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20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio
by Joseph B. Doyle -
Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago -
1910
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JOHN LOGAN CALDWELL,
one of the oldest practicing physicians of Rayland,
Ohio, has practically been a life-long resident of
Jefferson County. He was
born May 6, 1855, on the old farm in Mt.
Pleasant" Ridge, Warren Township, Jefferson
County, Ohio, and is a son of Dr. John
and Sarah E. (Patterson) Caldwell.
Dr. John Caldwell was born and reared
in County Down, Ireland, and after a common
school education graduated from the
Royal Infirmary at Glasgow, Scotland. He
came to the United States about 1835 and
located in Jefferson County, Ohio, at Warrenton,
which was then a thriving little
shipping point on the Ohio River. Here
he embarked in the practice of his profession
and about 1838 was united in marriage
with Sarah R. Patterson, who was a daughter
of Robert Patterson, one of the most prominent
early settlers of this locality.
Her father was the owner of several grist
mills, had considerable bank stock, was
also a large land owner and was extensively
engaged in shipping on the river. Shortly
after their marriage Dr. Caldwell located
on one of the Patterson tracts on Mt.
Pleasant Ridge and there engaged in the
practice of medicine until the time of his death, Mar. 17, 1868, when he was aged
58 years. Mrs. Caldwell died at Rayland,
Ohio, September, 1907, at the advanced
age of 88 years. Dr. and Mrs. Caldwell were the parents of the following children:
Jane, who is the widow of William Pickens;
Sarah, widow of Charles Jones;
Mary, widow of William McGruder;
Robert; Maria, who is the wife of George
Brown; James, deceased; John Logan, the
subject of this record; Ella, who is the wife of
Addison Burriss; and Margaret, who
married Thomas Shively.
John L. Caldwell was reared on the home farm,
attended the district schools, Mt. Pleasant High School
and Scio College, and at the age of eighteen began
reading medicine with Dr. James G. Kennedy of New
Market, now known as Scio, Ohio. Two years later
he entered the Cleveland Medical College and in 1874
graduated from the College of Medicine and Surgery of
Cincinnati, Ohio. August 18, of that same year he
began the practice of medicine at Independence, Pa., and
in 1875 located at West Middletown, Pa., where he
remained one year in practice. He next practiced a short
time at Wyandot City, Kansas and in March, 1877, came to
Rayland, then Portland Station, Ohio, where he has since
successfully followed his profession.
Dr. Caldwell was married in August, 1876,
to Elizabeth Wilson, of West Middletown,
Pa., and to them were born two children: Mary,
who married Cecil Collins, and has two
children, Mary and Elizabeth; Sarah,
who is the wife of Rev. C. F. Campbell and the
mother of one daughter, Imogen. Mrs.
Caldwell died in 1884 and in November, 1885,
Dr. Caldwell married Anna Reddy,
a native of Ireland, and of this union were born two
children, Alice and John K. The
latter will graduate with the class of 1912 from the
Starling Medical College of Columbus, Ohio. Dr.
Caldwell is politically identified with the
Democratic party, and is fraternally affiliated with the
F. and A. M., No. 182 of Smithfield.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published
by
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 1189 |
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CHARLES F. CAMPBELL,
one of Knox Township's well known citizens, is a member
of one of the old pioneer families of this section.
He was born on the farm on which he lives, Mar. 24,
1856, and is a son of Thomas J. and Harriet Campbell,
and a grandson of William Campbell.
Grandfather William Campbell came to Knox
Township among the earliest settlers and made his
clearing in the midst of the dense forest that then
covered a large part of the land. Here his life was
spent and here a large family grew up around him.
His son, Thomas J. Campbell, was born in the
pioneer cabin and he also spent his life in Knox
Township, completing the clearing of the farm and making
improvements which resulted in more comfortable living.
He added to the original acreage and at the time of
death owned some 500 acres of land which he devoted to
farming and stock raising. He was not only a good
business man but one of sterling character and was
useful to his community in many ways. He was one
of the liberal supporters of the Island Creek
Presbyterian Church, in which he was an elder. He
and wife are deceased, but eight of their nine children
are living, namely: John H., who lives in
Jefferson County; Emeline, who is the wife of
William Gray, and lives in Saline Township;
Mary E. and George, both of whom live in
Knox Township; Thomas J., who lives at Toronto,
Ohio; Charles F. and David E., both of
whom reside in Knox Township; and Catherine J.,
who lives at Newark, Ohio, and is the widow of J. B.
Rex, formerly of Harrisburg, Pa.
Charles P. Campbell has continued the industries
started by his father and grandfather and is regarded as
one of the leading farmers and stock growers of Knox
Township, where he is part owner of a farm of 180 acres.
Mr. Campbell was married Oct. 28, 1887, to
Miss Mary E. Wasson, who was born in Pennsylvania.
Her father was the late Andrew Wasson, of Island
Creek Township, Jefferson County. Mr. and Mrs.
Campbell have had five children: Andrew W.,
Thomas J., Nina M., Harriet T. and Mary E.,
all of whom have had school advantages, Mr. Campbell
being a firm believer in the value of an education,
whether one's future is to be passed on a farm or in a
city. He is a Republican in his views on public
questions but has never sought public office.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published
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GEORGE CAMPBELL,
a well known resident of Knox Township, Jefferson
County, Ohio, a school director of School District No. 3
and a substantial farmer and stock raiser, was born in
this township. May 6, 1851, and is a son of
Thomas Jefferson and Harriet Campbell.
Thomas Jefferson Campbell was a son of
William Campbell, an early settler. The family
has been an agricultural one from the beginning and
Thomas J. Campbell was a large farmer and grower of
stock of all kinds. He was a solid, substantial
citizen, a pillar in the Island Creek Presbyterian
Church and for many years was accorded the respect and
esteem given men of real worth. He died in 1885
and was survived but one year by his widow. Of
their children, the following survive: John H.,
residing in Island Creek Township; George, living
in Knox Township; Thomas J., a resident of
Toronto, Ohio; Charles F. and David E.,
both residing in Knox Township; Emma, wife of
William Gray, living in Saline Township; Mary E.,
residing in Knox Township; and Nettie, who lives
at Newark, Ohio, is the widow of J. B. Rex,
formerly of Philadelphia.
George Campbell has passed his life in
Knox Township. He owns a farm of eighty acres on
which he has carried on the usual farm industries and
for the past forty years he has particularly devoted
himself to the growing of fruit. He has six acres
given to his horticultural experiments and makes a
specialty of apples and peaches and also does a large
business in strawberries. He has made a close
study of fruit growing and by his systematic care
produces some of the finest fruit put on the market in
this section.
Mr. Campbell was married Mar. 11, 1875,
to Miss Catherine Arnold, who was
born in Knox Township, Jefferson County, and they have
had four children: Emma F., who is the wife of
W. H. Cooper, of Knox Township; Edna, who is
now deceased; Ethel, who is the wife of Walter
A. Warren, of Island Creek Township; and Allen,
who lives at home. Mr. Campbell and family
attend the Island Creek Presbyterian Church.
He is not an active politician but he keeps posted on
public matters and casts his vote with the Republican
party.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published
by
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 1036 |
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J. H. CAMPBELL,
postmaster at Island Creek, Jefferson County, Ohio,
where he has been conducting a mercantile business since
1900, at which time he entered upon his public duties,
is one of the representative citizens of Island Creek
Township and a member of an old county family. He
was born in Knox Township, Jefferson County, in
February, 1841, and is a son of Jefferson and Harriet
Campbell.
Jefferson Campbell and also his wife were
born in Jefferson County, Ohio, and he was a son of
William Campbell, who was one of the first
settlers in Knox Township and was probably of Scotch
parentage. Jefferson Campbell was a
well known man in this section of the county and was
very highly respected. He was a member of the
Island Creek Presbyterian Church and constant in his
attendance until the time of his death, in 1890.
