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The mother of Dr. Hammond, Margaret (McDonald) Hammond, was a daughter of Charles McDonald, also of Maryland. She survived her husband a number of years, dying in 1880 aged 80 years. Of the six children born to them, the five who reached maturity were: Sophia, widow of Caleb Cope, who re- sides at Newgarden, Columbiana County ; Car- oline, deceased; Nancy, deceased, who was the wife of Dr. David S. Silver, of Wellsville, formerly a very prominent physician; John William, of this record; Thomas G., deceased; and Virginia, who is the widow of Edward Crawford, of Richmond, Jefferson County, Ohio.
The subject of this sketch recalls his first school days in the old log schoolhouse near his father's farm. Later he took an academic course under Rev. John Scott, at Steubenville. He assisted on the home farm for several years and then began the study of medicine under Dr. David S. Silver, by whom he was pre- pared for Jefferson Medical College, at Phila- delphia, where he was graduated in 1856. He then returned to Wellsville and this city has been his home and the scene of his life work. For the past 19 years he has been surgeon for the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad and is ex- aminer for a number, of life insurance com- panies. He also still attends to a large private practice.
In the fall of 1862 Dr. Hammond enlisted for service in the Civil War and was assigned as Ist assistant surgeon to the 120th Regiment. Ohio Vol. Inf., with the rank of captain and continued in the service for 15 months. He spent the winters of 1865-66 and 1866-67 in walking the New York hospitals. He is a member of the city, county, State and the American medical associations. He has always been more or less prominent in public life in Wellsville and has served frequently as a mem- ber of the Council. He was foremost in the introduction of locust posts for the street lamps which, when they were being installed, were looked upon as a curious innovation.
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Dr. Hammond married Sarah Aten, a daughter of Richard Aten, of Wellsville, who died in 1877 aged 30 years. Their children were: Mary, who died in infancy; Henry C., of Wellsville; and Frances, deceased, who was the wife of Benjamin Rahter, of Wellsville. Mrs. Hammond was a member of the Presby- terian Church, which Dr. Hammond attends.
D. McKEEFREY, vice-president and general manager of the Salem Iron Company, is also 'an officer and director in numerous other business concerns of Leetonia, and has done his full share and more in the development of the place. He was born in the old Seventh Ward of Pittsburg, Pennsyl- vania, and is a son of John and Mary A. (McFarland) McKeefrey. His father is at the present time one of Leetonia's most suc- cessful and respected citizens.
W. D. McKeefrey was educated at St. Bridget's Parochial School and the Seventh Ward Public School in Pittsburg. After leav- ing. school, he was for some time with the Pittsburg Bolt & Iron Company, then with the National Tube Company, after which he held for a short time a position as bookkeeper for the Union Rolling Mill Company, of Cleveland, Ohio. He was next traveling salesman for different companies, selling pig iron. With Col. James Collard and . J. J. Spearman, he leased and operated the furnaces at Sharon, Pennsylvania, which they conducted one and a half years, when the partnership was dissolved. He then, in partnership with W. D. Hofius, leased the Grafton furnaces at Leetonia, Ohio, in 1888, and two years later his father, John McKeefrey, and his brother, N. J. McKeefrey, became members of the partnership, the name of which was changed to McKeefrey & Com- pany. In 1892, W. D. McKeefrey, John Mc- Keefrey and N. J. McKeefrey organized and incorporated the Salem Iron Company, of Lee- tonia, purchasing the Grafton furnaces in 1892. These they rebuilt and enlarged in 1894, and the enlarged furnaces have a capacity of from
250 to 300 tons per day. The officers of this company, which is capitalized at $255,000, are : John McKeefrey, president ; W. D. McKeefrey, vice-president and general manager ; and N. J., McKeefrey, secretary and treasurer. In 1893 the Atlas Coke Company was organized with the following officers, who serve at the present time: John McKeefrey, president ; W. D. Mc- Keefrey, vice-president and general manager ; W. A. Shaw, secretary ; and N. J. McKeefrey, treasurer. The company operates 220 ovens at Helen, Pennsylvania, and is in a most flour- ishing condition. Our subject is a director of the Fort Pitt National Bank of Pittsburg; a stockholder of the Iron City Trust Company; vice-president and .general manager of the Shenango Lime Stone Company, of New Castle, Pennsylvania; and is identified with many other interests. He has a fine farm of 275 acres near Leetonia, which he devotes to stock raising under his own supervision, making a specialty of fine horses, Jersey cattle and Berkshire hogs. He is a man of recognized business ability, and stands high in the esteem and good will of the general public.
