History of Columbiana County, Ohio and representative citizens, Part 83

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

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The property is within easy access of the city, as it is only a 10-minute walk from the street car line.

Mr. Fisher married Effie Allen, a daughter of William Allen, of East Liverpool. They are members of the First Presbyterian Church. Mr. Fisher is a Republican in politics.

R. KALE, secretary of The Salem Hardware Company of Salem, is one of the city's leading business men. He was born in Mahoning County, Ohio, September 18, 1851, and is a son of Moses E. and Elizabeth J. (Pettit) Kale.

The parents of Mr. Kale were both born in Ohio, the father a native of Mahoning and the, mother of Trumbull County. The former died in 1864 and the latter in the following year. Moses E. Kale followed the carpenter's trade as an occupation. They had seven chil- dren, namely : A. Z., deceased; H. R., of this sketch; M. E., formerly a member of the police force of Alliance, Ohio; W. S., formerly of Topeka, Kansas, now of Los Angeles, Cali- fornia; Curtis, of Akron, Ohio; Emma, wife of R. O. Sturgeon, of Everett. Washington ; and Harry A., of Seattle, Washington. The Kale family is of Pennsylvania Dutch extrac- tion.

Our subject was about six years of age when he accompanied his parents to Salem, where he attended school until the age of 18 years and then went to work as clerk in the hardware store of Carr & Tescher, the business being conducted in the same building now occu- pied by Mr. Kale. He continued with this firm for eight years, in the meantime thoroughly learning the business. He then spent five vears on a farm some eight miles east of Salem, in Fairfield township. Upon his return to Salem he went into business as clerk for McLeran & Crumrine, remaining two years as such and then buying a third interest and later buying the interest of Mr. McL'eran, the firm name be- coming Crumrine & Kale, thus continuing for five or six years until about 1900, when the

present name was adopted and the business incorporated. This is the largest hardware store in the city, having double stores of three floors and IS0 feet frontage. A very large and complete stock of large aggregate value is carried and the company's trade relations ex- tend all over the county and much of Mahoning County.

Mr. Kale was married on January 1, 1879; to Miss T. M. Gilbert, of Columbiana County, who is a daughter of Jacob and Barbara Gil- bert, pioneers of this section. Mr. and Mrs. Kale have one daughter .- Florence B.

Politically Mr. Kale has been identified with the Republican party all his life. He is an elder and a trustee in the Christian Church. In the business world he has met with much success, this condition being entirely brought, about through his own methods and commercial integrity. He is not only one of the city's substantial men but also one of the most re- spected.

OSEPH P. WINTRIORO, superin- tendent of the plant of the East Liver- pool Brick Manufacturing Company, was born February 14, 1879, at St. Pitro, in Southern Italy, being a son of Ralph and Rose ( Bannard) Wintrioro, re- tired residents of that town. His grandfather, Joseph Wintrioro, was a stock-raiser on the little farm at St. Pitro which afterward de- scended to Ralph Wintrioro, who carried on farming and stock-raising on an extensive scale for Italy. The latter married a daughter of Joseph Bannard of St. Pitro and had a family of four children, namely: Mary, who is mar- ried and lives in her native land; Joseph; Michael A. and Albert. In 1889 he came to America, bringing with him his son Joseph in order that he might be educated in America and have a better opportunity for advancement than was offered in his native country. He re- mained here one year but he found it hard tc learn the English language and the strange manners and customs of the American people and he returned to his own land, leaving his

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little son with the child's uncle and his own brother.

Joseph P. Wintrioro was taken into the home of his uncle and reared in the way his father desired, attending the public schools and acquiring a good common school education. He was a studious lad and improved his time to such adavantage that when he reached his 14th year he had completed the grammar. grade of the Pittsburg schools, in which city he resided. He was now ready to learn a prac- tical business and for that purpose went to Harmarville, Pennsylvania, and entering the brick-yards, remaining two years until he had mastered the work. He then worked in var- ious yards in Western Pennsylvania until 1903, when he came to East Liverpool and it was not long before he had secured a position with the East Liverpool Brick Manufacturing Company, and the following year was placed in charge of the plant as its superintendent. This com- pany has four kilns, employs 17 men and three teams and manufactures on an average 15,000 bricks a day. Soon after coming to East Liver- pool, he purchased a residence on Railroad street, near the brick-yard, and he and his estimable wife have converted it into a very pleasant home.

Mr. Wintrioro married Miss Rosa Cecelia and is the father of two children,-Ralph M. and Laura T. Mrs. Wintrioro is a native of St. Pitro, Italy. and a daughter of Joseph Cecelia. While the parents were acquainted in Italy. the young people had never met until they met in America. They are members of St. Aloysius Catholic Church. Mr. Wintrioro is a member of the Pittsburg Fraternal League.

