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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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CARL ECKHARDT, whose
dairy farm is situated in Cross Creek Township,
Jefferson County, Ohio, where he owns 167 acres of
excellent land, was born in Germany, Dec. 11, 1867, and
is a son of
Carl and Augusta (Becker) Eckhardt.
The parents of Mr. Eckhardt were
natives of Germany and the father died in that country.
The mother survives and resides at Steubenville.
They were parents of the following children:
Louise, who is the wife of Henry
Kleinecke;
Lena, who is the wife of William
Woltjen; Wilhelmina, who is
the wife of Jacob Engle; and
Carl.
Carl Eckhardt attended school in Germany
before coming to America and spent six months at school
in the United States. His father had been a weaver
but the young man desired to engage in agricultural
pursuits and soon found employment on the dairy farm of
William Becker, in Jefferson County, Ohio, for
whom he worked for ten years. After that he rented
land until he purchased his present farm.
Mr. Eckhardt keeps about thirty head of cattle
and for fifteen years has conducted a milk route in
Steubenville, numbering among his patrons some of the
oldest families of the city.
Mr. Eckhardt was married Mar. 28, 1894,
to Miss Lena Bothe, a daughter of
William and Wilhelmina (Bya) Bothe. The
father of Mrs. Eckhardt was a well
known gardener in Cross Creek Township. She has
one brother, William and two sisters,
Anna and Kate. Mr.
and Mrs. Eckardt have three children:
Clara, Wilma and Florence.
The family belongs to the Zion Lutheran 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 -
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JOSEPH E. EDWARDS,
a prominent citizen and the treasurer of Knox Township,
Jefferson County, Ohio, has been a resident of Toronto
since the spring of 1890. He was born in
Staffordshire, England, Aug. 2, 1851, and is a son of
Thomas and Annie (Burrows)
Edwards. Thomas Edwards was a
native of Wales and his wife of England. He died
when his son, Joseph E., was a small boy.
His widow married Enoch Probert and in 1867 the
family came to America and located in Jefferson County,
Ohio.
Joseph E. Edwards had few early advantages and
may be said to be a self made man, having made his own
business opportunities. For a time after reaching
Jefferson County he worked with his step-father in the
coal mines and then as a stone mason and stone cutter
and now is a contractor in stone, brick, sewer building
and all kinds of concrete work, including the making of
sidewalks. For a number of years before coming to
Toronto, Mr. Edwards resided at Knoxville,
Ohio, where he was valued as a citizen. Mr.
Edwards possesses the stability of character that
gains the confidence of his fellow citizens and wherever
he has lived, they have honored him with public office.
For two years he served as road supervisor, for two more
as assessor and for a number of years as tax collector
of Knox Township and at present is serving in his second
year as township treasurer. At Toronto he has been
a member of the Board of Health, also of the Board of
Education, and is a member of the present Board of
Public Service.
Source:
20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co.,
Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle
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Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page
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EDWARD T. EKEY,
one of Cross Creek Township's most substantial farmers,
where he owns 272 acres of valuable land, was born in
Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, Feb. 22,
1830, and is a son of Andrew and Naucv (Howden) Ekey.
The parents of Mr. Ekey are long since
deceased and their remains rest in the Ekey Cemetery,
one-half mile from the old Ekey homestead.
On both sides their parents came from Ireland, John
and Nancy Ekey and Andrew and Margaret (Taylor)
Howden all being natives of County Cavan. To
Andrew and Nancy Ekey the following children were
born: Andrew and David, both of whom are
deceased; Edward T.; John H., who
was accidentally killed on the railroad east of Fernwood,
O., in 1907, (was a Methodist minister); James
and Wesley, both of whom are deceased; Margaret
Jane, who married James Robertson;
Mary Ann, who married Benjamin Barkhurst;
and Phoebe, who married Abraham Holmes.
Edward T. Ekey obtained his education in the
neighborhood of his home and as soon as old enough began
to assist his father on the farm. Later he engaged
in railroad work for a year and also did some carpenter
work, but his main occupation through life has been
farming. His father willed him 124 acres of his
present property and the remainder he purchased and at
different times has made substantial improvements.
His handsome brick residence he remodeled and rebuilt
from a one-story structure and he has a commodious barn
and all other necessary farm buildings.