In his political opinions he was a Republican. Of
his children the following survive: John H.;
George, residing in Knox Township; Emeline,
wife of W. W. Gray, of Knox Township; Mary,
residing in Knox Township; Thomas J., residing at
Toronto; Charles F., living in Knox Township;
David E., living also in Knox Township; and
Catherine J., widow of J. B. Rex, who lives
at Akron, O.
John H. Campbell was reared to man's estate in
Knox Township and after preparatory training in the
district schools, became a student at Richmond College,
at that time a flourishing institution at Richmond, O.
In April, 1861, Mr. Campbell enlisted in
Company I, 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and during his
first enlistment was on duty guarding railroads in West
Virginia. In 1864 he became a member of the Home
Guards, a patriotic body that responded to the call of
the President for men to guard the State from invasion
and take care of prisoners and he was stationed for
about four months at Port Delaware engaged in these
duties and was honorably discharged in September, 1864,
then returning to Jefferson County. For a number
of years afterward he was engaged in general farming in
Knox Township and served for twelve years as a justice
of the peace, afterward moving to Toronto, where he was
elected assessor and a member of the school board, of
which he was president for a part of the time.
After coming to Island Creek Township he served three
years as a justice of the peace and in 1900 was
appointed postmaster at Island Creek.
In 1866 Mr. Campbell was married to
Isabel Joseph, of Island Creek Township and
of their nine children eight have survived the mother:
Harriet E., who is the wife of T. W. Morrow,
a prominent merchant at Toronto; Margaret, who is
the wife of F. F. Carnes, of Alliance, O.;
Annie, who is the wife of John W. Young, of
Wellsville, O.; William R., who lives at
Steubenville; Jane, who is the wife of Frank
Beaumont, of East Liverpool; Irene, who is
the wife of James Dunbar, of Island Creek
Township; Jessie, who is the wife of George
Kennedy, of Wellsville; and Charles A., who
resides at Brilliant, O. Mr. Campbell was
married secondly to Mrs. Sallie Martin, widow of
James Martin, formerly of Island Creek Township,
and a daughter of the late George Davis of
the same township. He is a member of the Island
Creek Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a
Republican.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published
by
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 866 |
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THOMAS JEFFERSON CAMPBELL,
funeral director and embalmer, at Toronto, O., was born
on a farm in Knox Township, Jefferson County, not far
from the Island Creek line, Aug. 21, 1853, and is a son
of Thomas Jefferson and Harriet (Pontious) Campbell.
They were farming people and both survived into
respected old age and died on the old homestead.
Thomas Jefferson Campbell, bearing his father's
name, grew to manhood in Knox Township, attending the
local schools and working for his father. He
secured quarters for his undertaking business at
Toronto, in March, 1906, and in the following year
secured his licence as an embalmer, at Dayton, O.
He has all equipments necessary for the undertaking
business, operating two hearses, one of these being a
beautiful black and the other a silver grey. He
carries caskets of all kinds and in all that pertains to
funeral directing gives adequate and dignified service.
Mr. Campbell married Miss Matilda J. Woodruff,
a daughter of John Woodruff, and they have three
children: Lena; Roy, who fills the
position of engrossing clerk in the Ohio Senate; and
Margaret, who is the wife of Herman Tope.
Mr. Campbell is a member of the Masonic
fraternity.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published
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Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 664 |
Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel O. Carpenter
and Family |
DANIEL OSCAR
CARPENTER, who owns a fine farm of 100 acres on
the north line of New Alexandria, O., was born at
Brilliant, Jefferson County, Ohio, September 7, 1850,
and is a son of Robert and Delilah (Bucey) Carpenter.
Robert Carpenter was a son of Daniel Carpenter
and they were both farmer in Jefferson County.
Robert married Delilah Bucey and they had
four children, Charles, Daniel O., Robert, and
Eliza, who is the widow of Jane Bone.
Robert Carpenter died in 1856. Later his widow
married Benjamin Linton and four children were
born of that marriage, William Cora, John and
Laura. Mrs. Linton still survives, being now
in her eighty-fifth year.
Daniel O. Carpenter was six years old when his
father died and when he was nine he commenced to support
himself, finding work on neighboring farms. For
about thirteen years he worked for $2.50 a month and
even when fifteen years of age could secure only $3 a
month for the hardest kind of work. He was
learning farming, however, in every detail and when he
married, at the age of twenty-four years and rented farm
land for himself, he undertook a line of work with which
he was entirely familiar and hence made a success of it.
He is now one of the independent and substantial men of
his township. In politics he is a Democrat, and
has served at different times on both the election board
and the school board.
On August 16, 1874, Mr. Carpenter was married to
Miss Amanda S. Farquar, a daughter of John and
Nancy (Brownlee) Farquar. The parents of
Mrs. Carpenter are deceased. They had the
following children: Thomas, James, Joseph,
Rachel and Matilda, all deceased; Mary,
wife of John Thompson, Amanda S., wife of
Daniel O. Carpenter; Margaret, widow of John
T. Huff, and Virginia, deceased, who was the
wife of R. K. Pennell. Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter
have one son, Harry M. Carpenter, who is an
instructor in the Grant School at Steubenville. He
married Stella Wood, and they have a daughter,
Estelle Gertrude. Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter are
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In
August, 1884, Mr. Carpenter joined Wildwood
Lodge, No. 590, Odd Fellows, at New Alexandria, O.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published
by
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page
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HARRY M. CARPENTER, principal of the Grant
School, at Steubenville, Ohio, and an active and
enterprising citizen of Jefferson County, was born in
Cross Creek Township, in 1878, and is a son of Daniel
Oscar Carpenter.
The Carpenter family is numbered with the
pioneer families of Jefferson County, with the
development of which it has had much to do. The
father of Prof. Carpenter was born in Wells
Township, Jefferson County, in 1850, and for years has
been a substantial farmer in Cross Creek Township.
After completing the common school course in Cross
Creek Township, Harry M. Carpenter entered Scio
College and has successfully followed the profession of
teacher for some years. He is favorably known as
an educator all over the county and at different places
has served as principal - three years at New Alexander,
two years at Brilliant, six years at Mingo Junction
schools, and for the past two years has been the most
acceptable principal that the Grant School has ever had.
This school is located on the corner of South Fourth and
South Streets and is an important educational center of
the city. Prof. Carpenter is a member of
the State Teachers' Association; the Jefferson County
and also the Eastern Ohio Teachers' Association; the
Jefferson County and also the Eastern Ohio Teachers'
Associations. He has not confined his activities
entirely to his profession, having been active also in
public affairs and is an member of the county baord of
elections. He received the nomination for county
recorder at the Republican primaries May 17, 1910, which
means his election in Jefferson County. Since 1907
he has been president of the county board of School
examiners.
In 1906, Prof. Carpenter was married Miss
Anna Estella Wood, who is a daughter of Dr. W. H.
Wood, of Smithfield, Ohio, and they have one
daughter, Estella Gertrude. Mr. and Mrs.
Carpenter are members of the First Methodist
Episcopal Church, in which he is serving on the official
board and he is also a teacher in the Sunday school.
He is interested in and identified with a number of
fraternal organizations, including the Elks, the Masons,
the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, the Red Men,
the Macabees and the Woodmen, and he belongs also to the
Grange. He has a genial manner and a pleasing
personality and these combined with his mental gifts and
sterling qualities, have brought him warm friends an a
large measure of public esteem.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published
by
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page
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ROY R. CARPENTER, an
attorney at law, and a resident of Steubenville, O.,
since January, 1909, was born in 1881 in Warren
Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and is a son of A.
Pierce Carpenter, and a grandson of
Andrew Carpenter one of the pioneer settlers of
the county. The father was born in 1852 in Warren
Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and has spent his
entire life there engaged in general farming and stock
raising.
Roy R. Carpenter is a graduate of the Mt.
Pleasant High School, Oberlin Academy, and Oberlin
College, from which he received the degree of A. B. in
1906, and also of the University of Michigan, from which
he received the degree of L.L.B., graduating with the
class of 9108. He was admitted to the bar in
December, 1907, and in January, 1909, became associated
with Attorney A. C. Lewis in the practice of law.
