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DANIEL TARR,
who is engaged in general farming and gardening on a tract of eighty
acres in Wells Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, was born Aug. 24, 1860,
on a farm on Salt Run, in that township, and is a son of Elza
Andrew and Mary Ann (Brainerd) Tarr.
Daniel Tarr, grandfather of our subject, was a soldier in
the War of 1812. He was one of the early settlers of Wells
Township, where he owned a farm of 336 acres, and he died on the old
home farm, which is now owned by W. H. Haines. He was the
father of the following children: William, deceased; John V.,
deceased; Franklin J., deceased; Jane; Sarah A.,
deceased; Elza Andrew, father of Daniel; Grafton
W., deceased; and Christian.
Elza A. Tarr was born Apr. 11, 1830, on the home
farm in Jefferson County, Ohio, and subsequently inherited part of the
home place, which he operated for some years. He is still hale and
hearty at the advanced age of eighty years and thinks nothing of walking
to Steubenville. He was married to Mary Ann
Brainerd, who came to Jefferson County from Warren, O., and who died
in 1901 at the age of seventy-five years. Mr. and Mrs. Tarr
reared four children: Caroline, who is the wife of
Albert Lloyd; John V.; Daniel; and William E.
Daniel Tarr grew to manhood on the home
farm and continued to live there for twelve years after his marriage, in
1901 he located on his present farm of eighty acres, which he and his
brother John V. inherited from their uncle, John V. Tarr.
He subsequently purchased his brother's interest in the property and is
engaged in carrying on general farming and gardening.
Mr. Tarr was married Oct. 22, 1889, to
Ella Scott, a daughter of Hon. T. B. and Mary (Carter)
Scott, and of their union have been born the following children:
Ira Eugene, Lula Mary, Harry Vincent,
Loran A., and Junia Jane. Mr. Tarr
is a Republican in politics. He is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and is class leader and superintendent of the,
Sunday-school.
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LEWIS FREMONT TARR,
who owns 287 acres of farm land in Jefferson County, Ohio, has it
separated into three tracts, seventy-six acres being in Wells Township,
and two other tracts, the old home farm of 130 acres and an adjoining
farm of 81 acres, being in Steubenville Township. Mr. Tarr
belongs to one of the real old families of Jefferson County. He
was born on his present farm in Steubenville Township, Sept. 22, 1855,
and is a son of William A. and Elvira (Dalrymple) Tarr.
William A. Tarr was born also on this farm and was
a son of Capt. Daniel and Cassandra (Cox) Tarr, and a grandson of
Peter Tarr. Peter Tarr with his three brothers, settled at
Wellsburg, W. Va., at a very early day. They were natives of
Holland and were iron workers and it is said that Peter Tarr, in
his charcoal furnace at King's Creek, made the first iron manufactured
east of the mountains, and the old place is still known by the Tarr
name. After Peter Tarr settled at Wellsburg he worked at
the blacksmith trade and made log chains of the kind that were in
kettles that are fit to use at the present day. He died at King's
Creek, W. Va.
Daniel Tarr, the grandfather of Lewis
Fremont Tarr, was born in Brooke County, West Virginia, and he also
became a blacksmith and with his brothers also engaged in farming. In
those days they would float their produce down the river on flatboats to
New Orleans each season and walk the distance back. Daniel
Tarr often told of seeing many historic spots and of meeting;
with distinguished people and ever was proud of the fact that on one
occasion he had the pleasure of shaking hands with Gen. Andrew
Jackson. He was, however, a man of considerable
prominence himself, being a captain in the War of 1812 and also for many
years a justice of the peace. When the father died the three sons
came into possession of much land and Daniel took for his portion
the hill farms in Jefferson County, Ohio, and lived on this land for
many years. His old cabin is still preserved by his grandson.
His death occurred in 1876, when he was eighty-four years of age, and he
was buried with the honors of war. He married Cassandra
Cox, who was born in Brooke County, West Virginia, in a house but
lately torn down that had been erected during the reign of King
George. The Cox family was probably the first
that settled in Hampshire County, Virginia. She lived to the age
of seventy-six years. To Daniel and Cassandra
Tarr the following children were born: William Augustus,
father of Lewis Fremont; John V., who was a justice
of the peace for many years; Franklin J., who is deceased;
Mary Jane, who died in her eighty-second year; and Sarah
Ann, Elza Andrew, who died in his eightieth year;
Grafton W. and Christian W. all of the above mentioned family
are deceased.
