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cated at Steubenville. Three children were born to the Doctor and his wife, namely : Elva Leonora, born April 24, 1873, married Rev. A. A. Brown, a Methodist minister of Beverly, Ohio, and they have three children, Chase Mc- Master. Edna Elizabeth and Stowell Nelson. Rev. William Henry McMaster was born Sep- tember 17, 1875, and is one of the most brill- iant young men this locality has ever pro- duced. On July 27, 1899, he graduated at
Mount Union, and graduated also at Drew University, where he took the fellowship prize of $250 in gold, which was to be used for higher education. On June 24, 1902, he grad- uated at the University of New York, having spent two years in teaching at Drew Theolog- ical School, and was ordained a deacon, Sep tember 17, 1899, at the Eastern Ohio Confer- ence and preached his first sermon on his 18th birthday. For the past eight years he has been in the ministry and is now stationed at Elm hurst, New York. The youngest son, Sam tiel Emerson McMaster, was born September 22, ISSI, tauglit school one year, graduated at Lebanon College in 1900, spent 1901 at the Ohio State University, and is now attending the Ohio Medical College at Columbus.
The religious connection of the whole fan- ily is with the Methodist Church. Dr. Mc- Master has served six terms as notary public. being first appointed by Governor Hoadly. Ile is a member of Hess Post, G. A. R., No. 595, at Armstrong's Mills, and was one of the char- ter members of Wever Lodge, F. & A. M., at Centreville, serving for to years as its secretary. He belongs also to the Belmont County Med. ical Society and keeps abreast of the times in his profession. Dr. McMaster is the accred- ited examiner for these insurance companies : The Mutual Benefit, of New Jersey ; the Home, of New York; the Michigan Mutual, of De- troit ; the New York Life; and the Prudential.
WILLIAM HARRISON WARREN, a prominent farmer of Mead township, Bel- mont County, and a worthy representative of old pioneer families of the county which have been conspicuous through generations both in agricultural and military life, was born in his present home in Mead township in 18440, a son of Daniel and Sarah (Har- desty) Warren.
On the material side of the family, Mr. Warren comes of Revolutionary stock, his grandfather, Obadiah Hardesty, serving in the Continental Army. Mrs. Warren was
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born in Glencoe, Richland township, Bel- mont County, where her father located on a farm soon after the close of the Revolution- ary War, and died in 1877, aged about 77 years. On the paternal side the early an- cestors belonged to the State of Maryland, and there Daniel Warren was born in 1790, a son of Hladdick Warren, who first located at Middletown, Washington County, Penn- sylvania, and from there came to Belmont County, Ohio, in 1804, all of the following children having been born prior to this time -Daniel, John, Caleb, James, William, Polly, Catherine and Sarah. Iladdick Warren was one of the first settlers to locate in the cast- ern part of Belmont County, buying a farm near Neff's siding, where he spent the re- mainder of his life and where his tomb may be found. He also was a soldier in the Revo- lutionary War.
It is a subject of comment that when the country needed help in the various struggles from which has come American independ- ence, the Warren family always had a loyal member to offer service. Thus in the War of 1812 Daniel Warren participated with gallantry. After his marriage he came to Mead township and located on a farm in sec- tion 30, the same property now owned by his son, our subject. He engaged in agricul- tural pursuits through the whole of his life, attaining very substantial results. His politi- cal views made him in early life an old line Whig, and an active supporter of the Repub- lican party after its formation.
On December 21, 1815, Daniel Warren and Sarah Hardesty were united in marriage, and a family of 14 children were born to them in the old home on the farm. Nancy, the eldest, was born February 21, 1817, and died in the old home at the age of 55 years: John, born October .1. 1818, died unmarried in St. Joseph, Missouri, aged about 33 years ; Eliza. born April 1. 1820, married James Shipman, and they moved first to Kansas, then to Illinois and later to Missouri, where she died about 1897, their three children also
17, 1821, died at Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, aged 21 years; Morgan, born Novem- ber 4, 1823, married Jane Thornberry, moved to lowa and was drowned in the Ot- tawa River in 1876,-he had been a soldier in the Civil War in the 29th Reg., Iowa Vol. Inf., and left a large family, five sons residing in Kansas; Mary Ann, born November 4, 1823, died in 1877, the wife of Joseph Carle; Charity, born October 14, 1825, died at the age of nine years; Susan, born Feb- ruary 10, 1820, married William Graham, and both died at their home at Captina Creek, one of their daughters and two of the sons residing in Belmont County, one in West Virginia and one in Nebraska; Sarah, the twin sister of Susan, married William Wiley, and at death left a son and daughter, resi- dents of Jackson County, Indiana; Haddick L., born January 17, 1836, resides at Alma, Ross County, Ohio, was a brave soldier in the Civil War from Meigs County, and mar- ried Elizabeth Moore; Rebecca, born April 21, 1833, is the widow of James Wiley. and resides at Ella, Marshall County, West Vir- ginia: ' Rhoda, born October 20, 1834, mar- ried Prince Green, and resides in Spraytown, Jackson County, Indiana; Ebenezer, born July 1, 1838, died unmarried in 1871.
