History of Columbiana County, Ohio and representative citizens, Part 108

Author: McCord, William B., b. 1844
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Biographical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 912

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W., of Jefferson County ; and John W., of this sketch.

John W. McGarvey was reared in Yellow Creek township and was educated in the dis- trict schools. He has worked as a farmer and stock-raiser and also as a coal dealer, for a fine coal mine is located on his property. It is estimated that the vein underlying his prop- erty is one of the finest yet discovered in the locality. As it lies near the surface, the cost of mining it is very small.

Mr. McGarvey married Martha Campbell, who died August 15, 1901. She left no issue. A part of the present farm which Mr. Mc- Garvey owns she had inherited from her ma- ternal grandfather, James Martin, whose father had entered the land.

In politics Mr. McGarvey is identified with the Republican party but takes only a good citizen's interest in public affairs. He is one of the elders in the Oak Ridge Presbyterian Church.

OSEPH C. LANNIN. Among the well-known and highly respected citi- zens of Perry township, is Joseph C. Lannin, who owns a well-kept farm of 65 acres situated in section 25, on the Ellsworth road, within a mile and a half of the city of Salem. Mr. Lannin was born in the South of Ireland, March 17, 1839, and is the only child born to his parents, Nathaniel and Dora (Woods) Lannin.

Our subject's young mother died when he was only six weeks old. Work for laborers was scarce in his native locality in those days, and the father, after marrying again, left the babe in the care of the stepmother and crossed the ocean, hoping soon to be able to send for his family. He secured work on the Fort Wayne Railroad then in course of construction east of Salem, Ohio. and as soon as he was able sent for, his wife and little son. The latter was too small to notice any of the inci- dents of the voyage, but can remember the home which his parents established in Northern New York. The cares of life and probably children of her own, caused the stepmother to

disregard the needs of the child of her hus- band's first marriage and he was only six years old when he was taken into the family of Arthur Hayden, of Salem, Ohio, where he re- mained a number of years. Changes came about and he later became a member of the family of Chalkley Harris, with whom he had a home until his marriage.

Mr. Lannin was eager to secure a good edu- cation and attended school whenever he was able to do so and succeeded in taking a partial course at Mount Union College. Subsequently he went to Lisbon where he managed to work his way and in the meantime.to secure sufficient education to procure him a teacher's certificate. For 23 years he continued to teach in Colum- biana County, first in the district schools but later in the Salem schools, during this time making a reputation as a careful, reliable and successful educator. In the meantime' he had learned the carpenter's trade and worked at it at intervals for about 15 years. Three years after his marriage he bought a portion of his present farm, and after clearing and improv- ing it, bought the remainder. Together with. his estimable wife he has converted this into one of the best farms and most attractive homes on the Ellsworth road. The fine brick dwelling with its well-kept lawn and sub- stantial barns and other. buildings show con- clusively the thrift which here abounds.

On November 10, 1864, Mr. Lannin was united in marriage with Hannah M. Stratton, who was born in Perry township, Columbiana County. Ohio, April 18, 1844, and is a daugh- ter of James and Eliza . Stratton, old pioneers. They have two children : Carrie S., who is the wife of William Fawcett, a neighboring farmer: and Elizabeth M., who is the wife of John Pow.

Mr. Lannin retired from active business about three years ago. For more than 25 years he operated his farm as a dairy farm, being the oldest dairyman in his locality, but now the farm is operated by his son-in-law. In his political sentiments Mr. Lannin has been a Democrat since the second election of Abra- ham Lincoln, for whom he voted. He has held a number of the local offices, has been judge

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of election, township clerk and a member of the township Board of Education. Mr. Lannin is a notable example of a self-made man. With no early advantages he has accomplished more than three-fourths of those who have been born, according to the popular phrase, "with a gold spoon in their mouths."

D. BACON, a representative citizen of East Palestine, was born in Staf- fordshire, England, March 1, 1846, is a son of Daniel and Caroline (Cooper) Bacon and can trace his genealogy back many generations in England.

Daniel Bacon was born in England, and during his early business career spent his days at the forge as a wrought-nail maker, in the days when they were manufactured by hand. He came to America about 1850, settling in Pennsylvania, where he engaged in coal min- ing. He continued that occupation there and in Columbiana County, Ohio, until his death. He and his wife were originally members of the Church of England, but later became Meth- odists. In'1839, at Wassel, England. Daniel Bacon married Caroline Cooper, who was born in 1819, and was a daughter of Henry and Eliza (Snape) Cooper, the Coopers being a wealthy English family. Of the 10 children born to this union, five are now living, viż : H. D., who was christened at Pelsel, England, Caroline, widow of James Ball. of Massillon, Ohio; Samuel, who married Harriet Parker ; Abram, who married Ida Van Fossar and re- sides in section 35. Unity township, where he has a farm of 45 acres : and W. Charles, who married Alice Van Fossar and has a farm of 45 acres in section 35. Unity township.

