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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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  J. A. SAULTERS, who has been a resident of Steubenville for the past forty-one years, is superintendent of the water works and was born Oct. 28, 1860, in Meigs County. Ohio, a son of Samuel Saulters, a carpenter by trade, whose death resulted from a boiler explosion in a saw-mill where he was employed as head sawyer.
     J. A. Saulters was about eight years of age when his parents came to Steubenville, and after a common school education he learned the blacksmith's trade, serving an apprenticeship in the old railroad shops.  He then spent a year and a half in the Dennison Railroad shops, eight years in the Means Foundry and Machine Shop, and was then employed sixteen years in the glass works operated by Gill Brothers.  For the past two years Mr. Saulters has been vice-president of the Board of Public Service of Steubenville, and is now superintendent of the Steubenville Water Works.
     Mr. Saulters was married Nov. 10, 1881, to Lida Myers, and they have one son and two daughters, namely: Harry A., who is engaged in the grocery business at Steubenville, Ohio: Eva, the wife of Robert B. Maxwell, of Steubenville; and Bessie F., who is attending the local schools of Steubenville.  Mr. Saulters attends the First Methodist Episcopal Church and is fraternally a member of the Steubenville Lodge, No. 1, Knights of Pythias, having served the past eleven years as Master of Finance and Keeper of Records and Seal.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 950
  AUGUST SCHROEDER, one of the enterprising and successful farmers of Cross Creek Township, resides on his farm of 115 acres, on which he has placed substantial improvements.  He was born in Germany, Mar. 6, 1858, and is a son of Fred and Christina (Bratz) Schroeder, both of whom spent their lives in Germany.
     August Schroeder attended school in his native land and remained at home until he reached the age for military service, after which he went into the army and spent four years as a German trooper.  Thus, when he came to America in 1882, it was an honorable departure from his own land, he having complied with the laws of the empire.  He located in the state of New York, where for eight years he was in the lumber business and for two years was engineer in a mill.  He came then to Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, and took possession of his present farm.  Within five years he has changed completely its appearance and has added hundreds of dollars to its value.  All the fencing and new structures of all kinds he has put up, including a fine bank barn, and has a place that equals any in the township in its appearance of thrift and solid comfort.
     In 1881 Mr. Schroeder was married to Miss Wilhelmina Cransa, a daughter of Christian and Philamina (Breaatka) Cransa.  The parents of Mrs. Schroeder never came to America, and she has one sister in Germany - Augusta - and Mr. Schroeder has two sisters there:  Carolina and Augusta, and Minnie, who lives in New York state.  Mr. and Mrs. Schroeder had one little daughter, Augusta, who died in Germany.  They have reared Julius Rhoda as their own son since he was eleven years of age.  He was born in Switzerland in 1887 and his adopted parents are now giving him educational advantages at Ada College.  In politics Mr. Schroeder is a Democrat.  With his estimable wife he belongs to the German Lutheran Church at Steubenville.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 696

David M. Scott		 DAVID M. SCOTT, a prominent citizen of New Alexandria, Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and president of the school board, owns a valuable farm of 181 acres, on which he was born, Aug. 24, 1841.  His parents were Andrew and Jane (Thompson) Scott.
     Andrew Scott was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and accompanied his father, James Scott, to Jefferson County, who purchased the present farm Jan. 22, 1811, securing his deed from the original owner, a man named Wilson, who was from Fayette County, Pennsylvania.  The land at that time was heavily wooded and little improving had been attempted but James Scott cleared it off and developed a good farm.  Andrew Scott entered the Methodist ministry in early manhood and served in different charges for ten years when his voice failed and he then went on the farm with his father and spent his subsequent life here.  He married Jane Thompson, who is also deceased and both were buried in the New Alexandria cemetery.  They had the following children: Wesley and William, both of whom are deceased; Elizabeth, who is the widow of H. C. Welday; James, who is deceased; Thomas, living in New Jersey now was a missionary in India for forty years; Mary, who is the widow of S. B. Warren; David M.; Clark, who is deceased; Isabel, who is the wife of Dr. S. L. Jepson; and Carrie, who is the widow of Clark McCann.
     David M. Scott attended school in Cross Creek Township from early boyhood until he was twenty years of age but only for a few months in the winter seasons, the summers being given to work on the farm.  Like many other young men, when the Civil War was precipitated, he thought long and seriously over the various issues involved and finally decided to offer his services for the preservation of the Union. On Aug. 11, 1862, he entered the Union army in which he remained until his honorable discharge on June 28, 1865, having been detained for some time in a hospital in order that his terrible injury which resulted in the loss of his right arm, might be attended to.  This injury was received at Bentonville, N. C, which was the last battle in which General Sherman's forces met with serious opposition.  Previously Mr. Scott had escaped wounding although he had been in many hard fought battles, including Perryville, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek and Chickamauga.  He is not only a first class farmer but is a leading citizen.  In politics he is a Republican and for four years served as township treasurer and for many years has been a member of the school board, of which public body he is now president.
     Mr. Scott was married Oct. 2, 1872, to Miss Mary E. Clancy, a daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Brainard) Clancy, the former of whom was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church.  The children of Charles Clancy and wife were: Frank; Lavina, wife of Edgar Hook; Lula, who married William Nachtried; and Mary E., wife of David M. Scott.  Mr. and Mrs. Scott have these children: Louis; Georgia, who is the wife of Joseph Linton; Bertha, who is the wife of Carl Armstrong; Ellwood Andrew and Warren.  Mr. Scott and family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church and he is president of the board of trustees and church treasurer.  He is identified with E. M. Stanton Post, G. A. R., at Steubenville, and with Wildwood Lodge, Odd Fellows, at New Alexandria, Ohio.
 Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 1030
  FRED SCOTT, a leading citizen of Wells Township, where he owns 145 acres of well improved land, devotes it to general farming and is numbered with the substantial and representative men of this section.  He was born on his fathers farm in cross Creek Township, near New Alexandria, O., Mar. 7, 1877, and is a son of William T. and Margaret (Elliott) Scott.
     William T. Scott was born in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Dec. 18, 1828, and was a son of Rev. Andrew Scott.  The latter was of Scotch-Irish extraction.  At an early date he came from Washington County and settled in Cross Creek Township, building his first house in the midst of the woods.  He was one of the early Methodist preachers in this section and was known and esteemed all through the township over which he traveled to minister to the people's spiritual needs.  He died on the farm in Cross Creek Township and his burial was at New Alexandria.  He was the father of the following named children:  Elizabeth, Wesley, William T., Thomas, Caroline, Isabella, James, David and Adam Clark.  William T. Scott assisted his father to clear the pioneer farms the latter acquired and later bought one on which he lived until about fifteen years before his death, when he purchased the farm which now belongs to his son, Fred Scott, from Mark and John Willits, and here his death occurred in September, 1898.  He married Margaret Elliott, who survived him for six years, being aged sixty-eight years at the time of her death.  She was a daughter of Andrew Elliott, of Cross Creek Township.  There were nine children born to William T. and Margaret Scott, namely:  Mary, who died when aged four years; Andrew, who lives in Kansas; Henry; Carrie, who is the wife of T. H. A. Wise, of Pittsburgh; Elmer, who died young; Howard, who is pastor of a Methodist Church at Cleveland; Ida, who resides at Boston, Mass.; Walter, who is an attorney-at-law in Boston; and Fred, who has remained on the old place in Wells Township.
     Fred Scott was yet young when the family moved to Wells Township and he obtained his education in the country schools.  When his father died, 208 acres of land were left to Ida, Walter and Fred Scott.  Later Walter and Fred added forty acres but still later they sold 103 acres.  In 1909, Fred Scott bought his brother Walter's interest, the latter having become a professional man instead of farmer.  General farming, together with raising some first class stock, is successfully carried on.  Mr. Scott owns a very valuable Percheron draft stallion, Highland King, weighing 1.800 pounds, a noble animal, which is well known all over Jefferson County.  Mr. Scott takes a great deal of interest in his land and has been careful to secure and preserve all the legal papers pertaining to it.  He has the first deed ever granted for Section 35, Township 5, Range 2, which was given to Samuel Coope, of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 16, 1805.  It bears the signature of Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States, and of James Madison, Secretary of State, he also has every deed and transfer ever made for his farm which is a part of the above section.  This indicates a methodical, practical mind and that Mr. Scott possesses such is demonstrated in the way he manages his numerous business undertakings.
     On Oct. 9, 1901, Mr. Scott was married to Miss Grace McHugh, who is a daughter of John W. and Sarah (Umpleby) McHugh, who came to Jefferson from Monroe County.  Mr. and Mrs. Scott have one child, Gladys Elizabeth.   They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  In politics Mr. Scott is a Republican but cares nothing for public office.  He is a stockholder in the Miners and Merchants Bank at Smithfield, O., and for some years has been interested in the local telephone systems.  In association with E. E. and M. B. Cole, he organized the Smithfield Telephone Company, which later became the Ohio Valley Telephone Company, of which he was president.  Subsequently this company was consolidated with the Jefferson and Harrison Telephone Company, and Mr. Scott remains a leading stockholder.
 Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 815
  GEORGE E. SCOTT, whose highly cultivated farm of 123 acres is situated in Mt. Pleasant Township, is recognized as one of the most practical and progressive men in southern Ohio in matters pertaining to agriculture and dairying.  He was born in this township Jan. 11, 1854, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Evans) Scott.
     John Scott was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in October, 1828, a son of Israel and a grandson of Jonathan Scott.  Coming to Jefferson County in early manhood to visit an uncle he remained here and later married Elizabeth Evans, who was born in this county, a daughter of George I. and Sarah Evans, of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, stock.  John Scott died in 1876, his widow surviving him until October, 1886.  Their family consisted of the following children:  George; Edith L.; Sarah G., who died unmarried; Charles F., who lives at Mt. Pleasant; Mary E.; Anna S., who is the wife of Arthur Evans, of Mt. Pleasant Township; Walter A., who is a successful man of business engaged in the manufacture of automobile tires (married a lady of Chester County, Pennsylvania); J. M., who is a dentist located at Mt. Pleasant; and Amy J., who is the wife of Heber Benton, a large cotton planter in North Carolina.
     George E. Scott taught school for several years after completing the high school course at Mt. Pleasant, the death of his father having prevented his carrying out plans for a higher educational course.  For thirty-one years he has resided on his present farm engaging in general farming and dairying together with raising registered Jersey cattle, an enterprise in which he has been successfully engaged for more than twenty years.  He devotes a part of his attention to raising grain and seed potatoes.  He has always been a man of progressive ideas and a continuous student.  For the past two years he has been chief Ohio dairy and food inspector under State Dairy Commissioner in and for eighteen years has been engaged in institute work, probably for a longer period than any other man in the state.  He is a member of the board of the Ohio Experiment Station at Wooster.  He was the organizer and for twenty-five years has been secretary of the Farmers' Institute of Southern Jefferson County, an organization that secures the best talent in the state to give lectures on agricultural subjects.
     On Sept. 12, 1878, Mr. Scott was married to Miss Emma Catherine Pettit, born Sept. 17, 1859, in Columbiana County, Ohio, a daughter of Milton R. and Sarah (Ladd) Pettit.  Her father also was born in Columbiana County and her mother in Virginia.  They came from Hanover to Jefferson County when Mrs. Scott was six months old.  The father was born in 1822 and died in 1892, and the mother died May 21, 1895, at the age of sixty-four years.  By a previous marriage Mr. Pettit had six children but of his second union only two were born, Mrs. Scott and a son who died in infancy.  She is a graduate of the Mt. Pleasant high school.
     Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Scott, namely: Edith Clare, who is the wife of Lyman E. Bundy, of near Columbus, and the mother of one son, George Edmund; Sara Elma, who for five years was a teacher in the public schools and is taking a Normal course at Athens College; and Charles Howard, who is a student.  Mr. and Mrs. Scott are members of the Society of Friends at Mt. Pleasant.
 Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 710
  HENRY WELDAY SCOTT, a prominent citzen of Wells Township, who is engaged in general farming on a tract of 146 acres located about one and a half miles west of New Alexandria, was born Jan. 10, 1859, on his father's farm in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and is a son of William T. and Margaret (Elliott) Scott.  This branch of the Scott family was established in Jefferson County,
Ohio, in 1804 by James Scott, great-grandfather of subject, who brought his family here in wagons from Washington County, Pennsylvania.  Andrew Scott, who came with his parents in 1804, subsequently inherited the old home farm, and spent the remainder of his life here.  He married Jane Thompson, a native of Ireland, who was one year old when her parents emigrated to this country, and of their union were born the following children:  Wesley, deceased; William T.; Elizabeth, widow of Henry Welday; James, deceased; Thomas Mary Jane, widow of S. B. Warren; David Clark, deceased; Isabell, wife of Dr. Samuel Jepson; and Caroline, who is the widow of Clark McCann.
     William T. Scott, father of subject, was  born Dec. 18, 1826, at New Alexandria, Jefferson County, Ohio, and was there reared to manhood.  He resided in Cross Creek Township until 1882, when he came to Wells Township and was a resident here until the time of his death, Sept. 26, 1896.  He married Margaret Elliott, who was born in Cross Creek Township and died in 1902, aged sixty-seven years.  To them were born nine children, two of whom died in infancy; Andrew E.; Henry W.; Carry, who is the wife of Theodore Wise; Howard H.; Ida Bell; Walter and Fred.
     Henry W. Scott was reared on the old home farm in Cross Creek Township, and after obtaining a common school education taught three years in this township.  Since his marriage Mr. Scott has followed farming on his present farm, part of which was originally owned by the Meholin family since 1840.  He is one of the most successful farmers of the township and his fine ten-room frame residence was erected in 1908.
 Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 741

Isaac M. Scott		 ISAAC M. SCOTT, president of the La Belle Iron Works, one of the large and important business enterprises of Steubenville, is a man of large experience in this great industry, having been more or less connected with it all his life.  He was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in 1866.
     Mr. Scott was mainly reared in Belmont County, Ohio, where he also attended school and then went to work at Bridgeport, in the old Aetna Iron Works and continued there from 1883 until 1894.  In the latter year he combined his capital and services with, those of others and they built the Beaver Tin Plate Company plant, at Lisbon, Columbiana County, organizing a company which later disposed of this to the American Tin Plate Company, the transaction taking place in 1898.  Mr. Scott then returned to Bridgeport and became secretary of the Aetna Standard Iron and Steel Company of that place and continued there two years, when the plant was sold to the National Steel Company and Mr. Scott went to New York as auditor of the American Sheet Steel Company, a position he continued to fill until 1903, when he came to Steubenville.  In less than one year later he was made president of the La Belle Iron Works and took charge of this independent plant, the largest in the country.  He has additional interests and is a representative and able business man of his time.
     In 1890, Mr. Scott was married to Miss Flora Dickerson, of Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio, and they have three sons: H. B., who is a freshman at Yale College; Henry, who is a student in the Hotchkiss Preparatory School; and Arthur M., who is at home.  Mr. Scott is a member and one of the board of trustees of the Second Presbyterian Church of Steubenville.  He is identified with the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce and the Country Club.
 Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ. Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 1150
  JESSE M. SCOTT, D. D. S., a well established practitioner of dentistry at Mt. Pleasant, maintaining well equipped offices in the Peoples National Bank Building, has been a lifelong resident of Jefferson County, Ohio, and belongs to old and prominent families of this section.  He was born at Emerson, Ohio, Feb. 21, 1874, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Evans) Scott.
     John Scott was born at North Wales, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 1828, and came to Jefferson County, Ohio, in early manhood and remained through life, his death occurring in 1876.  He was a carpenter by trade.  His parents were Israel and Edith (Lukens) Scott of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.  They were members of the Society of Friends.  John Scott married Elizabeth Evans, who was born at Emerson, Ohio, a daughter of George I. and Sarah (Griffith) Evans, and died in 1886.  The Evans family also belonged to the Society of Friends.  To John and Elizabeth Scott the following children were born: George Evans, who is State Deputy Dairy and Food Comissioner for Ohio, married Emma Pettitt; Edith Lukens, who resides in Mt. Pleasant; Sarah Griffith, who is deceased; Mary Elizabeth, who resides at Mt. Pleasant; Anna, Mrs. Arthur, who resides at Mt. Pleasant; Walter Alexander, who has been a resident of Duneden, New Zealand, for twenty-three years, is an inventor and a very successful business man and married a Miss Duckworth; Amy J., who is the wife of H. C. Benton, a cotton planter of Sunbury, North Carolina, and Jesse M.
     Jesse M. Scott was mainly educated at the Friends' Boarding School at Barnesville, Ohio, and was graduated there in the class of 1892.  He then returned to the home farm and remained until the fall of 1898, when he entered the Ohio College of Dental Surgery, at Cincinnati, and was graduated from the same in the spring of 1902.  He immediately located in Mt. Pleasant and subsequently opened an additional office to accommodate patients at Dillonvale and has built up a large and lucrative practice through this section.
     Dr. Scott was married in 1909 to Miss Helen Theaker, a daughter of James and Helen Theaker, of Mt. Pleasant, the former of whom was captain of the 50th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War.  His death occurred in April, 1910, his birth having been in Belmont County.  The mother of Mrs. Scott survives and resides at Mt. Pleasant.  Dr. Scott is identified with Smithfield Lodge, No. 182, F. & A. M. and Smithfield Chapter.  He retains membership in the Greek letter fraternity of his college.  In politics he is a Republican.  He was reared in the Society of Friends.
 Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 928
  WILLIAM WALKER SCOTT, deceased, for many years was one of the leading farmers and reliable and respected citizens of Salem Township.  He was born in Salem Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, June 24, 1854, and died Apr. 7, 1898.  His parents were Wallace and Hannah (Walker) Scott and his grandparents were Robert and Mary (Munnel) Scott.
     Wallace Scott was a substantial farmer in Salem Township, Jefferson County.  He married Hannah Walker and they had the following children: William Walker; Elvira, deceased; R. E., a physician, also deceased; Eliza, wife of John Umensetter; Myrtle, wife of John Frazier; and Melton Scott, married to Lyte M. Pyles.
     William Walker Scott obtained his education in the public schools and chose farming as his business in life.  In 1879 he was married to Miss Anna B. Shane, a daughter of Joseph and Susannah Shane
and a granddaughter of Benjamin and Mary (Neblack) Shane.  Joseph Shane was born in Knox Township and his wife in Ross Township, Jefferson County.  Both are now deceased, their burial having taken place in Ross Township, in the Shane Cemetery.  They had the following children: Isaac H., deceased; Helen M., widow of John L. MeClain; Charles R.; Hannah, deceased; Benjamin F.; Anna
B., widow of William W. Scott; and Jessie F., who is a successful female physician at Steubenville.
     Mr. and Mrs. Scott had children as follows: John Wallace, who is a fireman on the railroad; Joseph S., a railroad fireman who married Florence Daily, and has one child, Emily; Whitelaw Reid, who married Etta Usher Gault; Susannah; Edna Mary; Jessie Louise, wife of Henry Eft; Hannah Rex; Irene E.; Wilma Walker, and Hugh P., deceased, who died May 1, 1910.  Mr. Scott was a valued member of the Presbyterian Church in which he held the office of treasurer for many years.  He was a Republican in politics.  A quiet, home-loving man, he was sadly missed in his family and neighborhood.
 Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 976
  G. H. SHANKS, wholesale dealer in produce, butter and eggs, with business quarters at No. 411 and 413 N. Fifth Street, Steubenville, Ohio, is a native of this city, born in July 1877, and is a son of the late Archie Shanks.  The father of Mr. Shanks was born in Ireland and was a young man when he came to Steubenville.  He was industrious and obliging and became a popular and well known transfer man, driving a wagon for about twenty-five years, after which he embarked in the grocery business, which he embarked in the grocery business, which he conducted for fourteen years.  He was accidentally killed by a railroad train.
     G. H. Shanks was reared at Steubenville and obtained his education here and at Scio College.  He then went into the grocery business with his father and they were asociated for twelve years. After the death of the father, he and his brother, John Howard Shanks, continued the business for two years and then sold to S. W. Criss and shortly afterward, G. H. Shanks embarked in his present line.  His previous experience fitted him well for this business and he has a heavy trade and is numbered with the prosperous and successful merchants of the city.  Mr. Shanks was married in May, 1905, to Miss Olive McCoy, who was also born and reared at Steubenville, and they have one daughter, Mary Elizabeth.  Mrs. and Mrs. Shanks are members of the Steubenville United Presbyterian Church in which he is a deacon.  He is affiliated with Steuben Lodge No. 1, Knights of Pythias, of this city.
 Source:: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ. Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 1076

Thomas J. Shannon		  THOMAS JOSEPH SHANNON, who died on South third Street, Steubenville, Mar. 11, 1910, was one of the best known citizens and most influential business men of this place.  He was born in Pittsburgh, Pa.,. Mar. 17, 1848, son of Patrick and Ann Shannon.  His parents were among the early residents of Steubenville.  Patrick Shannon, who was a native of Ireland, was for a number of years a leading undertaker here.  That he understood the business thoroughly may be assumed from the fact that he made all his own caskets.
     Thomas J. Shannon, the direct subject of this sketch, may be said to have grown up in the undertaking business.  He was reared and educated in Steubenville and in early youth became his father's assistant.  On the death of the elder Shannon he succeeded to the business, which he carried on, at times in association with others, but during his later yeas as head of the firm of T. J. Shannon & Son.  He proved himself an efficient business man, and his courtesy, kindness and dignity made him personally popular, his friendship being sought for and valued by all who knew him.  He was always ready to respond to the duties of a good citizen and was devoted to his home life, being a worthy husband and kind parent.  the business which he brought into such a flourishing condition will be conducted as heretofore by his son and partner, T. Fred Shannon.
     Mr. Shannon was a member of the Holy Name Church and was active and liberal in its support.  He served on the council board of the church and had taken much interest in the building of the church rectory and school building.  He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus and was prominent in that organization.
     Mr. Thomas J. Shannon was married in 1872 to Anna Richardson, who with three children survive him.  The latter are:  May, wife of S. E. Loftus, of Steubenville, T. Fred Shannon, who has been already mentioned as his father's successor; and Dr. William R. Shannon, who is engaged in the practice of dentistry in Steubenville.
 Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - 838
  WILLIAM L. SHARP, whose long business career at Steubenville was terminated by his death, on Dec. 21, 1902, for many years was one of the city's most aggressive, successful and honorable business men.  He was a native of Ireland, born in County Cavan, Mar. 10, 1810, and was a son of James and Christiana (Linton) Sharp.
