History of Columbiana County, Ohio and representative citizens, Part 71

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

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who married a Mr. Dawson and moved to the West: and three who died in infancy.

Samuel Mackall, third son of Benjamin and Mary ( Dawson) Mackall, was the father of one child, Dora, who is a resident of Rogers, Ohio.

Jack Mackall, the fourth son of Benjamin and Mary ( Dawson) Mackall, died without issue.

James Mackall, grandfather of the subject of this biography, was born at Georgetown, Pennsylvania, in 1812, and accompanied his mother to South Beaver township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, in 1820. He worked on the canal at 121/2 cents per day, and before he had attained his majority he had bought and paid for 160 acres of land in South Beaver township, which he deeded to his mother when he reached the age of 21. He then set out to work for himself, and shortly purchased a tract of 130 acres near the old Mackall homestead (now known as the G. H. Mackall farm) ; after farming for two years, he branched out into wider business fields by buying some 3,000 sheep, which he drove to the Philadelphia mar- ket and disposed of at a good profit, thus getting a good start. He continued as a drover for some years and later engaged in contracting, building many of the bridges in Columbiana County. He also engaged in fruit growing, raising the first budded peaches in the county, also the first small fruit. He was one of the best known men in Columbiana County, being familiarly known as "Uncle Jim." He was a typical Scotchman. He died in 1903 at the advanced age of 91 years. He was united in marriage with Nancy Davidson, who died at Salem, Ohio, in 1905, at the advanced age of 89 years. Of their 12 children, two sons and five daughters still live, namely : J. E., a farmer of Middleton township: E. D .. father of our subject : Rena, wife of L. D. Overlander, of East Palestine: Phemia, wife of D. L. Augus- tine, master mechanic of the Buckeye Engine Works, of Salem: Isadore, wife of Stephen Calvin, of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania ; Elli- son, wife of G. E. Dawson, of Belleville, Kan- sas : and Belle, wife of Rev. A. Culp, a Univer- salist minister, now located at Boston, Massa-

chusetts. Those deceased are: George H., proprietor of the "Beaver Valley Nurseries" until his death in 1900, at the age of 64 years, who had six children,-Roscoe C., M. M., W. C., Romaine, Edith and Ella; A. R., a corpora- tion lawyer and promoter residing at East Liverpool, deceased in 1889, who was at one time a partner of Hon. R. W. Tayler, who is now United States district judge for the Northern District of Ohio,-he left a son and daughter, Bertha and Murray, of St. Louis, Missouri: Sarah, wife of Attorney McCoy, of Columbiana County, who died without is- sue ; and two children who died in infancy.

E. D. Mackall was born in Middleton town- ship Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1854, and became a prominent farmer, and business man and now resides on the old Mackall home- stead. He was married to Dana Godsleben, who is now living in Middleton township, and they had eight children, as follows: P. V., our subject ; Vida N .; Otto V .; Mona B .; Carlisle D. ; Burdette N. ; Elta V .; and Sylvanius, who died at the age of one year.

P. V. Mackall spent his boyhood until the age of 16 years upon his father's farm and then for two years was in the employ of his uncle, George H. Mackall, in the capacity of traveling salesman for the latter's nurseries. He at- tended Mount Hope College during the winter months and worked during the summer. He next entered the Ohio Valley Business Col- lege, from which he was graduated in 1898, and then accepted a position with the G. W. Michaels Business College at Logansport, Indi- ana, as principal. He had prior to that time served as principal at Cooper Institute, Wells- ville. He continued at Logansport until the business college building was destroyed by fire and then returned to Ohio, entering the Buck- eye Engine Works at Salem. Deciding upon a professional career, in 1899 he entered the law office of Attorney A. H. Clark; that winter he also taught school. He entered Ohio Nor- mal University at Ada, Ohio, in August, 1900. and in June of the following year was gradu- ated in law, having completed a two-years course in one. On leaving college he traveled for the Hartford Chemical Company for some

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time. He practiced law at Wabash, Indiana, for a period, then at the solicitation of Mr. Clark, his former preceptor, he returned to East .Liverpool and became the latter's partner in the fall of 1901. This partnership continued with success until February, 1904, when it was dissolved. He then became secretary and treasurer of the United Warehouse Company, of which he was organizer and promoter. He organized the Tioga Oil & Gas Company, also the McCoy Drilling Company, which has a capital stock of $40,000, and is drilling for oil and gas. In August, 1903, he organized the firm of P. V. Mackall & Company, real estate dealers and insurance brokers, the other mem- bers of the firm being Otto V. Mackall and W. A. Calhoun.