Mr. Carpenter attends the Second Presbyterian Church,
and is fraternally a member of the Elks.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published
by
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page
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GEORGE W. CHALFANT, a leading farmer and
prominent citizen of Cross Creek Township, who filled
the office of constable for ten years, is an honored
survivor of the great Civil War, in which he served
through three years and four months. He was born
in Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, Oct. 7, 1842,
and is a son of William and Sarah (Linton) Chalfant.
William Chalfant was a son of William Chalfant,
and for many years was a well known man in this section,
conducting a blacksmith shop at Reed's Mills. In
politics he was a Democrat. He married Sarah
Linton, who is also deceased. Her father,
Levi Linton, was one of the early settlers in this
township. Of the children of William and Sarah
Chalfant, George W. is the eldest, the others being
Joseph, William and Hannah, all deceased;
Levi; Nimrod; Josephine, who is the wife of
John C. Graham; and Edward.
George W. Chalfant went to school for a few years
in boyhood, but when thirteen years of age secured work
on a farm and farming has been his preferred occupation
all his life. In 1862 he enlisted for service in
the Civil War, entering Co. E, 52nd O. V. I. Few
of the brave young men who entered the army at that time
sacrificed more for their country than did Mr.
Chalfant, to which hi crutch bears silent
testimony. It was at the terrible battle of Peach
Tree Creek that he was shot in the left leg, which
member was amputated in a field hospital at Vining
Station, Ga. On account of the necessarily hasty
surgical work and the lack of not only the merciful
anaesthetics of modern practice, but also of the
antiseptics of today. Mr. Chalfant was
obliged to summit to two later operations. In the
course of time he recovered his normal strength, married
and has taken a useful part in all the activities and
industries which life has demanded of him. His
farm of 144 acres is a valuable property and is well
managed. Mr. Chalfant is a leading member
of the Republican party in this section and for five
years has been township trustee.
In March, 1867, Mr. Chalfant was married to
Miss Mary E. Cox, who is a daughter of William
and Margaret (Roush) Cox, who were natives of
Pennsylvania but who came when young to Ohio. Of
his first marriage Mr. Cox had three children.
Michael, Amos and Mary E. He married
a Mrs. Gillespie for his second wife and they had
three children, Ida, wife of John Miller,
and William and Sherman. Mr. Chalfant
is a member of Wildwood Lodge No. 590, I. O. O. F.
Mr. and Mrs. Chalfant have four children,
namely: Jesse, Hallie, who is the wife of
George Parsons and has two children, Mina and
Paul; and Austin and Otto.
The family attend the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published
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REV. ALEXANDER CLARK. (Under the
heading of Schools & Churches, Page 536)
Like Ross, the pioneer schools of Brush Creek Township
produced at least one character which rescued them from
obscurity, Rev. Alexander Clark, who became a
prominent minister in the M. P. Church, as well as a
writer and educator of wide reputation. He started
the "School Day Visitor," the first child's paper
published in the country, which afterwards grew into the
St. Nicholas Magazine and at his death was editor of the
Methodist Recorder, the organ of his religious
denomination, published at Pittsburgh, The first school
house in the township was on the farm owned by Moses
Marshall and afterwards by Elias Cope about
twenty rods east of the present site of Chestnut Grove
Church, in Section 2. It was built of logs in
1814, and the teacher was Samuel Clark, father of
the Rev. Dr. Clark mentioned above. He was
engaged at $10 a month for four months by Matthew
Russell and Moses Marshall, and boarded free
with the latter. Some of the attending pupils
lived fully three miles away. Of course in those
days there was no such thing as teachers' examinations,
and little discrimination in their employment. The
patrons of the school took what they could get and at
the last price, generally without regard to quality.
However, the results were better than might have been
anticipated. Close by his school house were the
mill and distillery of Martin Adams, the latter
abandoned a few years later for want of patronage.
In 1830 the school district was regularly organized,
consisting of Sections, 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15,
giving a district of nine square miles. The first
election for school officers was held at the house of
Martin Adams on September 8, choosing Samuel
Clark as clerk, John Adams, William Kerr and
Elisha Brooks, directors; Martin Adams,
treasurer. At this meeting the building of a new
house was ordered, to be a hewn log building, shingle
roof, stone chimney, a door and windows. The size
was to be 20x20. Application was made to the
auditor of Columbiana County for an abstract of the
taxable property of the district, and a levy of ten
mills on the dollar was made, which aggregated a total
of $50. The building was erected the same fall
under the direction of James Clark and Charles
Marshall, on a tract of land granted by John
Adams. The neighbors joined in the "raising,"
and the hose was built in one day at a cash outlay of
$32. The fact that the whisky of the forefathers
lent inspiration to all these gatherings is generally
recognized, and in this case it is related that the next
morning after the raising Clark went to the newly
erected building to finish up the work, and arriving
before his partner, Marshall, concluded to "take
a nap" in the adjoining woods. Marshall
arrived shortly after, and not finding Clark, he
also concluded to "take a nap" and fell asleep in the
woods. Clark finally awoke, and not seeing
Marshall went to his residence to ascertain the
cause of his absence. In the meantime Marshall
awoke and went to Clark's to find out why he
was missing. When they found each other is not
recorded.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published
by
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JAMES CLARK, farmer and stock raiser of
Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where he
owns 100 acres of valuable land, is a member of the
township board of trustees. Mr. Clark was
born in this township Aug. 9, 1856, and is a son of
William and Elizabeth (Frederick) Clark.
William Clark was also born in Island Creek
Township, where he died in December, 1901. His
father, James Clark, born in the north of
Ireland, was one of the pioneer settlers in the
township, where he log served in the office of justice
of the peace. William Clark married
Elizabeth Frederick, who was born in Island Creek
Township, where her people had located at an early day,
and five children were born to this marriage, the three
survivors being: John F., a former resident of
this township, who now lives at Alliance, O.; James
and Margaret J., who is the wife of Howard
Cooper, a resident of Knox Township. Samuel
and Elizabeth M. are both deceased.
James Clark, has been a lifelong resident of
Island Creek Township, having been reared on the old
homestead. For a short time he was absent while
attending Richmond College, an institution now
discontinued. His life has been profitably devoted
to farming and stock raising. In September, 1899,
he was married to Miss Mary A. Elson, who was
born at Steubenville, O., but spent the larger part of
her life in Island Creek Township, where her death
occurred in October, 1900. She is survived by one
son, Clarence C. Mr. Clark is a Republican
in politics.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published
by
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page
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THOMAS CHALMERS CLARK, a member of the well
known firm, The Rodgers & Clark Company, of Brilliant,
O., has been a resident of Jefferson County since 1880.
He was born Dec. 28, 1862, at Morristown, O., a son of
Robert M. and Sarah Elizabeth ( McKisson) Clark.
He is a great-grandson of Rev. Thomas B. Clark,
who was born in Maryland, Jan. 28, 1779. The
parent of
Rev. Thomas afterwards removed to Beaver County,
Pennsylvania, and he was educated at Greersburg Academy,
and licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Ohio, Apr.
18, 1811, and installed as pastor of Crabapple Church,
June 20, 1811. He preached one-fourth of his time
at Nottingham in a tent. He was one of the eight
charter members of the Presbytery of Steubenville, which
was formed Oct. 11, 1819. He served forty-six
years in the ministry of the Presbyterian Church.
His son, Robert Clark, grandfather of the subject
of this sketch, was a prominent Democratic politician of
Belmont County.
Thomas Chalmers Clark was reared at Morristown,
O., where he attended the public school. At the
age of seventeen he came to Brilliant and became a clerk
in the employ of William H. Rodgers. In
1883 he became Mr. Rodgers' partner and has since
continued as a member of the firm, Rodgers & Clark.
On Apr. 1, 1891, Mr. Clark was united in marriage
with Elizabeth W. Spaulding, a daughter of C.
