History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, and incidentially historical collection pertaining to border warfare and the early settlement of the adjacent portion of the Ohio Valley, Part 178

Author: Caldwell, J. A. (John Alexander) 1n; Newton, J. H., ed; Ohio Genealogical Society. 1n
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Wheeling, W. Va. : Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 728

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N. TEAFF, born in Steubenville, in 1824, learned the business of gunsmith from his father, one of the carliest settlers here, and bas made it the study of a lifetime, his shop being on the corner of Washington and Fitth streets. He enlisted in Co. 1, 3d Regt., O. V. I., in 1846, served fifteen months, and was mastered ont at New Orleans. He also joined Co. Il., 1st Regt , O. V. I., in 1863; served eighteen months, and re-enlisted in Co, G , 18th Regt., O. V. I., served till the close of the war, and was honorably dis- charged at Columbus, O. He married Ann E., daughter of Amos Osborn, of Hancock county, W Va., in 1848, and has a family of six sons and two daughters living.

JAMES GREGG, a native of Ireland, born in 1837, came to Ame- rica with his parents in 1841, and has resided in Steubenville ever since. He has been engaged in the banking business for 65-B. & J. Cos.

fifteen years, and is at present eonnected with the popular bank- ing house of Sherrard, Mooney & Co., on the corner of Market and Fourth streets. He married Mary J., daughter of James Stirling, of Steubenville, in 1860, and they have had a family of four children, two daughters and one son, all of whom are still living.

SAMUEL JOHNSON .- Samuel, a son of Robert and Susan John . son, nee Sunderland, was born in Westchester, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, in 1827. Robert Johnson was an early settler of Harrison county. For some years he was in the hotel business at Cadiz and 'Westchester, at which place he was also a justice of the peace, and also at Newcomerstown, at the time of the building of the eanal. He died in 1841, at the age of fifty-five. His wife died in 1827, at the age of forty. Samnel resided for many years with his maternal grandfather, John Sutherland, a Revolutionary soldier and one of the pioneers of Washington county, Pa., and who died January 1, 1841, exactly one hundred years old. He migrated to Smithfield, Jefferson county, in 1842, and remained a resident thereof till January, 1874, at which time he removed to Steubenville. Farming nas been his life work till of late years. He has served eight years as deputy sheriff, also as Assistant United States Marshal in taking the census of tour townships in 1870, and as sheriff from 1874 to 1878. In 1864, be volunteered as a member of Company F., 157th O. V. I., in the one hundred days' service. He was mar- , ried in 1860, to Mrs. Ann B. Berry, daughter of Samuel and Lydia Smith nee Lukins. Their children are : William, Charles, Mary and Anna.

RICHARD IRWIN .- IIe came to Steubenville in 1803, with his father, Robert Irwin, who died about fifty years age, in a short time after his arrival. The latter was born and reared in county Down, Ireland. He was a carpet weaver and throughout his career followed that vocation. His wife died in 1857, in her ninety-fourth year.

RICHARD IRWIN Was born in 1793. He was a worker in wood (wooden) machinery and subsequently a pattern maker. He died in 1874, in his eighty-second year; his wife died in 1864, sixty-eight years of age. She was a sister of Stebbins Johnson, a pioneer in the manufacture of wood machinery. The children were: Elizabeth, married to John Scott; Lois Ann, deceased, married to E. T. Wilson ; R. J., married to Belle Wilson ; John, married to Addie Patten ; children, Lizzie S. and Jennie A. ; and Samuel, married to Nancy Karr.

JOHN IRWIN was born in Steubenville, in 1835. He was a pat- tern maker by trade. He served as United States storekeeper for four years, In 1877, he was elected mayor of Steubenville, and has served one term.