     James Sharp, with his son, William L., then a lad of ten years, emigrated to America in 1821, the mother remaining in the old country with the expectation of joining husband and child at a more convenient season.  Her desires were never fulfilled for death overtook her within six months.  The father then sent for his other children and they settled in Philadelphia, where he died two years later, leaving these children with the aid of their relatives to make their own way in the world in a strange land.
     Courage and industry William L. Sharp undoubtedly possessed for by the time he was twenty-one years of age, he had acquired a good common school education and a thorough knowledge of the tinner's trade.  In 1832 he left Philadelphia and went first to Cadiz, O., and later to West Middletown, Pa., remaining for three years at the latter place and then returning to Cadiz.  At both points he engaged in the manufacture of tin and copper goods, in the course of years acquiring a foundry at the latter place.  In 1845 he came to Steubenville where he spent the remainder of his life.  In addition to manufacturing he enlarged the scope of his business, adding hardware and stoves to the goods handled, and in 1847 he organized the Ohio Foundry, which was later conducted under the firm name of W. L. Sharp & Son, and is one of the largest in its special line in the country, the plant being located in that section of Steubenville bounded by Slack Street and the Pan Handle Railroad.  He remained alone until 1865, when he took his son George E. Sharp, into partnership in his foundry business and later his grandson, A. B. Sharp was admitted, but William L. Sharp continued his personal interest until the close of his life.  The present business is conducted by George E. Sharp and his son A. B. Sharp, under the firm name of The Ohio Foundry Company.
     In 1830 William L. Sharp was married to Miss Isabella McFadden, who died Nov. 21, 1883.  They had six children, some of whom went into business, while several of the sons became ministers in the Presbyterian Church, of which Mr. Sharp was a member for a half century.  He was a man of sterling character and commanded the respect of all who knew him.  Rising entirely through his own efforts, he achieved a well deserved success.
 Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 763
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  A. J. SHEPHERD, who operates 161 acres of farm land in Salem Township, belonging to his wife, was born June 21, 1838, in Ross Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and is a son of Thomas and Lucinda (Arbuckle) Shepherd. 
     Thomas Shepherd was born in 1793 in Ireland, and at the age of nineteen years came to this country with his parents, James and Sarah Shepherd, who settled on a farm near Mt. Zion Church.  At that time this part of the country was entirely covered with timber, a rough road being cut through, and it was necessary to build a log cabin for the family.  Thomas remained on the home farm after his marriage and died there in 1882, aged eighty-nine years.   He was politically, a Republican, but did not enter actively into politics.  He married Lucinda Arbuckle, who was of Irish parentage and whose father was killed in the War of 1812, and to them were born the following children: Sarah, the widow of George Crabb; William deceased; James, residing in Iowa; George A., deceased; Thomas K., Ella, Jane, A. J., Hezekiah, Martha, Lucy E., and Mary H.
     A. J. Shepherd was reared on the home farm in Ross Township, and after attending school, worked for two years on the home place.  He then enlisted in Company I, Fortieth Regiment, Ohio Vol. Inf., and was enrolled into service Aug. 20, 1862, and mustered out June 20, 1865.  He was wounded in the right arm at the battle of Chickamauga, and has confined to the hospital for six months, and his arm has given him considerable trouble since.  After the war, Mr. Shepherd returned to Ross Township, and since his marriage has resided on his present farm in Salem Township, where he carries on general farming.  He served as an officer of Harry Hale Post, No. 427, G. A. R., of Richmond, Ohio, and is a member of the M. E. Church.  He is a Republican in politics.
     Mr. Shepherd was married May 16, 1867, to Anzonetta L. McCullough, who is a daughter of Richard and Nancy Jane (Shull) McCullough, and to them have been born the following children; Annie A., who married J. A. Waggoner; John R.; Robert M., who married a Miss Wiles; Jennie, deceased, who was the wife of G. H. Allensworth; Frank who married a Miss Arnold; and Cora, deceased, who married J. B. Lowry, and was the mother of three children, Cline, Dean and Dona.
     Richard McCullough, father of Mrs. Shepherd, was born in Springfield Township and was reared by his uncle, Richard McCullough, his father, David McCullough, having died when he was but two years old.  He always followed farming and stock raising in Ross Township, on a farm near Bacon Ridge, and died there at the age of seventy-five years.  His property, which consisted of 182 acres, is now owned by Frank McCullough.  Mr. McCullough was a member of the M. E. Church and was politically a Republican.  He first married Nancy Jane Shull, who was a daughter of Jacob and Maria Shull, and to them were born, Maria, Jacob, and Nancy, all of whom died of scarlet fever in infancy; Anzonetta, wife of our subject; and Saretta.  Mr. McCullough's wife died in 1851 and his second union was with Isabella Cunningham,  a daughter of Alexander Cunningham; she died, leaving one child, Alexander.  Mr. McCullough later married Sarah Frederick, and to this union were born Mary, Elizabeth, Frank and Sarah.  Mr. McCullough formed a fourth union with Jane Montgomery, who was a daughter of Johnson Montgomery.
 Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ. Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 1118
  JAMES T. SHEPHERD, who for many years has been engaged in the buggy, carriage and harness business at Amsterdam, Ohio, and is also the owner of several good properties there, and a fine farm of 154 acres, one-fourth mile north of Amsterdam, on which there are now three producing oil wells, and three more located to be drilled in soon, was born near Vanceburg, Ky., Feb. 19, 1854, a son of John and Mary Ann (Smith) Shepherd.
     John Shepherd, father of James T. Shepherd, was a son of John Shepherd, who with his brother, Thomas, and his aged parents, James and Sarah Shepherd, started from Drumlane Parish, County Cork, Ireland, in 182 to America.
     While on the ocean a storm arose and in order to lighten the ship there had to be much of the cargo thrown overboard, among which was part of their household goods, including their Bible containing family records.
     John Shepherd was pressed into service in the war then waging.  His brother Thomas, arrived with his parents in America and entered a farm of 160 acres in Ross Township, near where Mt. Zion Church now stands, and his parents lived with him until their death.  His father died June 1, 1814, aged eighty-four years, his mother died June 14, 1822, aged sixty-five years, and they are both buried in the Montgomery Cemetery.
     John Shepherd, the other son mentioned, and grandfather of James T. Shepherd, after serving for a time in the War of 1812, came to the cabin home of his brother, Thomas, and remained in that neighborhood, farming on shares, and working.  While helping dig the mill race at the location now known as the Red Mill in Salem Township, he happened to see or meet Miss Margaret Montgomery, a young lady of the vicinity, and he said to his brother Thomas, "That girl shall be my wife." With his native Irish perseverance he got acquainted, wooed and won her, and with his young wife settled on 160 acre in Springfield Township, one mile north from where Amsterdam now stands, but the ground was at that time, and for many years after in original forest.
     When John Shepherd settled on his land he had no horse or the wherewith to buy one, so that winter he left his young wife alone, with only a big dog to protect her and went over into Pennsylvania and flailed out grain for farmers for the tenth bushel.  In that way he earned money and bought a horse and started home with it.  He stayed over night this side of the Ohio River and the horse was put in a rail pen or log stable and either got out or was stolen and he never saw or heard of it again.  He walked on home to his cabin, and his father-in-law.  John Montgomery gave him a horse, and he went to work clearing up land and raising what crop he could.  Deer were very plentiful, and one winter's day some dogs were chasing a deer and it ran into the creek close to their cabin and broke through the ice.  Mr. Shepherd saw it foundering around and called to his wife to bring the ax, she did so, he tried to hold it by the horns and told her to knock it in the head.  She struck and missed it that time, but they finally got it killed, after it had torn nearly all the clothing from them, and they feasted on venison.
     There were neither wagons nor wagon roads in this vicinity then - only what were called bridle paths - cut out through the woods, and John Shepherd, for a while, rode to the East Springfield store to buy necessaries for his pioneer home.  Later on, when he had cleared some land and got a start made, as the subject of this sketch has heard him tell, he and his good wife, "Peggy," as she was called, would put a crock of butter or land in each end of a three bushel sack, and each one sling a sack across the saddle and take a dressed hog apiece before them on the horse and away to Steubenville or "Steuben," as they called it and do their trading.  They followed a bridle path to Springfield and from there to Steubenville, was a fair road.  John Shepherd was a sturdy pioneer and good citizen, and at the time of his death was the owner of 508 acres of land.  They raised a large family, were both Methodists, and he was a lifelong Democrat.  He died Feb. 27, 1867, in the eightieth year of his age and his wife died Feb. 2, 1873, in her eighty-first year.  They are both buried in the Amsterdam Cemetery.
     John Shepherd, father of James T. Shepherd, was born and raised on  his father's (John Shepherd's)  homestead farm, one mile north of Amsterdam, now owned by the O. and P. Coal Company.  He was married Mar. 22, 1853, to Mary Ann Smith, daughter of Major Charles Smith  He moved with his wife to Lewis County, Ky., and bought a large farm and lived there until the spring of 1859,when he moved to his father's homestead farm near Amsterdam and remained there until the spring of 1862.  He then moved to Indiana, but in the spring of 1863, again went to his farm in Kentucky, where he remained until the spring of 1865, when he sold his farm there, moved back and purchased the present farm of James T. Shepherd from Crawford McMaster, and on this farm he spent the remainder of his life.  Mr. Shepherd died Dec. 6, 1888, in the sixty-sixth year of his age, and his wife, Dec. 16, 1894, in the seventy-seventh year of her age, and both are buried in the Amsterdam Cemetery.  They were Methodists and he was a lifelong Democrat; at the time of his death he was the owner of 271 acres of land near Amsterdam.
     John Shepherd and wife had five children: James T.; Francis L., a large farmer and stock raiser of near Cleveland, Tenn.; John W., and Vaugh, who died in childhood; and Addie, wife of A. M. Watson, a prominent farmer of Springfield Township.
     John T. Shepherd received his education at Harlem Springs and Richmond Colleges and taught penmanship in the latter institution, and various schools throughout the state of Ohio.  He then became engaged in the stove and tin business at Leesville, Carroll County, Ohio, but in 1880 turned his attention to the buggy and carriage business in which he has continued to the present time and is well and favorably known throughout Jefferson and adjoining counties.
