History of Columbiana County, Ohio and representative citizens, Part 93

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

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Mr. Richardson belongs to several organi- zations of a fraternal character,-the Sons of Veterans, at Palestine; East Liverpool Lodge, No. 258, B. P. O. E .; and Negley Lodge, No. 565, F. & A. M., of which he is past master. The family is one of established reputation in Columbiana County.

AMES E. DAVIS, a prominent lawyer of East Liverpool and attorney for the . Federal Building & Loan Company, of the East End, was born in St. Clair township, this county, October 13, 1874, and is rapidly forging to the front among the most successful lawyers of the city. He is a son of Job L. and Margaret (McFarland) Davis and a grandson of Alexander Davis who was born in Kentucky in 1800. The last named was a strong Whig. A large farmer and stock-raiser, he owned a good many slaves as did all his neighbors, but he was a stanch Union man for all that and it was a satisfaction to him when the North won the victory, although he suffered financially from the result. He married a Miss Mc- Cracker and both have long since gone to their reward, the death of Mr. Davis occurring in 1867.

Job L. Davis was also a native of Kentucky, born at Greenup, January 29, 1844. He served three years and four months in the 22nd Reg- iment, Kentucky Vol. Inf., his first battle being on the Big Sandy under General Garfield. After the war he located in St. Clair township and was here engaged in agriculture for the re- mainder of his life. He was a Republican and held a number of local offices. He was a mem- ber of Warren Hart Post, G. A. R. He was married, first, to Belle Calhoun, of Georgetown,

Pennsylvania, who died in 1870. They had three children : Della, (deceased) Mrs. Flora, Wollam and Thomas. His second wife, Mar- garet McFarland, mother of our subject, was. a daughter of Robert McFarland, of Colum- biana County. Both of our subject's parents were members of the Christian Church, in which Mr. Davis was deacon. He died Jan- uary 14, 1900, leaving a host of friends to regret his demise.

James E. Davis was the only child of his father's second marriage. He had the advan- tage of a splendid schooling, going through the common schools and the North Eastern Ohio Normal College at Canfield and then entering the law department of the Ohio Normal Uni- versity. He finished his legal studies in the- office of L. T. Farr, of Rogers, Ohio, and was admitted to the bar in 1901. He located in East Liverpool the following March and has acquired his clientage through diligent applica- tion. He is thoroughly posted on knotty legal points and came here experienced in practical application of law, having served for two years as justice of the peace in St. Clair township just previous to coming here and thereby acquiring valuable experience. Mr. Davis is a Repub -- lican but has devoted more time to his business than to politics although he keeps in close touch with his party. He was married to Mary Huston, daughter of Homer Huston, of St. Clair township, by whom he has one child,

Helen M. Mrs. Davis is a member of the- Second Presbyterian Church of the East End and is a very pleasant lady who has made a great many friends here. Mr. Davis is a mem- ber of Penova Lodge, I. O. O. F., and of Rid- dle Lodge, No. 315, F. & A. M.

P AUL E. BARCKHOFF, M. D., one of the leading general medical practi- tioners at Salem, and a citizen who takes considerable interest in the pro- motion of the city's welfare, was born at Wiedenbrück, Westphalia, Germany, June 26, 1861, and is a son of Felix and Elizabeth ( Brinkmann) Barckhoff.

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Paul E. Barckhoff was nine years old when he accompanied his parents to America. The party landed at Baltimore, Maryland, but es- tablished a home in Philadelphia. There the boy attended the public schools until 1876, when he went to Pittsburg, which city was his home until 1889. His education was for- warded there in what was then known as the College of the Holy Ghost, a Catholic institu- tion which developed into one of the most important universities of the State of Pennsyl- vania. Dr. Barckhoff remained a student there for about five years, the institution receiving pupils of all sects. From Pittsburg he went to New York and entered upon his medical train- ing at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, which is now affiliated with the University of New York, and obtained his degree in 1888. He located at Salem where his life interests have been centered ever since. Dr. Barckhoff has won his way to the front rank in his profes- sion, is connected by membership with all the leading medical organizations and has served the city of Salem as health commissioner. He is the medical examiner for a number of insur- ance companies and his suggestions as to san- itary reforms and civic improvements are al- ways regarded. Dr. Barckhoff is a Republican but his professional duties preclude any great political activity. Fraternally he is connected with the Odd Fellows.