Otto V. Mackall was born in October, 1881, and spent his boyhood on the farm until he was 17 years old, when he entered the employ of the American Wire Nail Company, of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. He resigned to accept a position with the Beaver Valley Traction Com- pany, with which he remained until he entered Beaver Valley College, from which he was graduated in June, 1903. In August of that year he became a member of the firm of P. V. Mackall & Company ; he has charge of the real estate department of the company's business. He is vice-president and a director of the United Warehouse Company.

P. V. Mackall has a fine residence at No. 125 Basil avenue, East Liverpool, where he resides with his sisters Misses Vida and Mona Mackall. In politics, he is a Republican. While at college he was president of the Mc- Kinley Club, and stumped Hardin County for Mckinley. Religiously, he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

N. CHANDLER is the senior mem- ber of Chandler & Neigh, and has conducted a livery and feed stable for so many years that lie is known for and wide and is recognized as one of the substantial and reliable business men. of Leetonia. He was born in Center township,

Columbiana, Ohio. December 8, 1849, and is a son of Albert Chandler. His grandfather came to this State from Pennsylvania at an early day and was one of the early farmers of the "Buckeye" State. Albert Chandler was also a farmer during his lifetime.

A. N. Chandler was educated in the public schools and then sought and obtained employ- ment in the tool works of Leetonia. Follow- ing this he engaged in teaming for about eight years and then accepted a position as clerk in the freight office of the Pennsylvania Rail- road, which he retained nine years. In 1895 he opened a livery and feed barn, which he has conducted on a profitable basis since. In 1902 he took into the business Clinton Bixler, who sold his interest the following year to Seth J. Neigh and the firm has remained unchanged since. Mr. Chandler is a good judge of horse- flesh and many a fine animal is picked up by him and put in condition for a fancy market. He is frequently commissioned to buy a stylish roadster and his judgment has always proved satisfactory to the purchaser.

Mr. Chandler was married in 1873 to Emma Neigh. He is a prominent Knight of Pythias and is past chancellor of Firestone Lodge, No. 47, of Leetonia. In religion Mr. Chandler is a Lutheran.

AMUEL C. MELLINGER, one of the representative citizens of Leetonia, is secretary and treasurer of the Mellinger Lumber Company, one of the most flourishing business con- cerns of the town. He was born in Mahoning County, Ohio, November 14, 1837, and is a son of Melchor Mellinger, a grandson of Jacob Mellinger and great-grandson of Melchor Mellinger. A great-uncle of our, subject was a soldier in the United States Army during the War of 1812. Melchior Mellinger, the great- grandfather, came from Germany and settled in Columbiana County in the latter part of the 17th century.

Melchor Mellinger, father of our subject. was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, in

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1805, and early in life learned the trade of a carpenter, which he followed throughout life. At an early date, he moved with his family to Mahoning County, Ohio, where he died in 1887, aged 82 years.

Samuel C. Mellinger received his education in the district schools of Mahoning County, in Mahoning Academy and in select schools of Elkhart, Indiana. Upon leaving school, he first worked in a shingle mill in Mahoning County, Ohio, and then taught school in Ma- honing County and in Elkhart County, Indiana, after which he engaged in lumbering until 1868, when he came to Leetonia, Ohio; and with two brothers and Abraham Nold built a large saw and planing-mill, with which they have since been identified. They manufactured and dressed lumber and met with great success. In 1891 the Mellinger Lumber Company was incorporated with a capital stock of $20,000, its officers being J. C. Weikert of Washingtonville, Ohio, president; and Samuel C. Mellinger, secretary and treasurer. They have done an extensive milling business, and Mr. Mellinger takes rank with the foremost business men of Leetonia and Salem township. He is also in- terested with his son in a drug store in Lee- tonia, and is connected with the Mennonite Publishing Company, of Elkhart, Indiana.

In 1863 Mr. Mellinger was united in mar- riage with Mary J. Calvin, a daughter of Joshua Calvin, of Mahoning County, Ohio. They have two children living, namely : Calvin D., who is in the drug business in Leetonia ; and Frank C., also of Leetonia. Religiously, our subject is a member of the Baptist Church. He has always taken an active interest in local politics and has served many years in the City Council.