H. D. Bacon was four years of age when he sailed for America with his parents in the sail- ing vessel "Susan," the voyage consuming nine weeks and three days amid very discouraging circumstances. One thing forcibly impressed upon the youthful mind of our subject. was the liking manifested for him by the captain, who asked to keep him. He was practically raised in the mines, beginning in his boyhood days,

and his education was acquired in the old brick schoolhouse which he attended at night. Upon leaving the mines, he engaged for a time in the butcher business, in the meantime laying by enough to buy a piece of property. In 1881, after cutting down the bluffs, he built a home on the hillside, and he has constantly added to his possessions as circumstances would permit until he now has much valuable town and country property. He has been a very success- ful business man and takes rank with the fore- most in his community, being accorded the re- spect and highest esteem of every one with whom he is acquainted. He served two terms as assessor of Unity township, elected from the East Palestine precinct. He is a progressive citizen and gives his active support to such measures as tend to benefit the public.

Mr. Bacon was first married in 1872 to Mary Jane Sheets, a daughter of Thomas Sheets, one of the pioneers of this county. She died in 1873, leaving a daughter, Luella Jane, now deceased .. He formed a second marital union in 1880, marrying Celesta Shafer, a daughter of Jacob and Maria (Macklin) Shafer, of Springfield township, Mahoning County, Ohio, a granddaughter of John and Adesame (Ashbaugh) Shafer and great- granddaughter of Jacob and Catherine ( Man- ser) Shafer. Jacob Shafer came from Mary- land and purchased a quarter-section of land in Springfield township, Mahoning County, which had been entered by a man named Sidney. John Shafer, grandfather of Mrs. Bacon, was born on this farm October 15, 1798. and lived here until his death, February 8, 1879. His wife, Adesame Ashbaugh, was born August 24, 1804, and died in October, 1853. They were joined in matrimony No- vember 20, 1823, and to them were born II children, as follows: Mary, born September 9. 1824, deceased March 3. 1894; Jacob, born April 8, 1826; Catherine, born May 10, 1828; Margaret, born June 4. 1830, deceased April 4. 1849; Andrew. born September 29, 1832; Sarah. born November 15, 1834: Elizabeth, born November 8, 1836: Samuel, born Febru- ary II. 1839, deceased October 4, 1870; Maria, born March 1, 1841, deceased December 17,

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1894; John, born May 9, 1843; and Sophia, born August 6, 1845, deceased March 30, 1848. Jacob Shafer, father of Mrs. Bacon, is of large stature, standing six feet two inches. He was born April 8, 1826, and after his mar- riage located on a tract of 40 acres adjoining the old homestead. He lived there 10 years, then moved to a tract of 65 acres southeast of the home farm, which he bought, where he has since lived. It was all timber land when he acquired it, and for temporary purposes he erected a rude board shantv, in which the fam- ily lived. At the time of the flood in 1862, the family were obliged to abandon the shanty and live with a neighbor until their present house was built. To Jacob Shafer, and his wife were born 10 children, five of whom are now living, as follows : Celesta, wife of our subject ; Allen, whose height is six feet, one inch, who is a car- penter by trade and lives at home; Mary, widow of John Pritchard,-her first husband was John Peffer; Millie, who is the wife of Thomas Peacock, of Pittsburg; and Verda, who lives at home with her parents. Mr. Shafer is a member of Emanuel Lutheran Church, to which he has belonged for the past 40 or 50 years.

Mr. and Mrs. Bacon have two children : Harry, who married Anna Gamble, February 14, 1905 ; and Elmer, who is unmarried. Both sons are employed as pressers in the pottery of the Ohio China Company. Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Bacon accompany this sketch.

OHN ALEXANDER MYERS, M. D., of East Liverpool, is a citizen who numbers among his friends the most of the old residents as well as many of the new, whose presence is eagerly sought when disease invades their households. Dr. Myers was born October 6, 1828, at Bird- in-Hand, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Hiram and Jane Ann (Dean) Myers.

