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20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio
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GEORGE W. HANNAN, one of Steubenville's
progressive and enterprising business men in the iron
industry, general manager of the Pope Tin Plate Company,
of which he is a director, was born in Massachusetts, in
1874. When a babe of one year his parents moved to
Wheeling W., Va., where he was reared an educated.
Mr. Hannan's first business experience was in
the mills of the Aetna Iron Company, at Martin's Ferry,
O., where he remained two years. Later he became
paymaster for the La Belle Iron Works at Wheeling plant
and remained until 1898 as benville and operated the
Jefferson Iron Works for the La Belle Iron Works,
Company until 1896, when he returned to the Wheeling
plant and remained until 1898 as superintendent of the
tin plate department. From then until 1901 he was
superintendent for the American Sheet and Tin Plate
Company at Wheeling. He returned to Steubenville
as general manager of the
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C. W. HARRIS, secretary-treasurer of the
Harris Lumber Company, at Dillonvale, Ohio, with a
branch yard at Amsterdam, was born near Rush Run, in
Jefferson County, Ohio, as were also his two uncles,
W. J. Harris, president of this company, and E.
B. Harris, who is vice president and general
manager. Al are sons of Rev. William Harris,
who was a minister in the Methodist Protestant Church
near Cleveland.
W. J. HARRIS
was graduated
from the Mt. Pleasant High School and afterward engaged
in teaching school for several years before becoming
identified with the Harris Lumber Company. He is a
resident of Pittsburg, Pa., where he is president and
general manager of the Ellwood Lumber Company of that
city. He married a Miss Gumder, of Minerva,
Ohio. E. B. Harris, who is vice-president
and general manager of the Harris Lumber Company,
resides at Dillonvale, Ohio, and is unmarried.
C. W. Harris completed his education in the
Steubenville Business College and then went into his
present line of work at Dillonvale and for three yeas
was assistant yard manager at that point, after which he
was yard manager at Amsterdam, Ohio, for three years;
then he became secretary-treasurer of the Harris Lumber
Company, and removed to Mt. Pleasant, where he has other
interests, being vice president of the Union Real Estate
and Building Company. He married Miss Claribel
Harrison, of Adena, Ohio.
W. W. Scott, local manager of the Harris Lumber
Company, was born in Carroll County, moved from there to
Harrison County and later to Jefferson County. He
married Miss Almeda L. Miller and they have had
six children, five of whom survive. He gives all
his time to the business at Amsterdam, having taken
charge in 1909. This company are manufacturers and
dealers in lumber and builders' supplies and the
enterprise is one of great business importance in this
section.
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ELISHA B. HARRIS, one of the Dillonvale's
representative business men, dealing in lumber and
builder's supplies, was born at Rush Run, Jefferson
County, Ohio, Dec. 2, 1870, and is a son of William
and Eliza (Jones) Harris.
Rev. William Harris, the venerable father of
Elisha B., now resides at Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga
County, and is a superannuated minister of the Methodist
Protestant Church. He was born in Mt. Pleasant
Township, Jefferson Co., in 1837. He married
Eliza Jones, who died Nov. 15, 1907, at the age of
seventy-one years. She was born on the old
Jones homestead near Rush Run. They had nine
children born to them, as follows: Avery S.,
who is engaged in the lumber business at Weems,
Jefferson County; Charles E., who is a carpenter,
living at Ambridge, Pa.; Mary, who is now
deceased; Mattie, who resides with her father and
sisters at ome; Elisha B.; Ada, who also lives at
home; Wilbur J., who is engaged in the lumber
business at Pittsburg; Anna, who is the wife of
Arthur Kaske, of Cleveland; and Carrie,
who lives at home.
Elisha B. Harris obtained a public school
education in the Hopewell and Blue Run schools and then
worked for several years as a carpenter, starting at
Toronto, after which he went to Ellwood City in Lawrence
County, Pa., where he remained until February, 1901,
when he came to Dillonvale. In the same year he
entered into the lumber business here and has prospered,
being a well balanced, intelligent business man.
He is proprietor of the Harris Lumber Company and has a
monopoly of this business at Dillonvale. He is a
member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to the lodge
at Smithfield. In politics he is a Republican and
is serving as a member of the town council. He was
carefully reared in a good home and has always attended
the Methodist Protestant Church. Mr. Harris
was married June 8, 1910, to Miss M. Leah Ulrich.