The youngest member of this family was the subject of this record, William Harrison Warren, who was born on December 16, 1840. Tle was reared to farm work, and the principal business interests of his life have been centered in agricultural developments. Ilis fine farm of 2183 acres is well cultivated and finely improved, and he has here engaged in general farming, combined with dairying, his general prosperity being the result of ex- cellent management and the intelligent use of modern methods and improved machinery.
On April 16. 1866, Mr. Warren married Harriet Eliva Berry, who was born Septem- ber 30, 1215. in Mead township. a daughter of William C. and Mary (Haughtengohow) Berry, the former of whom was born at Wellsburg. Virginia. now West Virginia, and being deceased; Noah V., born November . died in 1879, aged 68 years. He was a son
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of John and Mary Ann (Clark) Berry, an old Virginia family of prominence. The mother was also born at Wellsburg and died in 1862, aged 51 years. Mrs. Warren is one of a fam- ily of ten children born to her parents, these being: James, deceased; Jacob, a resident of Mead township; Clark died at the age of six months; Mary Ann married Ira Kidder, lived at Moundsville, West Virginia, and died in 1898; Rachel Ellen died unmarried in 1869, aged 27 years; Harriet E., the wife of Mr. Warren; Augusta J. is the widow of James White of Moundsville; William J., a resident of Mead township; John W., a resi- dent of Moundsville, married Lizzie Lash, and James Albert, a resident of Moundsville, married Lizzie Schrimp.
To Mr. and Mrs. Warren has been born a family of eight children, namely,-William S., born April 2, 1867, is a physician in prac- tice at Businessburg, Ohio, graduating from Bryant & Stratton's Business College and Starling Medical College. He married Anna C. Boyd, and their four children are: Mary Elizabeth, aged seven years; Dulcie E., aged five years; Harriet Isabel, aged two years, and William Boyd, an in- fant, deceased. Myrta I., born March 20, 1860, married George Il. Ramsey of Mead township, and they have five children - Forrest, born in 1801; Clar- ence E., born in 1803; Harriet Mildred, born June 6, 1896; Harry Warren, born February 15, 1898. and Loring Fulton, born Septem- ber 3, 1901. Carrie B., born March 3, 1871, married William A. Craig, and they reside in Businessburg, their children being Loring Day, born August 5, 1894, Ilarriet Eliza, born July 29, 1897, and an infant, born May 2, 1899, deceased. Daniel 11., born July 5, 1873. is a graduate of the Western Pennsylvania University and for the past year has been practicing his profession of dentistry at Allegheny City. Ile is also a graduate in pharmacy, graduating from Scio College July 26, 1900. Otta L., born October 6, 1875. married George McCom- mon, a professor in a school at Windsor, Ash-
tabula County, Ohio. V. Josephine, born July 14, 1877, is a young lady at home. Charles Foster, born October 10, 1879, is a teacher at Neff's siding. On April 18, 1902, he married Ada L. Neff, of Neff's sid- ing. The youngest son, Harrison Edwin. was born November 1, 1882, and remains at home assisting his father.
During the stormy period of the Civil War Mr. Warren, true to family tradition, offered his services in defense of his country, belong- ing during nine months at the close of the war to Company I, 5th Ohio Vol. Cav., under the brave Kilpatrick, and escaped any serious injury. In political senti- ment he has always adhered to the Republican party, supporting its candi- dates and promoting its influence. In fraternal connection he is associated with the Masonic body, belonging to Weyer Lodge, No. 541, of Centreville, Ohio, as are also his sons, and he also belongs to Spang- ler Post, G. A. R., of Bellaire. The religions connection of the family is with the Metho- dist Church at Pleasant Ilill.
Mr. Warren and family are well and favora- bly known in Businessburg and vicinity and enjoy a wide and pleasant social prominence.