     After his marriage, he lived for one and one half years in Granville, Licking County, Ohio, and he then moved to the farm on which he now resides, and has since erected a new dwelling house, barn and other out-buildings, furnishing all with slate roofs and stone foundations.  They are laid out on a beautifully arranged plan, and are without doubt one of the finest set of farm buildings in the county.  On May 24, 1889, Mr. Shepherd was married to Miss Mira Wilson, daughter of Elias and Margaret Wilson, of Centerview, Ohio, and to this union there have been born five children: Lulu Mary; John T.; and Hazel F.;  who are at home; Margaret, who died when nine years old, and Lela C., who died when one year old.  Mr. Shepherd, wife and family, like their ancestors, are all Methodists, and Mr. Shepherd is a Democrat.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 1147
  CHARLES D. SIMERAL, son of John B. and Harriet Simeral, was born in Bloomfield, Jefferson County, Ohio, Mar. 18, 1875, and received his education in the public schools there and in Scio College.  While in college he was elected successively Business Manager and Editor of "The Collegian," the college paper, and was chosen valedictorian by his society.  After the death of his father he was thrown on his own resources and in 1890, through the kindness of the late Senator Sherman, he was appointed to a position in the U. S. Pension Agency at Columbus, serving under Generals Mitchell and Rice, and although the youngest clerk in the office, he was successively promoted until he occupied the responsible position of Report Clerk.  In 1899 he served a short time as Deputy Probate Judge under Judge W. McD. Miller, resigning to become private secretary to Hon. Joseph J. Gill, who had just been elected to Congress, and he served in that capacity until Mr. Gill resigned.  He then, late in 1903, became connected with the reportorial staff of the Steubenville Herald-Star and early in 1905 he organized a stock company, purchasing the Herald-Star and its jobbing department, taking the property over on February 1, of that year.  Mr. Simeral was elected president of the Herald Printing Company and manager of its properties, and because of his ownership of a majority of the company's stock, he has been in absolute control of the policy of the paper during the period of its greatest growth.  He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and in politics is a staunch Republican, having represented the electors of that party not only on the County Election Board but also in many county, district and state conventions.  In 1910 he was appointed by President Taft as Supervisor of the Census of the Fifteenth Ohio Census District, comprising the counties of Belmont, Carroll, Harrison, Jefferson and Monroe, and performed the duties of the office in such a manner as to win the warmest commendation of the Department.  On Feb. 8, 1906, he was married to Miss Jessie Gladfelter, daughter of Nathan and Anna Gladfelter, of Steubenville, and there has come to bless that union a daughter, Anna Harriet.  In 1910, Mr. Simeral, acting for the Herald Printing Company, purchased the old Mandel property on North Fourth Street, and is engaged in erecting thereon a three-story brick and stone building, 52 by 180, which is to be the future home of the Herald-Star.  As an editor, Mr. Simeral has always stood for the "square deal" in politics and has invariably taken the moral side of all public questions.  He is greatly interested in the advancement of education and has appeared as a speaker on the program of the State Teachers' Association.  He is one of the Board of Trustees of the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce, is a member of the Steubenville Country Club, a social organization, and is affiliated with the Masonic and Elk lodges.
 Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 1194
  JAMES M. SIMERAL, who resides on his valuable farm of seventy-six acres, situated in Wayne Township, is a leading citizen of this section and is a representative of old settled families and one of the few surviving grandsons of a soldier who took part in the Revolutionary War.  He was born at Bloomfield, O., June 6, 1834, and is a son of Archibald and Mary (Ferguson) Simeral.
     Archibald Simeral was born in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio.  His father, Alexander Simereal, was of Scotch-Irish extraction and was a soldier in the War of the Revolution.  After his services in the patriot army he located in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and from there came to what was then the wilderness of Jefferson County and selected a home in the forest in Cross Creek Township.  Archibald Simeral married Mary Ferguson, also of Scotch ancestry, a daughter of William Ferguson, who settled in Wayne Township in 1800, coming to this section from Washington County, Pennsylvania.  They had a family of children of which there are three survivors:  James M.; Margaret C., who is the widow of Robertson Day, and a resident of Fair Play, O.; and Martha M., who is the widow of Hiram H. Cope, late of Mansfield, and resides at Bloomfield.
     James M. Simeral was only ten years of age when his father died, but he remained on the home farm and has made agriculture his life business.  He has been very active in public affairs in Wayne Township and has settled for a long time in offices to which his fellow citizens have elected him, in this very convincing way showing the esteem and confidence in which he is held.  For sixteen years he was not only a member of the school board of the township, but was its president.  For six years he served as a trustee of Wayne Township, for eight consecutive years was assessor of Wayne Precinct, and in 1900 was township appraiser.  His brother, the late William F. Simeral, served several terms as auditor of Jefferson County.
    On Sept. 28, 1865, Mr. Simeral was married to Miss Nancy Gilkison, who was born in Wayne Township, a daughter of William B. Gilkison, one of the early settlers, and four children were born to this union: Blanche, who is the wife of William C. Wolfe, of Smithfield; William B., of Wayne Township; and Grace M. and James G. Blaine, both of Wayne Township.  Mr. Simeral and family are members of the Presbyterian Church at Bloomfield.  He has always been a loyal Republican.  During the Civil War he served in the 100-day service and at its close was honorably discharged, and as long as the G. A. R. post was maintained at Union port he was an active member of it.
 Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 703
  JAMES SIMPSON, who resides on his valuable farm of 250 acres which is situated in Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and has been in the family since 1800, was born here, Feb. 18, 1844, and is a son of Robert and Eliza (Kirkpatrick) Simpson.
     Robert Simpson was born in Island Creek Township on the present farm.  His father was John Simpson, who was born in the north of Ireland and emigrated to America, shortly afterward coming to Jefferson County, and in 1800 he bought this farm in Island Creek Township from Jesse Edgington, and died here in 1841.  The solid, substantial character of the family has been shown in the ways they have kept their land while so many of the old estates in the county have changed hands many times and the present owners scarcely remember the earlier ones.  Robert Simpson grew to manhood on this place, his birth having taken place in 1800, and here followed an agricultural life.  His death occurred in 1887, when his township lost a man of sterling worth.  He married Eliza Kirkpatrick, who was born in Pennsylvania, of Irish ancestry, and of their children four survive: James; Samuel S., who is a well known educator and is superintendent of the schools of Caledonia, Ohio; John M., who is the proprietor of a hotel at Canton, Ohio; and Emeretta, who is the wife of James Andrews, of Salem Township, Jefferson County.
     James Simpson was given a good district school education.  His business through life has been farming, but the duties of public office have claimed a part of his time.  In May, 1864, during the Civil War, he enlisted in Co. H, 157 O. Vol. Inf., and for four months was in the service, a part of the time being engaged in guarding prisoners at Fort Delaware and Camp Relay, and railroads near Baltimore.  After his honorable discharge he returned to Jefferson County and later identified himself with the Harry Hale Post, G. A. R., at Richmond, Ohio.  In November, 1893, Mr. Simpson was elected a county commissioner and served two terms in this office and during one year was president of the board.  He has also been township trustee and president of its board, and for three years was a justice of the peace.  In all his public relations he has shown the good judgment of a well balanced, honest and efficient man.  He casts his vote with the Republican party.
     On Feb. 28, 1867, Mr. Simpson  was married to Miss Rachel Barcus, a daughter of James and Cassandra Barens, who were4 well known people of this section.  To Mr. and Mrs. Simpson nine children were born and the following survive:  Mildred B., who is the wife of W. G. Gorsuch, of Wayne Township; James R., who lives at Richmond, Ohio; Mana W., who is the wife of Harry Kelly, of Wellsburg, W. Va.; Samuel W. whose home is at Pittsburg, Pa.; John B., who live in Salem Township; and Emma, who is the wife of Joseph Frazer, of Wayne Township; while Ida, the youngest, remains at home.  Mr. Simpson and family belong to the United Presbyterian Church at Richmond, in which he is an official.
 Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 937
  JAMES A. SIMPSON was born at Alliquippa, near McKeesport, Pa., in the year 1869, and came to Steubenville when four years old with his parents, who were Edward and Mary Simpson; his father being among the first of the coal miners to mine coal in Steubenville, helping to sink some of the first mines sunk here, and following mining until 1890 and then retiring.  He started with his father at the age of twelve years in the mine of the Jefferson Iron Works known as the Rolling Mill Mine, working in the mines until he reached the age of seventeen.  Then he became brakeman in the Jefferson yard at night, continuing in that position until the Jefferson Iron Works sold out to the La Belle Iron Works in 1900.  Mr. Simpson was made yardmaster of the La Belle yard brakeman and conductor and locomotive engineer, having filled all the positions in their railroad yard, until 1903; he leaving the position of yardmaster to again take that of locomotive engineer, resigning that position in 1907 to become car inspector, which position he is filling today, having filled most satisfactorily every position connected with the La Belle Iron Works yards.
     Mr. J. A. Simpson was married in the year of 1888, December 16, to Miss Coridilia J. Love, daughter of Calvia J. and Katherine Love.  Three children were born to bless this union.  Two, Bertha M. and Clyde A. are deceased, and one, J. A. Simpson, Jr., born Dec. 24, 1889, is still living, and has a good musical education and a bright future before him in this chosen profession.  Mr. Simpson is strictly a home man, and places home in the foreground, so that it comes first.  He is a good Christian man, and strives to live by the commandments handed down for man to help man.  Mr. Simpson belongs to no societies except a church, which is the First Methodist Protestant Church, situated at the corner of North and Fifth Streets.  He takes no interest in politics except so far as every good citizen should take such.  Mr. Simpson invested in two nice pieces of property, one of which he lives in at 523 South Fourth Street.  Mr. Simpson's motto is: "As you would have others do unto you, do you even so unto them."
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 1143
  JAMES ROBERTS SIMPSON, who is engaged in general contracting for crushed stone and threshing, is one of the enterprising business men of Richmond, Ohio, and was born Jan. 17, 1870 in Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and is a son of James and Rachel (Barcus), and a grandson of Robert and Eliza (Kirkpatrick) Simpson.
     J. Robert Simpson obtained his educational training at the Mt. Tabor schoolhouse and Richmond College, and after graduating from the latter institution taught school in Island Creek Township four years.  After his marriage he located on a farm of 200 acres in Island Creek Township, where he followed farming eight years, and then came to Richmond and settled on his present place, where he has made extensive improvements.  Mr. Simpson is politically a Republican, has served as a councilman of the borough, and is at present land appraiser.  His religious connection is with 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 915
  WILLIAM E. SLOANE, a representative citizen of Island Creek Township, and a member of its board of trustees, is the senior member of the firm of Sloane Bros., well known through Jefferson County as agriculturists, dairymen and coal operators.  He come of an old and influential county family and is a son of David A. and Jane O. (Hood) Sloane.
     David A. Sloane, who is now deceased, was formerly a prominent citizen and extensive fruit grower in Jefferson County.  He was born in Knox township, Nov. 11, 1832, and was educated at the Steubenville Academy.  On Apr. 11, 1855, he married Jane O. Hood, who was a daughter of James and Eliza Hood, of Steubenville.  and they had the following children: Mary E., who married C. J. McConnell; William E.; James H.; John O., and  David C., the last named being now deceased.  After marriage David A. Sloane settled in Island Creek Township.  He was a man of sterling character and enjoyed the respect and esteem of his fellow citizens.
     William E. Sloane was educated in Island Creek Township, and has resided here all his life and is deeply interested in everything that promises to be beneficial to this section.  In association with his brothers he owns a large body of land near Toronto and there his various industries are carried on with a large amount of success.  As a trustee he is identified with the public affairs of his township.  He is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church.
     Mr. Sloane was married to Patience Jewett, who died Sept. 19,1889, leaving one son, Charles O., who resides with his father.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 549
  ALBERT FRANKLIN SMITH, who has occupied his present comfortable home, a very attractive residence at Mt. Pleasant, O., for the pat twenty-one years, belongs to a well known family of this section.  He was born in Smithfield Township, Jefferson County, O., Oct. 14, 1859, and is a son of George W. and Deborah (Barkhurst) Smith.