William A. Tarr was rocked to sleep in infancy
in a sugar trough in lieu of a cradle, and he spent his entire life on
this farm. He married Elvira Dalrymple, who came of
an old Scotch family, and she survived him for ten years. They had
eight children: John B., who is deceased; Josephine, who
is the widow of W. Thompson; Casper, who is deceased;
Lucinda, who is the wife of Rev. S. P. Lloyd; Lewis
Fremont; and Madison, Ida Belle and Wilbur
Lawrence.
Lewis Fremont Tarr has passed the larger part of
his life in Steubenville Township and has worked on the farm ever since
he left school. When he reached manhood, in association with his
brother Wilbur, he bought the home farm of 130 acres and later
added the other tracts. The brothers carry on their farm
industries in partnership. This is as valuable land as can be
found in Jefferson County, all being richly underveined with coal that
has not been sold. In October, 1909, a fine gas well was developed on
the place. The brothers have done a large amount of improving and each
year the property becomes more valuable. Mr. Tarr
has four new orchards, and has the best variety of the choicest fruits
that will do well in this climate.
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20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B.
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HON. WILLIAM H. TARR.
To mention the name of Tarr at Wellsburg, W.
Va., or in any portion of Jefferson County, Ohio, is
to call forth expressions of respect and esteem, for
it is the name of one of the old and prominent
families of this section. The early Tarrs
were pioneers, thrifty, enterprising, ingenious men,
and their descendants of the present generation are
men of the same substantial fiber, in notable
instances proving themselves masters of business and
faithful and competent representatives of the
people's interests in public life. Conspicuous
among them is one of Wellsburg's leading citizens,
Hon. William H. Tarr, who was elected to the
West Virginia State Senate from Ohio, Hancock and
Brooke Counties, in 1876, who served until 1880, and
who was again so honored by his fellow citizens in
1893, serving with distinction until 1896.
During the first session Mr. Tarr was honored
by being made chairman of the joint senate and House
Committee, whose object was the reorganizing the
entire judiciary system of the new state, an
important part of which was the doing away with the
old county court system, and adopting from Ohio and
New York a plan somewhat similar to that of the
common pleas of those states, but under a different
name. Many old and distinguished lawyers and
judges of the new state served on that committee. On
the second term Mr. Tarr was made chairman of
the Senate Finance Committee.
Hon. William H. Tarr was born at Wellsburg, W.
Va., Feb. 22, 1832. He is the second son of
Campbell and Frances (Hunter) Tarr. The
father, Campbell Tarr, was born on King's
Creek, Hancock County, Virginia, in January, 1799,
and was a son of Peter Tarr, who went
to Hancock County from Maryland in 1792. It is
recorded of Peter that he established the
first iron furnace ever set up west of the
mountains, locating it on King's Creek and the
remains of this old furnace were still in evidence
tehre up to 1880. He undoubtedly was a skilled
and expert workman and fashioned the pots and
kettles that the good housewives used in their great
open fireplaces and later made the great open
fireplaces and later made the great sugar kettles
for which he had orders from far down the river
where sugar cane was grown on every plantation.
These goods were taken to their destination on
flatboats. He also made the unbreakable chains
for the old-time chain bridges. He became the
owner of large tracts of land and had many slaves
whom he later liberated. He lived to be eighty
years of age, dying in 1838. He was married
twice, first to Mary Casper and secondly to
Mary McConnell who survived him. By his
first wife he had seven children: William,
Daniel, John, Campbell, Casper, Mary and
Sallie. Of his second marriage two more
were born, Jackson and Amanda.
Four of the sons, William, Daniel, John and
Casper became prominent in the early history
of the Ohio Valley as river traders, soldiers and
business men generally. William Tarr
was out under Harrison in 1812 and was at
Fort Meigs. Casper Tarr was supposed to
have been in Jackson's army at New Orleans and died
on his way home. There was no direct
communication with the South in those days, so his
history and fate are uncertain. Daniel
and John Tarr joined old Major Congleton's
Company or picked riflemen at Wellsburg, Va., and
marched across the mountains on foot to defend the
capital. Major Congleton was an old
soldier of the Revolution. The roster of the
company is published in the history of Henry
Clay.
Campbell Tarr, when young developed a
fondness for river life and later he and his
brother, William, became traders and
shippers. Shrewd business men, they made a
business of buying flour and produce on both sides
of the river, which they shipped to New Orleans and
Cuba. Both were in business at Wellsburg and
both died here, Campbell's death occurring in
November, 1859. He married Frances
Hunter, a daughter of John Hunter,
who had come to Hancock County from Maryland,
becoming the owner of several mills and 2,000 acres
of land. Mrs. Tarr was born in
1808 and died in 1886. They had eight children
born to them, as follows: John C.; William
Hunter; Virginia, who married O. W.