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JONATHAN C. HARRISON,
a prominent resident of Smithfield, O., formerly
postmaster, and one of the surviving veterans of the
great Civil War, has been a resident of Jefferson County
since 1845. He was born in Washington County,
Ohio, Dec. 28, 1843, and is a son of George and Ruth
(Hall) Harrison.
George Harrison was born in Jefferson County, Ohio,
his parents having been early settlers on Piney Fork.
He followed mining as an occupation and died in the
western country in 1853. He married Ruth Hall,
who was born in Maryland in 1808, lived in New
Alexandria, and died at Smithfield, O., after she had
passed her ninety-eighth birthday. Five of the
children born to George and Ruth Harrison
survived infancy, namely: Sallie, who married
Samuel Wolfe, and is now decreased; William,
who served in the Civil War as a member of Company B,
52nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Jonathan Clay, George
and David.
Jonathan Clay Harrison was two years old when his
parents located near Smithfield and he was kept petty
busy on the home farm from his ninth until his
eighteenth year, having but few educational advantages.
In 1862 he entered the army, becoming a member of
Company B, 52nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served with
marked bravery for two yeas under that gallant Ohio
soldier, Daniel McCook. On May 11, 1864,
while on the march to Atlanta, Mr. Harrison
received a severe wound which resulted in the loss of
his right arm. He has never forgotten the hospital
in which he was treated, the old First Presbyterian
Church, at Nashville, Tenn., and in 1909 he visited the
place in company with his wife. Fanned gently by
the soft southern breeze it presented a peaceful and
almost holly scene, with nothing to recall the painful
memories of the former days of fratricidal strife.
Mr. Harrison saw hard service in the war,
participating in such battles as Perryville, Chickamauga
and Mission Ridge, and, although but a boy in yeas, he
soon became a veteran in valor and soldierly experience.
He was mustered out at Columbus, O., in September, 1864.
He is a member of Daniel McCook Post, G. A. R.,
and is much interested in Grand Army affairs.
After the close of his military service, Mr.
Harrison came back to Smithfield, but in a short
time went to Harrison County, where he remained for a
year and six months. He then began to teach
school, in Morgan County, and it was while so engaged
that he was first appointed postmaster at Smithfield, an
office he held from March, 1869, for seventeen
consecutive years. During the administration of
President Cleveland he was supplanted by a
Democrat, and during this time he conducted a printing
office and issued the Smithfield Times.
When President Harrison was elected and the
administration was again Republican, Mr. Harrison
was reappointed postmaster and served over four years,
having been in that office for over twenty one years.
After retiring he went into dealing in real estate and
has handled his own and other property. He bought
a field on Rush Run Avenue, on which he has erected
three houses, also a residence for himself and two
others which he has under rental. Since 1877 he
has been a notary public. He has shown much public
spirit and in every way is a representative citizen.
Mr. Harrison was married Sept. 3, 1868, to
Miss Elizabeth Hatton, of Cadiz, O., who died in
1890. Three children survived her, Herbert J.,
James P. and Walter, all of whom are married.
On Sept. 10, 1891, Mr. Harrison married for his
second wife, Miss Nannie E. Garrett, a daughter
of William Garret, now deceased. Mr.
Harrison has been a Republican ever since he became
a voter. He has frequently been urged to run for
office and when he was his party's candidate for county
treasurer, he carried every precinct outside of
Steubenville, this being a pretty good test of his
popularity. Mr. Harrison is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.
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20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co.,
Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co.
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ERNEST H. HAYNE, cashier of the Citizens'
Savings Bank, of Mt. Pleasant, and widely and favorably
known in business circles, was born at Adena, in
Smithfield Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, Apr. 23,
1878, and is a son of Alonzo and Anna M.
(Parker) Hayne.
Alonzo Hayne was born at Adena, on the farm
adjoining the old homestead May 18, 1841, and was a son
of Nathan and Phebe (Morris) Hayne, and a
grandson of Daniel Hayne, who settled in
Smithfield Townships, this county, near the present site
of Adena, in 1800. Daniel Hayne married
Mary Stoneman. He lived to the extreme age of
101 years. He was one of the earliest pioneers of
this section. His son Nathan was born on
what is now the Russell farm, near Adena, and
died here May 31, 1896, when aged eighty-seven years.
