Fraternally, he is a Mason and a Knight Templar, being a
member of Salem Commandery, K. T. He is also an
Odd Fellow and a Knight of Pythias. In religious
views, he favors the Christian Church.
Source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. , Chicago, Illinois - 1905 - Page 366 |
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FRANK PIERCE MOORE,
M. D., junior member of the firm
of Drs. William & F. P. Moore, has been engaged
in the practice of medicine in Lisbon, Ohio,
continuously for more than 30 years. He was born
at First Fairfield, Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1851,
and is a son of Dr. William and Eliza (Ferrall) Moore,
both natives of this county. More concerning his
parents may be found in the sketch of Dr. William
Moore, found elsewhere in this work.
Frank Pierce Moore attended the schools of
Elkton until 1863, then removed to Lisbon whither his
parents followed in 1866. After completing his
school course, he pursued the study of medicine in his
father's office for three years. In 1872 he
entered the medical department of the University of
Michigan, from which he was graduated in 1874. On
April 1st of that year he entered into a partnership
with his father, with whom he has continued since.
He has attained distinction in surgical work, which was
his specialty for more than 25 years, and he still
performs a great many operations, especially in
accidents and emergency cases. He has a wide
acquaintance throughout the county, and is held in
highest esteem. He is a member of the County,
State and American medical associations, and for 25
years has belonged to the Erie Railway Surgeons
Association.
Dr. Moore was united in marriage with Ada Lodge,
a native of Columbiana County, and a daughter of Abel
and Mathilda (Ferrall) Lodge. Her father was
for years engaged in the banking business in Lisbon,
where he died in October, 1904, aged 91 years. He
was born in Fairfield township, where his father had
settled at an early day. The Lodge, Ferrall
and Hanna families came to Columbiana County,
Ohio, from Virginia in the early years of the last
century, settling in Fairfield township, where they were
pioneers. Fraternally, our subject is a member of
the Knights of Pythias and is a Mason and Knight
Templar, being a member of Salem Commandery. In
religious attachment he is a member of the Christian
Church, of which he has been a trustee for many years.
Politically, he is a Republican but is no politician,
although he has served 14 consecutive terms as
councilman.
Source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. , Chicago, Illinois - 1905 - Page 504 |
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JOHN W. MOORE,
manager of The Moore Furniture Company, of East
Liverpool, is one of the city's successful men. He
was born 37 years ago in St. Clair township, Columbiana
County, Ohio, and is a son of John W. and Sarah J.
(Martin) Moroe, and grandson of John W. and Nancy
(Crawford) Moore.
The Moore family is
of Scotch-Irish extraction and came to Ohio from
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. The family is
an old one of St. Clair township, our subject's
grandfather, John W. Moore, being one of the
pioneers. Later he conducted the Ohio House, a
hotel on the corner of Fourth and Market streets, East
Liverpool, where he died in 1866, aged 70 years.
In St. Clair township he was justice of the peace and
also was well known as an auctioneer.
John W. Moore, father of our subject, was born
in St. Clair township, Columbiana County, Ohio, in
March, 1824, and died in East Liverpool, Nov. 6, 1904.
He engaged in farming in St. Clair township until 1890,
when he retired from active work and took up his
residence in the city. He was a man of judgment
and integrity and at one time active in the Democratic
party. He married a daughter of James W. Martin,
both of whom were born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
Of the seven children of this marriage, these grew to
maturity: James L., deceased, who was a resident
of Madison township; Amanda J., who married S.
P. Saint, of St. Clair township; John W., our
subject; and Elmer E., deceased. The
parents were members of the United Presbyterian Church.
Our subject was reared on the farm and before moving to
East Liverpool attended the local district schools.
Later he attended the Northeastern Ohio Normal College
at Canfield, although he had previously taught several
sessions of school. For three years after
completing his education, he was connected with the
Daily Crisis, of East Liverpool, and then spent six
years with a local furniture establishment. Thus
he was thoroughly prepared to enter into business for
himself and in April, 1893, in association with G. W.
Moore, he embarked in his present furniture and
carpet business. The original location was at No.
200 Sixth street, but in October, 1904, the growth of
the business made a change necessary and they took
possession of their present building on Washington
street on its completion in March following. This
building is a fine brick three-story structure, 27 by 90
feet in dimensions, with finished basement. The
whole building is of modern equipment, an elevator
service being installed and a private electric light
plant.
In politics. Mr. Moore is a Democrat.
He is one of the trustees of the United Presbyterian
Church.
Source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. , Chicago, Illinois - 1905 - Page 593 |
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WILLIAM MOORE,
M. D., one of Lisbon's most
prominent citizens, has been engaged in the practice of
medicine in this city continuously since 1866, and is
senior member of the firm of Drs. William & F. P.
