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H. STANLEY McCALL.     One of the younger able attorneys of the Scioto County bar, H. Stanley McCall represents the present active generation of a family that has been identified with this section of Ohio since pioneer times, and is the son of the well known Dr. Edgar O. McCall, long one of the prominent physicians of Portsmouth.
     H. Stanley McCall was born in South Webster, Scioto County, Ohio, Oct. 22, 1888.  His father.  Dr. Edgar O. McCall, was born also at South Webster.  The founder of the family in Ohio was great-grand father Michael McCall, who according to the best information obtainable, was a native of the North of Ireland and of Scotch ancestry.  Accompanying his parents he came to America and lived for a time at Pennsylvania, became one of the early settlers in Adams County, Ohio, and buying timbered land near Jacktown did a great deal of hard pioneer labor in converting that portion of the wilderness into a cultivated farm.  That was his home until his death.  He reared four sons, John Michael, Alexander and Hugh, and three daughters.  Hugh McCall, grandfather of the Portsmouth attorney, was born in Adams County, Ohio, was reared there and became a collier and was employed at various furnaces in Adams, Gallia, Jackson and Scioto counties.  His last years were spent at South Webster, where his death occurred at the age of fifty-six.  Hugh McCall married Margaret Bennett, who was born in Bloom Township.  Her father, Gilbert Bennett, was born also in Bloom Township on a farm, where his parents were pioneers.  As a young man Gilbert Bennett moved to Gallia County, engaged in merchandising a few years at Symmes Creek, then returned to Bloom Township and spent the remainder of his days as an industrious farmer.  Gilbert Bennett married Mary James, who was of Virginia ancestry.  Margaret (Bennett) McCall died at the age of sixty-five, and reared nine of her twelve children as follows: Elizabeth, Asaph, John J., Mary, Sarah, Margaret, Alexander, Dr. Edgar O. and Stella.
     Dr. Edgar O. McCall was for many years successfully identified with the school profession before taking up medicine.  His early education was acquired in the schools of South Webster, after which he was a student in the National Normal University at Lebanon, and then took up teaching.  His first terra was taught at the Pinkerman schoolhouse in Bloom Township, and subsequently was teacher at Elm Tree school house in Nile Township and later at South Webster.  His work as a school man continued twelve years.  This occupation gave him opportunity for preparation in medicine, and he was a student under Dr. Edward Newell and in the class of 1890 was graduated from the Western Reserve Medical College at Cleveland.  His first practice was done at Centerville in Gallia County, and that was his home for ten years.  Since then he has been one of the honored and highly successful physicians and surgeons of Portsmouth.
     Doctor McCall was married in 1886 into one of the oldest and most prominent families of Southern Ohio.  His wife's maiden name is Josephine Brady.  She was born in Bloom Township of Scioto County.  Her father, David Brady, was born in the same township, and her grandfather was Levi Brady, a son of William Brady, one of the first settlers in Scioto County, who is said to have built the first house on the present site of Portsmouth.  The Brady family lived only a short time along the river on account of the malaria which was prevalent in early times, and then sought a more healthful location in Bloom Township.  In that locality Levi Brady hewed a farm out of the heavy forests, and lived there until his death on Jan. 5, 1862, at the age of sixty-five years.  Levi Brady married Emily Enslow, who was born in Pennsylvania Mar. 19, 1801.  Her father, Captain David Enslow, was probably a native of Pennsylvania, moved from that state to Ohio in 1801, the same year in which Ohio became a state, and a few years later settled in Scioto County near Wheelersburg, where he was one of the first men of affairs.  He served as a captain in the War of 1812.  David Brady, father of Mrs. Dr. McCall, grew up on a farm, and eventually succeeded to the ownership of a portion of the old homestead.  Besides farming, his activities extended to merchandising for a number of years, and all his life was spent in Bloom Township, with the exception of the two and a half years he spent in California, where he went in 1849.  David Brady married Sarah Beebe.  Her father, David Beebe, was a native of Connecticut, located in Lawrence County, Ohio, was a teacher and lawyer, and some years later moved to Arkansas and spent his last days in that state.  His wife, whose name was Sarah Trowbridge, was a native of Pennsylvania, and after the death of her husband returned to Ohio and lived till death in Bloom Township.
     Doctor MeCall is a member of the Hempstead Medical Society.  He and his wife attend the Trinity Methodist Church at Portsmouth.  Their five children are: H. Stanley, David Hill, Edgar Orville, Ethel and Stella.