H. and Amelia Spaulding, and of this union there are
two children, Thomas Chalmers and Elizabeth.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark are members of the Presbyterian
Church.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published
by
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GEORGE W.
COCHRAN, secretary and treasurer of The Ohio
Valley Clay Company, has been a resident of
Steubenville, Ohio, since 1878 and through his
business and official connections is one of the
city's best known men. He was born at
Hanoverton, Columbiana County, Ohio.
Mr. Cochran was reared and educated in
Pittsburg, Pa., and Steubenville, Ohio, and began
his business life here by embarking in the shoe
trade. He continued in this until 1889, when
he again went to Pittsburg, where he conducted a
shoe business until 1894. He then returned to
Steubenville to accept the assistant postmastership
under Postmaster James Trotter and became
acting postmaster on the death of Mr. Trotter,
serving out the latter's unexpired term. In
the spring of 1898 Mr. Cochran became
officially identified with The Ohio Valley Clay
Company, and has been secretary and treasurer of
this business enterprise ever since. Mr.
Cochran was married in 1895 to Miss Kate
Gilmore, of Steubenville, and they have two
children, Mary Helen and George W., Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Cochran are members of the Second
Presbyterian Church, of which the former is a
trustee. He is likewise a member of the
Steubenville Country Club.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published
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D. F. COE,
funeral director and embalmer, with quarters at Nos.
122-124 North Fifth Street, Steubenville, O., has
been a resident of this city for fourteen years and
belongs to one of the old and representative
families of Jefferson County. He was born in
Island Creek Township, in 1860, and is a son of
Andrew Coe.
Andrew Coe was born on the same farm as was his
son. His father, Moses Coe, was born in
the eastern part of Pennsylvania and came to
Jefferson County and settled on the above named farm
in Island Creek Township in 1798. He was one
of the pioneers who had pushed into the Western
Reserve in search of land and independence and he
became one of the solid and leading men of this
section with which his descendants have been
identified ever since.
David F. Coe came to Steubenville and went into the
undertaking and livery business with T. A. Sharp.
In a short time, however, he sold his interest and
as his father's health was failing, returned to the
farm and remained in charge until the latter's
death. Then he returned to Steubenville and
bought out his former partner. T. A. Sharp.
Later he sold the livery branch of the business and
now confines himself exclusively to funeral
directing. He is a licensed embalmer and
carries in stock all the necessities and
appurtenances that modern undertaking calls for.
He is respected and esteemed as a citizen.
Mr. Coe was married Nov. 6, 1900, to Miss
Victoria A. Stephens, of Gallopolis, O.
They are members of the First Presbyterian Church of
Steubenville, in which he is an elder and trustee.
He belongs to the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce
and to the Ohio State Funeral Directors'
Association.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published
by
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JOHN M. COLE,
who has resided on the old Jared Cole
estate farm of 150 acres, situated in Wayne
Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, since 1865, was
born in Harrison County, Ohio, May 28, 1862, and is
a son of Jared and Elizabeth (Rowland) Cole.
Jared Cole and wife were both born in
Jefferson County and both died on the farm on which
John M. Cole resides, the former on Feb. 9,
1903, and the latter on Sept. 7, 1901. Three
of their family of children survive: John M.,
Sarah M. and Mary B., all living in
Wayne Township. Annie, who was the
oldest of the four children, is deceased. In
the death of Jared Cole, Wayne
Township lost a worthy man and representative
citizen. For many years he was a successful
farmer and stock raiser in Wayne Township and left a
good estate to his children. He was a leading
member and a deacon for a long period in the Mount
Moriah Baptist Church.
The Cole family is an old one in the
township, the grandfather, John Cole,
having been born here, and he was a son of Joshua
Cole, Joshua Cole was a native
of Maryland, and there is now in possession of one
of his descendants a sale bill, advertising the sale
of his goods preparatory to his removal to Jefferson
County, Ohio, more than one hundred years ago.
He settled in Wayne Township on a farm he cleared
and this land has remained in the Cole name
continuously ever since. His wife's maiden
name was Sarah T. Talbott. She was a
daughter of Joseph and Mary (Farquehar) Talbott,
a granddaughter of John and Mary Elizabeth
(Johns) Talbott, and great-granddaughter of
Joseph and Mary (Burkett) Talbott, thus the
family traces back to near the beginning of the
eighteenth century.
John Cole, the grandfather of the subject, was
married to Mary Merryman, who was also
born in this township. Both lived their entire
lives almost within sight of their birth places.
John M. Cole was about three years old when his
parents moved from Harrison to Jefferson County and
settled on the place which has ever since been
called the Jared Cole farm. He attended
the township schools in boyhood, but being the only
son, commenced to assist his father on the farm when
young and his life has been an entirely agricultural
one. He raises grain and stock and takes
considerable interest in growing sheep, keeping
about 140 head, long experience and excellent
pasturage contributing to his success in this
industry. He is at the present time making a
specialty of raising Jersey cattle.
On Dec. 8, 1909, Mr. Cole was married to
Miss Eva Arter, who was born in
Noble County, Ohio, a daughter of William and
Susan (Matthews) Arter,
formerly of Belmont County. Mr. and Mrs.
Cole are members of the Mount Moriah Baptist
Church, in which he is serving as clerk and also
teaches a class in the Sunday school. He has
been identified with the Bloomfield Grange, Patrons
of Husbandry, for a number of years. He is a
Republican.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page
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KINSEY T. COLE,
deceased, formerly one of the best known and most
highly respected residents of Wayne Township,
Jefferson County, Ohio, where he had lived a long
and exemplary life, was born in Wayne Township, Jan.
12, 1834. and stationary engineer in the Mingo Iron
Works, subsequently being employed in the nail
factory for eight years. He then turned his
attention to the lumber business, in partnership
with H. A. Risher, at Mingo Junction, after
which he served as assistant superintendent at the
blast furnace. In 190l, Mr. Dean
retired from the more or less laborious work that he
had followed so long in the iron and steel industry
and later became bookkeeper in the First National
Bank at Mingo Junction and during a part of his
connection with that financial institution extending
from 1904 until 1909, he also served as
vice-president. He has acquired considerable
property, including a beautiful residence on Clifton
Avenue, and all the business in which he continues
to be interested is in the line of real estate and
insurance, his dealings in realty having proved
satisfactory to himself for many years as well as to
his patrons. Mr. Dean is a Republican
in his political views and for years served as
treasurer of Mingo Junction. He is a Knight
Templar Mason and belongs to the Blue Lodge,
Chapter, Council and Commandery, all at
Steubenville.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ
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MOSES R. COLE,
one of the leading citizens of Wells Township,
Jefferson County, Ohio, a successful farmer and
stock raiser, owns 220 acres of excellent land,
which is situated in both Wells and Warren
Townships, lying on both sides of the turnpike road
and about five miles northwest of Rayland. He
was born in Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio,
Sept. 18, 1852, and is a son of John T. and
Margaret A. (Blackburn) Cole.
John T. Cole was born also in Wayne Township and
was a son of Ezekiel Cole, who, with
his brother, came to Jefferson County from Maryland
and entered land in Wayne Township. Ezekiel
Cole lived to be eighty years of age and died
on his farm in Wayne Township. He had six
children: Roland and John T., twins,
Judiah, Catherine, Mary A. and
Sarah, all of whom are now deceased. John
T. Cole remained in his native township until he
was thirty-live years old and then moved to Wells
Township and bought a farm one mile east of
Smithfield, and died there, in August, 1904.
For many years he was in partnership with his twin
brother, Roland, in farming and wool growing.
He married Margaret A. Blackburn, a daughter
of Moses Blackburn, who then was a
well known wool buyer in Jefferson County, but later
moved to Knox County, Ohio. Mrs.
Cole died in May, 1910. To John T. Cole
and his wife nine children were born, namely:
Moses Blackburn; Sarah, wife of
William Starr; Catherine, wife of
William Varnholt; E. R.; Anna J.,
deceased, formerly the wife of Thomas
Burriss; William and Charles,
twins; Tabitha, wife of C. H. Hunter;
and Edwin J., deceased.