ERBERT R. FERRELL, M. D., who has been a resident of East Liverpool since 1901, is one of the most success- ful practitioners of his profession in the city. He was born at Washing- ton, Guernsey County, Ohio, April 9. 1866, and is a son of Hon. Josephi and Martha ( Mor- ton) Ferrell. The family is of Scotch-Irish descent, and the name was originally spelled O'Ferl.

Joseph Ferrell, grandfather of our subject, was born in Washington County, 'Pennsylvania, from which county his father enlisted in the Continental Army for service in the Revolu- tionary War. After reaching maturity, he set- tled on a quarter-section of land in Oxford township, Guernsey County, Ohio, for which he received a patent from the government. He married Sarah Anderson, of Washington Coun- ty, Pennsylvania, whose parents became pioneers of Guernsey County, Ohio.

Hon. Joseph Ferrell, father of our subject, was born in Oxford township, Guernsey Coun- ty, Ohio, March 13, 1818, and there received a common school education. He later read law, was admitted to the bar and had his law office and residence at Washington, which until the building of the railroad was the principal town in the county. The courts were at Cam- bridge, Ohio, where he practiced. He was originally a Whig in politics and later a Re- publican, by which party he was elected to the State Legislature, serving two terms-from 1860 to 1864. During this time he was also an officer in the military under Governor Tod. When he retired from the Legislature, he lo- cated on the home farm in Oxford township, Guernsey County. where he followed agricul- tural pursuits until his death in October, 1894. He married Martha Morton, a daughter of Moses Morton, one of the pioneers of Oxford township along with the Ferrells. Mrs. Ferrell died in February, 1895, aged 73 years, and was survived by five children as follows : Cornelia, wife of Samuel A. Hogue, of Steele, Kidder County. North Dakota; John W., of Quaker City, Ohio; Elizabeth, wife of William Mc- Cormick. of Cleveland, Ohio; Edward, de- ceased ; and Herbert R. The family belonged to the United Presbyterian Church.

Herbert R. Ferrell was born on the old home farm and was there reared to maturity, attending the common schools. At the age of 18 years he began reading medicine under a preceptor, after which he entered the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati. He was grad- nated from that institution in 1890, and there- after for a period of 10 years practiced with much success at Cambridge. Ohio. Because of failure of his health, he then lived in retire-

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ment one year. Since 1901 he has been actively engaged in practice in East Liverpool. He at- tained success from the first, and is held in highest esteem by his fellow-practitioners and the general public.

On June 4,, 1890, Dr. Ferrell was married to Helena Sherman, a daughter of Henry Sher- man, of Wheeling, West Virginia. Her death, which occurred September 28, 1896, at the age of 26 years was a sad blow to her husband. One daughter, Helen L., survives. Mrs. Ferrell was a member of the Presbyterian Church:

RED E. BEEMER, D. D. S., one of the leading professional men of Salem, whose dental parlors are lo- cated at No. 35 Broadway, was born at Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, Octo- ber 8, 1871, and is a son of Charles C. and Martha E. (Wilkin) Beemer.

The father of Dr. Beemer was born in Canada and the mother in Pennsylvania. The father died in Ontario in 1897, aged 56 years. For a number of years he was a leading busi- ness man of Simcoe, dealing in coal and farm supplies. The mother still resides in that city. They had five children, namely : Charles W., . a practicing physician at Milwaukee, Wiscon- sin; Fred E., of this sketch; Cora J., wife of Dr. F. A. Watts, of Port Hope, Michigan; and Mabel and Edith, deceased, the former at the age of 14 and the latter at the age of 16.

Dr. Beemer was reared in his native place, where he resided until 25 years of age. After graduating very creditably at the Simcoe High School, he entered upon the study of dental surgery at the Royal College of Dental Surgery at Toronto, where he was graduated in 1893. After four years of successful prac- tice at Simcoe, he moved to Conneaut, Ohio, where he practiced with Dr. F. G. Kelley for one year. In 1899 he removed to Salem, where he has been in constant practice ever since.

In 1897 Dr. Beemer was married to Maude A. Hadcock, who was born at Mount Elgin, Ontario, and is a daughter of Isaac and Ruth Hadcock, natives of Virginia. Dr. Beemer and

wife have two beautiful little daughters : Ruth Agnes and Helen Maude.

