History of Columbiana County, Ohio and representative citizens, Part 84

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

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In 1893 Mr. Turner was married to Della Summers, who was born in Columbiana Coun- ty, Ohio, and is a daughter of Andrew and Katherine (Glass) Summers. Lewis Glass. Mrs. Turner's maternal grandfather. was one of the earliest settlers in Knox township. Col- umbiana County. Mr. and Mrs. Turner have one son, Russell C., a student.

Politically Mr. Turner has been identified all his life with the Republican party and has been a local party leader. He served from 1896 until 1900 as a member of the City Coun- cil and during this time displayed judgment public spirit and civic pride. His fraternal connections are with the Elks and the Red Men.

ARRY W. SMITH is one of the well- known citizens of East Liverpool. He was born' in Hancock County, West Virginia, in 1864, and is a son of James M. and Elizabeth A. (McPheters ) Smith.

John G. Smith, grandfather of our subject, lived in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and conducted an inn-"The Greentree Home"- on the old Steubenville turnpike. He lived to. reach the advanced age of 94 years, dying in 1894. James M. Smith was a baker by trade and followed that business in East Liverpool, Ohio, until his death in 1899, at the age of 71 years. His widow now lives with her son, Harry W .. at East Liverpool and is 71 years old. She had a brother, Dr. David McPheters, of Hookstown, Pennsylvania, who is deceased.

Harry W. Smith was five years of age when hie ,was brought by his parents to East Liver- pool, Ohio, where he was reared to manhood and received his educational training in the. public schools. His first work was in the freight depot of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, in Chicago, after which he was em- ployed by the Weaver-Tod Company, coal ship- pers, until 1894, having charge of their rail coal business. After the closing out of that business, Mr. Smith spent a year traveling in the South ( during which time he was for six months receiver for a mill company at Nash- ville ) for the purpose of improving his health. and found himself very much benefited. He re- turned to East Liverpool, and then accepted a position with Armour & Company, being stationed while so engaged at Uniontown. Norfolk and Boston. Again returning to East Liverpool. he accepted the position of editor and compiler of the matter for the "Historical . Atlas of Columbiana County." and upon the com- pletion of that work became manager of the Crisis. of East Liverpool, of which he had charge for two years. In the spring of 1903,. he was elected secretary of the Pottery Asso- ciation of the United States, and after serving one year had the duties of treasurer added to his office. He is a capable business man and has given the Pottery Association most efficient service.

Mr. Smith was united in marriage with

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Maud Mckinnon, a daughter of M. R. Mc- Kinnon, who is a prominent resident of East Liverpool. Mr. Mckinnon was born in what is now Liverpool township. Columbiana Coun- ty, Ohio, in 1825, is a son of Michael McKin- non and a grandson of Joseph Mckinnon. The last named was born in Pennsylvania and came to Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1801. living here until his death in 1809. Michael McKin- non was born in Washington County, Pennsyl- vaia, August 1, 1781, accompanied his father to Columbiana County, Ohio, and was here reared to maturity. He was a farmer by occu- pation and located his first land near the present city of East Liverpool in 1811 and to this he added a tract in 1813, which farm is now within the city limits. He was married May 22, 1823, to Elizabeth Cameron (a sister of Senator Don Cameron, of Pennsylvania), who bore him three daughters and one son. He died April 27, 1874, aged 93 years, and his wife died in 1832. M. R. Mckinnon was reared in his native county and attended the pioneer schools. He afterward took charge of the home place, buying up the interests of the other heirs from time to time, so that at his father's death he be- came sole owner of the homestead. He was married in 1850 to Martha Arbuckle, by whom he had the following children : Annie, Harry, Frank, Clarence and Maude. His wife died in 1884, and he subsequently married Mrs. M. J. Arbuckle, widow of the deceased wife's brother. He is a man highly respected by every one and is possibly the oldest of the native- born residents of East Liverpool. Mr. McKin- non has built a number of fine houses on the hill overlooking the city, among which are the residences of N. G. Macrum, Fred Nagle and F. E. Grosshans. He has laid out hundreds of lots in what is designated as the "M. R. Mc- Kinnon Plat," and still owns about 50 acres of land that has not been platted. In 1900, he erectedl his present handsome home on Calcutta street.