Langfitt; Washington; Eugene;
Ellen H.; Lucy; and Clarence.
Of the above mentioned, John C., Virginia
and her husband, Washington and Clarence
are deceased.
William Hunter Tarr grew to
manhood at Wellsburg, and after attending private
schools became a student at Bethany College.
Subsequently he became associated with a cousin,
Campbell Tarr, in the management of a
store at Wellsburg. In 1856, at the first
announcement of the government sale of Indian lands,
he, in partnership with his brother, John
Tarr, an attorney, bought up over 14,000 acres
in Kansas, in which state he lived until the opening
of the Civil War, when the death of his father,
about that time, caused his return to West Virginia
in order to look after home affairs.
Mr. Tarr was married May 3, 1860, to
Miss Laura J. Johnston, who is a daughter of
Smiley Johnston, who was one of the old
settlers and large landowners of Wells Township,
Jefferson County, Ohio. It was on the
suggestion of his father-in-law that Mr.
Tarr, in 1862, bought land in Ohio, purchasing
first the old William Barrett farm,
in Wells Township, afterwards the Hukill
farm, in Cross Creek Township, and still later
the Blockhouse farm near Brilliant - in all 600
acres, all in Jefferson County. Senator
Tarr owns at present 2,000 acres of improved
land in Kansas, beside his Ohio lands, and valuable
real estate at Wellsburg, including his handsome
three story brick residence located on Main Street.
Mrs. Tarr owns 1,100 acres of the old
Smiley Johnston estate in
Jefferson County. They have three daughters: Anna
T., who is the wife of Rev. E. G. Nolan;
Frances, who is the wife of C. M. Tarr,
and the mother of two children - Loren and
Virginia; and Bessie A., who is the wife
of E. L. Herndon, and has two sons—
William H. and Edward L. Mr. and
Mrs. Tarr are members of the Presbyterian
Church, of which he is a trustee. He belongs
to a stanch old Democratic family and has long been
an important factor in politics in his section.
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20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson
Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle
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HON
SAMUEL B. TAYLOR, attorney at law at Toronto, O.,
formerly mayor of that city and from 1892 until 1896, a
member of the Ohio state legislature, is one of
Jefferson County's most prominent citizens. He was
born in Ross Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, May 17,
1856, and is a son of John and Jane (Henderson)
Taylor.
Samuel B. Taylor was reared on his father's farm
and obtained his education at Hopedale and Richmond, for
some years afterward engaging in school teaching.
He taught for two years in Nebraska and for several
years in the Toronto high school and during this time
also served as mayor of the town. He then began
the study of law and pursued it under the direction of
E. E. Erskine, at Steubenville. He was
admitted to the bar while serving as a member of the
legislature, Oct. 4, 1894, in 1883 Mr. Taylor was
elected mayor of Toronto and gave the city so excellent
an administration that he was re-elected and served
until 1887. A further test of his general
popularity was shown by his election to the state
legislature, overcoming the claims of a number of other
worthy candidates, in 1892, and his service continued
until 1896. He proved loyal to his constituents
and while in office advocated every public measure
looking toward movements which would be beneficial to
Jefferson County. Mr. Taylor came to
Toronto in 1881.
Mr. Taylor married Miss Mary B. Cooper, a
daughter of Wellington Cooper of Brown's Island,
W. Va., and they have one child, Ella May. Mr.
and Mrs. Taylor are members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by
Joseph B. Doyle
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W.
A. TAYLOR, Jr.,
a leading citizen of
Bergholz, O., where he is identified with the Bergholz
Coal and Electric Company and has financial interests,
was born at Church Hill, Trumbull County, Ohio, March
29, 1871, and is a son of W. A. and Harriet (Shannon)
Taylor.
W. A. Taylor, Sr. was a coal operator for twenty
consecutive years and was financially interested in that
line of industry all his life. His death occurred
in March, 1908 and his burial was in the cemetery at
Church Hill. His widow, Harriet (Shannon)
Taylor, and both sons, William Allen and
Clyde S., survive him, the last named residing with
his mother at the old homestead.
After a business course at Mt. Union College, W. A.