Moses Blackburn Cole was a boy
when his father moved to Wells Township and here he
grew to manhood and obtained a district school
education. In the fall of 1876 he visited for
a short time through the West, but found no more
desirable section in which to settle than the home
one, and in the spring of 1877 he located on his
present farm, which he rented from his father for
five years, and then bought the property.
Mr. Cole has been making improvements
ever since. In 1904 he erected the comfortable
and attractive 12-room residence, which is supplied
with everything in the way of convenience that a
rural home can have, and in 1900 he had built his
substantial barn, which, with its dimensions of 48
by 66 feet and 51½
feet in height, is the largest structure of its kind
in the township. For his large operations
Mr. Cole has needed plenty of accommodations.
Formerly he was a large and successful sheep raiser
and has taken many prizes for his fine flocks at
different exhibits and fairs. In April, 1904,
oil was found on his farm, and there are now four
producing wells on the place. He has numerous
business interests aside from his agricultural ones,
being a stockholder in the Jefferson County Oil
Company, a stockholder in the Findlay Lumber Company
at Weems, O., and a director in the First National
Bank at Smithfield, O.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ.
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page
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CHASE D.
COOPER, M. D., formerly a successful and
beloved physician, whose devade of professional life
was passed at New Cumberland, W. Va., and Toronto,
O., was born in the old Cooper homestead near
Port Homer, Jefferson County, Ohio, Mar. 26, 1872,
and died at his home in the latter place, Nov. 22,
1909. His parents are Ephraim W. and
Harriet S. (Stewart) Cooper.
Chase D. Cooper spent his happy boyhood on the
home farm, this adjective being appropriate, for his
was a cheerful disposition and his whole life, in
spite of its cares and responsibilities, was one of
optimism. His mere presence in a sick room,
during his practice, was helpful and stimulating.
He early made a choice of profession and thereafter
directed his studies, along the line of medicine,
and after completing the High School course at
Wellsville entered the medical department of the
Ohio State University, and subsequently the Illinois
Medical College, and was graduated from the latter
institution in the class of 1898. He entered
into practice at New Cumberland and came from there
to Toronto. Dr. Cooper possessed all
the qualities which go to the making of a good
physician, and not the least of these was a tender
sympathy for those in distress and a human desire
aside from his professional one, to give aid and
relieve suffering. This devotion to his
profession and the heavy demands that it made on him
no doubt hastened the development of the disease
which had attacked his system. Had he been
less self-sacrificing, less concerned for the
well-being of his patients, he might have found time
to take remedial measures for himself. His
ailment developed rapidly and reluctantly he had to
give up his practice, after which the end soon came.
It will he many years before the memory of this kind
hearted, gentle mannered gentleman and able and
faithful physician has passed out of the minds of
those who loved, admired and appreciated him.
Dr. Cooper was
married Oct. 19, 1899, to Miss Lena M.
Lockhart, who survives with their three little
daughters: Marjory, Alice and
Elizabeth.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ
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EPHRAIM W.
COOPER, a retired farmer now residing in his
comfortable home on Daniel Street, Toronto, O.,
retains the ownership of a farm of 200 acres lying
near Port Homer, in Saline Township, Jefferson
County, having disposed of other tracts which he
formerly possessed. Mr. Cooper was born
in Knox Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, on a farm
his father owned that was on the dividing line of
Knox and Saline Townships, on June 24, 1834.
His parents were Alexander and Elizabeth (Van
Tillburgh) Cooper.
Alexander Cooper was
a grandson of the founder of the Cooper
family in Washington County, coming here from
England in very early times. Alexander
Cooper engaged in farming until within a few
years of his death, when he sold his farm and
retired.
Ephraim W. Cooper grew to manhood on the home
farm, and with the exception of five years, during
which he was engaged in merchandising, he was
actively engaged in farming, fruitgrowing and
stockraising throughout his active years. When
he was young and vigorous it was his custom to buy
cattle and drive them over the mountains to eastern
points. During his many years of residence in Saline
Township Mr. Cooper was one of the foremost
men of his community. In April, 1865, he was
elected a justice of the peace, and with the
exception of four years he continued in that
responsible office without interruption until he
moved to Toronto, in March, 1906, where he had
purchased his fine residence on Daniel Street.
Mr. Cooper was married first to Miss Martha
Ellen Cole, who died one year later and was
survived by a daughter, Sabra Jane who died
when aged nineteen years. Mr. Cooper
married secondly Miss Harriet S. Stewart, of
Hancock County, West Virginia. Her father was
James Stewart and a great uncle named
Stewart was a colonel in the Revolutionary War.
Mr. and Mrs. Cooper have had seven children:
Armor S., residing at New Cumberland, W. Va.,
who is clerk of the courts of Hancock County;
Edwin W., who resides at Toronto; Lorena B.,
who is the wife of Dr. William Carroll, of
Youngstown, O.; Chase D., whose brilliant
career as physician and surgeon was cut short by
death in his thirty--eighth year; Ralph Hayes,
who is traveling agent for the Hartford Insurance
Company, with headquarters at Wheeling, W. Va.; and
two who died in infancy.
Mr. and Mrs. Cooper are members of the Toronto
Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has been a
class leader since 1865. He has always
performed every duty of good citizenship but has
never been in any sense a politician. His long
life has been one of quiet and peaceful living and
until the death of the beloved son, in the very
flower of his manhood and in the midst of
usefulness, Mr. and Mrs. Cooper had been
preserved from many of the sorrows that so often
sadden the evening of life.
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Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ
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JOSEPH Q.
COOPER, an enterprising farmer and
representative citizen of Salem Township, resides on
a farm of sixty acres, and was born May 6, 1852,
near Knoxville, Jefferson County, Ohio, a son of
Clerington and Lavina Jane (Sook) Cooper.
Ephraim Cooper, grandfather of our subject, was a
native of Pennsylvania and was the first man to live
between the mouth of the Yellow Creek and Wilkes
Creek in Knox Township. He at one time owned
600 acres of land in Knox Township, but at the time
of his death owned just the original tract of 200
acres which he entered from the Government and which
is still owned by his descendants. He was the
father of four daughters and five sons and died on
the old homestead at the age of ninety years.
Clerington Cooper was born on the old farm in
Knox Township and was there reared and later engaged
in farming. He married Lavina J. Sook,
who was a daughter of H. M. Sook, and they
became the parents of nine children, four of whom
are still living. He was a Republican in
politics, attended the Presbyterian Church and died
at the advanced age of eighty-nine years. His
wife was born in 1819 and died in 1903, and they are
both buried at the Island Creek Cemetery.
Joseph Cooper was reared in Knox Township,
attended the Island Creek Church school-house, and
became a farmer. Since his marriage he has
resided on his present far on the Knoxville Pike,
where he has sixty acres of highly cultivated land,
and is recognized as one of the leading farmers of
the township. He is identified with the
Republican party in politics, but is not a
politician. On April 14, 1881, Mr. Cooperwas
married to Annie Sheley who is a daughter of
Benjamin and Elizabeth Sheley and to them
have been born three children: Benjamin, Jennie
and Emma. The family attends the
United Presbyterian Church.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page
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FRANK M.
CRAIG, vice-president and general manager of
The Van Meter Construction Company of Steubenville,
Ohio, contributes the following personal sketch.
"I was a son of Charles C. Craig and Catharine E.
(Castle) Craig. I was born on "The Old
Craig Homestead' on June 21, 1875, one mile and
a half from Kingwood, West Virginia, the eighth
child of a family of thirteen children. I was
educated at the Snider School one mile and a half
west of my home. At that time they had but
four months of school each year. When I was
small the winters were too cold for me to attend and
when I became older I had to work most of the time,
as my father ran a country coal bank. When
short of a digger or a driver I was taken from
school and given a place. Very little
schooling did I get.
"I left home at the age of eighteen years in 1893.