THOMAS B. SCOTT .- James Scott, the father of Thomas B., was a native of county Donegal, Ireland. He was a school teacher by profession. For fourteen years he was post-master of Nairne, Lair county, Ireland, In 1819, with his family be re- moved to Washington county, Pa., and in the following year removed to Smithfield township, Jefferson county, Ohio. He taught school for many years in Steubenville, Cross Creek and other townships. He died in 1857 at the.age of eighty-four. He was twice married ; first to Ann Mccullough, whom he married in Ireland, and who died in Ohio; and second to Mary Beattie, who died in 1872 at the age of eighty nine. The children of both unions were-John, James, deceased, Wil- liam, deceased, Margaret, deceased, and Thomas B., and Jane, (twins,) the latter of whom is deceased. Our subject has been engaged in farming. He was elected a member of the state House of Representatives in 1877, and served in two sessions when he was re-elected in 1879. He was married in 1856 to Mary Ellen, daughter of Joshua and Sarah Carter nee Evans. She died in 1871 in the thirty-sixth year of her age. The chil- dren were: - Mary II., James F., Joshua C., Margaret Ellen, William Ira, and Sarah J., deceased. In 1864 our subject en- listed in company F., 157th regiment, and served under Captain Smith for a term of four months. As a public man he has gained special popularity with his constituency, while his hon - orable colleagues entertain such a lively interest in, and feeling of respect for, the member from Jefferson as is enjoyed by few members in the House. Though of a reserved demeanor, when the Hon. "Tom" speaks- as in the case of his sileneing the honorable member from Crawford, in 1869,-his peenliarly ef- fective argumentative powers not only carry their weight but invariably bring down the house.

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CAPTAIN WILLIAM STEWART,-A son of Robert and Rosanna Stewart, was born in Cumberland county. Pa., Feb. 18th, 1800. In 1802 he was brought to Westmoreland county, Pa., by his father who located in the last named county, and remained for a number of years, but died in 1837. His companion survived bim until 1852, when her spirit took its flight, William, onr subject, received his education at Jefferson College, Can- ponsburg, Pa. He engaged in mercantile business in Greens- burg, Westmoreland county, Pa., in 1816, in company with a Mr. Fleming, and continued in that until 1821, and then changed his vocation to contracting with the Government to furnish the troops with provisions. He continued in that business until in 1828. He married Elizabeth McGlenn in 1826. They settled in Pittsburgh, and while engaged in contracts with the Govern- ment, he kept commission houses in Cincinnati and New Or- leans. In 1826 he built a steamboat known as the "North Star," for a man by the name of Bradley. In 1828 be was one of the firm, known as Lothrop & Stewart, that built the third rolling mill in Pittsburgh, which they operated for five years, and then be sold his interest. In 1833 he engaged in the importa- tion of queensware in Pittsburgh, and followed the business for several years. He was also engaged in building steamboats for different parties while in Pittsburgh, building in all about thirty boats. In 1841 he moved his family to Steubenville. He run as captain of boats on the Ohio, Mississippi, Red, Tennessee, Wabash and Illinois rivers, and made several trips across the Gulf of Mexico. During the Mexican war he had five boats in the Government service. His last trip on the river as an officer of a boat, was down the Mississippi and up Red River 100 miles, up Black River to the Washita, and up the Washita to Arka- delphia, there sold his boat and returned home to his family in Steubenville. He then engaged in the oil business, drilling several wells and erecting two refineries; he continued in the oil business until 1874 and then retired. . He is the father of nine children, six of whom are still living-three sons and three daughters.

BARNARD SCULLION was born in 1828, in the county of Der- ry, Ireland, He emigrated to America in 1844, landing in New York on the last day of May, and continued his journey west- wardly, reaching Steubenville on the 14th day of June. In 1845 he engaged as an apprentice in Means' foundry to learn the moulding trade, He served his time and worked for said com- pany and in same shop for twenty-eight years, and then retired from that business. During the years of 1873-4-5 be dealt in real estate, and in 1876 he engaged in the mercantile business on Market street. He married Annie, daughter of John Swan, in 1855. Their nnion resulted in five children, three of whom are deceased ; one son and one daughter are living. His wife deceased in 1861.