Taylor, Jr. went into the mining business with his
father, and he still has a lease on a mine and is weigh
boss for another company. Since coming to this
section, Mr. Taylor has been a very active and
interested citizen and has been the choice of the
Republican party on many occasions for township and
village offices. For nine years he served as
township clerk and for four years as village and
corporation clerk. The mine known as the Taylor
mine, situated in Springfield Township, Jefferson
County, was opened in 1897.
On June 28, 1900, Mr. Taylor was married to
Miss Mary E. Sponseller a daughter of Joseph
Sponseller of Paris, Stark County, Ohio, and they
have two daughters, Grace and Dorothy.
Mr. Taylor was reared in this church at Bergholz,
in which he is a steward, organist and treasurer and
librarian of the Sunday school. He is affiliated
with the Knights of Pythias and is the present keeper of
the record and seals.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by
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WILLIAM
TAYLOR, a representative farmer of Saline
Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, resides on the farm on
which he was born, Oct. 9, 1870, and has about 100 acres
under cultivation. His parents were Wesley and
Laura (Runyon) Taylor.
Wesley Taylor, father of William, was born
on this farm Oct. 9, 1835, a son of Edward Taylor
and died here Jan. 24, 1908. Edward Taylor
came to this property from near Brownsville, Pa., just
after he married. A heavy growth of timber covered
almost all of this land and the work of clearing was
done by Edward Taylor and sons. He
had nine children and of these Wesley Taylor was
the youngest. He remained on the home farm all his
life. He married Laura Runyon and they had
four children: Elizabeth Jane, who married
Luther Swickard and they reside on the adjoining
farm, and have six children: William; Emma,
who married John Wilcox, of Toronto, O., and has
two children; and Mary, who died when four years
old. The mother of this family still survives.
Wesley Taylor was one of the prominent and
substantial men of this section. During the larger
part of his life he was in robust health and was a very
active business man, engaging in general farming and
making a specialty of raising sheep. His home farm
contains 189 acres, nearly twenty acres having been
taken off for a camp ground. His son now owns as
his heritage, about 500 acres. At the time of his
death, Wesley Taylor was a member of the Sugar
Grove Methodist Church, prior to which he had been a
member of the Somerset Church, all his life having been
identified with this religious body. In politics
he was a Republican.
William Taylor has always resided on his present
farm. His mother occupies the old brick residence
built by the grandfather, Edward Taylor, when his
son was a boy, but William Taylor built his own
handsome modern house soon after his marriage. In
addition to extensive farming he devotes much attention
to the raising of cattle and sheep. Mr. Taylor
married Miss Lillie Watts, a native of
Knox Township and a daughter of William and Samilda
Watts, who reside near Somerset. Two children
have been born to this marriage: Thomas, who was
born December 11, 1894; and Jay B., who was born
Jan. 27, 1897. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are
members of the Sugar Grove Methodist Episcopal Church.
Like his late father he is identified with the
Republican party but has never been willing to accept
public office. In every way, however, he is one of
the township's most solid and substantial men.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by
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ISAAC THOMAS,
who is superintendent of the Diamond Coal Company's mines in Jefferson
County, Ohio, has been a resident of Irondale since 1869 and came to
America in 1865. He was born in the parish of Llannon, Wales, Dec.
6, 1840, and is a son of James and Mary (Lloyd) Thomas.
John Thomas was a farmer in Wales and both he and
wife died in the parish of Llannon. They were parents of the
following children: Margaret, who married John Williams
in Wales; Isaac; David, who married Mary Ann Thomas, and
lives at Irondale; Joshua, who visited America but returned to
Wales; Mary, who married in Wales; and John and Evan,
who still live in the old country.
Isaac Thomas was about twenty-five years
old when he came to America and landed at the port of New York, June 6,
1865, and from there went to Baltimore, Md., obtaining work at the
Locust Point copper works. In the following October he went to Kingston,
Pa., and was engaged there in the coal mines until 1869, in which year
he helped to open a coal mine for David Morgan. From
Kingston he came to Irondale and began work in the mines in the latter
as a puddler and securing a contract for supplying lime to one of the
furnaces for two years. He continued mine and furnace work until
1880, in which year he was engaged by W. G. McCullough as
superintendent of mines at Yellow Creek, where he remained for sixteen
years; was at the Irondale tin mill mines for six years, and the
Saulsbury mines five years. Since Apr. 1, 1909, he has been
superintendent for the Diamond Coal Company. Mr. Thomas
erected his comfortable residence in 1871.