In the fall of 1861, Mr. Ekey was married
to Miss Serena Crawford, who died
in March, 1905. She was a daughter of James and
Anna (Taylor) Crawford, and she bad
brothers and sisters as follows: Abel J.;
Edward T.; James H.; Carrie, wife of
Henry Oliver Roberts; Harriet,
wife of Frank Smith; and Emma, wife of
Rev. W. Slease. Mr. and Mrs.
Ekey have the following children : James;
Anna, who is the wife of Edward McCullough;
Harriet; J. Howard; Mary E. and Ida.
Mr. Ekey and family belong to the Methodist
Episcopal Church. He is a Republican in politics
and has frequently been elected to township offices,
serving three years on the school board, several terms
as road supervisor and also as trustee.
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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Andrew A. Elliott, M.D. |
ANDREW A. ELLIOTT, M. D.,
whose professional work brought him to the pinacle of
distinction throughout Eastern Ohio, was one of the most
thoroughly known and highly regarded men recorded in the
modern history of Steubenville. His death which
occurred, June 11, 1902, was a distinct shock to the
city, whose citizens mourned his passing as a personal
loss. His fellow practitioners, who frequently
called him into consultation in the most complicated and
trying cases, regarded is death as an irreparable loss
to the medical profession. He was taken suddenly
in the prime of life and in the midst of his greatest
usefulness.
Dr. Elliott was born in Columbiana County, Ohio,
Oct. 6, 1853, and was a son of John and Catherine
(Adams) Elliott. His father was born in
Scotland in 1818, and his mother in Ireland in 1824.
The paternal grandfather brought his family to America
at a very early date and settled first in Beaver County,
Pennsylvania, later moving to Athens County, Ohio.
From there John Elliott moved to Columbiana
County, where he became a man of substance and the owner
of a farm, living there until his death, Apr. 29, 1870.
For a period of twenty-seven years he engaged in
teaching school and attained considerable prominence as
an instructor. His widow, who came to his country
at the age of thirteen years. Dr. Elliott
was the fourth of six children born to his parents, of
whom two are now living: William Elliott of
the Westinghouse Company, Pittsburgh, and Mrs. Mary
McBean, of Wellsville, O.
Dr. Elliott, in boyhood and youth, enjoyed
educational advantages denied many of his companions,
his father taking particular pride in his son's quick
intelligence and attainments. From an academy at
Beaver, Pa., he entered the National Normal School at
Lebanon, O., where he was graduated after an attendance
of three years. He immediately entered upon the
study of medicine in the office of Dr. J. W. Hammond,
of Wellsville, O., subsequently entering the Medical
University of New York, from which he was graduated in
March, 1881. From that time he engaged in
professional work at Steubenville, quickly reaching a
high degree of efficiency as a physician and surgeon,
which brought him into prominence throughout this
section of the state. He was especially skilled in
surgery, a branch of medical science on which his
distainction chiefly lay, being regarded as the foremost
surgeon of Eastern Ohio. For many years he was
surgeon for the Pennsylvania Company, the Wheeling and
Lake Erie Railroad Company and several of the large
manufacturing plants, as well as examiner for most of
the leading life insurance companies. He was the
promoter of one of the organizers of the Eastern Ohio
Medical Association, was a member of various other
medical organizations and of the Association of Surgeons
of Pennsylvania Company. He was surgeon of the
railroad hospital of Steubenville for many yeas and one
of the leading surgeons of Gill Hospital from the time
of its inception. The manner of man he was and the
esteem in which he was held is revealed in a tribute
which appeared in the press at the time of his death.
To quote: "He was beloved by his patients and
there is great sorrow in many hearts, throughout the
city and community, that their beloved physician,
counsellor and friend had passed into the Great Beyond.
As a citizen he was progressive and was a man of
striking integrity of character and a genial companion
and friend. He was a member of St. Stephen's
Episcopal Church and senior warden and was one of he
organizers of that church; his death is keenly felt
throughout the parish where he was loved for his
fidelity and Christian courtesy. He married
Rachel Shaw, only daughter of the late
James Gallagher, Sept. 5, 1883, and they have lived
a life of genial and happy companionship in a beautiful
home surrounded by all the luxuries of a refined
Christian life."