In 1887 Dr. Barckhoff was married to Anna M. Burford, who was born in Salem, and they have one daughter, Marguerite A. Mrs .. Barck- hoff is a daughter of David B. and Melvina (Callahan) Burford. well-known and highly valued residents of Salem for many years. David B. Burford was born January 21. 1842, at Stroud. England, and accompanied his par- ents to Ohio in infancy. His father, who was a woolen weaver, after coming to Columbiana County built woolen mills at Elkton with the intention of continuing in the weaving business, but died one year later, leaving a family of six children, namely: Robert. Dorcas. Edward, William, Mary and David B. David B. Bur- ford went to New Brighton, Pennsylvania. in 1858, and served a three years' apprenticeship to the tinner's trade. He located in Salem in

1861 and for a number of years was with Thomas Baxter in a hardware and stove bus- iness, later being associated with Emmett C. Baxter, then with Augustus H. Harris and finally with Charles Passmore. Mr. Burford and his associates did practically all the tin and slate roofing in the city during their business activity, comprising some twenty-five years. For many years he was president of the City Council and was equally prominent in the order of Odd Fellows. For 29 years he was librarian of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a dominating factor in many lines of activity. He belonged to the Grand Army of the Republic through his four months' service in the Civil War as a member of Company D, 143rd Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf. Other fraternal bodies with which he was affiliated were the Royal Arcanum and the Knights of Pythias.

The mother of Mrs. Barckhoff was born in Salem, where she died in 1872, leaving your children, namely: Anna M., wife of our sub ject ; Ada C., who died aged 18 years ; Cora S., wife of Rev. Louis J. Hole, of Basalt, Colorado; and Hester, who died in infancy. In 1875 Mr. Burford took for his second wife Lizzie Thomas; one son resulted from this union, William R., born in 1878, now a resident of Chicago, representing Sturtevant & Company, of Boston. Mr. Burford died May 23, 1897, his second wife having preceded him the previous April.

EORGE C. THOMPSON, secretary of the C. C. Thompson Pottery Company, of East Liverpool, was born June 11, 1871, in East Liver- pool, and is a son of Cassius C. and Elizabeth Arria (Martin) Thompson.

The late Cassius C. Thompson, father of George C., was born at Calcutta, O., June 9, 1845, and died April 14. 1905. He was a son of Josiah and Sarah ( Jackman) Thompson, a grandson of William and Eleanor ( McDowell) Thompson and a great-grandson of Matthew Thompson, who was born in Ireland and was the founder of the family in America. Cassius

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C. Thompson came to East Liverpool with his parents in 1840. His father was already known through all this section as a man of affairs, identified with its mercantile interests and its public life, and Cassius, the third member of his family, inherited many of his father's ster- ling traits of character and his excellent bus- iness perceptions. He became a partner with his father. later entered into business relations under his own name and still later, with his father, formed the partnership which was sub- sequently incorporated as The C. C. Thompson Pottery Company. Of this company Cassius C. Thompson was made president and our subject, George C. Thompson, became secretary.

George C. Thompson was educated in the schools of East Liverpool and at Wooster Uni- versity, Wooster. Ohio, and then entered into the business field in which he has since con- tinued. He is interested also in other enter- prises, being a director of The Dollar Savings Bank, president of the Cosmopolitan Club of East Liverpool and a member of the executive committee of the United States Potters' Asso- ciation.

Mr. Thompson married Mary A. Stewart, who is a daughter of George W. and Mary Amanda (Hewitt) Stewart. They have one son, George Stewart. Mrs. Thompson is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church.

The Stewarts were among the first settlers in this section. The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Thompson, Jacob Nessley, settled in Han- cock County. Virginia, (now West Virginia), just across the Ohio River from East Liver- pool, in 1782. He had a direct grant of land from the government consisting of 1,860 acres. He was a member of the first session of the Virginia Legislature.

Politically Mr. Thompson is a Republican. Since 1904 he has been a useful and valued member of the Board of Education. Frater- nally he is a Mason.

Personally Mr. Thompson is a worthy repre- sentative in manner and character of ancestors who have been distinguished for their traits as "Nature's gentlemen." With winning geniality he meets the stranger and upon occasion gives him the rare pleasure of enjoying one of the

notable rose gardens of this section of the State .. Mr. Thompson has made a study of roses and, where many other business men find relaxation in recreations of various kinds, he finds perfect enjoyment among his exquisite flowers, which, in season, offer at least 20.000 blooms at one time.