Harry W. Smith and his estimable wife hare one child, Marcus, born May 26, 1897. In politics, Mr. Smith is a Republican and has been a member of the county central committee for five years past, taking a very active part

in political affairs. Fraternally, he is a mem- ber of Riddle Lodge, No. 315, F. & A. M .; Pilgrim Commandery, No. 55, K. T., and the Elks. In religious faith and fellowship. he is a Presbyterian.

EORGE W. MEREDITH, one of the leading business men of East Liver- pool, distiller, jobber and importer of wine and liquors, was born at Utica, New York, April 7, 1850, and is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth Meredith.

The parents of Mr. Meredith died when he was a child and he has practically made his own way in the world from boyhood. The father was of Welsh extraction. In 1853 the father moved the family from Utica to Trenton, New Jersey, and died soon afterward.

Mr. Meredith was educated in the public schools of Trenton, which he attended until he went into a pottery to learn the trade of pot- ter. In 1877 he came to East Liverpool, Ohio, and worked for one year for George Morley and then entered the great pottery house of Knowles, Taylor & Knowles, remaining with this firm until 1880. In this year he embarked in business for himself, engaging in the bot- tling business in a small way, utilizing at first a small store-room at No. 177 Market street, with dimensions of 25 by 60 feet. In con- trast, he to-day occupies the entire block in- culding Nos. 171 to 179 Market street, two floors and baseinent; the building was once known as Brunt's Opera House. Eight years ago one man did all the bottling in addition to performing other duties, while now 23 em- ployees are required to handle the bottling. This is the largest wholesale liquor house in Eastern Ohio and the most extensive whiskey bottlers in America. The leading brands handled are : "Meredith's Diamond Club Pure Rye." "Meredith's Malt Whiskey" and "Mere- dith's Celery Gin Tonic." The whiskeys are handled by the largest and best wholesale drug- gists and dealers from Maine to California and from Canada to the Gulf. Mr. Meredith was one of the incorporators of the Crockery City

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Brewing & Ice Company, and is president of The Colonial Company, potters.

Mr. Meredith has a fine home in East Liver- pool and an interesting family. He married Annie Heath, who is a daughter of Richard Heath, of Trenton, New Jersey, and they had eight children, namely : Amelia, wife of John McDonald, of East Liverpool; Richard, of East Liverpool; Annie; Thomas; Willis, and three deceased.

Mr. Meredith is fraternally connected with East Liverpool Lodge, No. 258. B. P. O. E. and the East Liverpool Aerie of Eagles. He is a man of enterprise and public spirit and in all essentials is a first-class citizen.

HE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, of East Liverpool, one of the soundest financial institutions of Eastern Ohio, was founded in 1873 as the East Liverpool Banking Company, and has since that time been a factor in the development of the "Ceramic City."

The East Liverpool Banking Company was organized with a capital stock of $30,000, and had as its president David Boyce, F. D. Kit- chel serving as cashier. The institution was organized as a national bank in 1874, with Josiah Thompson as president. He served as such until his death in 1889, when he was succeeded by Mr. Boyce, who was president until his death in 1904. Mr. Kitchel was cash- ier until 1878, since which time N. G. Macrum has had charge of the office of cashier. The capital of The First National Bank was $50,- ooo from its inception until June, 1894. when it was increased to $100,000. The present officers of the bank are: J. C. Thompson, president ; N. G. Macrum, cashier ; J. M. Kelly. vice-presi- dent : and Thomas H. Fisher, assistant cashier. The board of directors consists of the following well-known business men: J. C. Thompson, J. M. Kelly, H. N. Harker, B. C. Simms, Will L. Thompson, Walter B. Hill and Oliver C. Vodrey. The present bank building at No. 198 Washington street was erected in 1889 at a cost of $40,000, and it is known as the First Na-

tional Bank Building. It has a frontage of 50 feet, a depth of 90 feet and is four stories in height.

THOMAS H. FISHER, who has been identfied with this institution since 1889, has ably dis- charged the duties of assistant cashier since 1896 and is a man of recognized ability. He was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, in 1874, and is a son of William H. Fisher, who came to East Liverpool in 1875 and died here five years later. Thomas H. Fisher has also been identified with various other business in- stitutions and is at the present time treasurer of The National China Company and treasurer of the Federal Building & Loan Company. In politics he is an unswerving supporter of Re- publican principles, and for some years has served as a member of the Board of Education.