JOHN DATON, a soldier of the war of 1812, was born in the state of Pennsylvania. He was a shoemaker by trade. He married Elizabeth Dunlap. Their union resulted in four chil- dren, John, William, Robert and Jerome D. In 1820 he, with wife and above-named children, migrated to Jefferson county, and settled in Wayne township, where they followed farming, and remained in said township several years. They next moved to Smithfield township, and in 1828 to Smithfield town, and the remainder of his days John employed himself at his trade. He, however, died in 1840, and his wife in 1850. They were mem- hers of the Presbyterian church.

JEROME D. DATON .-- On the 13th day of May, 1818, in Lan- caster county, Pa., the subject of our sketch, a son of John Da- ton, deceased, was born. He came with his father to Jefferson county, Ohio, in 1820. He served his time to saddle and har- ness making, under the instructions of Enoch Dye, and fol- lowed that business for fifteen years. In 1849 he engaged in mercantile pursuits, in company with Thomas Chambers, in New Alexandria. They continued in business until in 1863, when they moved to Steubenville and remained as partners in business until May, 1873. Mr. Daton then purchased his part- ner's interest, and continued in the business. At present is en- gaged in a general grocery and produce business at 506 Market street, Steubenville, Obio. He was postmaster at New Alexan- dria for ten years, filled the office of justice of the peace in Cross Creek township for nine years and school director for seven years. He married Miss Rebecca Porter, Aug. 29, 1839. They settled in New Alexandria. Their union resulted in three children, one son and two daughters. His wife died November 8th, 1874, being a member of the Methodist Church. Our sub- ject has also been a member of said church forty years.

SAMUEL LINDSAY, wife and children, migrated from county Down, Ireland, to Pittsburgh, in the summer of 1827, removing in the following spring to Steubenville, Ile was a nail-maker by trade, and about his first employment was the manufacture of spikes, etc., for some steamboats then building at Steuben- ville. After the era of nail machines bad commenced he en- gaged as an engineer in the Means flouring mill. He died in 1867, at the age of eighty-seven ; his wife, who was Ann Barnes, died in 1868, at the age of eighty-four.

W. B, LINDSAY, son of the above, was born in county Down, Ireland, in 1819. By trade he was a tin, copper and sheet iron worker, learning his vocation in the shop of Matthew Roberts. From 1845 to 1862, he was engaged in this business in Browns- ville, Fayette county, Pa. In the latter year he returned to Steubenville and has since been engaged in the hardware busi- ness at No. 600 Market street. He was married in 1852, to Elizabeth Eaken, daughter of William and Kate Eaken nee Wil- belm. The latter died in 1867, at the age of forty-four. The children are: Kate, Anna and James S., deceased.

JOHN H. LINDSAY, also a son of Samuel Lindsay, was born in county Down, Ireland, in 1827. He served as an apprentice to W. B. in the latter's establishment in Brownsville, and from 1852, has been managing the business on his own account in Steubenville. His location at No. 431 Market street, dates from March, 1878. He has been twice married ; first in 1848, to Su- sannab Fish, daughter of Joseph and Susannah Fish, of Browns- ville, Pa., who died in 1852, at the age of twenty-seven, leaving two children-Anna and Joseph, deceased; and second, in 1858, Charlotte A. Mccullough, daughter of James and Charlotte A. Mccullough. The children by the latter union are : Ida, John, Lizzie, Lena, Lottie and James and William, twins, both de- ceased. Our subject has served as Infirmary director for twenty years and as trustee of Union cemetery nearly all the time since its incorporation.