I went to work for Castle Bros., logging in
the woods at $12.00 per month and board. I
worked for them about one year. My brother
C. A. Craig offered me a job in the timber
business at $15.00 per month and board; stayed with
him about six months. Thinking I was not
making money fast enough I went to work in the
Monongey Mines in West Virginia, making on an
average of $45.00 per month. I stayed there
about three months. The mines shut down on
about half time. I could not stand that, for I
would have nothing after my board was paid. My
older brother, J. W., came along at that time
and persuaded me to try railroading. It being
winter time, jobs were very scarce. I had but
$65.00 saved and my brother, nothing. It was
not long till that money ran out and with no job in
sight. This was in the month of January.
One foot of snow on the ground and my toes were
sticking out of my shoes. This was enough
railroading for me and I decided to quit. I
landed in Columbus, Ohio. I could get no job
of any kind, so I offered to work for my board till
spring, at different places; was getting the blues
pretty badly about that time. Ran against a
cousin of mine on the street; his name was E. F.
Castle. He invited me to his home to stay
till a job showed up, saying I might take orders for
buckwheat flour, which I tried. I made out
pretty fair by hustling. I sold about seven
tons, five hundred pounds, buying at 2 1-4 cents and
selling at 5 cents. I bought the flour at
Freeland and Cassidy Mills at Trealta, West
Virginia. The buckwheat season running out, I
had to quit the business. I hired to a farmer
for the season. Trying the buckwheat business
again in the winter I did very well. The next
spring I got a job in a carpet and furniture store
known as F. G. Howald & Company, working
there about two years. My brother, C. A.,
wrote and insisted that I return and drive for him
again, offering me $20.000 per month and board,
which I considered better than the store job.
I told Mr. Howald that my brother offered me
better wages. He said for his part he would
increase my wages, but his partner objected, saying
if he increased my wages, he would have to increase
the other employee's wages. So I drew my money
and went back to my brother, working for him
driving, logging, and lumbering about one year at
Irona, West Virginia. He completed that job in
the spring of 1898. He then bought a piece of
timber at Houseville, West Virginia, I took a half
interest in the logging, I buying half his teams.
It was completed in about eighteen months, making
out pretty fair. My brother then quit the
timber business. I taking a contract off
Pierce and Albright, timber men, of
logging and lumbering by the thousand, at
Albrightsville, West Virginia. I had to buy
another team to do the work. Everybody told me
Pierce would beat me in the end, so I kept
close tab on everything I did fo them. When we
came to settle, he figured out my account
sixty-eight dollars, more than I had it, saying to
me. 'Craig, here is where I get my name.
I always pay by my account.' so he gave me a check
in full to his account. Thanked him very
kindly for it, and was sorry he did not have another
job for me to take, for I was more than pleased to
work for them. He said for the ten years he
was in the timber business he never had a man that
was as prompt in getting the work done. He was
sorry he had no more work for me then, and if I ever
needed a favor of any kind to call on him; (It had
taken me about six months to complete it). At
that time the American Coal and Coke Company started
to open up new works near McCelland Town,
Pennsylvania. I went there and got a job
teaming. There was plenty of work there, but
the roads being so muddy and disagreeable it was
impossible to make more than half time. But
when spring opened up, I took a contract of John
Anderson with everything satisfactory to both of
us. I went then to Lambert, two miles north of
McClelland Town, and started to work with my teams
for Owen Murphy, who had a contract building
ovens. I discovered my teams too light for the
heavy work, so I sold them and bought four horses
from John Clark, horse dealer in Union Town,
Pa. I had them about eight weeks, and a man by
the name of Billy Parshel came along an d
offered me one thousand for the four naked horses,
which I refused. On the following Thursday,
October 19, 1901, a cousin of mine, John Henry
Hostleter, and a friend of his, came to see me
to tell me of a better job or contract I cold get
near Union Town. They took supper with me,
after which I went to tend my horses as usual, and
they accompanied me. They looked over my stock
and said I had two of the best teams in Fayette
County. When leaving the stable everything was
in fine shape. next morning when I got up to
go tend my horses, I discovered my stable was burnt
to the ground; my horses perished in the flames, my
entire loss including, horses, harness, feed, wagons
and tools amounting to about twenty-five hundred
dollars. Night men that worked around the
plant discovered the fire at four o'clock in the
morning. But before they could reach the
stable it was nothing but a mass of flames. So
they could save nothing. The origin remains a
mystery. In collecting my money that was due
me and settling my bills, I only had twenty-nine
dollars left, but lots of good friends who offered
me enough money to buy more stock and continue in
business. But with such luck I felt too badly
discouraged to try it again.
"I went to driving team for the American Coal and Coke
Company, their wages being two dollars per day for
all four-horse drivers. The superintendent,
Mr. Banker, said he would give me two fifty per
day if I did not let the other teamsters know it.
Of course, I kept quiet, as fifty cents extra per
day looked good to me. Starting to work on
Oct. 24, 1901, up until the 15th day of March, I had
worked every day, even on Sundays, making thirty
days' extra time. I made more money buying and
cashing time than my wages amount to. I bought
another team, thinking I would try it again. I
came to Charleroi, going to work for Ott Brothers,
and working one-half day there. They asked me
if I would take my team to Leechburg, Pa. I
accepted this. The wages per day, including
feed, stable and wagon, were four fifty; worked for
them until the job was completed. I then came
with them to Wilkinsburg, Pa., working for them
there until December 1, 1902, when their work shut
down for the season. I then took my team and
went to Sewickly, Pa., getting a job from B. F.
Jones, improving his country home. I
stayed there until the next June. I concluded
to quit teaming, and selling my team to the Eagle
Transfer Company for a good price, I went back to
Wilkinsburg and went to work for Ott Brothers,
they wanting me to take charge of their work there.
I finished this work in the fall and going to work
for D. J. Madison & Company of Swissvale, Pa.
I was in their employ as general foreman until the
spring of 1906, the company then dissolving
partnership. The company consisted of D. J.
Madigan and J. H. Van Meter. Each
one giving me a strong invitation to go in with him
in the construction business. I decided to go
in with Van Meter, taking a half interest.
The firm was known as J. H. Meter & Company,
and did considerable work in Pittsburg and adjoining
boroughs, making out fairly well on every job we
undertook. We were together about four years.
In the fall of 1908 we got a big job of sewering and
paving in Steubenville, Ohio, and we moved there the
same fall. In January, 1910, we incorporated
and the firm is now known as the Van Meter
Construction Company, with J. H. Van Meter,
president; F. M. Craig, vice president and
general manager; Al Freeman, secretary
and treasurer. The Van Meter
Construction Company handles all lines of contract
work. In addition to the duties entailed by my
offices in this concern, I am otherwise interested,
being a stockholder in several oil companies, but
have made no lucky hit so far.
"On June 27, 1906, I was married to Miss Elizabeth
E. McElwee. She was born in North Oakland,
Butler County, Pa., being a daughter of P. A. and
Catharine McElwee, also of Butler County, where
they spent their entire life until 1908 when they
came to Steubenville. Mr. and Mrs. Craig
have one child, Catharine May. We
belong to the Holy Name Catholic Church.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published
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ABEL J. CRAWFORD,
a representative stockman of Island Creek Township,
Jefferson County, Ohio, who has been interested in
breeding and dealing in stock for sixty years, owns
a farm containing 300 acres and is also engaged in
extensive farming. He is a native of Island
Creek Township, born here May 3, 1831, and is a son
of James and Anna (Taylor) Crawford.
James Crawford was born also in Jefferson
County and was a son of James Crawford,
who came from Washington County, Pa., to Jefferson
County, in pioneer days. The family is of
English extraction and Quaker stock, although on the
Taylor side there is an Irish strain.
The combination has produced the highest type of
citizenship, as .several generations in Jefferson
County have demonstrated. Great-grandfather
Crawford was probably born in Pennsylvania.