J. McGARRY, senior member of the prominent law firm of Mc- Garry & McGarry, of East Liver- pool, has attained a high degree of success in the practice and is now serving as prosecuting attorney of Columbiana County. He is a man of superior educational training and all that he has accomplished is

due to his own efforts, aided only by the good will of the many friends he has made in his upward struggle ..

Mr. McGarry was born November 12, 1868, in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and was but four years old when his father died, leav- ing a widow and five children with no means to support them. Mrs. McGarry, hearing of the excellent opportunities afforded in East Liverpool of making a living, moved to this city in 1874, and through her efforts alone pro -. vided the family with the necessaries of life until her children became self-supporting.

At the age of II year's, M. J. McGarry left the public schools to work in the potteries at $1.75 per week, and he continued to be thus employed until he was 18 years of age, his salary being raised from time to time as his- experience justified. About that time he re- ceived a circular letter from a normal school at Fostoria, Ohio, setting out the advantage to be had at small cost and he concluded to take a term of study. This was in 1885. After completing a term of eight weeks, he returned to his work in the pottery to earn money enough to provide for another term of schooling. Thus he procured his education, attending school a few months, then working to replenish his means. This was kept up until he had almost completed the studies required for the degree of B. S., when his money again became ex- hausted and he returned home. This was in the spring of 1892, at which time his attention was attracted to the legal profession, for which he began preparation. He studied law while he worked at his trade, spending a half of the day at each, continuing thus until the first of January, 1895, when he entered Cincinnati Law School. He graduated from that insti- tution in May, 1895, and, returning to East Liverpool, opened an office and has since con- tinued in practice in this city. In the spring of 1898 he entered politics and at the Republican primaries was nominated for the office of city solicitor. He was elected in the fall of the same year. He served two years and then stood for a renomination at the Republican primaries but was defeated. During his first term, East Liverpool had the peculiar condi-

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tion of being governed by a Prohibition party man as mayor, and the clash between the dif- ferent departments of city government caused ill-feeling; as Mr. McGarry did his duty to his constituents as he saw it, much blame fell upon his shoulders. Notable among the con- troversies was the suspension of two policemen by the mayor, the prosecution of which cases came by virtue of his office to Mr. McGarry, who carried the cases to the Supreme Court and there gained a signal victory, but not until after his defeat for renomination. His defeat was only an apt illustration of the maxim that "a smooth sea never makes a skillful mariner," for at the end of his opponent's term, they again tested strength before the Republican voters with the result that our subject led his former victor by 50 per cent. In March, 1903, he was nominated at the Republican primaries for the office of prosecuting attorney of Columbiana County, and was elected in November follow- ing. Since December, 1902, he has been senior member of the firm composed of M. J. and James F. McGarry.

On December 28, 1898, Mr. McGarry was united in marriage with Mrs. Clara B. Hum- rickhouse, of East Liverpool. Mr. McGarry's success in life has made no change in his habits or inclinations. He and his shopmates have still that close friendship which existed be- tween them when they stood side by side in the pottery, and he attributes his success to their interest in his welfare, for which he feels deep- ly grateful.

D ANIEL HAIZE MACKINTOSH, a leading business man of East Pales- tine, where he has conducted a cloth- ing business for some 15 years or more and is also identified with other interests, belongs to an honorable old Colum- biana County family and comes of Revolution- ary stock. He was born October 14, 1859, at Salineville, Washington township, Colum- biana County, Ohio, and is a son of Andrew Smith and Mercy (Thompson) Mackintosh.

The maternal grandparents of Mr. Mackin-

tosh were John and Mercy ( Wilkison ) Thomp- son, the latter of whom was a daughter of Amos Wilkison, who died October 2, 1833. He served as a 2nd lieutenant in the First Pennsylvania Battalion from January 5, 1776 ;. was promoted to be Ist lieutenant, May 4,. 1776; and became captain of the Fourth Con- tinental Artillery March 14, 1777. He re- signed June 7, 1779, and then enlisted as lieu- tenant on the ship "Hyderally," and served until the capture of General Monk, the vessel having been changed to a packet ship and re- named "General Washington." The princi- pal battles in which he was engaged were :: Three Rivers, Brandywine and the noted battle' of Germantown. Through this record of his- great-grandfather, Mr. Mackintosh is eligible to membership in the Sons of the Revolution.