5 ON. SANFORD C. HILL. In recall- ing the early leading men of East Liverpool, great prominence should be given Sanford C. Hill, astronomer and mathematician, many times may- or and for over a half century intimately con- nected wtih all public matters pertaining to this locality. His birth took place in Hancock County, Virginia (now West Virginia), June 20, 1796.

The Hill family has had many distin- guished members in many States of the Union. The origin of the family was in England and this branch traces its ancestry to Rev. Rowland Hill, the eloquent minister and author whose "Village Dialogues" are still read and quoted. In the 17th century the founder of the family in America settled in New England, where Roger Hill. father, of our subject, was born. Roger Hill became a pioneer in Hancock Coun- ty, Virginia.

In boyhood Mr. Hill received an injury which disqualified him for farm work and he remained in school until he was, 18 years old, a longer period of schooling than was usually accorded youths of his day. While apt in every branch, mathematics especially appealed to him and in everything pertaining to that science

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he excelled through life. After he left school, his father secured him a place in a book store in Pittsburg, where he was able to continue his studies by himself and to perfect himself in surveying and civil engineering which, later in life, he followed over a wide radius. When 19 years of age his father established him in a small business at Wellsville, then a shipping point, but in 1817 he opened the first dry goods store in East Liverpool, this being but a few years after it had been laid out. Subsequently he sold his stock and engaged in surveying as noted above,

Had his bent not been so strong in the direc- tion of mathematics, Sanford C. Hill would have been a great lawyer. He was a justice of the peace for many years during which period he made a thorough study of the law, and it was the opinion of the community that it never had a better administration of the law. He had an extensive law library. He was noted for his ability in adjusting cases without appealing to other courts and on many occasions quietly healed family and neighborhood differences.

For 42 consecutive years Mr. Hill was en- gaged in mathematical calculations for alman- acs and in this congenial occupation he probably spent the happiest moments of liis life. Noth- ing was too difficult for him to solve and emin- ent men of science were accustomed to call upon his brain for assistance in their work when the utmost accuracy was demanded. It was a natural wish that one of his sons should inherit this mathematical bent of mind and he made it his concern to endeavor, by pri- vate teaching, to develop latent tendencies in this direction. None of them, however, came up to his standard, although all were brilliant in other directions.

Mr. Hill was twice married : first, to Vashti S. Moore; they had four children, namely : Thomas M., Eliza F., Harriet F. and Narissa. His second marriage was to Sarah Leech, who was born December 14. 1810, in York County, Pennsylvania, but was reared in Fairfield town- ship. Columbiana County, Ohio. The town of Leechburg. Pennsylvania, was named in honor of her father's family. These children were born to the second union: H. R., now a re-

tired attorney of East Liverpool, for many years a distinguished citizen; Mrs. William: Brunt. of East Liverpool ; Winfield E., a min- ister of the Presbyterian Church, now residing in East Liverpool; and Meriden S., who is in the government service at Blaine, State of Washington.

In his political affiliations Mr. Hill was a Whig in his early days and then became a stanch supporter of the Republican party. So eminently was he qualified for public positions that many were proffered him, including those of common pleas judge and State Senator, but his ambitions did not run in the direction of political preferment. He was devoted to the interests of the Presbyterian Church and liber- ally supported its various benevolent enter- prises and for a number of years was ruling elder in the church at East Liverpool. His general education was comprehensive while his scientific acquirements brought him into touch with the great thinkers of the world.

ANFORD E. ANDERSON, senior member of the firm of Anderson & Mawhorter, owners of the largest bakery in East Liverpool, is a man of superior business qualifications and has made a success of everything to which he has turned his hand. He has a keen apprecia- tion of the wants of the people and has always acted upon the principle that the best is none too good. As a result the bakery enjoys ex- cellent standing in the business world and com- mands an extensive patronage.

Mr. Anderson was born in Beaver town- ship. Beaver County, Pennsylvania, September 16, 1867, is a son of Robert A. and Elizabeth ( Hooker) Anderson, and grandson of Bernard Anderson, who lived in Beaver County. Penn- sylvania, during the greater part of his life. Robert A. Anderson was born in Beaver Coun- ty. Pennsylvania, where he still lives at the advanced age of 72 years. He has been a successful farmer and served for some years as township supervisor. He is a Republican in politics, 'but never aspired to political prefer-

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ment. He married Elizabeth Hooker, who was born in 1845 and is a daughter of Jacob Hooker. They became parents of five child- as follows : Euphemia, wife of John Warner, of Salem; Sanford E .; Estella, wife of Isaac Riley, of East Liverpool; Frank, a resident of Beaver, Pennsylvania ; and I.oretta, also of Beaver. Religiously, the family is Presbyterian.