He was a successful farmer and was prominent in local
business affairs and for a number of years was a
director in the First National Bank. In 1879 he
moved to Mt. Pleasant and was long one of the town's
most respected citizens. He married Phebe Morris,
who survived him until April, 1897. Their children
were: Alonzo (deceased); Elisha, who
lives at Mt. Pleasant, and married Rachel Wagner;
MAry E. who resides at Mt. Pleasant; Laura J.,
who is the wife of W. P. Moore, of Adena; and
three who died young.
Alonzo Hayne was a prosperous farmer in
Jefferson County for a number of years. He was
active in Republican politics and for thirty-five
consecutive years served as a trustee of Smithfield
Township. During the Civil War he was a member of
Company H, 157th Ohio National Guards, and was
identified with Updegraff Post, G. A. R., at Mt.
Pleasant. He was reared in and gave support to the
Methodist Protestant church. After an illness of
but twenty-four hours he died, on May 29, 1908. He
married Anna M. Parker, who was born in 1851, at
Barnesville, Ohio, a daughter of Dr. Harvey Parker,
who was once a very prominent physician in Belmont
County. They had five children: Ernest
H.; Ralph A., who resides with his mother on the
farm near Adena; Jessie P.; Effa K.; and Fred,
who died in infancy.
Ernest H. Hayne attended the Rehobeth School,
near which he was reared, the same in which both his
father and grandfather had received primary instruction,
and he, as did they, alternated school attendance with
farming. Later he took a business course in a
commercial college at Scio and subsequently put his
knowledge into practice in the Mt. Pleasant National
Bank and the Peoples' Savings Bank at Martins Ferry.
When the Citizens' Savings Bank of Mt. Pleasant was
organized he was tendered teh position of cashier, one
that he has very capably filled up to the present time.
The Citizens' Savings Bank of Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, was
organized Jan. 23, 1905, and was opened for business
Apr. 1, 1905, with a capital stock of $25,000. The
bank has been on a sound and paying basis from the
start. It is a savings institution and was
organized by the following citizens of Jefferson County:
R. W. Chambers, president; Oliver Thomas,
vice president; Ernest H. Hayne, cashier; R.
W. Chambers, Oliver Thomas, Evan G. Evans, Alonzo
Hayne and Richard E. Roberts, composing the
board of directors. After receiving the papers of
incorporation, C. M. Brown, H. G. Cheffy
and O. M. Bracken became additional directors.
After the death of Robert Chambers, Cassius M. Brown
was elected president; C. F. Scott succeeded
H. G. Cheffy on the board of directors. The
bank has the full confidence of the people and has a
large list of depositors. In its fine brick
building it has a massive steel vault and all the
various appliances for safeguarding the funds entrusted
to its care.
Ernest H. Hayne was
married June 6, 1907, to Miss Esther Burris, a
daughter of Addison and Ella (Caldwell) Burris,
and a granddaughter of Hanson Burris, who, for
many years, was a hotel proprietor in Mt. Pleasant
Township. Mr. and Mrs. Hayne have two
children, Anna Elizabeth and Ralph Burris.
Before he was twenty years old Mr. Hayne united
with the Adena Presbyterian Church and is now a member
of the First Presbyterian Church at Mt. Pleasant.
In politics he is a Republican ,and in the fall of 1909
he was elected township treasurer. He is a
representative in the fourth generation of one of the
county's oldest and most prominent families.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson
Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ. Richmond-Arnold
Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 557 |
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A. M. HELMS, of the firm of A. M. Helms &
Sons,
plumbers ad steam fitters at Steubenville, O., was born
in this city in 1838, and is a son of L. W. Helms.
L. W. Helms was born in Washington County,
Pennsylvania, and came to Steubenville when a young man
to work in the hat business. Later he assisted in
the construction of the Steubenville and Indiana
Railroad and afterward remained in railroad work for a
number of years, being employed as a train master for
this road. Subsequently he had charge of the
Youngstown and Newcastle branch. He remained
efficient until within a short time of his death,
although his life was prolonged to eighty-six years.
