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Joseph O. Greiner was married on May 12, 1874, to Adella J. Campbell, who is a daughter of Angus and Susan (Cook) Camp- bell. They have two children, Hiram A. and Helen A., the former of whom is cashier of the Citizens' Bank & Trust Company, of Salem. Mr. Greiner is a prominent Republican and he takes an active interest in all that pertains to his community and State. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity. The family home is a handsome, substantial residence located at No. 246 Lincoln avenue, Salem.
A LLEN A. RAMSEY, a prominent member of the bar. at Lisbon, and secretary and treasurer of the Peo- ple's Savings & Loan Association Company, was born in 1852 in Han- over township, Columbiana County, Ohio, and is a son of William and Elizabeth (King) Ramsey.
Robert Ramsey, the paternal grandfather,
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who was a native of Westermoreland County, Pennsylvania, came to Columbiana County at an early day. He married a lady by the name of Campbell, from whose ancestors was also descended the late President Mckinley: Ro- bert Ramsey lived in Madison township, where he served as a justice of the peace.
William Ramsey, father of Allen A., was born in Columbiana County in March, 1816, and died here in 1893, aged 77 years. In the early part of the Civil War, he raised Com- pany K, 115th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., of which he was captain for one year, resigning his commission finally on account of sickness. He settled on a farm in Hanover township and became a man of affairs in that section, serv- ing as county commissioner from 1866 to 1869, an office his father had held from 1829 to 1832. He married Elizabeth King, who was born in 1820 in Franklin township, Columbi- ana County, and died in 1872, at the age of 52 years. Her father, Hugh King, was one of the old settlers and well-known farmers. Our sub- ject is one of six survivors of a family of II children, the other five being as follows: S. W., an attorney at Salem; Mrs. Belle Brown, a widow residing at Lisbon; Mrs. Ella Craw- ford, who lives in Perry township, near Salem; and P. C. and Walter, both of Alliance, Ohio.
Allen A. Ramsey was reared in Columbiana County and secured his literary education in the local schools. . He read law with J. W. & H. Morrison, was admitted to the bar in 1879, and located at Lisbon in 1880, where he has practiced his profession ever since and has become more or less identified with the city's various interests. During his administration as mayor of the city, long strides were made in its growth and development and he has always been a promoter of those enterprises which of- fer substantial civic improvement. He has served as justice of the peace and has held other local offices.
Mr. Ramsey has a most delightful home circle. He married Mary A. Pritchard, a daughter of R. B. Pritchard, of Lisbon, and they have three children,-Helen, Hugh and Marie,-all attending school. The family be- long to the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Politically Mr. Ramsey is a Republican. For the past 10 years he has been clerk and manager of the city waterworks. He is one of the busy men of the town, one who personally impresses a stranger as competent, reliable and conservative, Fraternally he is a Mason and formerly was active in the Knights of Pythias.
N. HANLEY, who has been the ef- ficient clerk of the courts of Colum- biana County since August, 1903, was born at East Liverpool, Ohio. in 1863, and is a son of Charles and Susan (Curby ) Hanley.
The father of Mr. Hanley was born at Bel- fast, Ireland, and came to America in 1856 and subsequently made his home in Columbiana County, married and reared a large family. The mother of Mr. Hanley was born in Colum- biana County.
J. N. Hanley was reared and educated at East Liverpool. In early manhood he became connected with public affairs and served IO years as city clerk at East Liverpool prior to accepting his present position. His adminis- tration of the duties of the office has been most satisfactory to all concerned.
Mr. Hanley married Cora E. Gorby, a lady of East Liverpool, and they have a son and daughter. The family is identified with the United Presbyterian Church.
Fraternally Mr. Hanley belongs to the Elks of East Liverpool; the Knights of the Golden Eagle and the Mystic Circle.
AMES CLARK, a prominent citizen and retired capitalist of East Pales- tine, a self-made man in every respect, was born in England, April 19, 1831, and is a son'of John and Ann Clark. The parents of Mr. Clark were natives of England and both came to America and passed their last days with our subject. Four of their children reached maturity, viz : Benjamin. re- siding at New Waterford, Ohio, who is 87
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years of age; Sally and Nathan, both deceased; and James.