     George W. Smith, who is a retired resident of Mt. Pleasant, was born here seventy-five years ago, the only child of Reese and Sarah (Frazier) Smith.  Reese Smith was married four times, his union with Sarah Frazier being his first one.  His second marriage was to a Miss Gardner, and they had one child, Jane.  Of his third marriage to Love Meek, there was no issue.  His last marriage was with Martha Fisher, and they had the following children: "Lycurgus, Harry, Edward, Melvin, Charles, Ross, Belle, Maria, Mina, Florence, and a babe that died at Martin's Ferry.  Reese Smith was born at Pleasant Grove, Belmont County, O., and came to Mt. Pleasant in early manhood, where he worked at the blacksmiths' trade for a number of years.  Later he discovered a process for manufacturing steel and transferred his interests to Martin's Ferry.
     George W. Smith married Deborah Barkhurst, who was born in Smithfield Township, Jefferson County, and died in January, 1887. Her father was married three times and had twelve children in all, three of whom were born to his first union - Nancy, Rebecca and Mary - one to his second marriage - Deborah - and eight to his third marriage, with Hannah Marshall - William, John, Jacob, Elizabeth, Margaret, Jane, Martha and Hannah.  To George W. Smith and wife the following children were born: Albert Franklin, Walker, Roy, Robert, Isaac, Isabella, Hannah Mary,  Louisa, Helen and Elizabeth, and of these Isaac, Louisa and Elizabeth  are now deceased.  Both the Smith and the Barkhurst families were of the Methodist faith.
     On Nov. 29, 1882, Albert Franklin Smith was married to Miss Hattie Withrow a daughter of Merrick and Mrs. Sarah (Hogg0 (Simeral) Withrow.  Mrs. Smith has one sister, Miss Ella Withrow, and she had also a brother, who died in infancy.  By her marriage with Mr. Simeral she had four children  - Mary A., George, James and Elizabeth - all now living.  The ancestry of Mrs. Smith may be traced as follows:
     Merrick Withrow was born on a farm in Mt. Pleasant Township, this county, in 1832, and in early manhood moved to Mt. Pleasant, where he learned and later followed the tailors' trade for many years.  His death took place in 1885.  His parents, Gordon and Eliza (McMasters) Withrow, were married Feb. 18, 1829.  Eliza McMasters daughter of David and Anna (Starr) McMasters, was born May 4, 1812, and died in 1904, aged ninety-two years.  David McMasters, who was a Methodist preacher, was married in Virginia, and from there went to North Carolina and later, in 1808, to Ohio.  His birth took place in 1784 and his death in 1827.  David McMasters married Anna Starr, who was born in 1789 and died in 1845.
     Merrick Starr, the great-great-grandfather of Mrs. Smith, was born in 1754 and lived to be about eighty years of age.  His parents were Merrick and Phoebe Starr, and they came to Mt. Pleasant from Virginia in 1807 and he built to log houses side by side, one for his own family and one for his daughter.  His son, Merrick Starr, married Anna Pearson a daughter of Benjamin and Mary Pearson.  Grandfather Gordon Withrow was born at Stevensburg, Va. in 1802, and died in 1847.
     The mother of Mrs. Smith was born at Mt. Pleasant in 1827 and died in 1893.  She was a daughter of John and Miriam (Brown) Hogg who were married in 1812.  John Hogg was born at Bedlington, England, in 1788 and came to Mt. Pleasant in 1809, where he died in 1857.  He was a merchant and also owned seven tanneries at one time.  His wife was born in Virginia and was taken to Brownsville, Pa., and from there came to Mt. Pleasant with her parents, who were Joel and Barbara (Schumann) Brown.  He was a Quaker and she a Seceder, and at the time of death he was laid to rest in the Quaker graveyard at Short Creek and she in the Seceder graveyard.  The great-grandfather, Merrick Starr, was also a Quaker.
     Mr. and Mrs. Smith have six children: Ralph Starr, who is a resident of Mt. Pleasant, and was married Dec. 23, 1903, to Miss Cornell Barnes; Lee Crawford, who lives at home; George Rowland, also living at home; Deborah, who is a senior in the High School and Eleanor and Merrick Brown, who are at home.  Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the Presbyterian Church.  In politics he is identified with the Republican Party.
 Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 701
  CARL H. SMITH, one of the leading members of the Jefferson County bar, who has been a resident of Steubenville, O., since Nov. 1, 1901, was born in East Liverpool, Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1876.  At the age of four years he came with his parents to Jefferson County, Ohio, and located on a farm on Knox Township.  After obtaining a primary education in the local schools he was graduated, in 1806, from the Empire High School.  He then entered Westminister College, from which he received the degree of A. B. in 1900, after which was for one year an instructor in the college at Knoxville, Tenn.  His knowledge of law was obtained in the office of E. E. Erskine and the Law Department of the Western Reserve College at Cleveland, where he spent one year, in 1903 being admitted to the bar.  He immediately located at Steubenville for the practice of his profession, and in January, 1906, formed a partnership with E. E. Erskine, with whom he has since practiced in the various courts of the state and in the federal courts. He is a member of the Jefferson County and Ohio State Bar Associations, a director in the Herald Publishing Company, vice president of the Means Foundry & Machine Company and vice president and trustee of the Chamber of Commerce of Steubenville.  Mr. Smith holds membership in the United Presbyterian Church, being superintendent of the Sabbath School.  His fraternal affiliations are with the "Eagles" and Masonic order, he having advanced as far as the Chapter and taken the eighteenth degree, Scottish Rite.  Mr. Smith was married Jan. 9, 1907, to Bessie C. Crowther, who died about eighteen months later, leaving an infant daughter, Bessie Crowther Smith.
 Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 661
  GEORGE H. SMITH, who settled on his present farm containing 126 acres, situated in Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, in the spring of 1872, was born in this township, Sept. 20, 1842, and is a son of John and Mary C. (Fleece) Smith.
     John Smith was born in Allegheny County, Md., and his first wife in Morgan County, W. Va., both being of German parentage.  Both came to Jefferson County before their marriage.  In 1852 the mother of George H. Smith died and the father married again, but all his children were born to the first union and three of them survive - George Henry; Mrs. Margaret Knepper, living at Wellsville, Ohio; and Rebecca J., widow of Thomas Mills.  She formerly lived in Washington County, Pa., but now makes her home with her brother, George H.   For many years John Smith lived in Island Creek Township, where he died in his eighty-eighth year.  HE came to Jefferson County in 1834 and his first wife came in 1836.  She died in her thirty-fifth year.  They were members of Centre Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church.
     George Henry Smith grew to manhood in Island Creek Township and after his school days were over learned the carpentry and building business with his father and engaged in that more or less up to the time he came to his farm, when he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits.  He carries on general farming, raises cattle and stock, paying particular attention to sheep and keeping a valuable flock of seventy-five head, of the Merino variety, noted for their wool.  He is a very thorough-going man in his methods and has achieved good practical results.  Like his father, he votes for the candidates of the Democratic party but has never desired public office for himself.  He is ranked with the representative men of the township.
 Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 915

Hon. Howard H. Smith		   HON. HOWARD H. SMITH, formerly mayor of Toronto, O., and at present identified with a large number of the leading interests of Jefferson County, has been connected with the First National Bank of this city ever since its organization and has been its cashier since Jan. 1910.  He was born at New Cumberland, W. Va., July 12, 1866, and is a son of Hon. B. J. and Amanda (Cox) Smith.
     The father of Mr. Smith located at New Cumberland in 1845, having previously lived at Cincinnati.  He was a pioneer clay manufacturer in West Virginia and became a man of ample fortune and political prominence, being a member of the West Virginia State senate at the time of his death, which occurred in December, 1890.  He was survived by his widow but three months.
     Howard H. Smith attended the New Cumberland schools and the Wheeling Business College and was graduated from the latter in 1887.  In 1888, in association with his brother, S. G. Smith, he organized the firm of S. G. and H. H. Smith, to deal in insurance, from which firm S. G. Smith later retired and is now a prominent attorney at Wheeling.  A few years later the insurance business was reorganized as Smith Bradley & Smith of New Cumberland, a branch house under the same name being established at Toronto.  In 1891, H. H. Smith sold his interests in the New Cumberland branch and bought the firm's Toronto business and in the same year took up his residence in the latter place.  He is proprietor of the H. H. Smith Insurance and Real Estate Agency and his offices in the Windsor Hotel Building at Toronto are the most elegantly finished business apartments in the city.  This company handles the business of sixteen five insurance companies among which are the largest and strongest companies in the world.  The H. H. Smith agency has paid losses that will easily aggregate $300,000.  Mr. Smith has purchased, since establishing himself in Toronto, the old established agencies of Jefferson Saltsman and S. B. Taylor & Co.  Among Mr. Smith's additional interests may be named the following: vice-president of the Central Sewer Pipe and Supply Company of Steubenville, and secretary of the Toronto Realty Company.  Although his business affairs have been usually engrossing, he has yet found time to faithfully perform his duties of citizenship and his fellow citizens have not been slow in acknowledging his qualifications for important office.  He was first elected mayor of the city of 1893 and in 1895 was re-elected, at that time being the youngest mayor in office in the State of Ohio and the youngest executive Toronto had ever had.  In politics, Mr. Smith is a Republican.
     On May 20, 1891, Mr. Smith was married to Miss Irene M. Bowles, a daughter of Frank Bowles, of Toronto, and they have two children: Pauline and Elizabeth.  Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the Methodist Protestant Church at Toronto, of which he has been treasurer for many years.  He stands high in Masonry, being a member of all its different branches including the 32nd degree, and is past eminent commander of Steubenville Commandery No. 11.  The beautiful family residence stands on West Main Street, Toronto.
 Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 990
  J. CLYDE SMITH.  All over Jefferson County, Ohio, may be found estates of great value which have descended from father to son, each generation making improvements and adding to the prestige and stability of the family.  One of these estates, containing 200 acres of valuable land, situated in Brush Creek Township, belongs to J. Clyde Smith, a prosperous farmer and stock raiser.  He was born on the farm and in the house which has always been his home, Apr. 12, 1876, and is a son of James and Elizabeth (McBane) Smith. 
     James Smith was born on the present farm in Brush Creek Township in 1830.  His parents were Daniel and Eleanor (Forbus) Smith, the former of whom was a tailor by trade.  Daniel Smith, who came to this county and township about the same time that the McBanes came here from Scotland, in 1841 built the present farm residence, which with one exception is the oldest brick house in Brush Creek Township.  His wife Eleanor came from Scotland.  They were the parents of a large family as follows:  Duncan, whose second wife was Mary Hamilton and who resides at Wellsville; Alexander, who is deceased; Catherine, who married Daniel Smith, Jr., and resided for a time in Columbiana County and later in Wisconsin, where she died: Jennette, who married a Mr. Frazier and died at Wellsville; Nancy, who married and with her husband lived in Brush Creek Township, both dying in Wellsville; Daniel, Jr., who married first Mary McKenzie and secondly Marjorie McBane, and who died in 1907 (his widow now resides at Irondale); Andrew who married Agnes Adams, and died in Saline Township; James, the father of the subject of this sketch; and Elizabeth (twin sister of Andrew), who resides at Wellsville and is the widow of Laughlin McClain.
     On Nov. 10, 1870, James Smith was married to Elizabeth McBane, who was born on the farm adjoining that of the Smiths, her father being Angus McBane.  The McBanes came from Scotland and settled at East Liverpool, Ohio, in 1818, which was two years prior to the settlement of the Smiths in Jefferson County.  After that event the estates of the two families were adjacent to each other and both families became prominent and wealthy.  The McBanes resided in a large log house for many years.  Mrs. James Smith still survives and is now in her seventieth year.  Her husband died in 1892, aged sixty-two years.  He was always an active and reputable citizen and for a number of years served in the office of township clerk.  At the time of his death he was a trustee of the Monroeville Presbyterian Church, to which his family belong.  To James Smith and wife were born two sons and one daughter: Elizabeth, who resides with her mother; J. Clyde and Charles S.