The ancestry of Dr. Myers is German and in the early days the name was spelled Moyer, an orthography still retained by some branches

of the family. His father was born in 1806 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and belonged to the solid, substantial agricultural class of that section. Originally a Democrat, he be- came a Whig in the times of Gen. William Henry Harrison and subsequently a Republi- can. Of his five children, three reached ma- turity, viz .: John Alexander, Henry B., of Omaha, Nebraska, now deceased; and Mary Jane, widow of George W. Vogan, of Lisbon. In 1832 the family settled at Lisbon and the father followed the shoemaker's trade in the village until 1840, when he resumed farming. For many years he was an elder in the Presby- terian Church.

The subject of this sketch was mainly reared at Lisbon and spent his school days there. He- began the reading of medicine with Dr. Albert. Graham in 1860, but the early exciting days. of the Civil War disturbed his studies and when A. J. Blocksom, the local druggist, en- listed as a soldier, the latter secured the young medical student to take charge of his store. During this time the young man improved his. opportunities for study, but when Mr. Block- som returned Mr. Myers enlisted, entering Company D, 176th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., of which company he was appointed Ist lieuten- ant and later was elected captain. Captain Myers continued in command of his company until the close of the war, his record testify- ing to his gallantry as a soldier.

After his return from the army, he passed' his examination before the State Board of Medical Examiners and was admitted to prac- tice. . In 1869 he was elected clerk of the court at Lisbon, and served two terms, six years and three months in this office. He took advantage. of his opportunities here and read law and to such profit that in 1875 he was admitted to- practice before the Common Pleas Court. Law,. however, did not appeal to him as did medicine' and after one year of practice he came to East- Liverpool, in 1877, and started into the drug- business on the southeast corner of Sixth and Market streets, soon after removing to the Stevenson Building, where he continued in the" drug business until 1884. Since that time" Dr. Myers has carried on a private practice ..

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Advancing years have caused him to curtail it as much as possible, but, as stated- in the opening of this sketch, his old friends and patients will not let him go. For years he has been, in many homes, physician, friend and adviser and he enjoys the unbounded esteem of his fellow-citizens.

Dr. Myers married Hannah M. Frederick, daughter of John Frederick, of near Lisbon, and the two survivors of their three children are: Frederick W., who fills the position of secretary and treasurer of the Dundee Silica Sand Company, with office located at Mas- sillon, Ohio; and Anna O., her father's com- panion, her mother having died January 27, 1900. Mrs. Myers was a consistent member of the First Presbyterian Church, of East Liverpool, as is Dr. Myers, who first united with the Presbyterian Church at Lisbon. In 1884 he built his fine residence on Fifth street, his office being in the rear, facing Drury lane.

Politically Dr. Myers is a Republican, tak- ing only a good citizen's interest however, his tastes not lying in the direction of public office. He was the organizer of General Lyon Post. No. 44. G. A. R., of East Liverpool. and was its first commander. Mrs. Myers was the first president of General Lyon Post, No. 46, Woman's Relief Corps. When General Gar- field Camp. No. 3. Sons of Veterans, was or- ganized, Frederick W. Myers, the son, was made the first captain. For 40 years Dr. Myers was a member of Concordia Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Lisbon.

6 FORGE MILLER, a prosperous agri- culturist of St. Clair township, came to Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1882, and purchased 148 acres of fertile land in section 19, St. Clair township, which farm has since continued to be his home. He is a native of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Samuel and Mary (Cockins) Miller, born in 1845.

The Millers are of German descent and first located near Baltimore, Maryland, later moving to Pennsylvania. Jacob Miller, the grandfather of our subject, owned a farm near

Little Washington and there Samuel Miller was born in 1800. He was a wagon-maker and fol- lowed that occupation for a great many years at Hickory, Pennsylvania, before he purchased the farm in Allegheny County upon which our subject was born. This property contained 160 acres and part of it extended across the line into Washington County. Samuel Miller was the father of the following children : Jacob H. deceased, who was a prominent attorney of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Vincent; Margaret Jane, deceased ; Samuel W., who is a minister of the Gospel, located at Pasadena, California : John H., a resident of Hickory, Pennsylvania ; James McBride, who is a successful physician of Beaver, Pennsylvania : James and William (twins), the latter of whom is now a leading lawyer of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Frank C., deceased, who was a physician of East Pitts- burg. Pennsylvania; and George.

George Miller received his primary educa- tion in Allegheny County, supplementing it with a course in Duff's Business College at Pittsburg. He was reared on a farm and has always devoted his time and talents to that line of work. When he was about 22 years old he moved to East Liverpool and remained there several years. In 1882 he bought his present farm and has demonstrated to the sur- rounding community that he understands how to get the best results from the operation of his farm, which is devoted to general farming and stock-raising.