James Clark obtained his education in his native land and was a young man of 23 years when he started for America in order to bet- ter his fortunes. By trade he was a coal miner. He secured passage on the old sailing vessel "Wyoming," and was landed at Philadelphia after a voyage of six weeks and three days. From that city he went first to Pittsburg, land- ing there just when the cholera scourge was at its height, when people were dying of the dis- ease by scores, but he escaped and in August, 1854, went to the great Pennsylvania coal re- gion of Homestead. Although, during his three years of residence in Pennsylvania, he worked as a miner and was always and is still inter- ested in coal interests, he did not confine his energies to this one branch of industry. He acquired farming property in Darlington town- ship, Beaver County, has dealt largely in stock and three times has built his fortune up from the bottom. The most of his money, how- ever, has been made in mining, in the great coal fields. The Sterling mine in Darlington town- ship, opened in 1857, was a mine in which he was very much interested. He hauled the greater portion of the coal mined in this mine to a branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Mr. Clark came to East Palestine in 1857 when Joseph Young's store was the only one here. At that time game was still plentiful and he remembers occasions when the sun was dark- ened by immense flocks of wild pigeons. He has seen the town grow from its beginning. Early investments proved profitable and he is still a large property owner.
On May 5, 1851, Mr. Clark married Mary Ann Bumby, an English lady, and a very happy occasion was the celebration of their "Golden Wedding" in 1901. They have seven children, namely : William, Helen, Emma, Elizabeth, Jane, Edward and Mary. William married Dora McCowan and to them have been born three sons and three daughters; of these, Ir- win married Jane Flinn and has two children, and Lilly became the wife of Jesse Warren and has one child. Helen married Thomas Voker, of Waterford, Ohio, and has three sons and
three daughters ; of these, James married a Miss King, of Columbiana County, and has two sons. Emma married William Wallace and has two daughters and two sons; of these, Mary mar- ried John Bradshaw, of Pennsylvania. Eliza - beth married John Gray, of East Palestine, and has a son and daughter. Jane became the wife of Henry Lawrence, a merchant of East Pales- tine, and has three children; of these, Gertie is now the wife of William Owen, of West Vir- ginia. Edward, who resides at Rogers, is mar- ried and has four children. Mary married Abel Franklin and has two sons and a daughter.
Mr. Clark has reared a most estimable family to whom he has been particularly kind and generous. He was a dutiful son, sending to the old home for his aged parents and also for his father-in-law to come and live in com- fort under his roof and protection. Like many business men he has had ups and downs but he has never been discouraged, knowing that the same qualities which built up one fortune could acquire another. His life has been one of industry.
ILLIAM S. GEORGE, SR. For many years the late William S. George, Sr., was connected with the mercantile, manufacturing and agricultural interests of Colum- iana County, and through a long life of 82 years sustained the reputation of a man of business integrity and personal honor. He was born October 15, 1821, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and died at East Palestine, Ohio, in 1903. He was a son of John and Elizabeth (Shaw) George.
John George, father of William S. George, Sr., combined the trades of chair-making, wag- on-making and cabinet-making, working at all three as occasion demanded with the primitive tools in use in the early days. Later in life he settled down to agricultural pursuits and died on his farm at the age of 77 years. He was a stanch old Presbyterian, connected with the body formerly known as the Associate Re-
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form Church but subsequently as the United Presbyterian. For many years he was an elder in the church. Of the 12 children, William-S. was the eldest and all have passed away.
William S. George, Sr., continued to farm from 1847 until 1855 and then became a part- ner in a steamboat, of which he became com- mander and he continued connected with this enterprise until 1859, when the mutterings of the coming war, caused a change in his plans and resulted, in 1862, in his coming to Colum- biana County, Ohio. He engaged in farming until about 1869 and then embarked in a manu- facturing business, turning out casks for the potteries, having a large steam factory at East Liverpool. He continued in this business for about 12 years and was secretary of the West- Hartwig Company. After concluding this business, he conducted a mercantile business until 1874 and then retired to a farm operated by one of his sons. Here he became deeply in- terested in the breeding of fine draft horses.