He was one of the best known men in the service in this
section.
A. M. Helms was reared and educated in
Steubenville and then learned the machinist's trade, at
which he worked until 1873, when he went into the
plumbing business. He has valuable investments at
Steubenville and is a member of the board of directors
of the people's National Bank and the Minors and
Mechanics Bank. He is one of the substantial
citizens of Steubenville.
In 1872 Mr. Helms was married to Miss Mary
Harris, who died in 1898 and is survived by one son,
W. A. Helms Mr. Helms married
subsequently, in 1905, Miss Louise Wonder, of
Pittsburgh. He is identified with Lodge No. 1, K.
of P., at Steubenville.
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Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ.
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GEORGE N. HENRY,
secretary and manager of the Pleasant Heights
Improvement Company, at Steubenville, O., is a native of
this city and has been identified with its business
interests since the age of fifteen years. He was
born Jan. 11, 1854, and is a son of Joshua and Ann
(Lee) Henry. Mr. Henry comes of
Irish ancestry, both grandfathers coming to America from
County Down, Ireland, at the same time. His
father, Joshua Henry, was born at
Pittsburgh, Pa., and died in Jefferson County, Ohio, in
1878. For a number of years he followed an
agricultural life in Island Creek Township. His
widow survived him into extreme old age.
George N. Henry, the third born in a family of
six children, received a good public school education
and at the age of fourteen years was mentally prepared
to assume business responsibilities and from that time
until October, 1873, he served continuously and
faithfully and efficiently with two firms of old
business men of Steubenville, Thomas Stanton,
and Keller & Whitaker. In 1873 an
opportunity came for him to embark in business for
himself, as the successor to Keller & Whitaker
and George L. Whitaker, and in October of that
year he embarked in the grocery business in partnership
with Samuel Cox. The death of Mr.
Cox within six months threw the entire
responsibility of the enterprise on Mr. Henry,
which he successfully assumed and continued alone in
this business until 1880. In the fall of that
year, in association with John C. Brown and
George A. Maxwell, he established a cold storage
business, under the firm style of Brown,
Maxwell & Henry. Three years later a
disastrous fire destroyed the plant and at that time
Mr. Brown retired. Mr. Henry
and Mr. Maxwell joined their interests
and engaged in the wholesale fruit business, which
proved a very successful venture, the firm of Maxwell
& Henry building up the largest trade in this
line in this section of the state. Mr.
Henry has been a most active citizen and a very
useful member of the city council, to which he was first
elected in the spring of 1885, and served until 1892.
He was there recognized as a thoroughly experienced and
practical business man, and very soon was made president
of the council, and during his many years of civic
service has held other positions of responsibility,
being made a member of the finance committee and
chairman of the streets committee. He has always
counseled good citizenship and has set the example.
In 1891 the Pleasant Heights Land Company was organized,
selling out to the Pleasant Heights Improvement Company
in July, 1901. Mr. Henry was a stockholder
in the original organization and retained stock in the
new company, of which he has been manager from the
beginning.
On Mar. 31, 1876, Mr. Henry was married
to Miss Mary K. Cable, who is a daughter of
William Cable, a former postmaster of
Steubenville. They have one daughter. In
politics Mr. Henry is an ardent Republican.
He is identified fraternally with a number of
organizations and is connected with benevolent bodies.
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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Mrs. M. A. Henry
James H. Henry |
MRS. M. A. HENRY,
widow of James H. Henry, and the owner of a large
general store at Tiltonville, O., was born May 15, 1861,
at Wheeling, W. Va., and is a daughter of Thomas and
Mary Jane (Deffenbaugh) Brand, both of whom were
born at Wheeling, W. Va., where Samuel Brand,
grandfather of Mrs. Henry, was one of the
early settlers. Thomas Brand, her
father, now deceased, was a lifelong resident of
Wheeling, and her mother is still a resident there.
The following children were born to Thomas and Mary
Brand; Mary Ann, who is the subject of
this sketch; Elsworth, who is deceased; Effie,
who is the wife of August Cook; William;
Elizabeth, who married William Cage;
and Mabel, who married William Long.