In the above mentioned year he was married to Miss
Margaret Williams, a daughter of Levi Williams, a native of
Wales. The following children were born to them: Mary
Elizabeth, who married James H. Taylor, of Wellsville, and
they have two children - Clyde and Edith Hester; Hannah
who is the wife of George W. Ridgeley, of Steubenville, and
they have two children - Arthur G. and Helen M.;
Arthur, who married Elizabeth McIntosh of Irondale, and has
two children, Irene and Dorothy (for the past seven years
he has been head clerk of the American Tin Plate Company, at Cleveland);
Edith, who married Fred McBane, of Irondale, and they have
one child, Margaret Ellen; William employed in the rolling
mill at Steubenville, who married Minnie Beard, of Brush Creek
Township, Jefferson County, and they have one daughter, Edith;
and Margaret and Catherine, both of whom reside at home
with their parents. Mr. Thomas and family are
members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he is an elder. In
politics he is a Republican and fraternally he is identified with the
Masons and Odd Fellows. Mr. Thomas is a self-made
man and the lesson his life teaches is that industry, integrity and
fidelity to employers is very likely to bring a large measure of
satisfying success.
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GEORGE W. THOMPSON, whose beautiful
residence is situated at No. 503 Bellevue Boulevard, La
Belle View, Steubenville, Ohio, and is probably the
finest of all the handsome homes on these heights, is
engaged in the real estate business. He was born
at Benwood, Marshall County, W. Va., in 1857. His
father and mother came from Ireland in 1849.
Mr. Thompson remained in
his native section until 1869, when he went to Clifton,
W. Va. His education was obtained in the district
schools and night schools, and when he was yet young, he
went to work in the nail mills. In the fall of
1872, he engaged in a general store business at Benwood,
in association with a half brother, but in the spring of
1873, he went to Ashland, Ky., where he worked in the
newly started nail mill for two yeas. He returned
to Clifton for six months, afterward going to Bellaire,
Ohio, and continued in the nail mill there until the
strike of 1882. Mr. Thompson then worked in
Cleveland, Detroit and in Muskingum, Mich., looking
after a lumber mill at the last named place, where he
continued until the strike at Bellaire had been settled,
when he returned and in the following October, located
at Mingo Junction. There he learned the trade of a
nailer and followed the same until 1889, when, on
account of failing health, he resigned his position and
turned his attention to other pursuits. He engaged
at first in contract painting and later entered the
steel plant, where, through an accident, he was badly
burned, and for a season was unable to do anything.
When he had recovered he embarked in a general
mercantile business at Mingo Junction, which he
continued until September, 1909. In the meanwhile,
he had become interested at La Belle View, and in
September, 1908, had commenced the erection of his fine
residence. He helped to organize the first
building and loan association of the suburb and also
organized the Mingo Realty Company, of which he has ever
since been president. He was always active in
politics in Mingo, where he served two yeas and eight
months in the city council.
In 1886, Mr. Thompson was married to Miss
Sarah E. McGraw, was engaged in the lumber business
at Bridgeport for a long period, but is now living a
retired life in Bellaire, at the age of eighty-five
years. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have four children:
John M., who is with the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company; and Anna J., Sarah E. and
George E. Mr. Thompson and family are members
of the Second Presbyterian Church, having been
identified with it since coming from Mingo, where he was
church treasurer and trustee for many years. He
was one of the organizers of Franklin Lodge of the
Junior Order of American Mechanics and served as its
head officer. He was secretary and treasurer of
the Mingo Lodge of United Nailers, Heaters and Rollers,
at Mingo Junction, during the great strike of 1885-86;
also was chairman of the relief committee during that
time, and was a delegate to the convention at Wheeling
when the organization of heaters and rollers was
organized and served on the committee that drafted their
constitution and by laws. He has always been an
active worker for good civic government in the towns in
which he has lived.
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HUGH MARION & WILLIAM H. THOMPSON,
owners of 212 acres of valuable land, situated in Section 29, Smithfield
Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, are representatives of one of the old
and substantial families of this neighborhood. They are sons of
Alexander Scroggs and Jane S. (Boots) Thompson.