OHN CARROLL WHINNERY, D. D. S., deceased, belonged to one of "the old pioneer Quaker families of Ohio, to whose thrift and industry as well as to their peaceful, exemplary lives the State owes much in the way of solid prosperity and high type of citizenship, and during his long life of 80 years he proved a worthy member of the Society of Friends. Dr. Whinnery was born April 1, 1816, in Butler township, Columbiana County, Ohio, and died in the same county, in 1896, and was a son of James and Nancy (Carroll) Whinnery.
Robert Whinnery, the paternal grandfather, came to America from the North of Ireland, with his brother Patrick, in the latter part of the 18th century and they became very early residents of Ohio. James Whinnery, the father of Dr. Whinnery, was born in Colum- biana County, Ohio, but the mother was a na- tive of County Down, Ireland, and was brought . to America at the age of 16 years.
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After completing what was considered in his day an adequate education in the district schools, Dr. Whinnery took up the study of dentistry with the late Dr. John Harris, of Salem, and later was graduated from the Cin- cinnati Dental College. Beginning the prac- tice of his profession in 1848, at Salem, he con- tinued in the same for some 50 years, during which time he became one of the leading, re- sponsible and representative men of the city. Very few important movements pertaining to the advancement of Salem were completed without his taking an important part in their development and among the founders of edu- cational and philanthropic organizations his name was always found. Reared in a religious faith which taught an abhorrence of slavery, he became an abolitionist in early manhood and acted as an agent for the "Underground Rail- road" that helped many an escaped chattel across the northern border into Canada.
Dr. Whinnery married Harriet Burson, who was a daughter of David Burson, one of the pioneers of the Western Re- serve, and they had a large family born to them, all but three still surviving. The third daughter, Abbie, who now re- sides in Philadelphia, is a gifted musician and vocalist and has had a brilliant career, as a pub- lic singer, having appeared in Paris and also at the Palace in London. The others were : Mary, widow of E. A. Lease, of Salem; Ophelia, who died in girlhood; Gertrude, who is the wife of Stephen B. Richards, of Salem; Joseph, who died in infancy; Dora, who re- sides at Salem; James C., who practices dentistry at Omaha, Nebraska: C. E., of this city ; and Olivia, resides at Washington, D. C. and is the wife of L. B. Nixon.
C. E. WHINNERY, D. D. S., a member of the above mentioned family, follows his father's profession, having finely appointed offices in Salem on the corner of Broadway and Main streets, and a handsome home at No. 632 Mc- Kinley avenue. Dr. Whinnery is a graduate of the Boston Dental College. With the exception of six years spent at Omaha, Nebraska, he has been engaged in the successful practice of den- tal surgery at Salem, since 1880.
Dr. Whinnery married Elizabeth Allen, who is a daughter of William W. Allen, a prominent merchant of Salem for many years. They have three children: Robert, John and Virginia. Like his eminent father, Dr. Whinnery, by his honorable business qualities and professional abilities, his thoughtful inter- est in his fellow-citizens and the general wel- fare and by his genial social manner, has won the respect, esteem and confidence of the good people of Salem.
ILLIAM S. EMMONS, attorney-at- law and notary public, at Salem, was born in West township, Columbiana County, Ohio, August II, 1865, and is a son of Harrison and Mary (Lower) Emmons.
Harrison Emmons was also born in Ohio. Like many another loyal Buckeye, he served through the Civil War, as a private. For a number of years he engaged in mercantile pur- suits. He and his wife, Mary Lower, reared a family of nine children.
William S. Emmons attended the common schools of West township and taught school for five years in Columbiana, Stark and Mahon- ing counties. He was highly considered in edu- cational circles and enjoys the distinction of having organized and conducted the first select normal school in his section of Columbiana County. He then read law in 1888 with Hon. A. W. Taylor of Salem and then entered the law department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, where he was graduated June 26, 1890, and admitted to the Michigan bar. In the same year he was admitted to the Ohio bar. to the Indiana bar, in June, 1896, and to practice in the United States courts, December 8,, 1899.