Mary Ann Brand spent her childhood
in Wheeling, where she attended the public schools, and
at an early age came to Tiltonville to live with her
aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth Chalfant, with
whom she resided until the time of her marriage.
On Oct. 17, 1876, when little past fifteen years of age,
she married James H. Henry, a son of Ephraim
Henry, who was one of the early settlers of
Tiltonville, O., and they had two children: Anna M.,
who was born Oct. 31, 1888, married Hugh F. Cusick
and they have one child. Ruby Olga,
born Mar. 19, 1909; and James H., Jr., who was
born in 1892, and died at the age of twelve years and
two months.
James H. Henry was born in April, 1843, at
Tiltonville, O., and grew to manhood on his father's
farm. On Aug. 13, 1861, he enlisted in the 30th
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was shortly afterward
disabled, discharged, and then sent home to die.
However, he recovered from his seemingly mortal wounds
and on Aug. 14, 1862, re-enlisted, in the 50th Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, and in November of that same year
was again discharged. He then went to the farm on
Deep Run where his sister lived and subsequently worked
in a supply store at Yorkville. He served fifteen
years as a notary at Yorkville, and also as justice of
the peace. In 1885 he opened a small general store
at Tiltonville, and two years prior to his death, which
occurred June 19, 1897, he turned the business over to
his wife, Mary Ann Henry, the
subject of this record. Subsequently Mrs.
Henry bought and removed to her present location,
where she has greatly increased her stock and carries on
an extensive and very profitable business. Mr.
Henry was a Democrat in politics and served as
mayor of Tiltonville. He was a member of the G. A.
R. and also of the Masonic fraternity at Martin's Ferry.
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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ABRAHAM J.
HOBSON, a retired
farmer and highly respected citizen of
Richmond, Ohio, was born Dec. 18,
1824, in Stark County, Ohio, and is a son of Joseph
and Rebecca (Talbott) Hobson. The father was
born in York County, Pa., and died in 1828 in Stark
County, Ohio. He married Rebecca Talbott,
a native of Maryland and a daughter of John
Talbott.
She had crossed the mountains twice from Maryland, and
on her second trip back to Maryland, Joseph
Talbott accompanied her home, their marriage
occurring shortly afterward, on May 14, 1781. They
resided one year in Claylick, Jefferson County, Ohio,
and then moved to Stark County, where the following
children were born: William, Mary A., John, Joseph, Elizabeth, Benjamin,
and Abraham. After the death of our
subject's father, the mother removed to Salem Township,
Jefferson County, Ohio, where several years later she
married Charles Coffin who was the father of
children by a former marriage
our subject's father, the mother removed
to Salem Township, Jefferson County,
Ohio, where several years later she married Charles
Coffin, who was the father of children by a
former marriage.
Abraham J. Hobson attended the schools of
Richmond, and Richmond College and resided with his
mother until the time of her death at the age of
seventy-six years. She was buried at the Friend's
Cemetery, two miles south of Richmond. After his
marriage he resided on a farm until 1905, since which
time he has been living in retirement at Richmond.
He married Anna Watson Griste, the widow of
Elmer Griste and a daughter of Joseph Watson
No children were horn of their union. Upon the
death of his sister, Mary Anne Watson, at her
request, he took her two children to rear, namely:
Oliver J., and Emma. Oliver J. Watson,
was six months old when his mother died. He is a
graduate of Richmond College, and at present has charge
of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Evans City, Pa.
He married Amanda Patterson of Columbiana
County, Ohio, and they have two children: Elizabeth
and Lee. Emma Watson, who was
six years old when her mother died, was educated in the
schools of Richmond and at Richmond College, and is now
housekeeper for her uncle, Abraham J. Hobson.
Mrs. Hobson died in 1890 and was buried at the
Friends' Cemetery near Richmond. Mr. Hobson
is a Republican in politics, and his religious
connection is with the Friends' Church, at Smithfield,
Ohio.
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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STEPHEN F. HOBSON,
a prominent farmer and highly respected citizen of Salem
Township, who resides on a farm of 160 acres located in
Section 10, was born Jan. 1, 1883, on his present farm,
a son of James and Sarah (Ford) Hobson. The
father of our subject was born three miles south of the
latter's farm in Salem Township, and was a son of
Joseph and Ann Hobson, who were pioneers of
Jefferson County, Ohio. After his marriage with
Sarah Ford, who was a daughter of Squire
Stephen Ford, James Hobson
resided on the farm now owned by his son Stephen.