Alexander Scroggs Thompson was born on this
farm, in the old log house that was the first home of his parents in
Smithfield Township, Aug. 4, 1817. His father was Hugh
Thompson, who was born in 1768, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
and was a son of John Thompson, who was born in Ireland,
of Scotch parentage, in 1700. John Thompson came to
America and settled in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in 1745, and
died there in 1777. Hugh Thompson, the grandfather,
grew to manhood in the neighborhood of Green Springs, Cumberland County,
and in his forty-seventh year was married there to Elizabeth
Scroggs, who was a direct descendant of Lord Chief
Justice Scroggs, of England. Hugh Thompson
and wife came to Jefferson County, Ohio, in the spring of 1815, having
in the fall of 1814 bought the farm, then containing 550 acres, on which
their grandsons were born and now live. This land had been entered
by William Gillespie in 1805. At first the Thompsons
lived in tlic old log house ob the place but in 1839 Hugh
Thompson built the brick house which was then considered one of the
finest farm residences in all this section. Grandfather
Thompson died in July, 1846, but his widow survived until May 5,
1870. They had live children: John, Alexander Scroggs,
Hugh L., William J., and Moses S., the latter being
a resident of Hopedale, O., and the only survivor.
Alexander Scroggs Thompson helped his father
clear the farm, and during his lifetime made many improvements here.
He was a man of sterling character and was held in the highest esteem.
He was a ruling elder in 'the United Presbyterian Church at Piney Fork
for forty-three years. He was married Nov. 28, 1848, to Janes
S. Boots, who was born in Jefferson County, Aug. 1, 1827, and died
Apr. 13, 1889. Her husband survived her until May 5, 1907.
They had four children: James Lorimer, now deceased, who
was a minister in the United Presbyterian Church; Hugh Marion;
William H.; and Thaddeus A. Lincoln, who is now deceased.
The last mentioned was a practicing attorney-at-law in Steubenville, O.
Hugh Marion Thompson was born on
the present farm Feb. 14, 1854. He was afforded educational and
other advantages and attended Franklin College. He has spent the
larger part of his life on the farm but for several years taught school
very acceptably, one year in Jefferson County and two years in Harrison
County. With his younger brother, William H. Thompson, he
bought the home farm on June 7, 1909, and the two brothers follow
general farming successfully.
William H. Thompson was born in the present farm
residence on the aid homestead Apr. 26, 1859, and after completing his
education at Hopedale Normal College, returned to the farm and, as
indicated above, became part owner of the property in 1909. He was
married Nov. 5, 1891, to Miss Janette Grove, a daughter of
Thomas and Sarah Grove, and they have two
children, Clarkson B. and S. Pauline. Both brothers
are members of the United Presbyterian Church. In politics they
are Republicans, of old line Whig descent. They are men of high
personal standing in tills section, representatives of its best type of
citizenship.
Source:
20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B.
Doyle
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J.
E. THOMPSON, postmaster and general merchant at
New Alexandria, O., is a member of the mercantile firm of J. E.
Thompson and Brothers, which is made up of James A., W. M.
and J. E. Thompson, all representative citizens of this town.
James A. Thompson was born in 1858, W. M. in 1861, and
J. E. in 1864, all in Wells Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, all
being sons of James and Mary Jane (Lyons) Thompson.
James Thompson was a farmer in Wells
Township during the larger part of his life but in early manhood
assisted his brother in his mercantile business for a time. He was
married first to Sarah Harris and they had two sons:
Thomas A., who lives at New Alexandria; and Robert, who was a
veteran in the Civil War and died of smallpox while in the service.
James Thompson was married secondly to Mary Jane Lyons
and to this marriage were born: James A., W. M.,
J. K., Mary Eliza, Delphine and John
Andrew. The three last named all died of diphtheria between
August 31 and September 12. The three surviving sons remained on
the old homestead in Wells Township until 1909, when they sold to G.
A. Mathews and came to New Alexandria and embarked in their present
enterprise. They carry a large stock including dry goods, notions,
hardware and groceries and are doing a heavy business. None of the
three has ever married.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published
by
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page
882 |
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J. T. THOMPSON,
principal of the Steubenville Business College, of Steubenville, O., has
been a resident of this city for fourteen years. He was born at
Marion, Williamson County, Illinois, where he was reared and where
members of his family still reside.
Professor Thompson attended the public
schools and had three years of academic and high school training at
Marion, and later attended the Northern Illinois Normal and Dixon
Business College at Dixon, Ill., for three years, being graduated in
1896 in the Post-Graduate Commercial Course, Pen, Art and Oratory.
When he came to Steubenville in August of that year he found it
necessary to build up his college from the very bottom, having no
appliances, and but one student asking for instruction.
