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1863 .- Trustees, Edward Pumphrey, A. Baker, James Sharp; Clerk, H. C. Robins; Treasurer, Hugh McPherson.
1864 .- Trustees, Edward Pumphrey, John Weaver, Isaac Potts; Clerk, James Carter; Treasurer, H. McPherson.
1865 .- Trustees, Edward Pumphrey, Edmond Ward, A. Baker; Clerk, John Hoey ; Treasurer, Hugh McPherson. 1866 .- Trustees, Edward Pumphrey, Edmond Ward, A. Baker ; Clerk, John H. Gilson ; Treasurer, Hugh McPherson. 1867-68. - Trustees, James Sharp, James Bussell, Daniel Smith ; Clerk, John H. Gilson ; Treasurer, J. G. Lacock. 1869 .- Trustees, James Sharp, James Bussell, James Carter; Clerk, John H. Gilson ; Treasurer, J. G. Lacock.
1870 .- Trustees, James Sharp, James Bussell, James Carter; Clerk, William Gilson ; Treasurer, J. G. Lacock.
1871 .- Trustees, James Sharp, Jaunes Bussell, William McGillivray : Clerk, John Weaver; Treasurer, J. G. Lacock.
1872-74 .- Trustees, Edward Pumphrey, Isaac Kirk, Wm. McGilli- vray ; Clerk, John Weaver; Treasurer, J. G. Lacock. 1875-76 .- Trustees, Edward Pumphrey, Isaac Kirk, William McGilli- vray ; Clerk, John Weaver; Treasurer, J. G. Lacock.
1877 .- Trustees, Edward Pumphrey, Isaac Kirk, Wm. MoGillivray : Clerk, Joseph Bell, Jr .; Treasurer, J. G. Lacock.
1878 .- Trustees, William McGillivray, J. H. McGillivray, Edward Pumphrey ; Clerk, Jos. Bell, Jr. ; Treasurer, J. G. Lacock. 1879 .- Trustees, William McGillivray, J. H. McGillivray, Edward Pumphrey ; Clerk, James Carter; Treasurer, J. G. Lacock.
VILLAGES.
SALINEVILLE.
Salineville, a thriving, flourishing place, is the only im- portant village in the township, and contains a population of about two thousand five hundred. It was laid out by John and James Farmer, in 1839, and incorporated in 1848, but did not begin to show much advancement in growth until 1852, when the completion of the Cleveland and Pittsburgh railroad and the subsequent development of the coal-mining interests created sources of a substantial prosperity, which has steadily improved siuce that time.
When the village was first laid out, its eastern limit was at the second bridge, east of Lacock's mill, nor was there much of the village east of that until the completion of the railway, in 1852.
The discovery of salt on Yellow Creek drew settlers to Salineville, and the salt-boilers soon formed a numerous as well as a sometimes boisterous community, for salt-boilers were generally a mercurial people, and considered it one of the moral obligations of existence that it should be kept in a state of proper and lively agitation.
Salineville was incorporated in 1848; it retained upon incorporation the name by which it was first known, and which the discovery of salt at that place gave to it. It contains 'but one street proper, which extends west from the railway station about two miles. The coal shipments at this point are important, and it is from the coal-mining interest that the village derives its chief business support, although there are also several manufacturing establish- ments in the town.
Appended is a list of those who have served as village officials since 1848 :
1848 .- Mayor, John Tasker ; Recorder, Geo. W. Boring ; Trustees, Jas. Penrose, Isaac Kirk, Nathan Davis, John S. Desellems, Dearman Williams.
1849 .- Mayor, Isaac Kirk ; Recorder, Dearman Williams; Trustees, David Johnston, Jas. Crew, Patrick Call, John S. Desellenis, Oliver Cope.
1850 .- Mayor, John Beard; Recorder, Jas. Crow; Trustees, Jobn Desellems, Jas. Penrose, David Johnston, Patrick Call, Oliver Cope.
1851 .- Mayor, Isaac Kirk ; Recorder, Jos. G. Lacock ; Councilmen, John S. Deselleins, Oliver Cope, Henry Barcus, John Hal- deman, Jas. Penrose.
1852 .- Mayor, Benj. Johnson ; Recorder, J. G. Lacock ; Councilmen, John S. Deselleins, Jas. Penrose, Oliver Cope, Henry Rob- bins, Thos. Hale.
1853 .- Mayor, Henry C. Robbins ; Recorder, Geo. W. Farmer; Coun- cilmen, Jas. Penrose, J. S. Desellems, Oliver Cope, Thomas Hale, John Haldeman.