Mr. Miller was married at East Liverpool in 1872 to Mary Isabelle Mills and has reared a family of seven children, namely: Mary Alexina, who lives at home: William James, who married Mamie G. Adams, whose father is chaplain of the Clifton Springs Sanitarium, Clifton. New York: Francis Clifford: Harry Vincent : Robert Mills: Margaret Elizabeth : and Antoinette. The family are members of the Presbyterian Church and zealous workers in the church and its societies. Mr. Miller is a Republican.

Mrs. Miller is a daughter of James P. and. Nancy ( McIntosh) Mills, both highly respected residents of this vicinity in early times. The ancestors of James P. Mills, who were of

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Scotch-Irish origin, came to America before the Revolution and cast in their lot with the struggling colonists. General Sullivan, who was a famous officer in the American Army, was an uncle of James P. Mills' grandmother. Nancy McIntosh was a daughter of William and Sarah Alexina (Mckenzie) McIntosh, the latter a native of the parish of Red Castle, Inverness, Scotland, and the former a native of Carnavora, Scotland. William McIntosh's father, John McIntosh, was a farmer and sheep raiser and William was a shepherd in his na- .tive land until 1833, when he came to the United States with his wife and two little children,-Nancy and Alexander M. He lo- cated in the "Scotch Settlement" near Wells- ville, Columbiana County, Ohio, and not long afterwards bought a farm in Brush creek town- ship, Jefferson County, moving there in Febru- ary, 1835. Their family was increased by the addition of Mary, who was born near Glasgow, Columbiana County ; and John, who was born on the farm in Brush Creek township, where he still resides. Mary died. June 26, 1903. after a long and useful life, of which the last 12 years were spent in mission work for the Freedmen's Bureau. Nancy ( McIntosh) Mills, mother of Mrs. Miller, died in 1858 in her 30th year. Alexander M. McIntosh en- listed on August 20, 1862, as sergeant in Com- pany D. 126th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf .. and died at Martinsburg, West Virginia, February 16. 1863, from pneumonia.

ILLIAM L. CALHOUN, engineer at the pottery plant of The Knowles. Taylor & Knowles Company, at East Liverpool. has held this posi- tion continuously since 1872. and is possibly the oldest stationary engineer in the State of Ohio. He was born February 28. 1828. in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Adam and Sarah ( Sands) Calhoun.

other brother went South, and was the progeni- tor of John C. Calhoun, the Southern patriot and statesman from South Carolina.

Adam Calhoun, our subject's father, was born in Pennsylvania and died there in 1829, aged about 50 years. He married Sarah Sands, who was born in Allegheny County, Pennsyl- vania, in 1787, and died in 1862, aged 75 years. She was a daughter of Thomas and Sarah (White) Sands. The White family at one time owned Bedford Springs, which now forms a part of the Vanderbilt estate. Her fa- ther was a farmer and was the owner of a large farm just 10 miles from the Pittsburg market. Adam Calhoun and his wife became the parents of nine children, of whom six survived infancy and childhood, namely: Samuel, George, An- drew, Sarah, Adam and William L. Samuel Calhoun, who was a steamboat engineer, lived in East Liverpool at the time of his death in 1862, at the age of 50 years. He left four sons and three daughters: George, who was captured in the Civil war and died at Belle Isle ; John, Adam, Andrew, of East Liverpool; Mrs. Samuel R. Jackson, of East Liverpool ; Mrs. Eliza Clark, of Sistersville, West Vir- ginia : and Mrs. Sarah Barker, of East Liver- pool, whose husband, deceased in 1902, was a veteran in the Mexican and Civil wars. George Calhoun died at East Liverpool in early man- hood. Andrew Calhoun, who was an engineer, died in Pittsburg in the early '40s. Sarah, who (lied in 1887, aged 67 years, was the wife of John Baum, of East Liverpool ; Adam Calhoun, who . was a blacksmith and engineer, died at East Liverpool in 1880, aged about 50 years, leaving a daughter, Lucretia, who is a resident of Sewickley, Pennsylvania.

William L. Calhoun accompanied his mother when she moved to Liverpool town- ship. Columbiana County. Ohio, in 1833, and was there reared and received a common school education. In 1851 he was licensed as a steam- boat engineer, being one of the first successful applicants under the United States marine law of 1850. He followed steamboat engineering mainly until the Civil war, and in 1864 was

James Calhoun, grandfather of our subject. was descended from one of two brothers who came from Scotland to America about 1733. and located near Scranton, Pennsylvania. The . appointed to the United States Navy as an en-

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gineer, being a commissioned officer. He served in the Ohio and Mississippi rivers squad- ron until the close of the war. With the close of the war his river work ceased. Since then he has been a stationary engineer. Prior to 1872, he worked for about three years in build- ing oil rigs for Joseph Eddy and then worked as a millwright. Since 1872, he has been con- tinuously employed in his present position, as mentioned above.