Source:
20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co.,
Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published by
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
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JAMES M. ELLIOTT, who
has resided on his valuable farm of 138 acres since the
spring of 1883, devotes his land to farming and stock
raising, making a specialty of sheep, and dairy cows,
mainly Jerseys. He is a representative citizen of
this section and is an honored survivor of the great
Civil War. Mr. Elliott was born in Brooke
County, W. Va., Jan. 9, 1843, and is a son of James
and Elizabeth (Marsh) Elliott, who were natives of
Maryland.
The parents of Mr. Elliott gave three sons to
serve their country in the Civil War; James M.,
George and William. George Elliott was
a member of Co. A, 98th O. Vol. Inf., going out in 1862.
In 1863 he was taken prisoner at Shelbyville, Tenn., and
was confined in Libby Prison, where he died in December
of that year. William Elliott served in Co.
L, 1st W. Va. Vol. Cav., from 1861 to 1865. He is
now deceased but for a number of years after the war
operated a blacksmith shop and a store at Island Creek
village and was an elder in the Island Creek
Presbyterian Church. William Elliott, an
uncle, was a veteran of the War of 1812.
James M. Elliott remained in Brooke County, W.
Va., until he was eighteen years of age, when he went to
Steubenville and there learned the blacksmith trade and
later went into business for himself as a member of the
firm of Chapman & Elliott. In March, 1863,
Mr. Elliott became a soldier, enlisting in
Battery E, 1st W. Va. Light Artillery, which
became a part of hte 6th Army Corps, Army of the
Potomac, and before he returned to peaceful pursuits,
more than two years had passed away. He took part
in the active campaigns carried on, with more or less
loss of life, in West Virginia, Eastern Virginia and
Maryland, but escaped serious injury and was honorably
discharged July 3, 1865.
Mr. Elliott then came to Island Creek, in
Jefferson County, and conducted a blacksmith shop for a
short time and later worked at his trade in West
Virginia, and afterward became an employe of the Acme
Mowing Machine Company, at Steubenville. In 1883
he settled on the farm on which he has resided ever
since, which was the old Markle farm, on which
his wife was reared. the Markles were very
early settlers in Island Creek Township and the
grandfather of Mrs. Elliott. Abraham
Markle, secured this land in 1804 and the residence,
which is still in excellent repair, was erected ninety
years ago.
Mr. Elliott was married Nov. 14, 1877, to
Miss Margaret M. Markle, who was born in Harrison
County, Ohio, Sept. 24, 1847, and is a daughter of
Dr. John C. and Jane B. (Johnson) Markle.
When eight months old, Mrs. Elliott was taken by
her uncle and aunt, Col. Jacob P. and Maria
Markle, and she was reared as a daughter by them, in
the old home in Island Creek Township, built by her
grandfather, Abraham Markle, a veteran of the War
of 1812. Col. Jacob C. Markle was a very
prominent man in Jefferson County. He held many
political offices and for several years was county
commissioner and during the Civil War he was
commissioned colonel of militia by Governor Tod.
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott have had five children,
namely: Jacob M., who is a wheat grower in the
great Saskatchewan region of Western Canada; George
W. and Mary J., both of who reside at home; Maria
E. who is the wife of A. D. Cubbon, of Island
Creek Township; and John M., who assists his
father, Mr. and Mrs. Elliott are members of the
Methodist Protestant Church at Toronto, Ohio, and he is
identified with the Odd Fellows' lodge at the same
place. In politics he is a Republican.
Mr. Elliott is a well informed man and keeps abreast
of the times through good reading. He gives
support to local enterprises, an example of this family
trait being shown in the fact that the leading county
newspaper, the Herald-Star, has been subscribed fro and
read for almost the whole period of its publication.
In this old home may be found a number of interesting
relics of other days and one, a rather rare article, is
a breech-loading rifle, formerly a flint-lock, which, in
imagination carries one backward to Indian times.
It bears the date of June 20, 1801, and the name of
A. Markle.
Source:
20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co.,
Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published by
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
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S. TAYLOR ELLIOTT,
who resides in the same house in which he was born, June
7, 1848, owns the old home farm of eighty-three acres
which lies in Cross Creek Township. His parents
were John and Elizabeth (Young) Elliott.