1854 .- Mayor, Benj. Johnson ; Recorder, T. Jesop : Councilmen, John Johns, J. R. Arter, J. C. Hostetter, Wm. Farmer, J. C. Bracken.
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1855 .- Mayor, Wm. S. Bracken; Recorder, J. R. Arter ; Councilmen, John S. Johns, G. W. Boring, Isaac Kirk, Oliver Cope, Wil- liam Phillips.
1856 .- Mayor, G. W. Boring ; Recorder, J. W. Duffield ; Councilmen, Thos. Hale, J. W. Vinacke, S. S. Robertson, Wm. Baxter, Oliver Cope.
1857 .- Mayor, Jas. M. Irwin ; Recorder, S. S. Robertson ; Council- men, Oliver Cope, Henry Nixon, Thos. Coburn, J. W. Vi- nacke, Isaac Kirk.
1858 .- Mayor, Hiram Croxton ; Recorder, Ralph Thompson ; Council- men, Oliver Cope, Jos. Walton, Benjamin Manifold, George Paisley, Wm. Bracken.
1859 .- Mayor, Hiram Croxton ; Recorder, Ralph Thompson ; Council- men, Benjamin Manifold, Isaac Kirk, J. G. Lacock, Henry Nixon, Thos. Coburn.
1860 .- Mayor, G. W. Boring ; Recorder, Geo. W. Farmer ; Council- men, George Paisley, George Milner, R. Thompson, S. Bunn, . J. R. Arter.
1861 .- Mayor, G. W. Boring; Recorder, Wm. T. Cope; Councilmen, Edgar Pool, James Lindsay, John Thompson, W. W. Irwin, Ralph Thompson.
1862 .- Mayor, Henry C. Robbins; Recorder, R. B. Foutts; Council- men, Hiram Croxton, J. C. Baird, J. B. Milner, J. G. La- cock, J. M. Irwin.
1863 .- Mayor, H. C. Robbins; Recorder, R. B. Foutts; Councilmen, J. G. Lacock, J. B. Milner, Frank Ryers, Wm. Devinney; George Paisley.
1864 .- Mayor, H. C. Robbins; Recorder, S. S. Robertson; Council- men, George Paisley, Alez. Stitt, L. Bright, Levi Johns, J. D. Kilgore.
1865 .- Mayor, H. C. Robbins ; Recorder, 8. 8. Robertson ; Council- men, Geo. Paisley, Levi Johns, Leonard Bright, F. Rogers, J. D. Kilgore.
1866 .- Mayor, H. C. Robbins; Recorder, S. S. Robertson ; Council- men, James Black, Thomas Hill, J. G. Lacock, 8. Bunn, L. C. Dallas.
1867 .- Mayor, H. C. Robbins; Recorder, A. Moore; Councilmen, J. G. Lacock, S. Herron, James Black, Thomas Hill, S. Bunn.
1868 .- Mayor, John F. Dysart; Recorder, Abram Moore; Council- men, S. Herron, Thomas Francis, Stephen Bunn, J. G. La- cock, George Guess.
1869 .- Mayor, G. W. Boring ; Recorder, A. Moore; Councilmen, J. G. Lacock, Thomas Francis, George Guess, George Burn- side, Alex. Stitt.
1870 .- Mayor, G. W. Boring; Recorder, T. B. Cope ; Councilmen, J. G. Lacock, Thomas Francis, Milo Pumphrey, J. F. Dysart, I. W. Potts, John McGillivray.
1871 .- Mayor, G. W. Boring; Recorder, T. B. Cope; Councilmen, J. G. Lacock, Thomas Francis, Milo Pumphrey, I. W. Potts, Arthur Thompson, James Carter.
1872 .- Mayor, Joseph Caruthers; Clerk, William A. Rhodes; Coun- cilmen, I. W. Potts, Arthur Thompson, James Carter, Nich- olas Randolph, John Tolson, S. S. Carnaban.
1873 .- Mayor, John Weaver; Clerk, R. B. Howell; Councilmen, Nicholas Randolph, S. S. Carnahan, John Tolson, J. G. Lacock, Sampson Sharp, Robert Raffle.
1874 .- Mayor, John Weaver; Clerk, R. B. Howell; Councilmen, J. G. Lacock, Sampson Sharp, Robert Raffle, John Kirk, John Maley, John Thompson.
1875 .- Mayor, John Weaver ; Clerk, R. B. Howell ; Councilmen, John Kirk, John Maley, John Thompson, Robert Raffle, S. M. Sexton, Thomas Thompson.
1876 .- Mayor, John Weaver ; Clerk, R. B. Howell; Councilmen, Thomas Thompson, Robert Raffe, J. J. Kirk, J. G. Lacock, John T. Dysart, W. W. Pumphrey.