Grandfather James Crawford served as a
justice of the peace in Island Creek Township, where
he died in 1840. The second James
Crawford, father of Abel J., died in
1872. He was a leading member and for many
years an exhorter in the Mt. Tabor Methodist
Episcopal Church, in his early political life he was
a Whig but later became a Republican and was
frequently elected to township offices. In his
later years he gave his attention exclusively to his
land and cattle but formerly had both mercantile and
milling interests.
Abel J. Crawford was reared in his native
township and after attending the district schools
became a student at Richmond College, Richmond, O.,
after which he went into his present industries.
He has resided on his farm for half a century and
his residence was built fully forty years ago, its
present excellent condition reflecting credit upon
its builder, who has long since passed away.
Mr. Crawford was married first to Miss
Mary Hammond, a native of Salem Township,
Jefferson County, and a daughter of George
Hammond. Nine children were born to that
union and seven of them survive: Harry J.,
who is a member of the prominent law firm,
Crawford, Squire, Dempsey &
Sanders, of Cleveland; John T., who
lives near Richmond, O.; Lillian, who lives
at Avelon, Pa.; Cora, who is the wife of
Frank Ford, of Cleveland; Emma,
who is the wife of Andrew Nixon, of
Ross Township Wilma, who lives at home; and Rena,
who is a deaconess in the Methodist Episcopal Church
at Bridgeport, O. Mr. Crawford
was married secondly to Mrs. Rachel
Bracken. He is a member and one of the
trustees of Mt. Tabor Methodist Episcopal Church.
In his views on public questions he has always been
consistent and casts his vote with the Prohibition
party.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
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EDWARD G. CRAWFORD, postmaster and
merchant at Port Homer,
Jefferson County,
Ohio, and a
representative citizen of this place, was born
here on Mar. 27, 1863, and is a son of
Abel and Amelia (Garrison) Crawford.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published
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Hon. Edwin M. Crawford |
EDWIN M. CRAWFORD,
long a leading citizen of Bloomfield,
Jefferson County, Ohio, was born in Lancaster
County, Pa., being the son of Carlisle and Mary
A. (Mullikin) Crawford.
James Mulliken, the first of the maternal
ancestors in America, came from England in the
sixteenth century, and settled on a large plantation
in Prince George and Ann Arundel County,
Maryland, at what is known as the Forks of the
Patuxent. Several of his descendants served on
the American side in the Revolutionary War.
John Crawford, the grandfather of our
subject, was a native of Scotland and heir to the
patrimonial estate of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire,
Scotland, known as the Earldom of Crawford and
Dukedom of Balcarres, the title being one of the
oldest in the kingdom. He left Scotland when a
young man, and resided for some time in Londonderry
and County Down, Ireland, then came to America and
settled in Lancaster County, Pa., where a son was
born and named in honor of a friend of his family,
the Earl of Carlisle.
Carlisle Crawford was united in marriage
to Miss Mary A. Mulliken, who was born near
Annapolis, Maryland, and in her early girlhood,
removed with her mother's family to Pennsylvania.
To this union five children were born and all in
Lancaster County, Pa. When their son Edwin
was four years old, they came to Wayne Township,
Jefferson County, Ohio, and settled near Rose Mount,
one mile west of Bloomfield. Edwin M.
is the only surviving member of his family.
His mother died Apr. 4, 1878; and father, Oct. 25,
1880. Hilary B., the first born of the
family, was a member of Company C, Fifty-First O. V.
I., in the Civil War, dying at Victoria, Texas,
Sept. 6, 1865, and buried in the National Cemetery
at Galveston. The other deceased children
being Henrietta, who died May 7, 1854;
Elizabeth A., Sept. 15, 1883; and Emeline M.,
on Oct. 22, 1906. His parents and sisters all
died in Bloomfield and wore buried in the beautiful
cemetery on the hill-top near the village.
Mr. Crawford was reared a mile west of
the village of Bloomfield, and after a number of
years his father moved to town where he purchased
property and carried on the boot and shoe business.
He received his early education in the Rose Mount
public school, and in 1891, at Chautauqua, New York,
received from the hands of Dr. Edward E. Hale
of Boston, Mass., a diploma for proficiency from the
Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle. He
is one of the best informed men in Jefferson County,
has been identified with literary bodies, and was at
one time a trustee of the Wells Historical Society.
He is at present mayor of Bloomfield, a position
which he has filled with credit for twenty
consecutive years and has added a number of
improvements to the village. He has long been
an active Republican, serving frequently as delegate
to County, State and Congressional conventions.
He had the pleasure of attending the National
Republican Convention at St. Louis, which nominated
Wm. McKinley for president, and the one at
Philadelphia, where he was nominated for a second
term.
He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and
recording steward for the four appointments
consisting of the churches of Longs, Bloomfield,
Hopedale and Unionport.
He is a member of Edwin M. Stanton Post, G. A.
R., Steubenville, Ohio, and of Bloomingdale Grange
Patrons of Husbandry. Beside filling a number
of local offices, he is serving his third term as
treasurer of the Republican County Central
Committee, and has been clerk of Wayne Township for
twenty-eight years, and clerk of the Township Board
of Education for thirty-two years. During the
present year, he was honored as census enumerator
for the village of Bloomfield and a portion of Wayne
Township. During the Civil War, he served four
months as Corporal of Company G, 157 O. V. I., under
the command of Col. George W. McCook; and
treasures as one of his most valuable possessions,
an autograph certificate from President Lincoln
and Secreary of War Stanton for
distinguished and honorable service during that
period. At the State Encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic, held at Steubenville, Apr.
25-29, 1891, he served as one of the staff
appointments of the Chief Marshal. The
following being a copy of the order: General order
No. 1 - Capt. Alex Smith, Adjt. Gen'l; Capt.
George C. Porter, Asst. Adjt. Gen'l; Maj. E. M.
Crawford, Quartermaster; Aides de Camp: John
Opperman, Maj. Jas. F. Sarratt,
Clay Salmon, Chief Marshal.
In his visits to Washington and elsewhere, he has had
the pleasure of meeting President McKinley,
Senator Sherman and others of national
reputation, and meeting his old comrades at the
dedication of Chattanooga National Military Park, at
Chickamauga, where Ohio had fifty-five organizations
engaged and at the Blue and Gray demonstration at
the Atlanta Exposition, when President
McKinley, at the close of a stirring address,
was embraced by General Longstreet.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published
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JAMES H. CRAWFORD,
a prominent citizen of Island Creek Township, and
for many years a member of the school board, resides
on his farm of 361 acres, which he devotes to
general agriculture. He was born in this
township Feb. 14, 1848, and as a son of James and
Anna (Taylor) Crawford.
The father of Mr.
Crawford was born also in Jefferson County and
was a son of James Crawford, who was of Welsh
extraction but came from Maryland to Jefferson
county. HE secured from the Government a large
body of land, a portion of which his grandson,
James H. Crawford, still owns. The father
of Mr. Crawford died in 1872. He was a
well known and highly respected man, long surviving
as an official in the Mt. Tabor Methodist Episcopal
Church and has judgment being consulted on all
public measures in his township. Early he was
a Whig, but later became identified with the
Republican party. He married Anna Taylor
whose ancestry was of North Ireland.
James H. Crawford was reared in his native
township where he went to school through boyhood.
He was a student for a short time at Richmond
College, also at Harlem Springs, and later at Scio
College, thus having better advantages than many
country bred youths have afforded them. This
knowledge he has made use of in the carrying on of
his business, general farming and stock raising, and
has always been able to make his undertakings
profitable.
Mr. Crawford was married May 23, 1877, to
Miss Mattie Smith, a native of Jefferson County
and a daughter of the late Thomas Smith, of
Ross Township, and to this marriage seven children
were born: Thomas t., who is pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal Church at Bernardsville, New
Jersey; Anna, who resides at home; Harvey
who is deceased; William F., who asists
his father; Frances E., who is a teacher in
Island Creek Township, and Frederick S. and
Martha M., both of whom are at home.
Mr. Crawford and family are members of the Mt.
Tabor Methodist Episcopal Church, in which Mr.