In 1854 Mr. Calhoun was united in mar- riage with Margaret E. Merchant, who was born in Delaware County, Ohio, in 1835, and was reared in Tuscarawas County, where she continued to live until her removal to Wells- ville in 1853. She is a daughter of William and Mary (Eakin) Merchant, and a grand- daughter, maternally, of James and Nancy Eakin, the latter being a cousin to President Andrew Jackson. William Merchant was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and was left an orphan when young. He worked for James Eakin, who had a contract for the construction of the Ohio Canal, and later took up a farm near Delaware, Ohio, where he lived until his death, in 1839, aged 33 years. Mrs. Merchant died in 1845, at the age of 32 years. They were parents of the following children : Mary, who died at the age of 12 years; Mrs. Isabel Teeple, who resides near Sparta in Stark County, Ohio ; Elizabeth, deceased in 1870, who was the wife of Basil Rowe, a riverman of Wellsville; Margaret E., wife of our subject ; Alfred a well-known contractor and builder, who died of injuries received at East Liver- pool, in 1889, leaving three children, one of whom, Harry, is in the employ of The Knowles, Taylor & Knowles Company; Rebecca J., widow of Isaac Knowles, of East Liverpool, who has a son, Willis, who resides in Cali- fornia.

William L. Calhoun and his estimable wife have the following offspring: William A., a record of whose life appears elsewhere in this work; John E., born in 1858, deceased at the age of four years; George, born in 1860, who was engineer at the pottery works of the Knowles, . Taylor & Knowles Company at

the time of his death in 1892-he left a daughter, Jessie, who resides with her grandparents: James A., born in 1863, who is now identified with the Deuber-Hampden Watch Works at Canton, Ohio, and has one son, Louis J. ; and Jennie, born in 1866 and de- ceased in infancy. In politics, William L. Cal- houn was originally a Free Soiler but became a Republican upon the organization of that party, voting for Gen. John C. Fremont. He has served as water commissioner of East Liver- pool. Fraternally, he is a member of and past grand of the Odd Fellows, which he joined in 1867, and is a member of General Lyon Post, No. 44, G. A. R., of East Liverpool. Mrs. Cal- houn has been a member of the Daughters of Rebekahs since 1868, being one of the first five women in East Liverpool to take the degree. She is a member of General Lyon Post, No. 46, Woman's Relief Corps. She was one of the original lady members of the City Hospital As- sociation, served as president several years and is on the board of directors at the present time. Religiously, Mr. and Mrs. Calhoun are mem- bers of the First Society of Spiritualists, of East Liverpool.

ILLIAM A. CALHOUN, who has engaged in the profession of archi- tecture at East Liverpool for a period of more than 34 years, is one of the most active and suc- cessful business men of the city. He is a heavy stockholder and director of The West End Pot- tery Company ; a member of the real estate and insurance firm of P. V. Mackall & Company ; president of the Tioga Oil & Gas Company, which is operating in the Knoxville field in Jefferson County ; and is identified with the McCoy Drilling Company. He is a man well known to the people, and enjoys the respect and confidence of the entire community.

Mr. Calhoun was born at East Liverpool. Ohio, May 17, 1856, in that part of the town then known as "Jethro," 'and is a son of Will- iam L. and Margaret E. (Merchant) Calhoun .. A brief sketch of the life of William L. Cal-

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houn appears elsewhere in this work. Our subject was reared in his native town and re- ceived his educational training in the public schools. He began work in the potteries at the age of II years and continued until he was 17 years old, being employed by various con- cerns. He then became apprenticed to the car- penter's trade and in the mean time studied architecture. He spent two years in New Albany, Indiana, studying stair-building and architecture under J. A. W. Koontz, after which he returned to East Liverpool, where he followed the building and architectural busi- ness until 1898. During the past six years his attention has been devoted almost exclus- ively to architectural work, although he is still identified with various other enterprises. He maintains offices in the Ikirt Building. From June, 1895, to April, 1900. Mr. Calhoun was secretary and treasurer of The West End Pottery Company.

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History of Columbiana County, Ohio and representative citizens, Part 108

Author: McCord, William B., b. 1844 Publication date: 1905 Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Biographical Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 912

Author: McCord, William B., b. 1844
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Biographical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 912