Mr. Emmons engaged in the practice of the law at East Palestine for two years and in 1892 located at Salem, later entering into a partner- ship with Mr .. Walton, under the firm style of Emmons & Walton, which continued one year. In 1900 he became the senior member.of the law firm of Emmons & Howell, an association
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which continued a year. He has since prac- ticed alone. As an able member of the bar, a close student, wise counselor and faithful attorney, Mr. Emmons has gained an enviable reputation.
Mr. Emmons was married July 25, 1888, to Martha V. Crawford, who is a daughter of William H. Crawford, of Clarkson, Ohio, one of the pioneer merchants of Columbiana Coun- ty and long a justice of the peace. They have three children, namely: Lucile, Royal Victor and Homer Franklin.
Politically, Mr. Emmons is identified with the Republican party. For a term of three years he has been a justice of the peace at Salem and is a man of sterling character. He belongs to the Columbiana County Bar Asso- ciation and is also a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and to the Sons of Veterans. Portraits of Mr. Emmons and his two sons accompany this sketch.
L ORENZO D. CROWL, one of the well- known business citizens of East Pales- tine, dealing in builders' supplies, was born December 14, 1858, in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Peter and Catherine (Libert) Crowl.
The parents of Mr. Crowl were well-known and much respected residents of Beaver Coun- ty, Pennsylvania. The father, followed car- pentering and building and many of the barns, dwellings, schoolhouses and churches in the western section of the State were erected by him during his active years.
Lorenzo D. Crowl obtained his education in that bulwark of democracy, the common school, and from early youth worked with his father in the latter's shop, subsequently learn- ing the trade and becoming a skilled carpenter. In 1878 he located at East Palestine, Ohio, and has been a resident of this busy town ever since. in 1880 entering into contracting and building. In 1900 he embarked in the builders' supply business and enjoys a satisfactory patronage. Mr. Crowl is a man of property,
owning valuable residence property on North Market street and also his business location. He is a man of practical ideas and common sense views and is as well posted on matters pertaining to his line of business as any one in the city.
Mr. Crowl was married February 7, 1882, at East Palestine, Ohio, to Emma E. Sensan- baugher, and they have three children, viz. : Cleaver J., H. Edward and Claire L.
Mr. Crowl was a Democrat until the close of President Cleveland's first administration, since which time he has been identified with the Republican party. For the past 10 years he has been one of the directors of the East Palestine Building & Loan Association. Not caring for political honors, Mr. Crowl has lived a quiet, exemplary life, devoting himself to the welfare of his family, the development of his business and the support of educational and religious movements. He is a member of the Presby- terian Church of East Palestine. The two secret societies in which he has membership are the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of the Maccabees.
HE POTTERS' NATIONAL BANK,. of East Liverpool, has during the 24 years of its existence been an active factor in the development of the city and its many industries and enter- prises. It has been fostered, controlled and managed by prominent citizens of recognized business ability, to whose efforts is due the remarkable success of the institution.
In June, 1881, authority was granted by the Comptroller of the Currency to William Brunt, John N. Taylor, N. A. Frederick, F. D. Kitchel and William Cartwright to organize The Pot- ters' National Bank with a paid up capital of $50,000, and on July IIth of that year they re- ceived a 20-year charter, which was in 1901 renewed for 20 years more. The bank was opened for business in a room on Second street, which is now occupied by the Adams Express Company. Its officers were William Brunt, president ; John N. Taylor, vice-president ; and'
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F. D. Kitchel, cashier. In addition to the of- ficers, the board of directors included N. A. Frederick, William Cartwright, J. H. Goodwin and Joseph Cartwright. On July 23, 1881, a lot on the corner of Broadway and Fourth streets was purchased of William Brunt, and a suitable building was erected, this being at that time the principal business corner of the city. In July, 1892, owing to the increase in business and to better meet the requirements of. the rapidly growing city, the capital stock was increased to $100,000. The surplus has grown until at the present it amounts to $90,000. Early in the spring of 1900 the bank purchased the Croxall corner at Fifth and Washington streets, and erected at a cost of $40,000 what is probably the handsomest and best bank building and safe deposit vaults in Eastern Ohio.
The 24 years record of The Potters' Na- tional Bank is one of unbroken success. It has been a safety and convenience to the public, as well as a factor in the growth and prosperity of East Liverpool. Dividends to shareholders have been paid, amounting to $153,000, and no year has passed without the payment of a divi- dend. William Brunt has continued as presi- dent throughout this period; N. A. Frederick is now vice-president and R. W. Patterson, cashier. The directors of the bank are: Will- iam Brunt, N. A. Frederick, W. W. Harker, William Cartwright, George W. Thomas, W. E. Wells, John N. Taylor, Edwin M. Knowles and R. W. Patterson.