The grandparents of our subject on the pa- ternal side were Daniel and Catherine (Smith) Mackintosh. They were born in the Highlands: of Scotland and there were married and buried' two of their children. They came to America and crossed the Allegheny Mountains into Ohio before any railroads were built, settling in 1804 in Columbiana County, where the grandmother of our subject died in 1827. Dan- iel Mackintosh lived until 1854. They were members of the Presbyterian Church. Their family consisted of two daughters and six sons, the eldest of whom was named Daniel.

Andrew Smith Mackintosh was born in 1815 in Yellow Creek township, Columbiana County, and died in Mahoning County, aged 88 years. His education was obtained in the- old subscription schools of his day, and in young manhood he learned the trade of mill- wright. Still later he engaged in farming. He became one of the prominent men of the county, served many years as justice of the peace in Washington township, and was again elected after his removal to Mahoning county. making his term of service in that office cover a period of about 21 years. He was a member of the State Board of Equalization in 1880-81. representing Mahoning and Trumbull Coun- ties, and for a number of years was a member of the School Board. For many years he was a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church. He

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is survived by his widow, who resides at Da- mascus, Ohio, being now in her 70th year.

The children of Andrew Smith Mackintosh and wife were: John L .; William A., who died in 1863, aged nine years; Annie C., wife of Theodore Stanley, of Butler township; Dan- iel Haize, of this sketch ; Samuel E., who mar- ried Estella Elder ; and Louisa O., who lives with her mother at Damascus.

Daniel H. Mackintoshı was primarily edu- cated in the district schools of Goshen town- ship, Mahoning County, and later, was a stu- dent at the Ohio Normal University at Ada. He then entered into business as a clerk, first at Beloit, and later at Alliance, and continued in that capacity for about 13 years, in this way securing excellent training in the mercantile line. On September 5, 1890, he came to East Palestine and bought an interest in a clothing store which was then being conducted by the banker, W. C. Chamberlin, and the business became known in trading circles as D. H. Mackintosh & Company. This continued until 1895 when M. W. Beyer, bought an interest in the business and the business was continued under the old name until August 1, 1900. when Mr. Mackintosh bought Mr. Beyer's interest. He conducted the business alone until 1902, when Mr. Fisher was admitted to partnership and the firm style became Mackintosh & Fisher.

The firm carries a very complete line of gents' clothing and furnishings, Mr. Mackin- tosh having always confined himself to clothing exclusively, the only merchant in the city who has done so. Commodious quarters are occu- pied on Market street, the building being 21 by 80 feet in dimensions. In addition to this large and constantly increasing business, Mr. Mackintosh has other interests in East Pales- tine. He is secretary of the East Palestine Building & Loan Association and also of The Ohio China Company. He is also a member of the Town Council.

The East Palestine Building & Loan Asso- ciation received its charter on March 29. 1891. being capitalized at $100,000. The capital stock was increased May 7. 1896. It has al- ways been a profitable enterprise. In the finan- cial statement for the fiscal year ending De-

cember 31, 1904, a very satisfactory condition was shown.

In April, 1895, Mr. Mackintosh was mar- ried to. Mary Belle Laughlin, the accomplished daughter of Col. Hugh Laughlin, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume. They have a pleasant home on North Market street. Both Mr. and Mrs. Mackintosh are active workers in the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Mackintosh is the soprano singer in the church choir, which her husband and Grant Hill jointly lead, Mr. Mackintosh singing tenor. His fraternal re- lations are with the Masons and Odd Fellows. In the former fraternity he is a member of Blue Lodge No. 417, of East Palestine; Chap- ter and Commandery at Salem and Council at Lisbon. In the Odd Fellows' society he is a member of the Encampment.

ETH J. NEIGH, an influential citizen of Leetonia, part owner of the liv- ery, feed and sale barn, owned and operated, by the firm of Chandler & Neigh, was born in 1852 on the farm on which he was reared to manhood in Col- umbiana County. He is a son of Samuel Neigh and grandson of Laurence Neigh, who was one of the first white men to settle in this county. Samuel Neigh was born in Columbiana Coun- ty in 1819 and now, at the advanced age of 86 years, is a remarkably well-preserved gentle- man. He has been a farmer all his life until about 10 years ago, when he gave up the more active work of the farm but still looks closely after the planting, reaping, etc.