Mr. George was married December 1, 1848, to Mary G. Cavett, and they became the par- ents of these children : Frank, assistant man- ager of plant No. 3 of the Continental China Company, of East Palestine, who married Anna Swallow and has two daughters, Stella and Edna ; Mary E., who died aged 21 years ; John, assistant manager of plant No. 2, of the East Palestine Pottery Company, residing at Can- onsburg, Pennsylvania, who married Lovina Calvin and has four children,-Mary, Carrie, Willard and Nellie; Agnes, who died in in- fancy ; Jennie, the widow of Joseph A. Quay, who has two children,-James K. and Greer A .; and William S., whose sketch appears else- where in this work, who married Anna Camp- bell, of Philadelphia, and has three children : W. Campbell, Marguerite, John, Frank, Dor- othy, Lois and Robert.
A LBERT CARLILE, mayor of Salem and one of the leading men of Co- lumbiana county, whose portrait ac- companies this sketch, was born in this city in January, 1846, and is a son of James and Elizabeth (McDevitt) Carlile.
The boyhood and youth of Mr. Carlile were passed in Salem, where he attended the public schools. At an early age he began to depend upon his own efforts, his first busi- ness attempt being as an attendant in a lunch room in his native place. He then drifted to. Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and soon after ac- cepted a position as superintendent of a bill- iard hall in that city, honestly earning his liv- ing and gaining the esteem of the proprietors and the patrons.
The opening of the Civil War and the call of the President of the United States for troops found in Mr. Carlile a ready and loyal soldier, one who was willing to give up the promise of a business career in order to give support to the government. He enlisted in Company D, 19th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., under Col. Samuel Beatty and remained in active service for three years and five months. Dur -. ing much of this period he was detailed and served at the headquarters of Generals Stan -. ley, Thomas and Rosecrans.
Upon the close of the Civil War, Mr. Car- lile returned to Salem, Ohio, where he became connected with the Buckeye Engine Company and subsequently became the superintendent, of the Buckeye flouring mills and was assist- ant postmaster under Daniel Lupton in 1865. In 1867 he returned to Pittsburg and until 1892 was there engaged in a grocery business from which he retired in order to accept a gov- ernment position under a personal appointment of President Cleveland. This was United . States government inspector of furniture and furnishings for United States government buildings, under control of the Treasury. De-, partment. Although appointed under a Demo -. cratic administration his services were re- tained for 15 months by President Mckinley, when the position was taken out of the classi- fied service and the incumbent separated from his position. Mr. Carlile again returned to Salem and entered actively into politics. He. later became the Democratic nominee for may- or, in 1903, and was elected mayor over J. B. Baker by a majority of 177 votes. Mr. Car- lile enjoys being called an old-fashioned Demo- crat, his principles being those of the found- ers of the party. His administration of the .
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municipal affairs of Salem has met with the hearty approval of all parties. It is a long step from the humble position of lunch-room boy to the highest position in the gift of the city and this change has been brought about through Mayor Carlile's own efforts. In early ` life he was handicapped in many ways, his education was comparatively slight, but one cannot be in his presence long, at the present day, without realizing that in their chief execu- tive the good people of Salem have a man of high intellectual attainments and general infor- mation, superior judgment and settled convic- tions as to civic management.
Mayor Carlile resides with his aged mother in a pleasant home at No. 347 Lincoln ave- nue. He is president of the Salem Board of Health, is an honorary member of the Fratern- al Order of Eagles and belongs to the Salem post of the Grand Army of the Republic. He has friends all over the United States whose good will he secured while making inspecting tours and their esteem only equals that in which he is held by his fellow-citizens who have known him from boyhood.
Mr. Carlile was for a number of years one of the most prominent patrons of the trotting turf, following the same for pleasure and rec- reation. In "Life with Trotters," written by John Splan, the noted driver, Mr. Carlile is referred to in the following complimentary manner :
"Al. Carlile is always considered Ira Mc- Bride's running mate, a position which he is amply able to fill, not only for his size, as he and Ira are considered the heavy weights of the turf but for other traits of character. They have both often lost their money on a horse race, but when it comes to ordering and eat- ing a good dinner, their speed and staying qualities are acknowledged by everyone who knows them. As a merchant Carlile has proved himself a man of rare ability-very temperate in habits, never having smoked a cigar or taken a drink of liquor under any circumstances. Always ready to back his opin- ion with his money on anything from the presi- dential election to a hundred-yard foot race. As a friend he is true blue, as many a man on
the turf to-day has reason to know from the fact that at some time in his career Carlile has bridged him over a financial difficulty."