ENOCH G. McFEELY, business manager of the Steubenville daily and weekly Gazette, is the son of Gabriel McFeely, and nephew of Eli H. McFeely, elsewhere referred to at length. Our subject's mother's maiden name was Elizabeth, daughter of Ja- bez and Asenith Smith, who came to Steubenville in 1809. Enoch G. was born here, September 1, 1828, being the oldest and only son of afamily of seven. Having received a plain education up to the age of eleven, he was given bis choice either to graduate or apply himself to business, when thus early his juvenile in- stinets lead him in the paths of Josh Billings' philosophy- " that one ounce of practical experience is worth a ton of theo- retical teachings,"-and he therefore preferred to " buckle on the armor of perseverance " and " hoe his own row." Engag- ing first with Orth & Wallace, for several years be applied him- self to the woolen manufacture, but about 1850, forsook that oc- cupation for a position in the dry goods and grocery store of Fisher & Jones. But here a sudden difficulty arose -as the man under whom he had hoped to take instruction, suddenly quit the establishment. But the youthful aspirant to mercantile dis- tinetion was not to be daunted, and by indomitable exertions, early and late-he soon championed the yard stick, the scissors, the scales and the scoop, the stock keeping, trading, buying and books-in fact, the running of the entire business. Mr. Jones retiring from the business, Mr. Fisher moved the stock to the corner of Market and Fifth streets, in 1851, subsequently closing out to trade by boat along the river. At this time Mr. R. H. Halsted came to the aid of our subject and we next find him opening a shoe store in the premises last vacated by Mr. Fisher, under the style of E. G. McFeely & Co .; but in January, 1852, Mr. Thomas Scott, of Pittsburgh, induced him to relinquish that enterprise for a branch store on Market street, under Mr. J. C. Huston. Here he remained till 1855, when in company with his brother-in-law, J. H. Fisher, they succeeded to the business under the style of " Fisher & McFeely." This year Mr. Mc- Feely, inspired by past successes, branched into yet another en- terprise, consummating a permanent contract, "for better or worse," with Miss Rachel Carroll, of Aberdeen, Brown county, Ohio, sister of A. J. Carroll, superintendent of the Steubenville gas works, by whom, to the present, he has an interesting family cf four children. In 1857, he bought, Mr. Fisher out, con- tinuing the business, single-handed, down to 1873, when he was compelled to snecumb to the pressure of the times, and in 1874, he engaged with C. N. Allen, of the Gazette, as business mana- ger, and upon that gentleman transferring bis business, in 1875, to Messrs. McFadden & Hunter, our subject continued with that

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firm down to the present, proving himself an efficient and zeal- ous representative, whose general commercial experience, local acquaintance and well known executive capacity admirably adapts him to his present position and has unquestionably con- duced to the success of that journal, which is a credit to its party and a compliment to the city.

THE MOORE FAMILY.

The following is a brief sketch of the family to which Mr. John Moore belongs-the present auditor for Jefferson county. His father, also named John Moore, was a son of Alexander and Rachel Moore, of Ireland, and was born in 1787, near Londonderry, Donegal county. At the age of twenty-five, to-wit, in 1812, the old gentleman, father of our subject, came to America leaving behind him six brothers and two sisters- Ezekiel, David, Moses, Robert, William, Alexander, Nancy and Martha. His first wife was S. A. Donahey, of Ireland, born 1796, to whom he was married in 1818, in Lancaster county, Pa., by the Rev. W. Kerr, of the Presbyterian church, but she died January 16, 1834. He was married a second time to Mary Starr, born February 10th, 1796, the Rev. Robinson, Presbyter- ian pastor, performing the ceremony in Jefferson county, Ohio, June 3, 1834, and she died February 27, 1872-the father of our subject becoming deceased Oct. 19, 1861. The old gentleman was the father of four sons and four daughters, all born in Jef- ferson county. Alexander, the oldest, became a fireman on the river, and died in 1850. James married the daughter of Mr. John Maxwell, Wayne township, and has three children living out of a family of seven. John was the next son (of whom we shall have to say), and George was the youngest-he still living on the old farmstead, in Salem township, Jefferson county, but is not married. Our subject, John Moore, was born May 4, 1828, and received a partial collegiate education, becoming a teacher in county and district schools, was in Richmond six years. After some twenty years experience in educational pur- suits he moved on a farm for a year or so, when he was sent for to take charge of Unionport school, whither he went and served seven years. During that time he was further elected county surveyor for Jefferson, to which he was elected for two terms. But ere the second term was completed, so popular had he be- come that he was elected by a flattering majority in 1875 to the office of county auditor, and re-elected in 1877 for three years. He is a most popular and efficient official, and remarkably at. tentive to his important duties. He was married September 2, 1856, to Sarah Jane, daughter of Mr. W. Wagner, of Salem township, born Oct. 22, 1838, by whom he has a family of two daughters and one son. Mr. J. Moore is an elder in the Presby- terian church; has been a Master Mason for 22 years, is a Knight Templar, and has been for two years. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias, and associated with the " Temple of Honor," a temperance organization, in which latter order Mrs. M. is equally interested.