JOHN M. WILKINS, who is numbered among the influential farmers of Belmont County, Ohio, is a general farmer, owning about 149 acres of cultivated land in Rich- land township. He was born on the home place in 1846 and resides there today.
Mr. Wilkins is a son of Robert and Mar- garet (Murray) Wilkins, both natives of Richland township, and now deceased Rob- ert Wilkins became an agriculturist and also raised stock to some extent, becoming quite successful in his occupation. He married Margaret Murray, whose father was bridge contractor on the old National Road. She died in 1803, when 76 years of age, leaving as mourners her husband and several chil dren. She was the mother of six children,
CAPT. ALBERT W. LEE.
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namely: Augusta, Lydia, James, John M., Robert and Ellen; but Robert, James and Augusta are now passed away. Lydia and our subject are still single and live on the home place. Ella is the widow of Dr. George Close and now makes her home with our subject also, the farm being near St. Clairs- ville, on the north.
Our subject's parents were devoted in their membership in the M. E. Church, and reared their children in this faith also. In politics Mr. Wilkins was a Republican and an earnest worker for party welfare. So- cially he was a member of St. Clairsville Lodge of the I. O. O. F. At his death in June, 1899, he was St years old, and in los- ing him, the county lost one of its truest and best citizens.
John M. Wilkins fully understands the management of his acres, and his home sur- roundings show that he is both prosperous and progressive. He is liberal in both re- ligious and political views and takes much interest in the work of either class. As a well-meaning citizen he has the honor and respect of all his fellow men.
CAPT. ALBERT W. LEE, postmaster at Uniontown, Belmont County, and one of the county's representative citizens, is a native of the Buckeye State, born on February 1, 1840, in New Athens, Harrison County. He is a son of William Lee, a grandson of James Lee, Jr., and a great-grandson of James and Isa- bella (Bascowan) Lee, the latter a daughter of Lord Bascowan, of the north of Ireland.
James Lee, Sr., was evidently a man of wealth and social prominence, indicated by his being received as a son-in-law by a member of the Irish nobility, but, beyond the fact of the alliance, little is known of his movements ex- cept of his nufortunate start for America. The family records show that in 1785, James Lee, Sr., in company with his family, including his son James, three brothers, two sisters, three uncles, with their families, one sister-in-law
and 33 cousins, embarked on a vessel named "The Faithful Steward," which so far falsi- fied its cognomen as to go to pieces on the shores of Delaware Bay, on its passage from London to Philadelphia, and all the trusting passengers were drowned except James Lee, Jr., his brother's wife, and four cousins, who finally reached land on pieces of wreckage, the ship being scuttled by sailors, as there was a heavy insurance on the ship and cargo.
James Lee, Jr., the grandfather of Captain Lee, was born January 14, 1759, in County Donegal, Ireland, and on March 15, 1792, married Elizabeth Rankin, who was of Scotch- Irish origin, and a native of Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Mr. Lee settled in Chartier's Valley, three miles northeast of Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, near the station which now bears the appropriate name of Meadowlands, there rearing his family and living until the time of his death, December 21, 1843, in his 85th year. His son James inherited his farm. The children of James and Elizabeth Lee were nine in number, namely : Thomas, William, Elizabeth, Hugh, Mary, George, Rachel,' Samuel and James. Of these,- Thomas came to Ohio at an early day, settled near Cadiz, became a man of affairs, and was made judge of the County Court. He owned a large farm northeast of Cadiz and at first conducted a tannery, but later engaged ex- clusively in farming. Ile reared a family of three boys and five girls, two of the former be- coming ministers. His death occurred in 1855. Elizabeth married a Mr. Buchanan and re- moved to Illinois, where she reared a family and died some years ago. Hugh married and moved to Oregon, in 1853, settled in the Will- amette Valley, where he died in 1884. Mary became Mrs. Heuston and lived and died in Illinois. George married, located in Pomeroy, Ohio, in the jewelry business, and died there. Rachel married Rev. David Thompson and with her husband started west as a missionary, dying at Fort Laramie, on the way to Oregon. in 1853. Samuel married Mary Russell of Washington County and lived and died in Con- cord, Muskingum County, Ohio; they had one
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son and five daughters. James lived and died on the old farm in Washington County, Ohio.