Dr. Beemer comes of very old and honor- able ancestry. In early days in Germany, the name was spelled Bremer, being so spelled in an ancient Bible in the possession of the Beemer family, which contains the family record for 300 years. When the founders of the family settled as pioneers in Ontario, the British government granted them large tracts of land. On the maternal side, Dr. Beemer's ancestors were of English extraction, belong- ing to the prominent Dickinson family, an old Quaker one of prominence and substance in Pennsylvania.

ALTER E. MOWEN, M. D., one of the best known and most skillful physicians and surgeons of the East End, East Liverpool, was born July 31, 1857, at Deerfield, Portage County, Ohio, being a son of Tobias R. and Elizabeth (Hubbard) Mowen. The paternal grandfather was Daniel Mowen, born April 8, 1795, who learned the trade of a tailor when a young man and began business in that line in Cincinnati. Later . he came to Columbiana County and settled in the town of Petersburg, now included within the limits of Mahoning County, where he built the first brick house erected in that vicinity. He was very successful in his business and fol- lowed it as long as he lived. His wife, Eliza- beth Mowen, was a daughter of Jacob Rudicil, of Petersburg, and was of German descent. They had a large family of nine children, viz. : Humphrey, a resident of Deerfield; Tobias R., the father of our subject; Hiram, who was a resident of Trumbull County from which county he enlisted for service in the. Civil War, where he lost his life; Simeon J., of Chicago; Nancy Jane, deceased; Sophina, widow of Daniel Kuntz. of Cleveland; Harriet, widow of Richard McGowan, of Deerfield; and Oliver P., of Deerfield.

Tobias R. Mowen was born at New Spring- field. Mahoning County, Ohio. May 14. 1824. but his parents moved to Deerfield not long

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after, his birth and it was there he grew to man- hood. He farmed up to 1900, when he retired. He married Elizabeth Hubbard, daughter of the noted pioneer preacher, Rev. Ephraim Hub- bard, who was a colaborer with Campbell and assisted that eminent divine to found the Chris- tian Church in Ohio. Where duty called, there went the man of God and when Rev. Mr. Hub- bard took his family to Deerfield township, they were the fifth family to locate there. Mr. and Mrs. Mowen have but one child, our sub- ject, with whom they have made their home since leaving the farm. They are devoted members of the Christian Church, in which Mr. Mowen was deacon for many years and they are enjoying the sunset of life, blessed with health and friends and happy in the love and devotion of children and grandchildren.

Dr. Mowen supplemented a common-school education with a course in Mount Union Col- lege and then read medicine under the precep- torship of Dr. C. O. Hoover, of Alliance for one year. Following this he entered the medi- cal department of the Western Reserve Uni- versity at Cleveland in 1886, and three years later graduated from that institution. He practiced for 12 years in Deerfield and then came to East Liverpool as a more desirable location for an enterprising physician, giving wider scope to his ability and affording richer fields of investigation and practice. He is recognized by the medical fraternity as a sur- geon of undoubted skill and is destined to gain an extended reputation in his work if his pres- ent successes are continued. He is identified with the County and State medical societies and is medical examiner for Pan American Court, No. 127, Tribe of Ben Hur; Buckeye Castle, No. 98, Knights of the Golden Eagle ;' and has served on the Board of Health ever since locating in the city. The Doctor is a Republican but is far too busy to become a politician. He is a member of Charity Lodge, No. 512, F. & A. M., of Palmyra, Ohio; Penova Lodge, I. O. O. F. ; and is a past com- mander of the Knights of the Maccabees.

The Doctor was first married on July [, 1877, to Alice B. Randall, a daughter of Stephen Randall, of Deerfield township,

Portage County, Ohio. She was a most estim- able woman and a member of the Christian Church. She passed away in 1898, leaving four children : Don T., Cliff S., Blanche and Ned. Don T. died in 1900, his death being the result of an accidental shooting. In 1901 Dr. Mowen was married to Lillie May Bower, whose father, Jacob Bower, is a prominent resi- dent of Steubensville, Ohio. Mrs. Mowen is the mother of a bright little daughter, Mary Katherine. The Doctor and his wife are mem- bers of the Second Presbyterian Church of East Liverpool, located in the East End.

APT. JOHN F. TESCHER, senior partner of the firm of Tescher. & Mead, leaders in the hardware and agricultural implement business at Salem, is also an honored citizen and a survivor of the great Civil War, in which he took a distinguished part. Captain Tescher was born November 2, 1837, in the canton of Bern, Switzerland, and is a son of John and Mary (Spring) Tescher.