Seth J. Neigh assisted with the duties of the farm, attending district school during the winter months, and became a first-class farmer. He continued at this occupation until 1891 when he went to work in his brother-in-law's granite works at Alliance, Ohio. After one year, he returned home and engaged in the lumber business, operating a portable sawmill for some five years. In 1897 he turned to his farm and operated it for six years, when he purchased an interest in the livery barn of A. N. Chandler, with whom he has since been as-

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sociated. This has been a good investment as they have worked up a large patronage and are everywhere recognized as reliable men.

Mr. Neigh was married in 1875 to Char- lotte Gilbert, who passed away in 1900, leav- ing five children. viz: Cora, wife of J. D. Caldwell, who is in the grocery business in Lis- bon : Harry, an iron moller of Salem: Bessie, wife of Lloyd Zimmerman, car inspector of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Leetonia : Frank and Leeta. Mr. Neigh was again married. on Christmas Day. 1904. to Mrs. Amanda Crowell, widow of the late H. B. Crowell. a lady of pleasing personality and kindly heart. Mr. Neigh is a prominent member of the lodge of Odd Fellows at Leetonia.

HAL. PETERSON. the leading florist of the Ohio Valley-from Pittsburg to Cincinnati-is located at East Liverpool. having extensive green- houses on Gaston avenue. His suc- cess in this venture has been marvelous, and his products are shipped throughout Columbiana and adjoining counties, and to other States. He was born in East Liverpool May 21. 1862, and is a son of Henry Chalmers and Sarah Ann (Stanway) Peterson.

His grandfather. Samuel Peterson, a son of Conrad Peterson who served in the War of 1812. was born in 18u in what is now Han- cock County, West Virginia, and died in 1862. He followed farming until 1854, when he crossed the river to East Liver- pool, and thereafter sold the wares of the potteries from a wagon through the country .as was the custom in those days. He later sold by samples and continued actively in business until his death. He was an earnest temperance advocate and took a deep interest in the moral welfare of the community in which he lived. Religiously. he and his wife were Presbyterians. He was joined in marriage with Nancy Silverthorn. who was born in 1809 and died in October, 1808. She was a daughter of John Silverthorn, of Hancock County. Virginia ( now West Vir-

ginia). As a result of her union with Samuel Peterson she had three children, of whom Henry Chalmers was the oldest.

Henry Chalmers Peterson was born about the year 1839 in Hancock County, Virginia (now West Virginia), and when a boy went to work in the pottery of George S. Harker in East Liverpool, learning the trade of a dipper, which he followed until he went into the army. He died in 1864 during the Pittsburg Land- ing campaign. He married Sarah Ann Stan- way. Both were members of the Presbyterian Church.

After the death of his father, Chal. Peter- son, who was the only child of his parents, was taken by líis mother to Pittsburg, Pennsyl- vania, where he was reared to maturity. He at- tended the public schools until he was 17 years old when he returned to East Liverpool and, like most other lads of his age at that time, found employment in the potteries. He con- tinued in that employment until 1886, when without previous training he embarked in his present business, which is probably the largest of its kind in the Ohio Valley, between Pitts- burg and Cincinnati. He has always been a lover of flowers and this natural instinct, to- gether with close observation and constant study, has earned for him an enviable reputa- tion. His first location was at the gate of Riverview Cemetery. where he built a small greenhouse, at the same time opening a store on the "Diamond." At that time there was not sufficient business in East Liverpool to support an exclusive flower store, so he carried a com- plete stock of fine candies and confectionery goods until 1895. when his flower business had grown to such proportions as to require his entire time. The building in which the store was located was destroyed in the memorable "Diamond" fire of 1905. and Mr. Peterson found temporary quarters on the opposite side of Market street. He will occupy his old stand in the new building when it is completed. In 1891. his business having outgrown the capacity of his first small greenhouse, he purchased a greenhouse property in the Wucherer addition and added to it until he had three 60-foot and two 80-foot houses. He remained there about

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four years but as this location did not permit an opportunity for expansion as it became necessary, in 1895 he moved to his present lo- cation on Gaston avenue. Here he has about 16,500 feet under glass, wholly devoted to rais- ing plants and flowers. His show room facing the avenue is unique and is probably the only one of its kind in the country.

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History of Columbiana County, Ohio and representative citizens, Part 71

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