It reflects great credit on Mr. Thompson
that within a very short time he had provided ample accommodations for
all who wish to profit through his instruction, and that now he has a
finely equipped institution with every modern convenience, stock and
appliances required in a first class business college; has four
thoroughly competent and experienced instructors and an annual
enrollment of over two hundred students. His success is well
deserved. His graduates find no difficulty in securing and
satisfactorily filling positions of trust and responsibility, and they
are the best advertisements Professor Thompson could have.
He has devoted the best part of his life to the building up of this
enterprise, and Steubenville takes great pride in it and gives it
liberal support.
Mr. Thompson is a member of the Methodist
Protestant Church, and was married last March to Miss Luella S.
Hinkle, the only daughter of Mr. C. V. Hinkle, of Toronto, O.
He is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen and the Red Men, and holds
membership in the Chamber of Commerce and Y. M. C. A. For years he
has been identified with the National Commercial Teachers' Federation
and Private School Managers' Association of the United States.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published
by
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page
718 |
Wesley E. Thompson |
MADISON THOMPSON,
who, with his mother, Mrs. Josephine (Tarr) Thompson, owns a
valuable farm of 156 acres, which lies in Section 36, Wells Township,
formerly followed dairying, operating a
milk wagon to Brilliant, but latterly has devoted himself entirely to
general farming. He is a son of Wesley E. and Josephine (Tarr)
Thompson.
WESLEY E. THOMPSON
was born on the present farm June 4, 1843, and was a son of William
and Mary (Ekey) Thompson, early settlers in this section. The
children of William Thompson were: David, Wesley,
Harrison, Andrew, James, Elizabeth and Sarah. All are
deceased except Harrison, residing in California, and James,
a resident of Kansas. Sarah was the wife of Fred Gilden.
The widow of William Thompson was left to rear the children and
pay off debts on the farm and she kept the most of the children with her
and not only cleared the property of all mortgages but added twenty more
acres to the place. Her death took place at the home of a daughter
at New Philadelphia. Wesley E. Thompson was reared by his
uncle, Samuel Ekey. He helped on the farm but had little
chance for schooling; later, however, through his own efforts, he became
a well informed man. After his marriage he settled on a part of
the farm, in which he had an interest, and later acquired it all by
purchase, there being at that time 234 acres, a part of which was
subsequently sold. He was a Democrat in politics and was twice
elected township treasurer. For many years he had been a member of
the Presbyterian Church when his death occurred Apr. 16, 1907.
Wesley E. Thompson was married Sept. 29, 1868,
to Miss Josephine Tarr, a daughter of William A. and Elvira (Dalrymple)
Tarr, and a granddaughter of Daniel Tarr, who was an old
settler and a
veteran of the War of 1812. To William A. Tarr and wife the
following children were born: John Benton, deceased; Josephine,
who is Mrs. Thompson; Casper, deceased; Lucinda,
wife of Rev. S. P. Lloyde; Lewis Fremont; Madison;
Ida Bell, and Wilbur. To Mr. and Mrs.
Thompson three children
were born, namely: Jennie, who married Philip Meholin, of
Steubenville, and has two children— Ina C. and Joseph Wesley;
Madison, and Daisy, who married George Stiff, of
Mingo Junction, and has one child, Dorothy Josephine.
Wesley E. Thompson was a highly respected man in
his community and was a kind husband and careful father. He was
quiet and home-loving and as far as he was able performed his duty to
his family, neighborhood and church. In the division of his
property his widow and son Madison retained the home farm for
their share. Mrs. Thompson is a member also of the
Presbyterian Church.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published
by
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page
761 |
Richard M. Thompson |
RICHARD M. THOMPSON,
a prominent citizen of Jefferson County, Ohio, who
served seven years as county commissioner and in other
public offices with efficiency and credit, resides at
New Alexandria, O., where he owns ten acres of finely
improved land. This town was his birthplace, Sept.
25, 1842, and he is a son of Moore and Harriet
(Davis) Thompson.
Moore Thompson was a son of John W. Thompson,
an early settler. In his younger years he was a
merchant, later a cooper and still later a farmer, in
1850 purchasing 102 acres of land in Cross Creek
Township, Jefferson County. He married Harriet
Davis, a daughter of William Davis and they
both died on their farm and are buried in the New
Alexandria cemetery. They had the following
children: John W. and Mary E., both of whom died
in infancy; William D., who is deceased (married
Sarah Hammond and had three children, namely:
Jessie, deceased; Harry, deceased; and
Bertha, living in Chicago); Richard M.; Mary E.,
deceased, who was the wife of Casper M. Tarr, and
left one daughter, Flora May, who married
Marshall McCullough.