M. PETERS. one of the leading bus- iness men of Leetonia, who is identi- € fied with a number of the town's most important industries and interests, was born in February, 1865, at Steubenville, Ohio, and is a son of C. H. Peters.

The father of Mr. Peters was born in Steu- benville, Ohio. For 45 years he was connected with the Pennsylvania Railroad and when he; retired from active service he was filling the office of trainmaster. He now resides at Sharpsville, Pennsylvania.

E. M. Peters was educated in the common schools at Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, until ready to enter the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad, with which corporation he remained until 1890, completing a service of 12 years. Mr. Peters then accepted the position of fur- nace superintendent, with the Hall Furnace Company, at Sharon, Pennsylvania, and con- tinued with that company for three years and then accepted a similar position with the Atlan- tic Iron & Steel Company at New Castle. In 1900 he came to Leetonia as manager of the Cherry Valley Iron Company. Here Mr. Peters has charge of a very large industrial plant. The company has here 200 bee-hive coke ovens and make their own coke, having a capacity of 370 tons of coke daily and a ca- pacity in their blast furnace of 300 tons of iron a day.

Mr. Peters, in addition to managing the output of this plant, attends to the duties of president of the Leetonia Boiler Company and is the vice president of the Home Realty Com- pany. He is one of the busy men of the town and is recognized as one of the most enterpris- ing and valuable of citizens.

Mr. Peters was married in 1887 to Anna

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Lytle, of Sharon, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Leetonia, and he is a member of the board of trustees. For a number of years he has been connected with the Masonic fraternity and is a member of the Blue Lodge at Leetonia and the Commandery at Salem.

AIN BROTHERS & COMPANY. Probably no industry of Columbiana drawing about it the same number of County has been more successful in enterprises as have the potteries of this vicinity. which employ a vast army of men to manufacture the large output of their plants. It was the growth and extensive trade of the potteries that led to the establishment of Cain Brothers & Company on April 1, 1901, these gentlemen having seen the need of a machine shop that made a specialty of making and re- pairing the machinery used in the pottery bus- iness. The firm is composed of John C. Cain, John W. Cain and Thomas F. Cain, all resi- dents of East Liverpool. John C. Cain was born in Independence township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, January 15, 1847, and is a son of Thomas Cain, the grandson of James Cain.

James Cain, who was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, about 1780 or 1790 and was a farmer by occupation, moved to Meigs County, Ohio, where he died. His son, Thomas, learned the trade of a tanner in his early boyhood and at the age of 25 years went to Pittsburg where he remained a few years, when he returned to Beaver County and purchased a farm. Until 1863 he was engaged in farming. occasionally giving his assistance in neighboring tanneries. but in that year he once more took up his res- idence in Pittsburg. He then took charge of the Brown Coal Company as superintendent and remained with this concern until his death in 1887, at the age of 76 years. He was a Whig and later a Republican. He married Mary A. McCoy, daughter of James McCoy, of Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Eight children were born to them, namely: James, of Pittsburg; John C .; Mary Ann, wife of Hugh McCoy, of

Leetonia : George M., of Congo, West Vir- ginia : Thomas J., of Wilson County, Kansas; Martha, deceased wife of John Glazier, of Pitts- burg: William H., of Salem; and Jeannie, ( widow of William Ellery) who is a resident of Pittsburg. Mary (McCoy) Cain was born June 17, 1825, and is now in her 80th year. She is a devout member of the Christian Church, of which her husband was also a member.

JOHN C. CAIN, had very limited opportun- ities for a schooling and went to Pittsburg, where he learned the carpenter's trade, work- ing as a journeyman carpenter until 1878 when he came to East Liverpool, Ohio. His lack of school training has largely been made up by his close observation. retentive memory and sound common sense which have enabled him to rise in the world by grasping his opportuni- ties at the right moment. About a year after locating in East Liverpool, he began business as contractor and builder, employing two men to carry on the work. He erected The Poller's National Bank Building, many of the pottery buildings and a large number of the beautiful residences of the city. His business has in- creased to such proportions that it now requires 15 men to keep up with the work. In addition to this he has various other business interests which call for much of his time and attention. He is president of The Union Planing Mill Company ; and president of Cain Brothers & Company and of the Sherwood Land Com- pany.