Other members of the Lee family were three brothers of great-grandfather James, one of whom settled in Carroll County, Ohio; an- other, HIugh, settled near Cross Creek, Penn- sylvania ; and a third, James, who settled near Ilickory, in Washington County, Pennsyl- vania. A distinguished member of another branch of the family of Captain Lee was Gen. Robert E. Lee, who was a descendant of a fam- ily of Lees that came from the north of Eng- land and settled in Virginia, having gone there about the same time our subject's ancestry went from England to Ireland, thence to America.
William Lee, the father of Captain Lee, was born December 25, 1798, in Washington Coun- ty, Pennsylvania, and lived there until 20 years of age, learned the tailor's trade, and then went to St. Louis, Missouri, soon after locating at Cadiz, Ohio, where he married Maria Pritchard, daughter of Jesse Pritchard, on March 22, 1824, and worked for a short time at his trade, but later engaged in a mer- cantile business in Cadiz and New Athens un- til 1854, when he sold his store and moved to a farm. He remained on this farm, near Loydsville until 1875, when he removed to St. Clairsville and resided in that place until his death on January 8, 1886. Mr. Lee was a man of limited education, but was industrious and energetic and was successful in business. A family of six sons and four daughters was born to William and Maria Lee, as follows : James, born February 27, 1825, never married, lived in New Athens, but died in Angust, 1899, at the home of his brother, Albert W. ; John P., born June 10, 1827, died of scarlet fever on January 19, 1831; Mary, born Angust 15, 1820, died February 7, 1831, of scarlet fever ; Sarah 1., born January 7, 1832, died January ' IS11, of fever; John R., born September 11. 1834, died February 15, 18.11, of fever; Jesse, born April 26, 1837, died February 28, 1856, being drowned in Duck Creek, Washi- ington County, Ohio: Albert W., of this biog- raphy ; Elizabeth M., born December 18, 1842,
and died in 1900, married Samuel Hilles, who at different times was sheriff of Belmont Coun- ty and member of the Legislature,-their chil- dren consisted of two boys and three girls, one of the former being superintendent of the Juvenile School on the Hudson ( New York) ; Emma N., born September 16, 1845, married Henry N. Moore, of Red Oak, Iowa, where she still resides, having two children living, three being dead; and William Howard, born September 20, 1848, who has been twice mar- ried, his first wife being Clara Vickers; he lives near Tacoma, State of Washington, and has six children.
Albert W. Lee, the immediate subject of this sketch, was educated primarily in the common schools in his native county and then attended Franklin College, leaving his studies in order to enlist, as a private, for service in the Civil War, under Capt. Peter Tallman, in Company K, 17th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., for three months and was in the West Virginia campaign during this term. He re-enlisted in Company E, 15th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., for three years, under Capt. Frank Askew, again entering as a pri- vate, and saw service in the Army of the Cun- berland, under General Bnell, in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama, taking sick at luka and Florence and, after one year of service, was discharged at Nashville. On recovering from the fever which had prostrated him and shortened his second term of service, our subject raised a company of his own, through Wheeling and Union townships, which was accepted and mustered into the service as Company E, 170th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., of which Mr. Lee was elected captain.
In the meantime, after his discharge at Nashville, Captain Lee attended Duff's Busi- ness College, at Pittsburg, and graduated in March, 1864, taking his company after this to Washington, D. C. The company was as- signed to the Valley of Virginia in the sum- mer of 1861, and took part in several battles and skirmishes. Captain Lee's company was engaged in skirmishes with General Early's men at Tlarper's Ferry, July 6, 1864, and also at Snicker's Gap, in July, 1861. at Winchester,
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in July, 1864, where General Mulligan was killed and where our subject barely escaped capture, and in all these engagements bore off honors for gallant conduct. After a service of about two years, the company was mustered out, in September, 1864.
After the close of his service, Captain Lee went to Johnson's Island, in the bay, at San- dusky, and took charge of a military store for his cousin, Fulton Moffett, who had the ap- pointment from the government as storekeeper for the military post located there; several thousand Confederate prisoners were con- fined there, the greater number of these being commissioned officers of the Confederate Army. Captain Lee remained there until May, 1865, and then came to his father's farm at Loydsville, soon after being appointed assistant revenue collector for the eight western town- ships of Belmont County, filling the position until November 23, 1865. This was the date of his marriage to Sarah Lee, daughter of William Lee, who resided near Uniontown, a second cousin of Captain Lee's father. With his wife he settled on a farm two miles north of Uniontown and there engaged in farming and extensive stock raising, making a spe- cialty of sheep, and figuratively changing his sword into a ploughshare. In January, 1898, Captain Lee bought two stores in Uniontown and also purchased the Dunbar corner-lot property, consolidating the stores, and operated the business until 1901, when he sold it to his son Charles P. Lee, who later sold to Everett C. Taylor, who conducts the business, al- though the property still belongs to Charles P. Lec.