     Charles S. Smith was born May 20, 1874.  He attended the public schools.  Canfield Academy and Scio College and completed his literary education at Ada College, where he was graduated in 1900.  He is a resident of Salineville, Ohio, where he conducts a drug store.  He was married in January, 1901, to Miss Lotta Crissinger, of New Cumberland, W. Va., and they have three children, Harry, Fay and Catherine.  For the past fourteen years Charles S. Smith has been established in business at Salineville.
     J. Clyde Smith left school when seventeen years of age and in the summer following the death of his father, took charge of the farm which he has successfully managed ever since.  He is engaged in large agricultural operations and gives much attention to the growing of fine stock.  He has improved the place from time to time as he has deemed necessary and in 1900 he erected his commodious barn The land is under a fine state of cultivation and it is difficult to realize that but a few generations back a thick growth of virgin timber covered all these fertile fields.
     On October, 31, 1903, Mr. Smith was married to Miss Nannie Moore, who is a daughter of Amos and Hannah (Morrow) Moore, and they have three children, Donald Moore, Wilbur James and Helen Lucile.  Mr. Smith is identified with the Republican party, as was his late father, and is an active and useful citizen; also like his father, he has acceptably filled the office of township clerk, serving six years in this capacity.
 Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 1021

John K. Smith


Simon Smith

 JOHN K. SMITH, a general farmer who owns seventy acres of fine land in Springfield Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and has under his control an additional seventy-five acres, situated two miles southeast of Amsterdam, was born in Carroll County, Ohio, July 15, 1866, and is a son of Simon and a grandson of Jacob Smith. 
     Jacob Smith was the founder of the family in Carroll County, Ohio.  He was born in Loudon County, Virginia, and came from there to Carroll County, selecting a farm near Kilgore, on which the rest of his life was spent.  He married Leah Heator, a daughter of Benjamin and Mary Magdalene Heator, and they had eight children:  Simon, Mary, Leah, Elizabeth, Ethelinda, George, John and Jacob.  The parents of these children died in Carroll County, the father in 1874, at the age of sixty-six years, and the mother when in her fiftieth year.  They were members of the Lutheran Church.  In politics Jacob Smith was a Whig.
 SIMON SMITH, father of John K. Smith, was born in Loudon Township, Carroll County, Ohio, Feb. 25, 1833.  With the exception of one year spent attending the Jefferson high school, Simon Smith, obtained all his school training in Loudon Township.  After his marriage, in 1856, he continued to live in Carroll County until 1868, when he moved to Jefferson County and settled on a part of the farm now owned by James K. Smith.  Later he moved to the village at East Springfield and was postmaster there for three years, serving in the office at the time of his death, Sept. 27, 1907.  He was a fine man in every sense of the word and was very highly thought of and was frequently elected to office before moving to East Springfield.  In politics he was a Republican.  When the census was taken in 1900, he was one of the enumerators, and for fifteen years he was a justice of the peace.
     On Mar. 1, 1856, Simon Smith was married to Mary P. Knox, a daughter of William P. Knox, of Springfield Township[, and they had six children, namely: Janet Leah, born Dec. 19, 1856, who married Cyrus M. Miser; Eliza Ellen, who was born June 14, 1859, and died July 2, 1887; Mary, who died in infancy; John K., of Springfield Township; Howard C., of Columbiana County, Ohio; and Joseph G., of East Springfield.  The mother of this family died June 17, 1885, and both she and husband were buried in the Amsterdam cemetery.
     John K. Smith was two years old when his parents moved to Springfield Township and he attended the schools near his father's farm.  He grew to manhood a well instructed farmer and after marriage lived for two years on a farm near that of his father, and then settled on what was the homestead of his Grandfather Knox.  About ten acres of the farm is yet in timber and he can remember when his father cleared off the part that is now under cultivation.  A lame shoulder made heavy agricultural work difficult for Simon Smith, and it also prevented his being accepted as a volunteer during the Civil War, although he was an entire sympathy with the government and was an active politician.   He was one of the organizers of the Know Nothing party in Jefferson County and was chairman of the township central committee for several years.  He voted for Abraham Lincoln.  Although he was not accepted as a regular soldier, when a party went out to intercept Morgan, the raider, he joined it and when the latter was captured it was in the sight of his party coming to help.
     John K. Smith was married April 6, 1892, to Miss Blanche Elizabeth Cattrell, a daughter of William and Charlotte (Shober) Cattrell, and they have five children:  Raymond S., Lotta E., Mary A., Grace I. and Ruth L.  He is a member of one of the elders in the Presbyterian Church of Amsterdam.  It was his father who organized the Sunday school in this church and carried it on for twenty-five years, beginning with twenty pupils and it has developed into a school of 140 interested people.  So highly regarded was Simon Smith in this connection, that he was presented with a handsome solid silver watch as a token of esteem.  Mr. Smith is  a republican and, like his late father, has been an active and useful party worker.  For several years he has represented the local organization as a delegate to the important conventions, including county, senatorial and congressional, has served about four years as road superintendent of his township and for seven consecutive years as trustee, and in 1910 he served as census enumerator.  He has long been identified with the Knights of Pythias and has been through all the chairs of Lodge No. 373 at Amsterdam, O., and he and his wife are members of the Pythian Sisters.  Mr. Smith has been elected as delegate to the Grand Lodge for 1911.
 Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 1082

F. A. Smogor		 F. A. SMOGOR

 


 Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 754
  JAMES SPENCE*, the junior partner in the firm of Frazer & Spence, at Mingo Junction, was born in Scotland and came from that country when young.  Like Mr. Frazer, he is a practical plumber and gas fitter, having learned his trade with Frazer & Longacre.  This firm deals in heating appliances that are the highest achievements in house warming and in domestic economy.  They handle only tested and proved stoves and furnaces and have placed them in homes many miles distant from Mingo Junction, the reliability of the firm having been thoroughly established.
 Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 1076
  WILLIAM W. SPRUENS, a substantial general farmer of Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where he owns two valuable properties, one containing 122 acres and the other 108 acres, was born on the farm on which he lives, Apr. 11, 1850.  His parents were Blaxton and Eliza (Dean) Spruens, both of whom are now deceased.  They had four children, namely: Sarah J., who is now deceased; and Mary, William W., and Thomas D.
     William W. Spruens attended the country schools until he was about sixteen years of age and then became his father's chief assistant on the home farm on which he has ever since lived.  When the father died he willed his farm of 122 acres to his two sons, William W., and Thomas D., and later, William W. bought his brother's interest and subsequently purchased his second farm of 108 acres, from the Rouse heirs.  He also owns property in the village of Unionport, Ohio.  In addition to general farming he operated a threshing machine until he was forty-eight years of age.  He is well known all over this section of the county.  In politics, he is a Republican, but has never been a seeker for public office.
     In May, 1882, Mr. Spruens was married to Miss Samantha Hobson, a daughter of Caleb and Sarah (Moore) Hobson, who were farming people in Jefferson County.  They had the following children: Mahala, who married Lewis Carman; Samantha; Euphemia, who married Jonas Groves; and Elmore and Cortlan, both deceased.  Mrs. Spruens was reared in the Presbyterian faith and Mr. Spruens is a member of the Disciples' Church.
 Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 1079
  ROSS D. STARK*, a member of the Steubenville Hardware Company and one of the leading citizens of Jefferson County, Ohio, was born in this county in 1855, and is a son of William Stark, who died January, 1896, at the age of seventy-seven years.  His father was a native and one of the prominent farmers of Jefferson County and served for six years as a commissioner of the county.  The grandfather of our subject was a native of Scotland and one of the early settlers of Jefferson County. 
     Ross D. Stark was reared and educated in Jefferson County and was engaged in agricultural pursuits until about 1902, when he came to Steubenville, where he was for some time identified with the Bridge Company, but has for the past three years been interested as a partner in the Steubenville Hardware Company.  Mr. Stark is identified with the Republican party in politics and was candidate for the Republican primaries in May for the nomination for county commissioner.  Mr. Stark was married in 1877 to Ida Dalrymple, now deceased, and to them was born one son, Frederick B., who is employed as a clerk in the Steubenville Hardware Company..
 Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 1082
  MATTHEW STEVENSON, one of Ross Township's most respected citizens, who was born in County Derry, Ireland, Oct. 12, 1825, owns a well improved farm of 108 acres which is situated in Ross Towuship, Jefferson County, Ohio.  His father, David Stevenson, born in Ireland, there married Nancy Miller and they had eight children, namely: Fannie, Ellen, Matthew, Josiah, Eliza Jane, Ellen, John and Mary Ann.  David Stevenson came to America with his family in August, 1836.  He spent two years as a weaver in a factory at Steubenville, O., where his children also worked, but there his health broke down and he then moved to a farm in Lee Township, Carroll County, and there both he and his wife died.  They were members of the Seceder Church which later became the United Presbyterian.
     Matthew Stevenson was eleven years old and had already attended school when his parents brought him to America.  He subsequently went to school for a short time in Carroll County.  He was brought up to work and during all his active life was a very industrious man.  He spent seven years as a farmer in Iowa, having a one-quarter section in Washington County, which he subsequently sold, coming then to his present farm, the larger part of which had already been cleared, and a coal bank being open on the place.  He made many improvements, erecting substantial buildings and enriching his land and now has one of the most valuable farms in Ross Township.
     Mr. Stevenson was married to Jane Walker, a daughter of Hanse Walker, of Jefferson County.  She died in 1908, in her seventy-fifth year and was buried in the cemetery of the Mooretown United Presbyterian Church, of which she was a consistent member.  Mr. Stevenson also belongs to this church.  They had six children born to them: Nettie, Wade, Owen, Rush Leiper, Hadessa and Fannie.  Mr. Stevenson upholds the principles of the Prohibition party.
 Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 750
  ALONZO C. & AMANDA R. STEWART, son and daughter of Jesse and Rebecca (Hains) Stewart, who were old and respected residents of Salem Township, still reside on the old farm of eighty acres, which is situated in Section 14, Salem Township, Jefferson County, Ohio.
     Jesse Stewart was a son of one of the early settlers in this section and he also was born in Salem Township, where he spent his life.  He was a man of much native intellect and although in his youth he did not enjoy many advantages, he became a successful schoolteacher and taught a subscription school in a log building that stood on an adjoining farm that belonged to a Mr. Hale.  Later he engaged in farming and always resided on the present home farm after his marriage up to the time of his death.  Although he was never in robust health and sometimes was confined to his bedroom for a year at a time, he was usefully occupied whenever it was possible and was widely known and much respected.  He died in his seventy-ninth year.  In early manhood he married Rebecca Hains, of Harrison County, Ohio, a daughter of Longstreth Hains, and they had the following children born to them: James H., who resides in Harrison County, married Eliza Shambaugh and they have nine children; Rachel, who married John Arbaugh, and they live in Harrison County, and have eight children; Susannah, who died on the farm in early womanhood; Julia, who is now deceased, married William Snyder, also deceased; Hannah, who married Andrew Orr, of Wyandot County, they live in Harrison County, and have five children; Isaac, who lives in Harrison County, married Melissa Kimmel and they have seven children; Rebecca, who is the wife of Augustus Orr, of Harrison County, and they have two children; Alonzo C.; Amanda R.; and Mary, who died at the age of thirty years.  For the last twenty years of her life the beloved mother of the above family was an invalid and her death occurred at the age of about sixty-four years.  Both she and husband were worthy in every way as members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and were examples of true Christianity, bearing their bodily afflictions with meekness and grieving no one by fretfulness or complaint.  They were buried side by side in the old Quaker Cemetery in Salem Township.