R. W. PATTERSON, cashier of this institu- tion, has been a citizen of East Liverpool dur- ing the past 14 years. He was born in Trum- bull County, Ohio, but was reared in Steuben- ville, Ohio. After completing a public school education, he entered the National Exchange Bank of that city as bookkeeper. In 1891 he came to East Liverpool and became bookkeeper for The Potters' National Bank : on January I, 1899, he was elected cashier and has continued as such to this time. His life work having been along this line, he is well fitted for the position.
Mr. Patterson was joined in marriage with Louise Hill, a daughter of H. R. Hill, of
East Liverpool, and they have a very comfort- able home in this city. Politically, Mr. Patter- son has never been active nor has he sought for office. He is a member of the Masonic frater- nity, and of the Benevolent and Protective Or- der of Elk's. In religious belief he is a Pres- byterian.
OSEPH LEECH HOOPES, one of the well-known citizens of Butler town- ship, residing on his fine farm of 15634 acres in section 25, is a worthy representative of one of the prominent old Quaker families of this section. Joseph L. Hoopes was born on his present farm, De- cember 15, 1833, and is a son of Daniel and Mary Ann Hoopes.
On both sides our subject is a Hoopes and doubtless there was a distant relationship exist- ing between the two grandfathers. On the paternal side was James Hoopes, who was born in York County, Pennsylvania, and on the ma- ternal was Elisha Hoopes, who was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, both having de- scended from a common founder, who came from England, in great likelihood, with Will- iam Penn. James Hoopes came to Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1815 and lived in Butler township until his death in 1850. His children were: Joseph Leech, Daniel, Thomas, John, James B., Susanna, James, William, Robert, Rebecca and Abigail, all of whom reached ma- turity except two.
Daniel Hoopes, father of our subject, was born in York County, Pennsylvania, August 3, 1803, and was 12 years old when his pa- rents drove over the mountains into the wilder- ness which then represented Butler township. On the death of his father, he inherited a farm of 80 acres just west of what is now our sub- ject's farm and followed agricultural pursuits through life, dying in 1883, at the age of 80 years. He was a sincere member of the So- ciety of Friends, following the precepts of this religious body in his walk and conversation. He married Mary Ann Hoopes, born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1807, and deceased
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April 1. 1887, aged 80 years, who was a daugh- Great Britain. in fact its records show that its ter of Elisha and Mary ( Hayworth ) Hoopes, founder came over from Normandy with Will- iam the Conqueror, and was so doughty a knight that he received from that powerful monarch large grants of land. The later gen- erations abandoned agriculture and turned to the mechanical industries. of Pennsylvania. Her parents came to Han- over township, Columbiana County, Ohio, from Chester County, Pennsylvania, when she was a child. The children of Daniel Hoopes and wife were: Thomas, who died in infancy; Elisha, of Hanover; Joseph Leech. of this sketch; Mrs. Sarah Coulson; Thomas G .; Emaline; and James, who died in infancy.
Joseph Leech Hoopes, the subject of this sketch, belongs to Butler township more than to any other section, as here he was born, reared and educated and here he has spent his long and honorable life. His vocation has been en- tirely of an agricultural nature, and in addition to general farming he has paid much attention to dairying, selling his milk product to a local creamery. In 1887 he built his handsome, substantial home. Since 1888 he has not been actively engaged in farming, a tenant occuping the old house and operating the farm.
Mr. Hoopes was married on November 15. 1860, to Martha Randels, who was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, May 13, 1837. and died September 25, 1902. She was a daughter of John and Lucinda (Yates ) Randels, her pa- rents coming here from some Southern State. The children of our subject were: Ida Anna, who married Willis Whinnery, of Spencer, Indiana: Ora E., who married Sheridan Crouse, and died June 10, 1897, leaving one child,-Orla; and James Marvin, who died aged six months.
In politics Mr. Hoopes has been a Republi- can all his life. He was reared a Friend, but he married a lady who became a member of the Christian Church, with which he at the same time united.
OHN W. CROXALL, president of The Croxall Pottery Company, enjoys the distinction of being the oldest potter in the noted pottery center-East Liverpool, Ohio. He was born in Derbyshire, England, May 5. 1824. and is a son of Richard and Phoebe ( Wilson) Croxall.