John Elliott was also born in Cross Creek Township
and was a son of Hugh Elliott. The greater
part of his life was spent as a farmer but in early
manhood he was engaged for a time in the manufacture of
woolen goods, having a factory on Cross Creek. He
was married three times, his first wife being
Elizabeth Young, who was a daughter of William
Young, and was born in Hancock County, West
Virginia. She died in 1849 and both parents of
Mr. Elliott were buried in St. James Cemetery, Cross
Creek Township. To his first marriage John
Elliott had three sons born to him: George, John
and James; to his second three sons, William
A., S. Taylor and Andrew; and to his third
one son, Nathan.
S. Taylor Elliott went to school during boyhood as
opportunity presented, but soon became interested in his
father in cultivating the home place, and has always
resided here, purchasing the interests of the other
heirs when his father died. This is one of the
real old homesteads of Jefferson County - productive
land, flourishing orchards, many improvements and
comfortable general surroundings. The same old
roof tree shelters the children of the present
generation as it did those of a half century ago.
Mr. Elliott was married June 7, 1875, to Miss
Bethan Pauntney, whose death occurred Feb. 19, 1910,
a daughter of John and Charlotte (Clayton) Pauntney.
The parents of Mrs. Elliott resided on their
farm in Wells Township, where both died, and their
burial was in the Tent Cemetery. They had the
following children: Sarah, who married James
Clayton; Stavin; Eliza, deceased, who was the wife
of William Armstrong; Elizabeth, deceased, who
was the wife of James Snell; Josephine, deceased,
who was the wife of Alfred Graham; John, who is
deceased; Ellen, who married Philip Trainer;
and Mrs. Elliott. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott
had three children: John, Gertrude and Mary,
Gertrude being the only survivor. Mrs.
Elliott and daughter were members of the
Presbyterian church.
In politics Mr. Elliott is a Republican.
Although he has never advanced himself as a candidate
for public office, he has served in many responsible
positions through the wish and will of his fellow
citizens. For thirty-four years he has been
township trustee and has also been a member of the
school board. For many years he has been
identified with the Odd Fellows and belongs to Wildwood
Lodge, No. 590, at New Alexandria.
Source:
20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co.,
Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published by
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
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Van Horn Ely |
VAN HORN
ELY, president of the Steubenville & East
Liverpool Railroad & Light Company, has been prominent
in traction matters for a long period and has been
identified with railroad affairs of New York and Ohio
since 1899. He was born at Lockport, N. Y., July
28, 1866, and lived in his native section until he was
sixteen years of age, moving to the city of Buffalo, N.
Y., June 1, 1882. In 1886 he was graduated from
the Buffalo High School.
Immediately after leaving school, Mr. Ely formed
a business partnership in the real estate line and
operated under the firm style of Bell & Ely,
until 1899. When the International Railway Company
was organized he was elected assistant to the president
and he continued in that position until February, 1905,
when he accepted the presidency of the Steubenville and
East Liverpool Traction & Light Company, and the Ohio
Passenger Railway Company. Mr. Ely has
still other interests and is a director of the First
National Bank of Toronto. On Mar. 1, 1910, he was
elected president of the Beaver County Light Company.
On Oct. 8, 1889, Mr. Ely was married to Miss
Carrie K. Kimball of Buffalo, N. Y., and they have
two children: Helen Louise, who is a
student in Washington Seminary; and Van Horn, Jr.
Mr. Ely and family attend the First Presbyterian
Church. He is a trustee of the Steubenville
Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the board of
directors of the Steubenville Country Club and the Y. M.
C. A. He is a member of the fraternal order of
Elks and belongs also tot he Royal Arcanum.
Source:
20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co.,
Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle
- Published by
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
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EVAN G. EVANS,
a prominent citizen, financier and capitalist of
Jefferson County, has spent the larger portion of his
life in the neighborhood in which his forefathers
settled many years ago. He was born in Mt.
Pleasant Township, this county, May 14, 1840, and is a
son of George I. Evans and a grandson of
Jonathan and Elizabeth Evans.
George I. Evans was born in Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania, in 1812, and came to Ohio June 26, 1830.