Richard M. Thompson attended the district schools
when his father could spare him, after which he assisted
on the home farm until he was twenty-two years of age.
In 1862 he enlisted for service in the Civil War,
entering Company E, 52nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
After serving six months he was taken so ill with
pneumonia that he was discharged on account of
disability. He is a member of E. M. Stanton Post,
G. A. R. In politics, Mr. Thompson is a
stanch Republican and his services to his party have
frequently been recognized by election to responsible
offices. The office of county commissioner is one
of large importance and that Mr. Thompson should
have been retained on the board for seven years
indicates his high standing in his section as a man of
affairs. He served on term as treasurer of Wells
Township, for eleven years was on the school board, and
for twenty-three years was a committeeman.
On Jan. 23, 1870, Mr. Thompson was married to
Miss Sarah McCann, a daughter of John and
Catherine (Moore) McCann. John McCann was a
shoemaker by trade. His daughter does to recall
him, as he died when she was two years old, leaving
other children, namely: William J., Samuel W., James
C., and Clarissa Jane, the last named being
the wife of William J., Samuel W., James C., and
Clarissa Jane, the last named being the wife of
William Rabe. The mother of Mrs.
Thompson was subsequently married to H. B. Davis.
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson became the parents of the
following children: Minnie and Brady Leroy,
both of whom died in infancy; Forney A., who was
married first to Frank Vance, who left one child,
Winona, and was married secondly to Daniel
Dubes; Cora, who married D. Criswell, and has
two children - Joseph R. and Helen; Wilbur,
a traveling salesman, who married Bessie Davis
and has one child, Lohman; Wylie D., who married
Allie Parsons and had two children, both now
dead; and Harriet, who married Elmer B. Curtis
and has two children - Frances and Orlo
Moore. Mr. Thompson and family are members of
the Methodist Episcopal Church at New Alexandria.
Mr. Thompson is a thirty-second degree Mason.
He joined the fraternity of 1863 and is a member of
Smithfield Lodge, F. & A. M., also fo the order of
American Mechanics, of New Alexandria.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co.,
Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published by Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
Page
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ROBERT THOMPSON,
a representative citizen of Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County,
Ohio, where he owns a valuable farm of 174 acres, was born in Belmont
County, Ohio, Aug. 8, 1830, and is a son of Isaiah and Ellen (Grant)
Thompson.
Isaiah Thompson was a well known man in
his day in Belmont County, and was a farmer all his life. He
married Ellen Grant and both have long since been numbered with
the lead. Their burial was in Steubenville, O. Isaiah
Thompson was twice married and by his first union became the
father of William and Thomas. The children of his
second marriage were: Robert, Daniel, Mary
and Catherine. Mary married Joseph
McConnell.
Robert Thompson was brought to Cross
Creek Township in 1835 when he was five years old and has lived here
ever since and in every way has done his share in the development of
this part of Jefferson County. School advantages being rather
limited in his boyhood he early became associated with his father in the
cultivation of the home farm. Finally he rented land of his own
and thus continued for fifteen years, then buying the farm on which he
now lives, from William Roberts and here he has resided
ever since. For a number of years he carried on large agricultural
operations by himself but many of his former responsibilities have since
been assumed by his sons.
In August, 1858, Mr. Thompson was married
to Miss Nancy Stark, a daughter of James and
Elizabeth (McGee) Stark, who were farming people in Jefferson
County, and whose children were: Walter, James, William,
Robert, Matthew, Mary, Eliza, Marian
and Nancy. Mary married William Hanlon,
Eliza married William Porter, Marian married
Alexander Meikle, and Nancy married Robert
Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have five
children: Mary, who married J. L. Cable, and has
eight children— William, Nellie, Nancy, Frances,
Gregg, Esther, Robert and Walter; James,
who married Ada Welday, and has one son, William
Welday; William W., who married Jeannette Scott,
and has two children— James Scott and Wilma Jean;
Elizabeth, who married J. W. Hottel, and has three
children—Grace, Robert and Herbert; and Grace,
who married J. T. Rinker, and has one son, James.
Nellie Cable married John Swickard, and they have a
son, James Leslie.
Mr. Thompson and family are members of
the Presbyterian Church. With his sons he is a Democrat and
formerly was very active in public affairs in the township, serving on
the school board and as road supervisor and township trustee.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Published
by
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page
806 |
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WESLEY E. THOMPSON
- See MADISON THOMPSON
Source:
20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B.
Doyle
- Published by
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page
759 |
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