The parents of our subject lived until past middle age in their own picturesque land, but later joined their son in Salem, and here the father died, aged 90 years and the mother, aged 83 years. Their six children were : John F., of Salem; Fred, now of South Bend, Indi- ana, who was a soldier of Sherman's army in its "March to the Sea;" Mrs. Mary Heltbrand, of Switzerland; Mrs. Anna Russi, of Salem; Mrs. Elizabeth Schaffer, of West Austintown, Ohio; and Mrs. Kate Myers, of Salem.

The life of a boy in school and on a farm is very similar the world over, and our subject grew up to the age of 17 years surrounded with about the same conditions and performed about the same duties in Switzerland as he would have done in any mountain State of the United States. He then went to work in a grocery store in the village of Locle, near which he was born, and then came to America, reach- ing Wooster, Ohio, in the spring of 1860. Un- til he enlisted in the Union Army, on September 2, 1862, he worked at farm work and in a hard-

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ware store at Wooster. He became a member of Company C, 107th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., under Colonel Myers. His promotion was rapid, first from the position of a private in the ranks to be Ist sergeant and after his com- pany was attached to the Army of the Potomac, he was made 2nd lieutenant. His gallantry on the field of Gettysburg resulted in his rise to the rank of Ist lieutenant and after this he was given command on many occasions but was not made a captain until after he was trans- ferred to Company G. During these days he did not win his honors very easily, long marches, constant skirmishes, exposure to hard-, ships of all kinds and participation in terrible battles, strained the vitality of such a robust frame as the gallant young soldier had built up on the breezy mountains of his native land. Until the serious nature of his wound, received at Gettysburg, made it necessary for him to resign in June, 1864, he had taken part in al- most every one of the 22 engagements in which his regiment had participated, and his frequent promotions showed that he had displayed un- usual valor. His sufferings after being wounded were intense as he lay for four days on the field unattended, in the hot sun, with- out a drop of water in his canteen, and was in, such a condition that his captors scarcely thought it worth while to bother with him. Fortunately the Union forces recaptured him before life was totally extinct, but long weeks in a hospital resulted. Patched up, however, he insisted upon rejoining his regiment .which he found in front of Charleston, and there he took command again of his company, led it to Jacksonville and precipitated himself so cour- ageously into every skirmish that his wound was reopened and he was obliged to give up, as noted above. Captain Tescher is held in high esteem in the Grand Army post to which he be- longs. His comrades are those, who, having passed through like experiences, can well ap- preciate his services to his adopted country.

After some months of convalescence, Cap- 'tain Tescher became a clerk in a hardware store at Salem and remained with this firm for some four years and then bought an interest, 'the business being conducted under the name

of Donnely, Carr & Company. Later Captain Tescher and Mr. Carr bought out Mr. Donnely and continued the business as Carr & Tescher for about 30 years. When the partnership was dissolved, Captain Tescher embarked in the carriage and agricultural implement busi- ness, which he conducted alone for seven years, but in 1904 he admitted Elmer Mead to part- nership and now the extensive business is pros- pering under the firm name of Tescher & Mead. The quarters include a storeroom 40 by 60 feet in dimensions, with a warehouse, of two floors, 40 by 100 feet in dimensions. A very large business is done in plows although they handle all kinds of implements suitable for agricul- turists. Captain Tescher is not only one of the early business men in this line but has proven -himself one of the most capable and reliable.

In 1866 Captain Tescher was married to Susan K. Miller, who was born at Boltigen, Switzerland, in 1840, and came to America with her brother in 1861. They have had these children : Mrs. Adeline Callahan, who died some three years since, leaving three children; Ella, wife of Albert Kennedy, of Salem; Effie, wife of Thomas Webb, of Salem; Lillian, wife of Ross Penrose, of Garnett, Kansas; Harry, who died aged six years; and Walter, who died in infancy.

Politically Captain Tescher has always been identified with the Republican party. Frater- nally he is an Odd Fellow. . His portrait ac- companies this sketch.

ILLIAM J. TAYLOR, M. D., pro- prietor of the first private hospital and Red Cross training school for nurses in East Liverpool, is one or the eminent physicians and sur- geons of this section of Ohio. Dr. Taylor was born in Cambridgeshire, England, October, 6, 1853.

Dr. Taylor became a member of the medical profession in his own country, where he prac- ticed over 12 years. On coming to America, he engaged in medical practice for some six or seven years in New York City and Brook-

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lyn, then took a course in the College of Phy- sicians and Surgeons at St. Louis, Missouri, and in 1894 completed a post-graduate course in gynecology in the New York Polyclinic, and also completed a four year's course in the Eclectic Medical College of that city.