Mr. Cain married Sarah Ann Thompson, who was born in England August 9, 1847, and is a daughter of Richard Thompson. Five of the eight children born to this marriage grew to maturity, namely: Thomas Frank ; John W., born in 1876, who learned his trade with his father and in 1896 became a member of the firm of John C. Cain & Son, contractors and builders ; William McCoy, of East Liver- pool; Laura A. and Sarah Blanche. Mr. and Mrs. Cain are members of the Christian Church. Mr. Cain is a Republican and served in the Council four years. He is a member of Riddle Lodge. No. 315. F. & A. M .; Iron City Lodge. No. 182. I. O. O. F., of Pittsburg, of which he is past noble grand; Royal Arcanum;

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Mystic Circle; and Knights of the Maccabees.

THOMAS FRANK CAIN was born in Pittsburg June 17, 1872. and was about eight years of age when his parents brought him to East Liverpool, where he was educated and grew to manhood. He entered the employ of the Paterson Foundry & Machine Company to learn the trade of machinist and later went to Pittsburg where he entered the employ of Westinghouse Electric Company, with which he remained six years. He then entered their shops in Pittsburg and was there five years, two of which were spent in the private experimental department of Mr. Westinghouse. He had now thoroughly mastered the details of his trade and was a practical machinist with far more ability to carry out his wishes and those of his patrons than is usually found in the aver- age machine shop. Returning to East Liver- pool, the present company was organized and began operations April 1, 1901. Of this enter- prise Thomas F. Cain is manager. The extent of their business shows the work turned out to be highly satisfactory in every way. In addi- tion to the general repair work and the manu- facture of the regular machinery, they also do considerable experimental work. Mr. Cain was married to Mada Wright, daughter of J. L. Wright, of Allegheny. They have a family of three bright children,-Emerson. Alva L. and Florence. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Cain is also a member of Riddle Lodge, No. 315. F. & A. M., and Peabody Lodge, No. 19, K. of P. In politics he is a Republican.

ILLIAM A. THOMPSON, county treasurer of Columbiana County and a well-known citizen of Lisbon, has been prominent in the banking circles of this county for many years and is at the present time vice president of the Citizens' Banking Company, of Saline- ville.

Mr. Thompson was born at Wattsville, Car- roll County, Ohio, in 1857, and is a son of Robert G. and Jane (Hutson) Thompson.

Robert G. Thompson followed the trade of a shoemaker in Wattsville until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he enlisted in Company A., 32nd Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf. He saw three years of hard service in the army, participating in numerous important engagements. Return- ing home at the end of that time he purchased a farm near Wattsville and followed farming until the early 'go's ; since then he has lived in Salineville. He is 76 years old. The mother of our subject died March 5. 1905, aged 74 years.

William A. Thompson has lived at the home of his uncle, H. A. Thompson, much of the time since he was eight years old. He attended the common schools, then spent one year in Westminster College at Wilmington, Pennsyl- vania. After spending a term in study at the normal school in Hopedale, Ohio, Mr. Thomp- son taught school in Carroll County for three or four years. In 1881 he located at Saline- ville, Columbiana County, and taught in the school for six years. During that period he spent his evenings and Saturdays in keeping books for the banking house of Cope & Thomp- son, a firm composed of W. T. Cope, afterward State Treasurer of Ohio, and H. A. Thompson, uncle of our subject. In 1887, in association with his uncle, he purchased the interest of Mr. Cope in the bank. which was thereafter con- ducted under the name and style of H. A. Thompson & Company until 1895. In that year the institution was incorporated as the H. A. Thompson Banking Company, of which William A. Thompson served as cashier until July 1, 1902. when he removed to Lisbon, which has been since his home. He is still interested in the bank and is at the present time vice pres- ident, having been chosen in 1904 to succeed Francis Rogers.

Mr. Thompson was united in marriage with Eva DeVeny, of Salineville, a native of Col- umbiana County. Her grandfather was a soldier in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, and she is a member of Cleveland Chapter. D. A. R. This union re- sulted in the following issue, all born in Saline- ville : Allison D., cashier in the county treas- urer's office; Robert Bruce; Bessie; Grace

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Lucile: and Janet. Politically Mr. Thompson is a Republican and while a resident of Saline- ville served two terms as city treasurer. He was elected county treasurer September 1, 1902, and is now serving his second term in that capacity. Fraternally he is a charter member of Salineville Post, Sons of Veterans. In re- ligious attachment, he and his family are mem- bers of the United Presbyterian Church. They have a comfortable home in Lisbon, and move in the best social circles.