Moore. He has resided in Columbiana County,
with the exception of two years spent in Tuscarawas
County, throughout his entire life, and has been closely
identified with this county's development into one of
the foremost counties in the State.
William Moore was born in Lisbon, Ohio, Jan. 13,
1826, and is a son of John and Minerva (Allison)
Moore, both natives of Pennsylvania. John
Moore was born in 1802, and was a small child when
he was brought to Columbiana County, where his father
took up a farm in Center township. John
Moore resided on the farm until 1838, in the spring
of which year he removed to East Fairfield, where he
died in 1842. In early years he followed the trade
of a carpenter, but finally gave up work at his trade on
account of rheumatism. He took to barbering and
also conducted a grocery for some years. He was at
one time interested in the McKinley furnace in Center
township, Columbiana County, and later conducted a
foundry at Fairfield. While a resident of Center
township, he served for a time as trustee and also as
constable. His wife was born in the Redstone
neighborhood in Western Pennsylvania, near the village
of Carmichaelton, in 1805, and was brought by her
parents to Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1808, where her
father farmed some years. He later conducted a
hotel in Lisbon. Mrs. Moore was a
sister of Nancy (Allison) McKinley,
mother of William McKinley, President of
the United States. She died at Fairfield in 1852,
having had nine children, three of whom died in infancy.
Those who grew to maturity were: William,
subject of this biography; Ezekial, who practiced
medicine at Southampton, Trumbull County, for more than
40 years and died there in 1895, aged 68 years; Anna
Belle, who died in 1846, aged 17 years; Sarah
Elizabeth, who died in 1887, aged 56 years; Mary
Jane (widow of William McGlathery), who
resides at Girard, Trumbull County, Ohio; and Abbie,
who died about the year 1883.
William Moore was reared and educated in Lisbon,
Ohio, until his 13th year, when he moved to the village
of Hanover and clerked in a store for two years.
Returning to Lisbon, he clerked a few months and then at
the age of 17 years began teaching school at Fairfield,
continuing for two years. Shortly before reaching
his majority he entered upon the study of medincine,
and first practiced in Tuscarawas County in July, 1846.
Two years later, in November, 1848, he returned to
Columbiana County and practiced at Franklin Square until
1849 and then at Fairfield three years. During the
following 15 years, he practiced his profession at
Elkton, Ohio, and in the meantime completed the course
of the Miami Medical College of Cincinnati, Ohio,
receiving his degree in 1857. In 1866 he removed
to Lisbon, where he has since been in active practice.
He has enjoyed a large practice, which since 1874 has
been shared by his son, Dr. F. P. Moore, as his
associate. He is a member of the county, State and
American medical associations, and is at the present
time serving as president of the county organization.
He served as president of the former local medical
society.
In 1847 Dr. Moore was united in marriage
with Eliza Ferrall, who was born at East
Fairfield, Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1827, and was a
daughter of Jonathan B. Ferrall, a pioneer of
this county, whose father, William Ferrall, took
up a section of land in Fairfield township, which is now
owned by his descendants. This union resulted in
the birth of three children, namely: Frank P., a
sketch of whose; career appears elsewhere in this work;
Mary, deceased Jan. 29, 1900, who was the widow
of Cyrus B. Pritchard, whose death occurred in
1872. —they left one son, Cyrus W., of Lisbon:
and Edward F., the youngest child, who is now
postmaster of Lisbon. Dr. Moore has always
been an enthusiastic supporter of Republican principles,
but has never sought political preferment. On Mar.
10, 1900, he was called upon to mourn the loss of his
life companion and help-meet. She was a devout
Christian and active church worker, and there were many
whom she had befriended who joined with the family in
mourning her death as an irreparable loss. The
Doctor is a ruling elder in the Christian Church, of
which he has been a member since his 16th year. He
has been an elder in the church for more than a quarter
of a century, and has always taken an earnest and active
part in church and charitable work. In addition to
his professional labors, the Doctor has identified
himself with numerous enterprises, which have been the
foundation of the present prosperity of the city.
Source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. , Chicago, Illinois - 1905 - Page 476 |
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JEREMIAH C.
MOUNTZ, proprietor of the "Pine
Tree Farm," which is situated in Butler township,
consisting of 149 acres in Section 31, was born in West
township, Columbiana County, Ohio, July 9, 1839, and is
a son of George H. and Catherine (Houcher) Mountz.
George H. Mountz was born in Bucks County,
Pennsylvania, in 1792, and was a son of George Mountz.
In 1805 the latter decided to cross the mountains and
settle in some of the rich, newly opened lands in Ohio.
He packed up his household goods and with his family
safely made the long and tiresome trip and finally
located in Knox township, Columbiana County, about one
mile from the present family farm. Here the elder
George Mountz entered 160 acres and the family
settled down in their little log cabin as true pioneers.