This land was entered from the government by his father,
who, in 1837, built the house which now stands on the
place. James died here at the age of forty
years and was buried in the old Salem Township cemetery.
His wife died at the age of seventy-eight years and was
buried in Union cemetery, of Richmond, and the children
then removed the father's body to the same cemetery.
James Hobson was a Quaker during his early
life, but after his marriage became a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. James and Sarah
Hobson were the parents of the following children:
Ann, Joseph, Ruth, James,
Stephen F., and Letitia.
Stephen F. Hobson was reared on his present farm
and after completing his schooling, which was obtained
in the schools of this district, he engaged in farming
with his father until the time of his marriage in 1861.
His marriage with Nancy Andrews, who was a
daughter of William Andrews, resulted in
the following issue: William, who resides in
Iowa, where he was married; James, who married
Annie Hague; John, who married
Julia Cunningham; Joseph, who married
Lena Ong, a daughter of Prof. L. Ong;
Jennie Bell, who died aged two months; S.
Frank; Thomas, who resides on the home farm
in Salem Township, and married Constance
Beebout; and Abraham Dana, who married
Anna MacMillan, a daughter of George W.
MacMillan. Mrs. Hobson died Jan. 26,
1892, and was buried in the U. P. cemetery. She
was a member of the United Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Hobson is politically a Republican.
William H. Beebout was born in Island Creek
Township, Feb. 13, 1840, and was a son of Samuel
and Margaret (Barcus) Beebout,
who were early residents of Island Creek Township.
After attending the schools of the township and Richmond
College, he operated a general store at Richmond for
nearly forty years. Mr. Beebout was
a Civil War veteran, having enlisted in the 100-days
service with the 158th Ohio Volunteer Infantry; he was a
member and treasurer of the Harry Hale
Post, No. 427, G. A. R., of Richmond. He was a
member of the Presbyterian Church, of Richmond and was
its treasurer for forty-five years. He was
secretary of the Union Cemetery Association, was
township treasurer and treasurer of Richmond for several
years and was politically identified with the Republican
party. At the time of his death he was the owner
of 207 acres of farm land in Island Creek Township.
Mr. Beebout was a music teacher and choir
leader for a number of years.
Mr. Beebout was married Oct. 5, 1871, to
Rhoda Rex Gladden, who was born
Nov. 1, 1840, in Island Creek Township, and of their
union were born: A. G. Beebout, a resident of
Chicago, Ill., who married Alice Barton, a
daughter of Rev. Fred Barton; Emelda, who
married J. R. Simpson; and Constance, who
was married Sept. 26, 1900, to Thomas F. Hobson,
whose father is the subject of this record. Mr.
Beebout died Feb. 18, 1910, after a lingering
illness, and three days later, February 21, his beloved
wife was united with him in death. She was a woman
highly respected for her many kindly traits of character
and had been a member of the Presbyterian Church from
girlhood. A double funeral service was held at the
Presbyterian Church, the services being conducted by
their pastor. Rev. Heilewell, who was
assisted by Rev. Dr. McMillan.
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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ROBERT A. HOLMES, owner of a valuable
100-acre farm which lies in Cross Creek Township,
Jefferson County, Ohio, was born on this place Apr. 28,
1854, and is a son of Thomas and Mary (Snider)
Holmes.
Thomas Holmes was one of the leading men of his day
in Cross Creek Township. He was a millwright and
miller and owned what was known as Holmes' mill for some
thirty years, and was the first postmaster, the present
name of the office being Fernwood. He was a
Jacksonian Democrat. He reared his family
according to the discipline of the Episcopal church, in
which he was a senior warden. He married Mary
Snider, and they had nine children: Hiram,
Kate N., Thomas B. and David are all
deceased; Elizabeth, now deceased, was the wife
of James Collins; Allen, deceased, was like his
three above named brothers, a soldier in the Civil War;
Isaac Lives at Milwaukee, Wis., and Robert A.,
who is the youngest of the family.
Robert A. Holmes attended the local schools only
and then assisted on the farm for a few years, and after
that began railroading, and during the six years in that
business was promoted to be a section foreman.