He was in the thirty-sixth generation in descent from
the founder of his family as, in part, is given as
follows:
The genealogy of the Evans family has been
traced to Mervyn Vrych, King of Man, who was
killed in battle with the King of Mercia, A. D. 843.
King Mervyn married Esylt, daughter and
sole heiress of Conan Tyndactly, King of Wales,
who died in 1818 or 1820. Both Merwyn and
Esylt traced their descent from _hudd, King of
Britain, who was a brother of Caswallon, the
chief who resisted the invasion of Caesar, before
the Christian Era.
Passing over a number of intermediate generations from
Mervyn Vryeh the line may be taken up in the
tenth generation from the Book of Gwynedd.
Ivan, known as Evan Robert Lewis, was
living in 1601 and was probably then a young man.
He removed from Rhowlas, or its neighborhood in
Merionethshire, to Vrom Goch, probably in Denbighshire,
and there passed the remainder of his life. He had
five sons all taking for themselves according to Welch
custom, the form of Ap Evan, as follows: John
ap Evan, Cadwallader ap Evan, Griffith ap Evan, Owen ap
Evan and Eva ap Evan.
Evan ap Evan was the father of the four brothers,
who came to Gwynedd, in1698, accompanied by Sarah,
their sister and the mother of Robert Pugh.
He was twice married and had two daughters by his first
marriage and the four settler sons by his second.
Owen Evans, the third of these sons, emigrated
from Wales in 1698 and died Oct. 7, 1723, in his
sixty-fourth year, having been born in 1659. His
wife was Elizabeth.
Thomas Evan, of Gwynedd, was a son of Thomas
Evans and was the grandfather of the late George
I. Evans, and the great grandfather of Evan
Griffith Evans, of Mt. Pleasant Township, near
Emerson. This Thomas Evans was born Jan.
24, 1733, and died Sept. 3, 1818. He married
Elizabeth Roberts in 1765 (born November 19, 1740,
died in 1794), a daughter of John and Jane Roberts,
of Whilpan.
Jonathan Evans, father of George I. Evans
and grandfather of Evan G. Evans, was born in
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 1778, and died in
Mt. Pleasant Township. Apr.7, 1844, aged sixty-six
years. He was married at Richland, Bucks County,
Pa, Oct. 5, 1809, to Elizabeth Iden, who died
Jan. 23, 1824, Jonathan Evans taught school at
Richland, a half mile from Bunker's Hill, for two years
after his marriage and then removed to Gwynedd,
Montgomery County, where he taught until about 1816,
when he settled at Sandy Hill, and engaged in teaching
there until the death of his wife in 1824. In
1843-4 he was in Ohio, near Mt. Pleasant, with his son,
and then returned to Montgomery County and thereafer
made his home with his brother Caleb.
The children of Jonathan and Elizabeth Evans
were six in number, namely: Thomas I., born in
1810, died in 1883, married Ann Washington; George I.,
born in 1812; Caleb, born in1815, married
Sarah Black; William R., born in 1817, married
Mary W. Allen, for his first wife and Martha S.
Carr for his second wife; Job, born in 1820,
died in the same year; and Hannah I., born
in1821, married Thomas D. Thomlinson, of
Marietta, Iowa.
George I. Evans, father of Evan Griffith
Evans, was born Aug. 31, 1812, and died Apr. 2,
1886. He was twice married, first in January,
1834, to Sarah Griffith, who was born in 1814 and
died in 1846. She was a daughter of Evan and
Elizabeth Griffith, of Mt. Pleasant, O.
George I. Evans' second marriage was to Mary P.
Richards, a daughter of Samuel and Ann Richards,
of Mt. Pleasant. On June 26, 1830, George I.
Evans moved to Mt. Pleasant Township and settled in
the neighborhood of what was Trenton, now Emerson.
He had large business interests and owned a number of
valuable farms. He survived his second wife for
ten years, her death occurring on Sept. 20, 1876, while
she was attending the Centennial celebration at
Philadelphia. The children of George I. Evans
were: Elizabeth E., born in 1835, who was married
in 1853 to John Scott, both being now deceased:
Julia A., born in 1837, who in 1849 was married
to Thomas McMullan, both now deceased; Evan
Griffith; Sarah E., who was born in 1842, and died
in 1863; and Mary A., born in 1844, who was
married in 1870 to George W. Michner and
died in 1889, leaving four children - Elizabeth,
William W., George Evans and Mary Edith.