HE KNOWLES, TAYLOR & KNOWLES COMPANY, of East Liverpool, Ohio, is one of the most important of the many great manu- facturing concerns of this section of the State and it operates a plant second to none, in the ceramic line, in the United States. The works were established in 1854, started in a small way by Isaac W. Knowles, who made yellow ware in a single kiln which was used al- ternately for bisque and glost ware.
In 1870 the firm of Knowles, Taylor & Knowles was formed, Isaac W. Knowles being joined by John N. Taylor and Homer S. Knowles. The manufacture of white granite ware was commenced and the capacity of the plant was increased from time to time. Vit- reous hotel china ,and semi-porcelain were added to the line in separate factories built for the purpose.
In 1888 Joseph G. Lee and Willis A. Knowles were admitted to the firm and in Jan- uary, 1891, a stock company was formed and incorporated under the title of The Knowles, Taylor & Knowles Company, with a paid-up capital of $1,000,000. A disastrous fire on November 18, 1889, had destroyed their china works and some of the grades of china pre- viously produced were discontinued, but the progress made since the erection of the new plant is something marvelous. The works were immediately rebuilt and the stock company formed as mentioned above, with John N. Tay- lor, president and Joseph G. Lee, secretary and treasurer.
The plant of The Knowles, Taylor & Knowles Company covers 10 acres of ground and 900 workmen are employed. The equip- ment of the plant is thoroughly up-to-date in every particular, no effort having been spared to place every department in such a condition as to secure the best of results. The company's own electric plant furnishes the current for
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1,000 incandescent lamps in various parts of the immense establishment, and also provides the power by which the elevators and electric fans are operated. Private railroad switches and sidings are so constructed as to make the several factories of the plant inter-communi- cating and to connect all of them with the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Among the numerous conveniences that aid in the expediting of business is a private tele- phone system which connects the various de- partments and it, in turn, is connected with a public system. That the plant will a second time fall a victim to fire is a very remote pos- sibility, for an automatic sprinkler system has been installed throughout the vast establish- ment. While every department is complete in its utility and convenience, a most interesting section is the decorating room. This has been arranged with every device and facility for do- ing work of any kind to suit the fads and fancy of even the most critical art lover, and what exquisite things are turned out !
In recent years great attention has been given to the production of art ware, but the hotel trade is still supplied with the semi-vit- reous ware which has proven to be so satis- factory. The products of the four separate and distinct potteries and two decorating establish- ments include white granite ware, semi-vitre- ous porcelain dinner and toilet wares and semi- vitreous hotel ware. These wares are justly celebrated on account of their genuine worth. The present kiln capacity, by which, the produc- tion of a pottery is measured, is 32 ware kilns and 20 decorating kilns. 'One of the factories, consisting of nine kilns, is used exclusively for the manufacture of the white granite product, and the other three for the finer wares. In ad- dition to the factories is the sample room, to which thousands of visitors have come to view the beautiful creations of this industry. They have gone away filled with amazement at the evidences of progress made by this company in the ceramic art. Visitors to the World's Fair at Chicago, in 1893, can scarcely forget the exquisite products of this company there on exhibition, especially the pieces of "Lotus" ware. The company was given a medal for the specific worth of their exhibit.
The trade-mark, which is a familiar one to almost every one in these days, is "K. T. & K." which will be found on every piece of goods produced by the company.
OL. JOHN NESSLY TAYLOR, one of the leading citizens of East Liver- pool, Ohio, who is prominently identified with some of its most im- portant business enterprises, was born June 23, 1842, near Port Homer, Jefferson County, Ohio, and is a son of Thomas B. and Roxie Ann (Brainard) Taylor.
Colonel Taylor's ancestry in America is traced in one of the oldest families of West- moreland County, Pennsylvania, two of the oldest families of the Western Reserve, Ohio, two of the oldest families of New England, and also, to one of the oldest knights of England.
On the paternal side his great-grandparents with their children and grandchildren came from Ireland and settled in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, about 100 years ago. Thomas, Berry Taylor, the Colonel's father, was born in the latter place in the year 1807, and died in East Liverpool, Ohio, in August, 1865. In religion they were Scotch-Irish Pres- byterians.