When his father died Mr. Holmes received his
present farm, a part of the 134 acres which his parent
had owned, and he settled here and has engaged in
farming ever since. In February, 1892, Mr.
Holmes was married to Miss Sarah Virginia
Skinner, a daughter of David and Mary Jane (Lee?)
Skinner. The parents of Mrs. Holmes
were natives of Ohio and her father was a river man.
Of the large family of Mr. and Mrs. Skinner only
four survive: Dora, wife of Frank Culp;
Emma; Florence, wife of Robert Fielding,
and Mrs. Holmes. Mr. and Mrs. Holmes have
five children: Harry, Anna, Mary, Edith and
Herbert. The Holmes family from the
time of the grandfather, Thomas Holmes, has been
connected with the Episcopalian church. In
politics Mr. Holmes is a Democrat, but the only
office he ever consented to accept was on the school
board, and he served one term.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson
Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ.
Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
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SAMUEL HUNTER, one of
the early arrivals, father of the first white child born
in the town, having purchased lot 100 on the southeast
corner of Third and Market Streets, kept a general store
there until about 1825, when he left for Knoxville,
built a flour mill and carried on a store for many
years. He was a Presbyterian in religion, and
active in public affairs, being town and county
treasurer. The
Jones Munker establishment now occupies
that corner.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
Page 364 |
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SAMUEL D. HUNTER, a
general paint contractor, residing at No. 1502 Ridge
Avenue, La Belle View, a beautiful suburb of
Steubenville, O., was born in the latter place in July,
1849, and is a son of T. C. Hunter.
T. C. Hunter was born in Jefferson
County, Ohio, and during his entire period of business
life, followed by the painting trade. He was a
representative business man and served in the city
council. He married Mary Jane Gamble,
who was born in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson Co.,
Ohio, and they had three children: Mrs.
Irene Little, of Steubenville; Samuel
D.; and William U., of
Bergholz, O. The father of T. C. Hunter
was Samuel D. Hunter, who was one of
the first sheriffs of Jefferson County and also one of
the pioneer glass manufacturers of this section.
The Gambles were early settlers in the county also, and
the mother of the wife of T. C. Hunter,
Mrs. Martha Gamble, was the first white child
born in Cross Creek Township.
Samuel D. Hunter bears his grandfather's
honored name. He was reared and educated at
Steubenville and learned the painter's trade which he
has followed ever since, doing a large business in
contract painting. He takes a good citizen's
interest in politics and was elected on the Republican
ticket to membership in the city council, in which he
served for four years and eight months.
Mr. Hunter was married in July, 1880, to
Miss Elizabeth Buchanan, who was born in
West Virginia but was reared in Jefferson County, and
they have three children: Mary J.,
who is the wife of Frank Heltman, of La
Belle View; Thomas D., who is
associated with his father; and Samuel D.,
who is employed in the office of the Carnegie works at
Mingo Junction. Mr. Hunter and
family are members of the Second Presbyterian Church, in
which he is a trustee. He is a member of the
Steubenville Chamber of Commerce and is identified with
the order of American Mechanics, the Woodmen and the
Knights of the Golden Eagles and is president of the
Master Painters' Association at Steubenville.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson
Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ.
Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
Page 696 |
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DAVID D. HUSCROFT, recorder of Jefferson
County, Ohio, and one of the rising young politicians of
Steubenville, was born in 1885 in Steubenville, Ohio,
and is a son of
James Huscroft, who is a resident of Cross Creek
Township, this county.
David D. Huscroft obtained his educational
training in the local schools of Steubenville after
which he spent two years as bookkeeper for the National
Biscuit Company. He was then for two years in the
employ of the Wellsburg Bank & Trust Company, of
Wellsburg, O., after which he became deputy recorder
under Charles Myers. Mr. Huscroft
has always taken an active interest in politics, and in
November, 1908, was elected recorder of Jefferson
County, but assumed the responsibilities of the office
in October, 1908, after the death of former recorder
Charles Myers and in September, 1909, took up the
beginning of his term as recorder. In 1905 Mr.
Huscroft was joined in the bonds of w2edlock with
Jane Myers, of Toronto, Jefferson County, Ohio.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson
Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ.
Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
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