1877 .- Mayor, John Weaver; Clerk, R. B. Howell; Councilmen, W. W. Pumphrey, John T. Dysart, J. G. Lacock, Alexander Stitt, John Tolson, J. J. Kirk.
1878 .- Mayor, H. C. Robbins; Clerk, R. B. Howell; Councilmen, John T. Dysart, W. W. Pumphrey, S. S. Carnahan, Alex- ander Stitt, J. G. Lacock, John Tolson.
1879 .- Mayor, John Meridith ; Clerk, H. E. Yengst; Councilmen, John T. Dysart, W. W. Pumphrey, 8. 8. Carnahan, John Tolson, George Paisley, Stephen Bunn.
HIGHLANDTOWN.
This small village, in the eastern part of the township, was laid out in 1834, by Angus McDonald, then owner of the tract it now occupies. Alexander Chisholm opened the first store there, and was also the first postmaster at that place, which, as a post-office, is and always has been known as Inverness.
CHURCHES.
THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF SALINEVILLE was organized previous to 1840, but the loss of the records containing positive intelligence upon that head leaves the matter to conjecture. In that year and afterwards the Methodists of Salineville enjoyed occasional preaching in a school-house on the hill north of the town. Rev. Hosea McCall was among the preachers who ministered to them, and about that time the church had a membership of 30. In 1850 the church built a frame house of worship upon a site in the rear of the present brick edifice, erected in 1870 at a cost of $10,500, including lot. In the old church- building, which is now used as a tenement-house, the preachers were Revs. Archibald, Thorne, Rogers, Stevens, Petty, Grant, Hollingshead. In the new church the pas- tors have been Revs. Huston, Lane, Johnson, Hollister, and E. R. Jones. Mr. Jones was in charge June, 1879, when the church had a membership of 250.
The present trustees of the church are F. Rogers, Thos. Walkins, Milo Pumphrey, Abraham Hartley, John Weaver, George Paisley, Washington Morrison, Samuel S. Carnahan, Edward Pumphrey.
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
What is known as the United Presbyterian church of Salineville is the result of an amalgamation of the Free Presbyterian and United Presbyterian congregations, both of which, although worshiping together and being to all intents and purposes one congregation, have separate cor- porate capacities, the title to the church property being vested in the Free Presbyterian society.
The Associate Reformed congregation (afterwards the United Presbyterians) was organized in 1837 or 1838, at Strain's Mills (now Clark's Mills), in Washington town- ship, when James Martin and Daniel D. McIntosh were chosen elders. Preaching was conducted in private resi- dences until 1846, when a church was built at Strain's Mills. Among the early supplies were Revs. William Lorrimer, James Wilson, and Samuel Clark. The pastors who served the church were Revs. John Donaldson, W. H. Jamison, James Golden, Joseph Boyd.
In 1866 the congregation, having in 1858 changed its designation to that of United Presbyterian, discussed the project of building a new church, when there was some difference of opinion as to where it should be located, and the result of the discussion was that the church organiza- tion was dissolved, one portion thereof joining a congre- gation at Grant's Hill, and the other effecting a union with the Free Presbyterians at Salineville, after having separate worship in the church of the latter until 1869, to which year Rev. Joseph Boyd preached for them.
The Free Presbyterian church of Salineville was organ-
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ized Jan. 28, 1850, with the following members : William D. Norris, Isabel Norris, John Thompson, Massie Thomp- son, J. K. Snodgrass, Susan W. Snodgrass, Alanson Clark, Benjamin Manifold, Susan Manifold, William Paul, Mary Jane Tasker, John Haldeman, Rachael C. F. Haldeman, Rebecca Ann Haldeman, Lucretia S. Haldeman, Mary Jane Graham, Susan Graham, Elizabeth J. Graham. John Thompson was chosen ruling elder, and Rev. James Rob- ertson moderator, at the first session. Rev. James Robert- son was the first preacher, and in May, 1850, he adminis- tered the first communion. After him the preachers were Revs. - Gordon, A. B. Bradford, V. M. King, David Waugh. Geo. McElhany, William Moffat, and - Bing- ham. The elders after Mr. Thompson were John Halde- man, Benjamin Manifold, James Crumley, Ralph Thomp- son, John Hunter, and W. J. Dallas.
To 1851 public worship was conducted in the town school-house. In that year a frame church was built, and used until 1866, when the present house was erected. In 1869, as already noted, the Free Presbyterians and United Presbyterians joined in worship, with Rev. W. H. Jamison as their minister.
The first stated pastor was Rev. S. M. Coon, who en- tered upon his charge in 1871, and still continues therein. The combined membership of the church is 92.