Indians still roamed through the forests and our
subject's father frequently met them as he went on
horseback many miles to mill, but they never molested
him. Both the grandfather and the father of our
subject continued to operate the original farm through
life, the latter removing to North Georgetown only a
short time prior to his death in 1872. He was a
consistent member of the Lutheran Church. He was a
quiet, industrious man, and lived a useful, worthy life.
The mother of our subject, Catherine (Hocher) Mountz,
was born in Switzerland and came to the United States
with her parents when about 20 years of age. In
1836 they settled in Columbiana County among the
pioneers. She was the second wife of George H.
Mountz and lived to the age of 67 years.
Mr. Mountz by his two marriages became the father of
21 children. Seven of his sons by his second
marriage were as near the same age as was possible; all
grew to manhood and became men of character and
substantial standing. Three daughters died, young
and one son died aged 18 years. In 1872 a scourge
of typhoid fever caused the death of George H. Mountz
and two of his sons, very close together. One of
the daughters of the first marriage, Mrs. Sarah Moore,
now a widow, is our subject’s very capable housekeeper.
Jeremiah C. Mountz was six months old when his
parents located in Knox township and he lived on the
home farm until he was 13 years old. He then
engaged with a local firm and learned the carpenter’s
trade, at which he worked in Columbiana and Stark
Counties until 1863, when he engaged in farming on the
property where he has made his home ever since.
Mr. Mountz has been one of the township’s
large land owners, but has disposed of several farms
recently. His home farm is known far and wide as
the “Pine Tree Farm,” which he operated as a dairy farm
until recently; at present it is mainly given over to
general farming. Mr. Mountz still
works occasionally at his trade, having been a skilled
carpenter for 47 years, but has about retired from every
active employment of any kind. He has been
successful in his business affairs and has earned the
rest which he is preparing to take.
On Apr. 30, 1863, Mr. Mountz was married
to Mary Martha Pettit, who was born
here Oct. 12, 1842, and died here Apr. 1, 1896.
She was a daughter of George Pettit.
The eight children born to this union were:
Alfaretta, who married George Dellar,
of Pittsburg; Emma, who married Joseph
Walton, of Butler township; Anna, who married
Thomas Whinnery; Homer, of Butler
township; Harvey, of Butler township; Charles,
who assists his father; Jesse, of Butler
township; and Florence, who married Herman
Gray, of Guilford. Mr. Mountz
has reason to take pride in his children, all of them
having grown to maturity to be industrious, temperate,
Christian people. He has set them a most exemplary
example. For 40 years he has voted the Prohibition
ticket, voting thus when there were but two temperance
advocates in the township. He has always lent his
influence in the direction of temperance and morality.
He assisted in the erection of the Lutheran Church at
North Georgetown, of which he is a member and for many
years was one of the elders. Mr. Mountz
is widely known and enjoys the warm friendship and
hearty esteem of the many who have had business or
social relations with him. He has always taken an
interest in township affairs but not to the extent of
holding office.
Source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. , Chicago, Illinois - 1905 - Page 484 |
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WILLIAM MUNDY,
florist, one of the enterprising and prosperous business
men of Salem, whose greenhouses are located at No. 532
McKinley avenue, was born in Hampshire, England, June
19, 1851, and is a son of William and Maria (Coleman)
Mundy.
The parents of Mr. Mundy
lived out their lives in England and both had passed
away before our subject came to America. They had
seven children, two of whom died in childhood. Our
subject, the youngest of the family, and the only one to
come from England, is one of the two survivors.
In his native country Mr. Mundy grew upon
a farm. At the age of 18 he came to the United
States, coming direct to Salem, Ohio. He worked by
the month for about ten years, as a farm hand, during
which time he paid close attention to the art of making
plants grow and finally entered into a three-years’
apprenticeship to the greenhouse business. When
qualified he started into the business for himself,
beginning with 25 sash beds. He had a natural
aptitude for this industry and succeeded from the start.
He now has 9,000 square feet of glass, and raises
vegetables, bedding plants and cut flowers, making a
specialty of carnations, of which he has many choice and
beautiful varieties. The demand for his flowers is
beyond his ability to supply and plans are on foot for a
still further extension of his facilities.
In 1874 Mr. Mundy married Matilda
Stockwell, who was born in Pennsylvania, and they
have four children: William, an employe of the
Bell Telephone Company; Elizabeth; Mary;
and Alice. Mr. Mundy’s second
marriage was to Gertrude Allen, who was
born in Lancashire, England. They have three
children: Charles. Harriet and
Percy Edward.
Source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical
Publishing Co. , Chicago, Illinois - 1905 - Page 699 |
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