GEO. W. ALBAN is a native of Jefferson county, and was born in 1844. His father was also named George, and was born in 1801, a farmer of this same county, and who died in 1867. Our subject's mother's name was originally Nancy Cox, daugh- ter of Joseph Cox, and a descendent of the Cox family so noted in pioneer history, but she recently died at the age of 98 years. Our subject learned cigar making, after leaving the farm, and worked at it two years. He then went into the flour and feed business with his brother Joseph, and they remained partners for some eight or nine years, but Joseph retired in 1870. George then cleiked for O. J. Russell for two years and a like term for R. E. Blinn, but in 1872 opened in the grocery and pro- vision business on his own account, where he still continues to trade, on the corner of Market and Seventh streets. He was married first in 1864, to Samantha, daughter of John Warden, of Island Creek township, but she died in 1865. His second wife was a Mrs. Francis Griffith, nee Blinn, to whom he was married in 1872, but she also died in 1875. In 1876, however, our subject married a third time, to Mrs. Mary V. Orr, nee Quimby, by whom he has one son, Ross P.

JACOB HAMMOND, M. D., is a native of Jefferson county, O., and was born in 1808. His father, James Hammond, was a na- tive of Adams county, Pa., and died about 1845, while his mother, nee Latschaw, was of German descent. Our subject's father moved into Jefferson county in 1806, and located in Smithfield township. Jacob Hammond having received a plain education, attended lectures at the University of Philadelphia in 1830-1. and concluded his studies at Berkshire Medical College, Pitts- I-65-B. & J. Cos.

field, Mass., where he graduated, and commenced practice after- wards in Steubenville, Jefferson county, in 1831. He also went to Anapolis (now Salem ) and was there twenty-five years, dur- ing which period he gave frequent public lectures on theology, besides wielding an able pen in the interest of the medical press. He returned to Steubenville in 1862, and has remained there ever since. He was married in 1862 to Mary Ann, daughter of Wm. Sharon, Esq., and sister to the Hon Wm. Sharon, at pres- ent of St. Francisco, but member of the United States Senate from the State of Nevada, They have, however, no family. The doctor has long conducted, as he does still, a very successful practice in Jefferson county, having been four years physician to the railroad company, though he at present only conducts what may be termed a quiet yet influential practice.

HENRY H. MCFADDEN, the present popular and able editor of the Steubenville Daily and Weekly Gazette, is a native of Har- rison county, Ohio; born 1848, being son of Mr. H. S. McFadden, for over forty years a successful and influential merchant of Cadiz, his mother, nee I. Poor, being a native of York county, Pa. Our subject received only a plain education, when he entered into commercial pursuits under his venerable father, with whom he remained some eleven years, nine of which as a partner. In 1875, however, he formed a partnership with Mr. W. H. Hunter, also of Cadiz, and they succeeded to the proprietory of the jour- nals above referred to, which they still continue with so much ability and success. Mr. McFadden was first married in 1872 to Miss Sarah O. Craig, of Washington, Guernsey county, O., but who died Sept. 7th of the same year. He married a second time, Feb. 16th, 1876, to Emma A., daughter of Mr. John Beall, druggist, of Cadiz, (one of the oldest business men in Harrison county). They have one son, Charles Paul.