Colonel Taylor's mother was born of the union of Solomon Brainard and Charity Jaques, which marriage was the first one re- corded in Johnston township, Trumbull County, Ohio.
Both the Brainard and the Jaques families came from Connecticut to Ohio in the year 1804. These families are conspicuous in the records of New England since the years 1662 and 1640, these being the respective dates of their coming to the New World from England.
The religion on the maternal side, also, was Presbyterian, but, owing to convenience, Col- onel Taylor's parents united with the Method- ist Church and were active in its service.
The Taylors, the Brainards'and the Jaques have all been loyal to America and have fought in her wars. The latter two branches of the family have been represented in every war of this country, from the Revolution to the late
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strife with Spain. Family lore is thrilling all down the line, from olden tales of English prison ships to modern warfare in the Philip- pines.
Thomas Berry Taylor married Roxie Ann Brainard, whose mother was named Jaques and was of Huguenot ancestry. She survived her husband and a number of her children and her beautiful life extended to 93 years, her death taking place in 1900. Mrs. Taylor was a gifted poetess and, had not her exceeding modesty prevented, her name would have been numbered with the sweet American singers. She never consented to write for a remunera- tion but frequently contributed to the maga- zines during her active life and these produc- tions show a delicacy of sentiment and a con- ception of the beautiful, which could emanate only from one with the gift of true poesy.
Of the family of nine children, five members grew to maturity, viz .; James M., John N., Mary Jane, Arthur B. and Elizabeth C.
James M. Taylor, the eldest survivor, went to the South in the '50's and became identified with that section. When the Civil War broke out, his interests and sympathies were with the Southern cause and he entered the Confederate Army. It is a coincidence worthy of note that the first battle in which he was engaged was that at Dranesville, Virginia, in December, 1861, in which he was in the Confederate ranks, while our subject, Col. John N. Taylor, his own brother, was in the Union ranks, neither knowing of the presence of the other until long afterward. James M. served first in the First Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and was then commissioned Ist lieutenant and trans- ferred to the Medical Corps in which he served until the surrender at Appomattox.
John N. Taylor was educated in the public schools at East Liverpool where he remained until his father thought the time had arrived for him to learn a self-supporting trade, as was the general custom of the day. He started to learn to be a carpenter when 15 years old and served out his apprenticeship. When the Civil War broke out, he was one of the first, in 1861, to enlist in Battery B, First Pennsylvania Ar- tillery, with which portion of the service he re-
inained two years, only leaving when dis- charged for disability. After a season of re- cuperation, he assisted materially in the organ- ization of Capt. William Brunt's company in the 143rd Regiment, Ohio Vol. Inf., in 1864, and was commissioned 2nd lieutenant.
Early in 1864, Colonel Taylor was ap- pointed postmaster; the office, however, was conducted principally by his sister until 1868. when it passed into other hands. In 1867 Colonel Taylor, became identified with Isaac W. Knowles, who, at that time, owned a 2- kiln rock and yellow ware factory.
In 1870 a partnership was entered into, consisting of Isaac W. Knowles, John N. Tay- lor and Homer S. Knowles, under the name of Knowles, Taylor & Knowles, and the mant- facture of white ware was started and the name to-day is world-wide known. In 1891 the com- pany was incorporated with a paid-up capital of $1,000,000, at which time Colonel Taylor became its president, which responsible office he still holds.
Colonel Taylor was one of the organizers of the Potters' National Bank, and served as its. first vice-president. He was one of the organ- izers and became vice-president of The Knowles. Taylor & Anderson Company, manufacturers. ' of sewer-pipe, whose plant was sold to The American Sewer Pipe Company in 1900. An- other important enterprise in which he was one of the organizers and of which he is the presi -- dent is The Taylor, Smith & Taylor Company, manufacturers of pottery at Chester, West Virginia, and he is the vice-president of The. H. C, Fry Glass Company, of Rochester, Penn- sylvania. He was also one of the organizers of the Riverview Cemetery Company, and has been connected with its management ever since. · In all civic matters he has been so generally connected that his value as a citizen has been many times proven. For 20 years he served on the School Board, and was a member of the construction committee which built the hand- some Central School Building, which is re- puted the finest in the State. During his nu- merous terms as a member, of the City Council he was notable in his support of measures for careful financial management, and for the effi-
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