The children born to Captain and Mrs. Lee mmbered four, namely: William D., Annie Marie, Charles P. and Robert Vance. William D. Lee was born April 3, 1867, and married Bessie Dunbar, their two children, Marjory and Frances, being born respectively in 1898 and 1900. Mr. Lee was thoroughly educated at Franklin College, at New Athens, and now resides on a farm within one and one-half miles of Uniontown. Annie Marie Lee was born August 1, 1869, was educated at Frank-
lin College, and died February 18, 1897. Charles P. Lee was born April 8, 1871, mar- ried Birdie Taylor and they have one little daughter of four years, named Martha, and reside at Bannock. Robert Vance Lee was born January 2, 1875, and married Lucy Perry, a daughter of O. II. Perry, of Cadiz, Ohio, a descendant of Commodore Perry. Mr. Lee resides in Meadville, Pennsylvania, a jew- eler by trade, and his one child, Mary Enita, was born in February, 1891, in Durango, Col- orado.
Although a Republican in his political sym- pathy, a son of a father who was an Abolition- ist or Free-Soiler, Captain Lee has not taken of late years a very deep interest in public mat- ters, aside from local affairs. He has faith- fully served his locality in a number of offices, has been justice of the peace and has been fre- quently urged to accept political positions, but since 1892 has never consented to become a
candidate. Since May 19, 1898, he has been postmaster at Uniontown, appointed through Charles Emory Smith under the administra- tion of the late President MeKinley, and has made one of the best officials the people of this section have ever had. Since taking charge, the office has been raised to a money order office and business has increased five per cent. For many years he has shown his interest in educational matters by serving on the School Board. In religious life, Captain Lee has always been identified with the Presbyterian Church, was reared in its teachings, his father being one of the elders, and nearly all of his family are still in active membership in the Bannock Presbyterian Church, although our subject has practically, in late years, with- drawn on account of difference of opinion. lle has been superintendent of this Sunday- school and taught the Young Ladies' Bible Class for a long period and has taken an active interest in the Young People's meetings. Ilis present attitude is that of a firm believer in the essential truths of Christianity, but he does not feel that he can hold with some of the beliefs which have crept into the church. Few men know the Bible more thoroughly or follow
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its precepts more conscientiously, and his views on life and its religious duties and priv- ileges are held my many other thoughtful persons.
SAMUEL MCMASTER. Very many of the leading old families of Belmont County were founded in this locality by sturdy pio- neers from Pennsylvania, who came hither in the early days of its settlement to secure homes for their large number of children, and such was the case with the MeAlaster family, so well and favorably known.
Robert McMaster was born in Adams County, Pennsylvania, and married Sarah Meeks, who was born across the line, in Washington County, in the same State, and with their children, in 1817, they migrated to Belmont County, Ohio, where Robert purchased a tract of 80 acres from Frazier Taylor, in Mead township, near Jacobsburg. It was probably somewhat improved at the time, as it had been originally the property of the well-known Thomas Miles. Later, Robert MeMaster secured 70 acres in Smith township, near Jacobsburg, and here both he and wife died, the latter in February, 1850, at the age of 52 years, and the former in 1874, at the age of 84 years. They had a family of five sons and four daughters born to them, all of whom grew to maturity and some of whom have shown .a remarkable longevity, as is notable in the case of the subject of this sketch, Samuel McMaster, the eldest of the family, who was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, on De- cember 6, 1813. The others were as fol- lows; Frances, now Mrs. Weyer, of Pow- hatan, Belmont County, was born in 1815, also in Pennsylvania; Nancy was born in 1817 and has been deceased many years; Andrew, born in 1818, has also been de- ceased for a long period; Dr. William was born in 1820, and for some 20 years prac- ticed medicine and conducted a drug store at Bellaire, where he died; George was born in 1822, learned the trade of saddler at St.
Clairsville, and practiced the same at Bel- laire and Wheeling, where he died; Marga- ret was born in 1821, married Harvey Por- terfield, and died in 1852, of cholera, at Bel- laire; Mary Ann was born in 1826, married, first, Thomas Fulton, second, William Allen, and, third, William Hoskinson, and resides, a widow, with her daughter at Moundsville; and Henry, born in 1829, who follows a tailoring business at Bellaire.
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