Evan G. Evans obtained his educational training in
the local schools and owing to the fact that he was the
only son, was early called upon to assume business cares
and responsibilities. Fortunately he was endowed
with good judgment and has never regretted his early
training along business lines. In the management
of his father's property he learned how to take care of
his own, which has grown to a large estate he now being
one of the capitalists of this section. Mr.
Evans is largely interested in a number of financial
institutions of recognized standing, and is on the
directing boards of the First National Bank of Mt.
Pleasant and of the Mt. Pleasant branch of the State
Bank of Ohio; he is a charter member and a
director of the Mt. Pleasant National Bank and the
Citizens' Savings Bank of Mt. Pleasant. The
solidity of these institutions is never questioned,
their directing boards being made up solely of men of
Recognized ability and integrity.
On Jan. 9, 1862, Mr. Evans was married to
Miss Rebecca Croft, a daughter of William and
Rachel Croft. Her father came to Ohio from
Virginia and died at the age of fifty-five years in
Belmont County, Ohio, where he was engaged in business
as a merchant. He married Rachel Spencer,
who was born in Belmont County in 1809 and died at
Emerson, Jefferson County, Nov. 20, 1881. Mr.
and Mrs. Evans had children as follows:
Arthur W., born May 31, 1863, resides on the home
place, married Annie J. Scott, daughter of
John and Elizabeth Scott, and they have one
daughter, Sarah Delphine; George Austin,
born Mar. 10, 1865, is a farmer residing near West
Liberty, Iowa, married Anna Burrell and they have
two children - Lucille E. and Lawrence
William; Sarah Ella, born Apr. 29, 1871; Ellery
Channing, born Apr. 22, 1873, is a hardware merchant
at Des Moines, Iowa; and Anna Clare, born Apr.
21, 1875, married W. W. Michner, of Rocky Mount,
N. C., and has one child, Anna Rebecca, born July
6, 1909. Mr. and Mrs. Evans are members of
the society of Friends at Emerson.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson
Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle
- Published by Richmond-Arnold
Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 588 |
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W. HENRY EWING,
a well known business citizen of Steubenville, O., who
is engaged in the general contracting business, has been
a continuous resident of this city since 1903, when he
erected his comfortable residence at No. 728 North Fifth
Street. He was born at Hookstown, Pa., in January,
1846, but was reared and educated at Wellsville, O.
In early manhood Mr. Ewing learned the
machinist's trade and for some years worked as a
machinist in different sections of Ohio and then entered
the employ of the Ohio & Pennsylvania Coal Company, of
Cleveland, O., as a master machinist. From there
he came to Mingo, Jefferson County, in 1876, called here
to start the old Mingo Junction plant, and two years
later came to Steubenville, where he started the old
Avrick shaft and made this city his home from 1880
until 1886. He then went to Port Royal, where he
built the Port Royal Coal Works, going from there to
Yorkville, where he was in charge of the mines for
seventeen years and during fifteen years of that period
was postmaster at Yorkville and had mercantile
interests. In 1903 he returned to Steubenville and
entered into general contracting and enjoys a large
amount of patronage in this line.
In 1881 Mr. Ewing was married to Miss Mary
Emma Mosel, and they have three children: George,
who is a traveling salesman for W. F. Davidson &
Company; Harry C., who is also with the above
firm; and Hattie B., who is the wife of A. C.
Douglas, of Steubenville. Mr. and Mrs.
Ewing are members of the Congregational Church, in
which he is chairman of the board of trustees. He
is identified with the order of Royal Arcanum.
During the Civil War Mr. Ewing had a
unique and interesting experience. When General
Morgan, the Confederate officer, who, with his
followers, had brought such terror to the quiet hamlets
of Ohio by his raids, was finally captured and placed
under restraint at Wellsville, it fell to the lot of
Mr. Ewing to be guard of the prisoner. Laying
aside sectional feelings, a mutual regard sprang up
between the two and Mr. Ewing still preserves the silver
spur given him by the redoubtable "raider."
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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