HRISTOPHER HORTON, city treasurer of East Liverpool and su- perintendent of The Colonial Com- pany, potters, was born March 25, 1868, at Golden Hill, near Tunstall, Staffordshire, England. His parents were Christopher and Rebecca (Cope) Horton, of Staffordshire, where the father was engaged in the grocery business for many years. He was in the prime of manhood, having just reached his 45th birthday when he died. His wife died in 1896 at the age of 67 years. They were members of the Primitive Methodist Church. There were nine children in their family, eight of whom reached adult years, but only two of the number, Christopher and his sister Amy (Mrs. James Hindley, of East Liverpool) crossed the ocean and sought homes in America. Thomas Horton, the grandfather of our sub- ject, owned and operated a number of canal boats.

Christopher Horton became a blacksmith and worked at his trade in England until his 19th year when he came to America and was em- ployed at that trade for three months in Detroit. He then came to East Liverpool, Ohio, and se- cured the job of fireman in the decorating kilns of the Sebring pottery. He remained there two years and was 12 years with the C. C. Thomp- son pottery. He then accepted the position of foreman of the decorating department of the Potters' Co-Operative Company and retained that position until 1904 when he was made su- perintendent of the Colonial Company when it was reorganized.

Mr. Horton was married to Florence Ada Cullen, a daughter of Thomas Cullen, of Work- sop, Nottinghamshire, England, and located in America soon after that event. They are the parents of three sons, Christopher Roland, Charles Maxwell and Maurice William Edwin. They are members of St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal Church, of East Liverpool, of which Mr. Horton was formerly warden and of which he is at present treasurer. He was elected city treasurer on the Republican ticket in 1903 and has been a most faithful and efficient officer. He is a member of several fraternal societies, viz : Riddle Lodge, No. 315, F. & A. M .; East Liverpool Chapter, No. 100, R. A. M .; Pilgrim Commandery, No. 55, K. T .; Knights of the Golden Eagle and Sons of St. George, of which he was grand president of the State of Ohio in 1898.

ILLIAM E. BAIRD, junior member of the firm of Robert Baird & Son, druggists of East Liverpool, and for the past 13 years clerk in charge of Station A, of the East Liver- pool postoffice, was born October 19, 1862, and is the only child of Robert and Lucinda (Dotts) Baird. James Baird, the great-grandfather, came from the North of Ireland and settled upon the site now occupied by Annapolis, Jeff- erson County, Ohio. He was a shrewd business man and organized what was known as the "Old Salem Bank," of which he was president during his life. The third child in his family was Robert, the grandfather of our subject, who was born in 1790 and entered the business world at a very early age. He was in business for himself for several years and then became cashier in the bank, a position he was holding at the time of his death in his 44th year. He was a Whig and a strong Presbyterian, being one of the founders of the church of that de- nomination at Annapolis and an elder for many years. His wife was also a member. She was Nancy Viers in her girlhood and a daughter of James Viers, of Island Creek, Jefferson County.

Robert Baird, the father of our subject, was the youngest of 10 children and the only one

ARTHUR C. YENGLING, M. D.

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now living. He was born in German township, Harrison County, Ohio, April 5, 1834, two months after the death of his father. He was reared on the farm which was his birthplace and as soon as he attained his majority he em- barked in business in' his native township. Dur- ing the Civil War he removed to Hammonds- ville, Ohio, where he continued the general merchandise business until 1864 when he dis- posed ,of his stock and moved to East Spring- field and opened a drug store. The following year he received the appointment of postmaster and held that office for 17 years. The post- office was held in the drug store which he con- tinted to conduct and into which he took his son as a partner in 1880. In 1888 the business was moved to East Liverpool and was the first drug store to locate in the East End. Mr. Baird still gives the drug business his close attention. He is a stalwart Republican and was mayor of East Springfield, Ohio, for two years during his residence there and was also notary public for nine years. He was a charter member of Eureka Circle, No. 86, Protected Home Circle. of East Liverpool, and served as treasurer for several years. He married Lucinda Dotts, who was born at Annapolis in 1841 and is a daugh- ter of William Dotts. Mr. and Mrs. Baird have been residents of East Liverpool for 17 years and have extended the circle of their friends until it is limited only by the number of their acquaintances.

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History of Columbiana County, Ohio and representative citizens, Part 93

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