Crawford is a steward and also one of the board
of trustees. HE is a man of temperate life and
showsssss his faith, in works, always casting his
vote with the Prohibition party.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published
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JOSIAH J.
CRAWFORD, a citizen of
Toronto, Ohio, of which city he has been a member of
the council for more than a decade and has proved
faithful and efficient in guarding its best
interests, for the past twenty years, has been
extensively engaged in oil operating in Jefferson
County. He was born in Knox Township, May 23,
1852, and is a son of John and Ruth A. (Sapp)
Crawford, both of whom were also born in
Jefferson County.
John Crawford was a son of Josiah
Crawford, who was of Irish parentage but was
born in Maryland. The latter was one of the
very early settlers near Sugar Grove in Knox
Township. John Crawford spent
his entire life in Jefferson County, where he died
in 1870. He was a successful farmer and
stockman and was widely known. He married in
early manhood and, although he died in his
forty-seventh year, he left a large family. Of
his ten children the following survive: Annie,
who is the wife of George W. McCoy, of
Portland, Ore.; James W., who lives in
Wamego, Kan.; Josiah J., of Toronto; Sadie,
who is the widow of J. H. Roberts, of
Knightstown, Ind.; John N., who lives in
Jefferson County; Orlando Y., who is in
business at Toronto; Sylvester V., whose home
is at Steubenville; and Joseph S., who lives
at Toronto.
Josiah J. Crawford grew to manhood on the
homestead in Knox Township and after attending
public schools near home, went to Zanesville, where
he took a commercial course in Small's Business
College. In 1882 he came to Toronto and
embarked in the mercantile business which he
continued for many years and at the same time was
interested in the horse industry, which included the
importing of draft horses from Canada. He then
turned a large part of his attention to operating in
oil and maintains his office on Market Street,
Toronto. He is considered one of the ablest
business men of the place.
Mr. Crawford married Miss Clara
Skelley, a daughter of Alexander
Skelley and a granddaughter of one of the
pioneer settlers of Jefferson County. Mr.
and Mrs. Crawford are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church at Toronto, of which he
is a trustee. He is a prominent Mason,
belonging to the Chapter and Commandery at
Steubenville, and also to the Scottish Rite Branch,
while he is attached to the Blue Lodge at Toronto.
In politics he is a Republican.
Source:
20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson
Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published by
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WILLIAM D. CRAWFORD,
vice-president and general manager of the La Belle
Iron Works, has been a resident of Steubenville for
six years and is an active member of its Chamber of
Commerce. He was born at Pittsburgh, Pa., in
1859.
Mr. Crawford was educated in Pittsburgh's
excellent public schools, since which time he has
been largely identified with the iron industry,
entering first the Shoenberg Steel Company offices.
When he resigned in 1900 he was general manager of
that concern, which was then absorbed by the
American Steel & Wire Company. Mr.
Crawford went then to Philadelphia and was
connected with a steel plant there for four years,
when he was offered the position of general manager
of the La Belle Iron Works and after coming to
Steubenville, was elected vice-president of the
company. He is additionally interested in
other manufacturing plants and his name carries
weight in metal circles.
In 1884 Mr. Crawford was married to
Miss Dora Louise Slagle, of
Pittsburgh, and they had three sons, all of whom
survive their mother, who died in 1894. The
eldest son, David L., resides in
Steubenville. The other two, Robert
Fulton and Joseph I., are in school, the
former being a student at Lehigh University, and the
latter at Shady Side Academy, Pittsburgh.
Mr. Crawford was married secondly in 1904
to Miss Edith A. Cassavant, a daughter of
Rev. John Cassavant, of
Philadelphia. Mrs. Crawford is a
member of the Second Presbyterian Church at
Steubenville. Mr. Crawford is a
Knight Templar Mason, belonging to the Commandery
and also to the Mystic Shrine at Pittsburgh.
He is identified also with the Steubenville Country
Club.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published
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WILLIAM H. CREAMER*,
one of the progressive farmers of Warren Township,
Jefferson County, Ohio, the owner of 118 acres of
excellent land situated in Section 25, was born on
his father's farm in Warren Township, Jefferson
County, Jan. 27, 1859, and is a son of Jacob and
Jane (Barrett) Creamer.
Jacob Creamer was born also in Warren
Township, where his father, also Jacob
Creamer, had settled when he came first from
Germany to Jefferson County. He helped his
father clear up the land which was heavily timbered.
During his younger years he also followed boating on
the river for a time, but later, inheriting a part
of the family estate, returned there and died in the
same old log house in which he had been born.
He married Jane Barrett, who was born
at Tiltonville and died in Warren Township.
They had nine children, William Henry
being the third in order of birth and the others as
follows: Susan; George; Mary,
wife of George Wallace; Letitia,
wife of Harry Bellville; Martha,
wife of Frank Brown*; Lydia,
wife of William Haynaker; and Jacob and
James.
William H. Creamer lived at home until after the
death of his father, in the meanwhile attending the
public schools when he could be spared. He
began work on the farm in boyhood and thus early
became familiar with all necessary details, this
certain knowledge often making the difference in
later life between the successful and the
unsuccessful agriculturist. After the father died,
Mr. Creamer and his older brother,
George Creamer, rented the home farm for
ten years. In 1900 he bought his present
property from Lewis Hawthorn and has
carried on a general farming line ever since.
He is also interested, with Plumber McGrew
in a hay press and they do a large business as hay
balers at Rayland. Mr. Creamer
is a Republican in his political sentiments but has
never been willing to assume the cares of office.
He is one of the representative and substantial men
of this part of Jefferson County.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published
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S.
W. CRISS, president of the Retail Grocers'
Association and a member of the Steubenville Chamber
of Commerce, is a leading grocery merchant of
Steubenville, O., and one of the representative
business men of the place. He was born in
Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1861.
Mr. Criss was educated in his native county and
spent five years in the schoolroom as a teacher,
after which he embarked in a mercantile business at
Dinsmore, Pa., conducting an establishment there for
five yeas. He then opened up in the same line
at Collins, W. Va., where he remained for twelve
years. From there he came to Steubenville,
locating in the grocery line, at No. 536 Market
Street. He does a large retail business and
has high class custom and not only enjoys the
confidence of those who rely on him to supply them
with the best the market affords, but also that of
the trade, and his election as chief officer of the
trade organization met with general approval.
He is interested to some degree in Pennsylvania real
estate and is a stockholder in some of
Steubenville's financial establishments. He is
essentially a business man and since residing at
Steubenville, has taken no very active part in
politics.
Mr. Criss was married first to Miss Mary Doolan,
of Steubenville, who died in 1905, leaving
three children: John Ehner, who is engaged in
the grocery business in this city; and Stewart
Vincent and Mary Naomi, both of whom are
yet in school. Mr. Criss married in
1908, Miss Mary Cosgrove. He belongs to
the Fifth Street Methodist Protestant Church in
which he is a steward.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published
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JAMES H.
CUNNINGHAM, who finds farming and stock
raising profitable industries in Island Creek
Township, where he owns 141¾
acres of excellent land, came to this farm in the
fall of 1903. He was born in Marion County,
West Va., June 4, 1865, and is a son of William
N. and Phebe (Ogden) Cunningham both of whom
were born in West Virginia. The mother died
there but the father survives and resides in Marion
County, being now over seventy years of age.
James H. Cunningham was reared and educated in
Marion County and during the entire period of his
business life has been interested in agricultural
pursuits. He is an enterprising farmer and
successful stock raiser and is doing well in the
sheep industry. His flock averages 100 sheep
and they are all of the Delano variety which he
prefers for many reasons.
Mr. Cunningham was married July 4, 1896, to
Miss Hannah Cunningham, a daughter of Richard
Cunningham of Marion County, W. Va., and they
had four children born to them: Paul, Olive,
Walter and Carrie. The beloved
mother of these children passed out of life June 11,
1906. She was a woman of many virtues, and was
a consistent member of the Christian church.
Mr. Cunningham takes no very active part in
politics, but he always casts his vote with the
Democratic party.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published
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