CAPT. GEO. O'NEIL is a native of Steubenville, and son of the late Capt. Abner O'Neil, who came to Steubenville about 1816. Our subject has been steamboating for some twenty-five years; is considered one of the most skillful pilots on the river, and about two years ago became master. He is at present the popu- lar captain of the Steubenville and Wheeling steamboat "Abner O'Neil," and married to Miss Bell Flack, daughter of Mr. John Flack, steamboat agent, of Pittsburgh.

JAMES TURNBULL is among Steubenville's oldest living inhab- itants and has ever taken an active and prominent part in the city's interest. He was born in 1795, served his time to the book binding and stationery business with Messrs. Cramer, Spear & Bichbaum, of Pittsburgh, and came to Steubenville in 1816. Here he opened the first bookbinding and stationery store, which he ran many years, but ultimately sold out to Fra- zier & Bell, who were afterwards succeeded by Mr. Leighton, and he by Mr. Hamilton, who still runs the business with much success. Mr. Turnbull sold out about 1848, and ran a private bindery at his house for some four years. He was for awhile a director of the early organization now resolved into the P., C. & St. L. Ry. Co., county treasurer for two years, served four years in the council, has been a director in the Farmer's and Mechan- ic's Bank and Jefferson National Bank, school director, and in fact, prominent in most local positions and popular enterprises. He still lives, though a retired life, and appears quite interested in most matters of local advantage. He was first married to Caroline, daughter of the late John Galbraith, one of Steuben- ville's very first tradesmen. Secondly to Sarah, daughter of the late Colonel Todd, also a very early resident here, and thirdly to Margaret Jane, daughter of Mr. McDevitt, of Steubenville. Our subject has only two daughters still living ; Elizabeth, now Mrs. James F. Sarrat, jeweler in Steubenville, and Caroline, who is still single. We may add that Mr. Turnbull was in Pitts- burgh during the war of 1812, and joined the military, while in 1833-4, he was the first in Stenbenville to attempt the mannfac- ture of gas, at which time he lit up his store with that luminat- ing power produced by an original method of manufacture de- vised by himself.

CAPT. NATHAN WINTRINGER, at present of Steubenville, is a native of Virginia and was born in 1830, heing a son of Nathan Wintringer, at one time a boat builder in Steubenville, but who died about 1853. The old gentleman was one of Steubenville's oldest residents, and during the war of 1812, served as lientenant in the military company that went from thiscity. Our subject- Captain Nathan-having received a plain education. carly be- came a machinist, but resorted to the bosom of " Father Nep- tune " in 1852, as engineer on the steamer " Eclipse," under

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Capt. Sturgeon. He has remained on the water ever since and attained exceptional popularity for his nautical ability, succeed- ing to a captainey some two years ago. He is at present master of the " C. W. Bachelor," and runs between Wheeling and Pitts- burgh. He was married in 1860, to Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. William B. Donaldson, then a farmer and stock dealer in Jeffer- son county, by whom he has two sons and one daughter-Harry, George and Margaret.

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History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, and incidentially historical collection pertaining to border warfare and the early settlement of the adjacent portion of the Ohio Valley, Part 178

Author: Caldwell, J. A. (John Alexander) 1n; Newton, J. H., ed; Ohio Genealogical Society. 1n Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Wheeling, W. Va. : Historical Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 728

Author: Caldwell, J. A. (John Alexander) 1n; Newton, J. H., ed; Ohio Genealogical Society. 1n
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Wheeling, W. Va. : Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 728