     Alonzo C. Stewart was educated in the Oak Grove school in Salem Township and has made farming his life work.  Like his late father he is a Democrat in politics.  Both he and sister are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  They reside in the old home place and keep up as many of the old family customs as they can, and the same quiet, restful peace lingers about the place as in the days when the dear parents were still on earth.
 Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 936
  ROBERT C. STEWART, postmaster of Toronto, O., is one of the Jefferson County's best known citizens, having been in the public service almost ever since he completed his education.  He was born at Toronto.  June 4, 1876, and is a son of William P. and Lizzie M. (Robbins) Stewart.  Both parents reside in Toronto and the father is engaged in the truck gardening business.
     Robert C. Stewart was educated in the Toronto schools, graduating from the Toronto high school in 1896.  In the following year he entered the county clerk's office as deputy and continued there for five years, during this time becoming well acquainted, and making many friends among those from all over the county who had business with this office.  Later he did abstract work for a few months and then became deputy probate judge of Jefferson County, in which office he continued until he was appointed postmaster at Toronto, which office is in the third class and has two rural mail routes.  Postmaster Stewart has had charge since Jan. 1, 1904.
     Mr. Stewart married Miss Helen Davis, a daughter of George and Nellie (Myers) Davis, and they have two children: Nellie and Martha.  Mr. Stewart is identified with several fraternal organizations including Knights of Pythias and the Masons.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - 767
  JOHN STILL, general contractor and one of Steubenville's substantial and representative citizens, has been established in this city since 1890.  He was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, Feb. 1, 1858, and is a son of Daniel Still, now deceased, who followed the cooper's trade and was engaged in farming in Jefferson County.
     John Still was reared on the home farm and attended the county schools through boyhood, but as his inclinations were in a different direction, he gave up agriculture and came to Steubenville, and for a quarter of a century has been engaged in general contracting here.  He manages a large business in this line and is well known all over the county. He has invested in city property at various times and owns five very valuable residence lots on the corner of Seventh and Ross Streets.
     Mr. Still was married in 1881 to Miss Loretta Smith, who was born in Pennsylvania.  They have one son, Elmer Ellsworth, who resides at home.  Mr. Still is identified with the Odd Fellows, the Woodmen and the Maccabees.
 Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 674
  BENJAMIN FRANKLIN STRINGER, who is one of Wayne Township's leading and substantial citizens, carrying on general farming and stock raising, owns 300 acres of valuable land, every part of which he manages profitably.  He was born in Belmont County, Ohio, and is a son of Malcolm Stringer was probably born in Lancaster County, Pa.  He learned the blacksmith's trade in his youth and after he left home he spent some years boating on the Ohio River.  He was thirty-five years of age when he accompanied his brother, James Stringer, to Belmont County where they secured tracts of virgin land and worked at clearing for some years.  Later, about 1835, Malcolm Stringer came to Jefferson County and settled on the farm which his son, Benjamin F., now owns, which remained his home until his death, in 1870.  He was one of the earliest settlers in Wayne Township and for many years lived as a pioneer in a log cabin.  He became a man of means and was a citizen who was held in high esteem by other residents of  Wayne Township.  He was a member and liberal supporter of the Presbyterian Church.  In politics he was a Democrat.  He married Jane Armstrong, who was born in Chester County, Pa., and they had six children, Benjamin F. being the only survivor of the family.  The mother died in 1866.
     Benjamin F. Stringer was small when his parents brought him to Jefferson County and he grew to manhood on the pioneer farm.  He learned the trade of a blacksmith in the little shop which his father built on the place for their own convenience.  As he grew old enough he gave his father assistance in clearing and cultivating the homestead and has always resided here.  He is a man of progressive views, being a reader and thinker, and in the management of his large estate shows judgment and enterprise.  He was  reared by his excellent parents in the faith of the Presbyterian body and belongs to that church at Bloomfield, and has served on its board of trustees.  He is a Democrat in his political opinions.
 Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 1002
  JOHN WILSON STRINGER, a general contractor and life long resident of Rayland, O., was born Sept. 27, 1874, on the old home place at Rayland, Jefferson County, Ohio, and is a son of Joseph Hazlett and Mary A. (Shannon) Stringer. 
     Joseph H. Stringer was born on a farm in Belmont County, Ohio, and when young came to Jefferson County with his father, who purchased the old Bayless property at Portland, now Rayland.  His father died here in 1887, leaving two sons, William, who still lives on the home place, and Joseph H., the father of our subject.  Joseph H. Stringer operated a general store at Rayland during his early life, but later devoted his attention to buying and selling grain going to Chicago, where he became a member of the board of trade.  He married Mary A. Shannon, who was born at Warrenton, O., a daughter of Thomas and Mary (Blair) Shannon, the former of whom for many years ran a store at Warrenton.  Six children were born to Joseph and Mary Stringer: Thomas J., who is a  well known contractor of Rayland, O.; Jennie; William, who died in infancy; John Wilson, who died in infancy; John Wilson (2), the subject of this record; and Josephine.  Joseph Stringer died in 1878 at the age of forty-five years, and is survived by his widow, who is a resident of Rayland.
     John Wilson Stringer was reared at Rayland, where he attended the local schools and early learned telegraphy at which he worked three years with the C. & P. Railroad.  He then spent fifteen years with his brother in general contracting, and about 1907n engaged in the business for himself, making  a specialty of railroad and pike grading, etc., and has met with satisfactory success.
     Mr. Stringer was married Sept. 25, 1901, to Clare E. Burkett, a daughter of William H. and Clara Burkett, and to them have been born four children: Audrey, Joseph, John Thomas and Clare.  Mrs. Stringer was reared by her uncle, James T. Hodgens, who is one of the old residents of Rayland, her father, who was for many years a teacher, having died in the West when she was a baby.  Mr. Stringer is a member of the Knights of Pythias of Tiltonville, and the B. P. O. E.,. No. 895, of Martin's Ferry.  He is politically a Republican, and he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.
 Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 641
  WILLIAM HOPE STRINGER, retired farmer and livestock dealer, of Rayland, O., has practically been a lifelong resident of Jefferson County, but was born March 25, 1832, in Belmont County, Ohio, a son of Jefferson D. and Marian (Tilton) Stringer.  William Stringer, great grand-father of our subject, was a native of England and one of the earliest settlers of Chester County, Pennsylvania.  His eldest son, William, and grandfather of our subject, was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and served in the Revolutionary War under General Green.  His brother George served throughout the entire war.
     William  was the father of fifteen children and died at the age of eighty-four years.
     Jefferson D. Stringer was born in 1800, in West Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and in 1806 came with the family to Belmont County, Ohio.  He was reared in Peas Township, became a farmer and subsequently fell heir to the home farm.  He married Marian Tilton, a daughter of Joseph Tilton, and a descendant of the well known Tilton family of Tiltonville, Belmont County, Ohio, and she died in Belmont County in 1834, and three years later the family came to Jefferson County and settled at Rayland, Ohio, where Jefferson Stringer died, in 1888.  He became one of the substantial farmers of the township and was the owner of three tracts of farm land.  He was an adherent of the Republican party.  Two sons were born to Jefferson and Marian Stringer: William H., the subject of this record; and Joseph, who died in 1878.
     William Hope Stringer was quite young when his mother died and was afterward cared for his aunt, Jane Stringer, who came to live with them.  The father moved to Rayland, then known as Portland, O., and there our subject attended the public school and afterwards took a course at Jenkins College, of Mt. Pleasant, O.  Early in life he engaged in farming, and was afterwards for some time associated with his brother Joseph in the grain business and then became interested in live stock, and for years was one of the most extensive shippers of hogs in the county.  Mr. Stringer retired from business activities in 1890 and has been living at his present residence, which is known as the old stone house or John Bayless mansion, since April, 1859, and he also owns a tract of ninety acres in Warren Township.  He is politically a Republican and has served six years as assessor, and was appraiser in 1880. 
     Mr. Stringer was married Oct. 23, 1862, to Alzira Hutton, a daughter of Joseph and Mary (Tonner) Hutton, and to them were born the following children:  Jefferson D., who married Emma Rodell has three children - William, Helen and Anna Virginia; Mary Jane, who is the wife of J. P. O'Brien, has three children - James, Mary and Anna; Jessie; Joseph Franklin; Sallie; Oliver C.,  who died aged twenty-six years; Cornelia T.; George S.; Benjamin C.; and Edith E.  Mrs. Stringer died Jan. 29, 1910, aged sixty-nine years.  The religious connection of the family is with the Presbyterian church.
 Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 669
  ALONZO LEWIS SUTHERLAND, a prominent farmer and extensive wool grower of Smithfield Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, is the owner of 350 acres of fine farm land in Wells, Smithfield and Wayne Townships.  He was born February 14, 1855, on Perrin Run, in Smithfield Township, and is a son of John William and Nancy Jane (Moore) Sutherland, and a grandson of Vachel Sutherland, an early settler of Jefferson County, who died near Little York, Ohio, aged sixty-six years.
     John William Sutherland was born in Washington County, Pa., and was one of twelve children born to his parents.  He was about two years old when his parents came to Jefferson County and located in Smithfield Township and here grew to manhood on the home farm.  Subsequent to his marriage he purchased  a farm on the head waters of Perrin Run near Little York and later also bought a farm in Piney Fork, the latter now being the property of the Jefferson Coal Works.  Mr. Sutherland disposed of these two farms and in 1860 came to our subject's present farm in Smithfield Township, having purchased 300 acres from John Giffen.  To this he later added fifty acres and here followed farming and stock raising until the time of his death, January, 1903, at the age of eighty-five years.  He married Nancy Jane Moore, who is still living at the advanced age of eighty-eight years, and to them were born the following children:  Melissa, who married William C. Naylor; Rachel, widow of Simon Elliott; Clara, who is the wife of Nelson Hopkins; Mary, the deceased wife of E. A. Moore; Alonzo Lewis, the subject of this record; and Maggie B.
     Alonzo Lewis Sutherland has lived on his present farm in Smithfield Township since he was a child of four or five years.  His education was obtained in the schools of the township, and he early began working on the farm, looking after the sheep and attending to various other duties.  He has always followed farming and makes a specialty of sheep raising and wool growing, and also deals extensively in stock.  Mr. Sutherland is a stockholder and director of the Findlay Lumber and Supply Company, of Weems, Wells Township.  He is a Mason, being a member of Smithfield Lodge, No. 182, and the Smithfield Chapter, No. 81.  He is politically a Republican, and his religious connection is with the Methodist Church.
     Mr. Sutherland was married Dec. 20, 1881, to Maude Armstrong, a daughter of William Eliza (Puntney) Armstrong of Wells Township, and to them have been born the following children: Audrey; John W., who married Mattie Hubbard, has one child, John, and is a resident of Buffalo, N. Y.; Frank Raymond, of Wilmerding, Pa.; and Carl, residing at home.
 Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 938
  UPTON K. SUTHERLAND, an old soldier, a former member of the Smithfield council and at present township clerk of Smithfield Township, Jefferson County, O., was born Nov. 15, 1837, in the old pioneer log house that stood on his father's farm in Smithfield Township, and was the tenth born in a family of twelve children, his parents being Vachel and Mary (Williams) Sutherland.
     Vachel Sutherland was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and was a son of John Sutherland, who came from Scotland and lived and died on his farm in Washington County, leaving a large family.
     Vachel Sutherland was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and was a son of John Sutherland, who came from Scotland and lived and died on his farm in Washington County, leaving a large family.  Vachel, who was one of the oldest members of the above family, served as a soldier in the War of 1812.  Later his father bought a wild tract of land near York, in Jefferson County, and after his marriage to Mary Williams in Pennsylvania, Vachel brought his wife to Ohio and in1818 they settled on that land.  Mrs. Sutherland was born in Maryland.  Her father, John Williams, a miller by trade, came to Ohio in her girlhood and built a mill in Tuscarawas County.  The trip was made in wagons as there were no railroads at that time, and the Ohio River was crossed at Wellsburg, W. Va.  The early log cabin of the Sutherlands gave way to a comfortable frame house and Vachel Sutherland and wife lived to see their farm cleared and cultivated.  His death occurred in 1860, at the age of sixty-eight years and hers in 1870, when aged seventy-four.  They had the following children: John, Susan, Catherine, Eliza, David P., Mary Ann, Lewis, Vachel, Amanda, Upton K., Christina and Isabella.  There are four survivors: Vachel, residing in Nebraska; Amanda, in Smithfield Township; Upton K., and Christina, living in Illinois.  Vachel Sutherland was a member of the 157th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and Lewis was a member of the 126th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil War.  The latter was captured at the engagement at Mine Run and was incarcerated in Libby Prison and was one of the 120 brave men who escaped from that dungeon by tunneling a way out, some, himself included, only to be recaptured.  He was transferred to Camp Sorghum, S. C., but escaped from there, rejoined the Union army, and served until the close of the war.
     Until he enlisted in September, 1861, Upton K. Sutherland had spent a peaceful and uneventful life on the home farm.  He became a member of Company C, First Virginia Infantry under Captain Millhouse and the record of his military life is a rather remarkable one.  He served until he close of the war, participating in thirty-seven battles, including Winchester, the Second Battle of Bull Run and that of Cedar Creek and showed such bravery that he was promoted to be a corporal, then a sergeant and later a lieutenant.  He escaped every serious injury, and not even suffered capture.  He then resumed agricultural pursuits and for eleven years after his marriage remained on the home farm, but subsequently sold his interest in the property and moved to Smithfield.  He worked for three years with the engineer corps in the coal fields and for three move with the same corps on the Wabash Railroad.  He has been a very active citizen of Smithfield, where he has served eleven years on the council; for seven years he has been a notary public and he is serving in his third term as township clerk, to which office he was first elected in 1904.
     On Jan. 18, 1887, Mr. Sutherland was married to Miss Frank Mercer, a daughter of Henry and Mary (Smith) Mercer, her father having been a soldier in the Civil War, a member of the18th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  Mr. and Mrs. Sutherland have one daughter, Mary.
     In politics, Mr. Sutherland is a Republican.  He is a member of Daniel McCook Post, G. A. R.  For a long period he has been identified with the Masonic fraternity, since 1867 having been a member of Smithfield Lodge and for twelve years its master and at present is serving as secretary.  Few men are better known in this section than Mr. Sutherland.  His long tenure of public office indicates very clearly the esteem in which he is held by his fellow citizens.
 Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 902
  JAMES WESLEY SWINDLER, who has been a valued resident of Irondale, O., for twenty-seven years, and, until 1908 largely interested in the real estate business, was born in Hancock County, Ohio, Oct. 30, 1846, and is a son of Nathan and Margaret (Russell) Swindler.
     Nathan Swindler, father of James W., was born in Jefferson County, Ohio on Sugar Grove Ridge, Mar. 1, 1821, and was a son of James and Elizabeth (Shaw) Swindler.  The latter was a daughter of Nathan Shaw, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War from New Jersey, whose record, copied from the papers in the office of the adjutant-general of the State of New Jersey, is as follows:  "Nathan Shaw, in commission as ensign and lieutenant, under Capt. John Smith, in First Battalion, Cumberland County, New Jersey Militia, 1776, at the battle of Trenton, New Jersey, Dec. 26, 1776; battle of Princeton, New Jersey, June 3, 1777, afterwards until 1781, lieutenant of Capt. Jonathan Beasley's and Capt. George McLaughlin's companies, died in Jefferson County, Ohio, June 24, 1820."  The parents of Nathan Swindler settled on Sugar Grove Ridge.  They acquired land and among their possessions was the Hollow Rock Company meeting grounds.  He was a farmer and was accidentally killed while hauling a load of wheat to market.  There were three sons born to James and Elizabeth Swindler: Nathan, Henry and Jesse, and six daughters: Eliza, Julia Ann, Sarah, Elizabeth, Maria and Susan, the last named dying in infancy.  Henry Swindler died of cholera, in 1849.  With his brother Nathan he was part owner of the steamboat, the "Governor Waite," of which he was clerk for a time and he also taught school at Steubenville for six years.  Jesse Swindler went to Hancock County in 1836, carrying the sum of $500 in his belt, which he paid for land and engaged in farming in Hancock County, where he died in 1884.  Eliza Swindler married Charles Hale, a son of Randall Hale, of Sugar Grove.  Julia Ann married Calvin Hale.  Sarah married Jacob Grubaugh and survived until 1903.  Elizabeth married Michael Roller.  Maria married Dr. Philander Haven, who practiced medicine at Lisbon and East Liverpool, O., and died at Mansfield.  The father of this family was a soldier in the War of 1812.
     Nathan Swindler was a farmer and teacher and he moved to Hancock County, Ohio, in 1837.  He was a soldier in the Civil War, a member of Company K, 118th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  He refused a commission as Captain and served mainly on detached duty.  His death occurred in 1864 as a result of army exposure.  He married Margaret Russell, who was born in 1835 and died in 1902.  She was a daughter of William and Margaret Russell, the former of whom came to America from County Tyrone, Ireland.  He was a batter by trade and worked at the same at Pittsburgh but later moved to Brush Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where his wife died and she was buried in the Mooretown United Presbyterian Church Cemetery.  They had four daughters and one son: Eliza, who married Jesse Swindler; Mary, who never married; Margaret, who became the mother of J. W. Swindler; Jane, who married Henry Van Dyke, of Jefferson County; and William.  The latter married Eliza Taylor and they moved to Hancock County and both died there.
     Ten children were born to Nathan and Margaret (Russell) Swindler.  Mary Jane, who died in 1880, at Findlay, O., was the wife of Chesterfield Jumper.  William Russell married Mrs. Sadie Sargent.  He is a carpenter and contractor and is also engaged in the oil business.  Henry is a resident of Bowling Green, O., where he engages in contracting.  He married Nancy Underwood.  Thomas Benton who is unmarried, lives at Findlay, O.  Elizabeth, who is the wife of Samuel Creighton resides at Findlay; John is now deceased.  Silas M., a painter by trade, resides with his family at Forest, O.  Margaret Ellen has not married.  Elmer Ellsworth, who is in the real estate and mining business, resides at Findlay.  He married Jeanetta Routson, a daughter of David Routson.  This record, with James Wesley, completes the family.
     James Wesley Swindler was afforded excellent school advantages.  He attended the Union school in his own neighborhood and later an academy at Delaware, O., in preparation for a theological course, but the precipitation of the Civil War brought about a change in his plans and he never completed his theological studies.  He enlisted for service in Company G, 118th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served through three years and during this period marched with the forces of General Sherman on the memorable march to the sea.  He was seriously wounded at the battle of Resaca and still has a constant remainder in the shattered bone of his arm.  Nevertheless he participated in every engagement in which his regiment was concerned except the battle of Franklin, and received his honorable discharge June 24, 1865.
     After the termination of his army service, Mr. Swindler returned to his home in Hancock County and entered the office of Colonel Mungen with whom he read law.  Later, in association with his brother Thomas  he began the manufacturing of tile on the home farm and remained there until 1882, when he came to Irondale and entered into the real estate and fire insurance business.  This he continued until 1908, when he retired, proposing to give the larger part of his attention to looking after his real estate in the West.
     On May 9, 1877, Mr. Swindler was married to Miss Jennetta Taylor, a daughter of John and Mary (Swickard) Taylor.  The Taylor family is of Scotch-Irish extraction.  John Taylor, father of Mrs. Swindler, was born in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, Feb. 23, 1829 and died July 8k, 1902.  He was a farmer and cooper.  His parents were George and Jane (Snodgrass) Taylor and they came to Jefferson County from Maryland.  On the trip over the mountains, George Taylor and his one sister became separated and they never were reunited.  The children of George and Jane Taylor were:  Eliza, who is the wife of Samuel Ryan, and still survives, being now in her eighty-seventh year and lies near Steubenville; Washington, who died young; James who was accidentally killed by a horse; Margaret, deceased, who was the wife of James Gilkison; Mary Jane,  who married Absalom Gilkison, and lives in Missouri; Ann, who is Mrs. Meeums, also lives in Missouri; Andrew, who was a soldier in the Civil War from Jefferson County, later moved to Indiana and died there:  Alexander, who died in the army during the Civil War; Sarah, who is the widow of David Holmes, and resides at Milwaukee, Wis., and John, the father of Mrs. Swindler.  The maternal grandfather, Daniel Swickard, was a soldier in the War of 1812, and his father, Martin Swickard was a Revolutionary soldier.  After the close of the war he secured lands by patent, near Richmond, Jefferson County, and was able to give each of his sons a farm.  He was twice married and reared many children.  To John Taylor and wife the following children were born: Margaret Jane, wife of William Finnieum; Sarah Jeanette, wife of J. W. Swindler; Emery Milton; John Franklin, deceased; Ada Elizabeth, wife of Lawrence Reed; William Ross, deceased; George Marquis; Mary Belle, wife of Samuel Boop; James Daniel; and Edward and Harry, both deceased.
     Mr. and Mrs. Swindler have two children:  Stanley J. and Mabel Grace.  Stanley J. Swindler attended the Irondale select school and Mt. Union College, where he was graduated in civil engineering.  His first work was with the C. P. Railroad, and for one year he was clerk and paymaster for the Murphy Construction Company near Cincinnati.  On Sept. 2, 1907, he went to Denver, Col., accepting the position of consulting engineer with the Colorado Construction Company.  Miss Mabel Grace Swindler is principal of the Damascus public schools.  She completed her education at Wooster College.
     Mr. Swindler has been very prominent in public affairs for a number of years and has been identified with politics in his native state ever since his return from the army.  In 1896 he served as a delegate to the National Populist convention held at St. Louis, and in 1900 was a delegate to the Democratic National convention held at Kansas City.  For four years he was a member of the National Committee of the Populist party and in 1896 was state chairman for Ohio.  He traveled over a large portion of the country while active in political life and made his last political speech at Chicago, in 1900.  He is identified with the Odd Fellows and belongs to the G. A. R.
 Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 743

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