Sanford E. Anderson received his educa- tional training in the common schools of his native county, and in 1888 came to East Liver- pool, Ohio, where he drove a team for Faulk Brothers, continuing with them one and a half years. He then bought an interest in their mill and took charge of the cooper shop, which they had at that time, continuing as a member of the firm until 1898. Selling his interest in that business he entered the employ of McCain Brothers, coopers, and after remaining with them a year and a half accepted a position as traveling salesman for a hardware house. After a period of eight months, he returned to the employ of McCain Brothers, but only remained a short time when he engaged to sell buggies, wagons and harness for Trotter & Son. He remained with them one season when he again returned to McCain Brothers, and later worked for Armour & Company one year in East Liverpool. In April, 1902, he purchased an interest in a baking business firm, James Ander- son, one of its founders. The business was conducted under the name and style of S. E. Anderson for a little more than a year. Robert Buchanan, one of the founders of the business, again purchased an interest in it, the firm becoming Anderson & Buchanan. This con- tinued until June 1, 1905, when Karl H. Ma- whorter purchased an interest and the firm be- came Anderson & Mawhorter. When Mr. Anderson first acquired an interest in this plant. it was but one-third of its present size. They now employ five bakers and three drivers. The product is sold exclusively to the wholesale trade and by them furnished to the retailers. This bakery is the largest in the city and con- sumes 2,400 barrels of flour per year. Mr. Anderson is also a director in the West End Land Company.

In February, 1903, Mr. Anderson was

married to Ida Hayes, a daughter of Thomas Hayes. She was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, but was living in Columbiana County at the time of her marriage. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, while our subject is a member of the First Presbyterian Church, of East Liverpool. In politics, he is a Prohibitionist.

YRUS WRIGHT HAMILTON, a prosperous and progressive farmer of Unity township, resides on the farm in section 28 upon which he was born more than .50 years ago. He is a son of Thomas S. and Anna (Dildine) Hamil- ton and a grandson of Thomas and Sarah (Scott) Hamilton. The grandfather, who had previously lived near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, engaged in farming, moved in 1824 with his wife and seven children to Unity township, Columbiana County, Ohio, where he purchased a tract of land in section 27, now owned by C. P. Rothwell, which he improved and. upon which he lived until his death.

Thomas S. Hamilton was born near Pitts- burg, Pennsylvania, in 1813, and was a farmer by occupation. In 1840 he located on the Scott place, a rich tract of land consisting of 70 acres, partially cleared and provided with rude log buildings. These have long since given place to neat, frame buildings. He was married in 1842 to Anna Dildine, a daughter of Richard and Anna (Opdyke) Dildine, both natives of New Jersey, who settled near New Waterford, Columbiana County, in pioneer days. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton, viz: Alex, who married Margaret J. Schana- falt. and resides in Illinois, near East St. Louis; Cyrus Wright; and Areta, deceased in 1886, who was the wife of William J. Tillbrode, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. In 1892 the father was laid to rest and three years later, the mother was placed beside him.

Cyrus W. Hamilton was reared on the old homestead and has continued to make it his home ever since with the exception of some IO years spent in the West. While he engages

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que extensively in general farming,-raising com, wheat and oats,-yet a goodly portion of his land is devoted to fruit and it would be difficult to find more delicious peaches, apples and small fruit than Mr. Hamilton produces each year. He makes a specialty of the Bald- win apple as it seems to be the apple best suited to this climate.

Mr. Hamilton was married in 1876 in Pennsylvania, to Ida Long, daughter of Israel and Charlotte ( Greenamyer) Long. At her death she left two children: Emily I., who keeps house for her father and Ralph S., a rising young attorney of the Indian Territory. Mr. Hamilton assisted in organizing and laying out the cemetery at East Palestine and his wife was the first to be buried in it. He is an earnest member of the Presbyterian Church. He is affiliated with the Knights of the Maccabees.

OHN P. MONTGOMERY owns the fine farm of 180 acres in sections 25 and 26. St. Clair township, upon which he resides. and is one of the foremost and most progressive agri- culturists of the county. He is a son of John and Sarah ( Poe) Montgomery and was born about 60 years ago on the farm which is still his home.