     H. Stanley McCall has spent most of his life in Portsmouth, is a graduate of the high school, and acquired his professional education in the University of Michigan, graduating from the law department in 1911.  Since then he has been in active practice in Portsmouth and has succeeded in establishing himself securely in legal circles in that city.  In the fall of 1911 he was elected city solicitor, and was re-elected in the fall of 1913.  His fraternal affiliations are with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Loyal Order of Moose, and the Fraternal Order of Eagles.  He attends the Trinity Methodist Church.
Source: A Standard History of The Hanging Rock Iron Region of Ohio, Vol. II - Illustrated - Published by The Lewis Publishing Company, 1916 - Page 840

JOHN J. McCALL.     Nearly a quarter of a century ago John J. McCall became identified with merchandising at Portsmouth, and is now proprietor of one of the best establishments in the city, located at 719 Campbell Avenue*. Since he sold his first goods many of his competitors have come and gone, but his own enterprise has continued with increasing proportions and represents a success gained by hard battle with the world, particularly during his early years.
     Mr. McCall represents one of the old families of Southern Ohio, and was born in Gallia County Mar. 13, 1844.  The McCall family was established in America during the eighteenth century, first locating in Pennsylvania.  His great-grandfather was Michael McCall, who was born either in Scotland or in Ireland of Scotch ancestry.  He was a child when his parents came to America and settled in Pennsylvania.  Mr. McCall's grandfather was one of the earlier settlers in Adams County, Ohio, secured a tract of timbered land and made a home in the midst of the forests.  He reared four sons, with names John, Michael, Alexander and Hugh, and also three daughters.
     Hugh McCall, father of the Portsmouth merchant, when a young man began working as a collier in Adams County, later was employed at furnaces in Jackson, Gallia and Scioto counties, and his last work was at South Webster, in Scioto County, where he died at the age of fifty-six years.  Hugh McCall married Margaret Bennett, who was born in Bloom Township.  Her father, Gilbert Bennett, was born in the same township, while his parents were Virginians who became pioneer settlers of Scioto County.  Gilbert Bennett moved to Gallia County during young manhood, was engaged in merchandising at Sims Creek for a few years, then returned to Bloom Township, and as a farmer spent the rest of his days in that vicinity.  Mrs. Hugh McCall survived her husband a few years and died at the age of sixty-five.  Of the twelve children, nine grew to maturity, named as follows: Elizabeth, Asaph, John J., Mary, Sarah, Margaret, Alexander, Dr. Edgar O. and Stella.
     When John J. McCall was ten years of age his parents moved to Jefferson Furnace, lived one year there, and then came to South Webster, in Scioto County.  In the meantime his opportunities for acquiring an education had been somewhat limited and most of his training for life was of a very practical nature.  In the fall of 1864, when twenty years of age, he found a place as storekeeper at the Clinton Furnace, and was later employed at the Washington Furnace in Lawrence County, first as storekeeper and later as bookkeeper.  Mr. MeCall remained at the Washington Furnace six and a half years, and was bookkeeper of the Center Furnace a year and a half.  With this accumulated experience and with a small amount of capital, he gave up clerical work and began independent merchandising for a year and a half at Center Furnace, subsequently moved to South Webster, and for eleven years traveled on the road as a commercial salesman.  In 1890 Mr. McCall left the road, came to Portsmouth, and opened a stock of goods on Campbell Avenue near Eighth Street.  That was the beginning of his career as a merchant, which has continued without interruption down to the present time, and with the general growth and development of the surrounding city his own enterprise has enjoyed a similar expansion.
     Mr. McCall was first married in 1872 to Susan Paul Cole.  She was born in Harrisville, daughter of James M. and Nancy Cole. Mrs. McCall died in 1883, and the present Mrs. Call was before her marriage Miss Augusta Ann Griffith.  She was born in Pine Grove Furnace, Lawrence County, daughter of David and Martha Griffith, who were likewise natives of Lawrence County.  Mr. McCall by his first marriage had four children: Nellie, Harriet, Stella and Ada.  There are also four children by his present wife: Edith, Augusta, Martha J. and Dudley.  Mr. and Mrs. McCall are members of the Bigelow Methodist Episcopal  Church, while in fraternal matters he is affiliated with Aurora Lodge No. 48, A. F. & A. M., and the Portsmouth Camp No. 3993, Modern Woodmen of America.
Source: A Standard History of The Hanging Rock Iron Region of Ohio, Vol. II - Illustrated - Published by The Lewis Publishing Company, 1916 - Page 858
* 719 Campbell Av., Portsmouth, OH is still standing as of 2025.

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