In 1894 Dr. Taylor came to East Liverpool, ·Ohio, and entered into general practice. In 1902 he opened The Dr. Taylor Private Hospi- tal and also his Red Cross training school for nurses, the first of the kind in this city and the best- equipped in this part of the State. The operating room is fitted with every modern ap- pliance and the nurses are given a thorough, practical training in every detail. The hospital owns the best filter in the city and apparatus for distilling water and it has static and X-ray machines in addition to every other known ap- pliance used in electro-therapeutics. The school has been in operation two years and has grad- uated three nurses. Dr. Taylor has associated with him several medical men of wide reputa- tion,-Dr. Swope, of Pittsburg and Dr. Howard Dayis, of East Liverpool. Dr. Taylor is surgeon to the police and fire departments.

Dr. Taylor belongs to a number of medical bodies. Fraternally he is a member of the Masonic order, which he entered in England, where he still retains membership. He also belongs to Stella Chapter, No. 27, Order of the Eastern Star, of Brooklyn, New York, and to Josiah Wedgewood Lodge, No. 235, Sons -of St. George, of East Liverpool.

OHN LEWIS HERBERT, M. D., one of the able and experienced physicians of Columbiana County, who enjoys a large and satisfactory practice in and around the village of Hanover, was born in 1858 at Frankfort-on-the-Main, Ger- many, and is a son of the late John' L. Herbert, of that city.

For a period extending over 20 years, the father of Dr. Herbert was an official of the city of his birth, serving on the police force up to the time of his death in 1883, at the age of '64 years. He was a man of education and

intelligence and, as far as lay in his power, as- sisted his son to gain an education and pre- pare for the medical profession.

The subject of this sketch attended school from early boyhood until he was graduated from the gymnasium at Frankfort, a gym- nasium resembling in some features an Ameri- can high school. In 1874 he came to America and located in Ashland County, Ohio, where for two years he studied medicine under Drs. Fuller and Wirt. In 1881 he was graduated from the Louisville Medical College. Prior to coming to the United States, he had been studying medical science and had done hospi- tal service as a member of the Hospital Corps in the Franco-Prussian War, in 1870-71. After receiving his degree, he settled in Coshocton County, Ohio, where he remained for five years and then removed to New Harrisburg, Carroll County, and continud to practice there for six years, removing then to the villages of Ken- sington and Hanover, Columbiana County. During his 10 years of practice in this vicinity, Dr. Herbert has gained the full confidence of the public and ranks with the leading practi- tioners here. 'He is a member of the Colum- biana County Medical Society and the Ohio State Medical Society.

Dr. Herbert was married in 1881 to Per- cella Keck, who was a daughter of Gottfried Keck, of Jelloway, Knox County, Ohio. Mrs. Herbert died May 4, 1900, without issue.

Dr. Herbert has always been identified with the Republican party since becoming interested in public affairs. He is a member of the Chris- tian Church. His fraternal relations are main- tained with the Masons, Elks and Maccabees.

ILLIAM D. TURNER, whose effi- ciency, as chief of the police force of Salem has but added to the gen- eral esteem in which he has long been held by his fellow-citizens, is a native of Ohio, born at Elkton, Columbiana County, December 29. 1868, and is a son of George and Sarah A. (Albright) Turner.

The father of Mr. Turner was born at Pitts- burg, Pennsylvania, but the mother was a na-

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tive of Columbiana County. Both died in Ohio, the mother at the age of 47 years and the father aged 72 years. His whole life from infancy had been spent in Ohio, where he followed the trade of carpenter. Of the family of'five child- ren born to them our subject is the oldest and the only son, his sisters being Ida, a trained nurse living in Cleveland; Mattie, who is the wife of Harry Dunn, of Salem ; Effie, a resident of Carlton; and Fannie, a resident of East Liverpool.

When our subject was about five years old, his parents moved to Franklin Square, Col- umbiana County, and, one year later, to Dan- ville, Knox County, the youth attending school continuously until 14 years of age. In 1880 the family settled on a farm one mile from Salem and he assisted in its cultivation for the next three years, and then came to Salem where he spent several years in a business house and then entered into the wall-paper business at No. 55 East Main street, in partnership with G. V. Sharp, under the firm name of Sharp & Turner, Charles Shem, of Alliance, later being admitted, when the firm style was changed to Sharp, Turner & Shem. After nine months of asso- ciation, Mr. Turner bought the interests of his partners and continued to conduct the business alone until February, 1902. At this time he was appointed chief of the police force of Salem by the mayor, J. B. Baker, and he enjoys the distinction of being the first and only of- ficial of this kind that the peaceful old city has ever had.

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History of Columbiana County, Ohio and representative citizens, Part 83

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