His paternal grandfather. James Montgom- ery, came from Pennsylvania about 1806 and purchased land in what is now Liverpool town- ship. He lived and died on this farm, which afterward descended to his son. Joseph, who was a bachelor, and still later became the prop- erty of Charles H. Blazier.

John Montgomery was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania. September 15. 1798. and was eight years of age when the family came to Ohio. He engaged in agricultural pur- suits and purchased the farm in St. Clair town- ship which he cleared and improved. In place of the log cabin so familiar at that time. he erected about 1832 a substantial brick home. which was regarded as a piece of architectural "elegance for that time. He married Sarah Poe who died in 1854 in the 54th year of her age.

He lived until 1880. Their family consisted of nine children, viz: Andrew, who died in his 13th year, James who married Ann Eliza Gill- and and is now living in Henry County, Ohio, where he is a prosperous farmer; Nancy, who makes her home with our subject; Eleanor, widow of John McCoy and a resident of Van Wert County, Ohio; Elizabeth, deceased, wife of William McCoy; Sarah Jane, who married George F. Houston and resides at Alliance, Ohio; Joseph, deceased ; Rachel. wife of George Gaston, of East Liverpool: and John P. The maternal great-great-grandfather of our sub- ject was Adam Poe, the famous Indian fighter, who killed the Wyandot chief, Big Foot. . His paternal grandfather, Andrew Poe, was a resi- dent of Stark County, Ohio. near Massillon, and it was there that our subject's mother was born. She is a sister of Rev. Adamı Poe, a Methodist minister, living in Cincinnati.

John P. Montgomery has always given his attention to farming and has lived on the farm upon which he was reared and born. On April 10, 1890, lie was married to Laura C. Fisher, daughter of Michael and Eliza (Daw- son) Fisher and sister of Benjamin P'. Fisher, who now owns the farm which was her birth- place and whose biography appears on another page of this work. This marriage has been without issue. Mr. Montgomery has a fine piece of land has it well improved. He has made changes in the residence and in 1890 built a fine barn, while every department of the farm shows the skill and care displayed in its man- agement. Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery are Presbyterians. In politics he is a Democrat.

RVILLE A. RHODES. M. D .. is one of the leading medical practitioners at Salem, of which city he has been a resident since 1900. Dr. Rhodes was born in the early days of the Civil War. on November 18. 1861. at Sun- bury, Pennsylvania, and is one of a family of six living children of his parents, Albert B. and Ruth A. ( Patterson ) Rhodes.

Orville A. Rhodes was reared in his native

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place, attended the public schools and subse- quently Wooster University, at Cleveland, Ohio, where he was graduated in 1883. He then prepared for, medical college and in 1885 entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore; in 1893 he took a post-graduate course in the New York Post-Graduate Medi- cal School.

Dr. Rhodes located at Sunbury, Pennsyl- vania, where he engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery for four years and then went to North Carolina and remained there for four years more. Upon his return to the North Dr. Rhodes came to Columbiana County, Ohio, and lived for a time at Washingtonville, but in 1900 he located at Salem, where his profes- sional ability and genial personality have brought him a large practice and many friends.

In 1883 Dr. Rhodes was married to Beu- linda Campbell, of Plain Grove, Pennsylvania. She died in 1889 at Washington, Ohio. In 1893 he was married to his present wife, Jennie Jennings, who is a daughter of George Jenn- ings, a prominent citizen of Cleveland. They have one son, Philip. Their pleasant home is located at No. 3 East Main street, a part of which the Doctor utilizes as his office.

Dr. and Mrs. Rhodes are members of the Presbyterian Church. He is a member of the American Medical Association and keeps thoroughly posted on all matters concerning his profession. Politically, he is independent in his views. Fraternally, he is an Odd Fellow and a Maccabee.

OHN C. CATLETT, one of Wells- ville's leading business men, whose line is that of furniture, owning the oldest as well as the largest es- tablishment of its kind in the city, is one of the city's prominent citizens also and for. some years was mayor. He was born May 30, 1841, at Wellsville, being a son of Albert G. and Catherine A. (Aten) Catlett.

Dr. Hanson Catlett. the paternal grand- father, came of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and be- came a noted surgeon. He was the medical man called in at the time of the noted duel be-

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History of Columbiana County, Ohio and representative citizens, Part 84

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