The Croxall family is one of the oldest in
Richard Croxall, father of our subject, learned the trade of tailor and followed the same in England until 1844, and then came to join his sons in America. For some years he was engaged in the mercantile business at East Liverpool and later removed to Louisville, Ken- tucky, where he died aged about 50 years. Dur- ing his later, years he was a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He married a daughter of John Wilson, also a resident of Derbyshire, England.
The pioneer of the family in America was Thomas Croxall, our subject's older brother, who established himself at East Liverpool. In 1844 two other brothers, Samuel and Jesse, decided to join Thomas and our subject could not bear to see them go and leave him behind. He had not. however, accumulated any capital, but his brother Samuel had enough faith in his ability and honesty to advance him the sum of $60, which brought him to East Liverpool, March 10, 1844. His subsequent career showed that his brother's confidence was not misplaced and later the brothers were associated in close business relations.
Our subject had received a fair education in his native land and entertained very practical notions as to advancing in the world. He im- mediately secured employment in the pottery of the Bennett brothers at East Liverpool, where he worked until November, 1844, when the four brothers combined their capital and in- terests and leased the pottery, which they oper- ated until the spring of 1852. That was the year of the great freshet and during its con- tinuance a part of the plant was entirely de- stroyed. entailing considerable loss on the struggling firm. The brothers were obliged to give up their work at their own pottery and secure employment in neighboring plants. In this state of affairs. Tohn W. went into the George S. Harker pottery, where he continued
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to work for about two years, going then to the William Brunt knob works, where he con- tinued until- 1856.
In the meantime the brothers had not given up the idea of a plant of their own and in 1856 the Croxall brothers, in association with others, bought the Union Pottery on Second street, a plant originally built by Ball & Morris. The members of the new company were : John W. Croxall, Thomas Croxall, Jonathan Kinsey and Joseph Cartwright. 'The business was con- ducted under the firm name of The Croxall- Cartwright Company. At that time the facili- ties were limited, but two small kilns being in use, but in a few years an adjoining body of . land was secured by the company and the kiln capacity was greatly increased.
In 1863 John W. Croxall and Joseph Cart- wright bought the Mansion Pottery on Second street, from the old firm of Salt & Mear. This plant had two kilns and covered three 60-foot lots. It was called the Union-Mansion Pottery until the death of Mr. Cartwright, when our subject purchased the interest of his late part- ner. About the same time, in January, 1888, Mr. Croxall took his two sons into partnership and the firm became J. W. Croxall & Sons. It was thus known to the trade and the public until January 1, 1898, when the business was incorporated as The Croxall Pottery Company, our subject becoming its president. It is in- teresting to thus trace the successive stages by which a man of energy and persistent in- dustry has climbed from a humble position in youth entirely dependent upon his own activ- ity, facing discouragements and loss with courage, until he has become the head of one of the large and important industries of a busy manufacturing city. This he accomplished in the face of great competition.
Mr. Croxall has been twice married : first. to Sarah Johnson, who was a daughter of John Johnson, of East Liverpool. They had four, children born to them, the two who reached maturity being George W. and Joseph H. J. The mother of these children died in 1854. Mr. Croxall was married, second, to Margaret Dillinger, of East Liverpool, and they have two daughters, viz. : Margaret A., who is
the wife of Charles S. Kidder, of Richmond, Indiana; and Alice Maude, who is the wife of William H. Gass, of East Liverpool. Mrs. Croxall is a consistent member of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, which Mr. Croxall at- tends and to which he gives liberal support. The pleasant family home is situated at No. 232 Fourth street.
Mr. Croxall has been a member of the East Liverpool Lodge, No. 379, I. O. O. F., for the past 31 years and is past noble grand of that body; and is past patriarch of the East Liverpool Encampment, No. 107. He was one of the first members of the Masonic fraternity to become active liere and is the only surviving charter member of Riddle Lodge, No. 315, F. & A. M., of this city. Politically he has been identified with the Republican party ever since reaching his majority. He cast his first presi- dential vote for Gen. Winfield Scott and for each successive Republican candidate since the organization of the party. Although he has never consented to accept anything but a local office, he has frequently served with acceptabil- ity. as township trustee and was chairman of the Republican club during the campaign which: resulted in the election of President Grant.
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