Upon the amalgamation of the congregations, the elders chosen were James Sharp and Alex. Hart for the United Presbyterians, and Ralph Thompson, John Hunter, and Wm. J. Dallas for the Free Presbyterians. The elders at present are the above, with the addition of Arthur J. Thompson.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF HIGHLANDTOWN.
In 1819 a Methodist class was organized at the house of Jacob S. Desellems, near the head-waters of Little Yel- low Creek, in Wayne township. In that class were 13 members, named as follows : Jacob S. Desellems and wife, Wm. Pumphrey and wife, David Scattergood and wife, John Davis and wife, Francis Bussell and wife, Eleanor McMullen, Catharine Johnson, and Mrs. Mary S. Hoey, Jacob S. Desellems being appointed class-leader. Preach- ing was held in the school-house and the dwellings of the members until 1841 by Revs. Nathan Callender, John Sharp, B. O. Plimpton, J. P. Kent, Martin Ruyter, J. Crum, J. McMahan, John Crawford, Ira Edda, Geo. Mc- Caskey, Jos. Montgomery, C. H. Jackson, W. Tipton, J. Crump, R. Armstrong, John McLain, Alcinus Young, P. S. Ruyter, Wm. Henderson, Joshua Monroe. In 1841 a church-edifice was erected on Little Yellow Creek, in Wash- ington, upon land owned by David Scattergood. The con- gregation was in the Hanover circuit, and in the new church the preachers were Revs. J. K. Mills, Samuel Day, M. L. Weekly, Thos. Winstanley, Simon Elliott, G. A. Lowman, W. Brown, T. C. McClure, J. H. White, W. W. Roup, C. Thorn, W. Deveny, John Houston, J. Ans- ley, L. Petty, John Grant, D. B. Campbell, J. H. Rogers, Henry Long. The second church-building was put up at Highlandtown, and in it the pastors have been Revs. J. Archibald, M. McGarrett, John Stephens, Z. S. Weller, John Conner, Jos. Hollingshead, R. Jordan, J. R. Roller,
W. Johnson, A. B. Castle, J. C. Russell, J. M. Bray, Jr., C. Thorn, John Houston, A. J. Lane, J. W. McAbre, G. W. Johnson, J. E. Hollister, and E. R. Jones, the latter being the pastor June 1, 1849, when the church member- ship was 80.
In 1865 the Highlandtown and Salineville Methodist Episcopal churches became an independent circuit. The present leaders are James Bussell, B. F. Hart, W. R. Wil- son, A. Hannum.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
At a meeting of the Presbytery of New Lisbon, April 26, 1864, a committee, consisting of Revs. Robert Hays, S. R. Dundas, D.D., James N. Swan, and Mr. James Welch, ruling elder of Bethel church, was appointed " to visit Sa- lineville, and, if the way be clear, to organize a Presby- terian church in that village." The committee met May 19, 1864, in a building previously used as a town school-house, but then the property of a few Presbyterians; and organized a church. Twenty-six members were accepted, and Joseph F. Williams and Edward Burnside chosen ruling elders. The names of the original members are given as follows :
Joseph F. Williams, Margaret Hunter, Mary Williams, Joseph B. Williams, Martha Jane Williams, Mary Ann Williams, John Smith, Margaret Smith, Hezekiah Shee- han, Mary McCoy, Sarah McCoy, Lucretia Farmer, Lucy Ann Farmer, Samuel Faloon, Rebecca Faloon, Sarah Con- nell, Martha Farmer, Caroline Williams, George Edwards, Jane Edwards, Elizabeth J. Boring, Mary J. Smith, Ed- ward Burnside, Catharine A. Burnside, Emma Smith.
Rev. Robert Hays, of Bethel church, in Wayne, preached occasionally for about a year previous to the church organi- zation, having been originally requested by the Presbyte- rians of Salineville to preach for them, in reply to certain itinerant preachers who had been delivering discourses there. Rev. Robert Johnson preached also previous to the organization of the church.
Mr. Hays was the church's pastor from 1864 to 1874, and was succeeded by Rev. S. B. Stevenson, who was fol- lowed by the present pastor, Rev. J. R. Dundas, D.D. The present membership is 130. The original house of worship, in which the organization was effected, is still used.
THE DISCIPLES CHURCH
was organized Feb. 4, 1856, in the Free Presbyterian meeting-house, by thirty-six of the members formerly at- tached to the Berea congregation. Benjamin Johnson, Jehu B. Milner, and Nicholas Wierbaugh were the elders, Thomas Jessop and Nimrod Burson the deacons, and Wm. Burson the clerk.
The names of the thirty-six original members are given here, as follows : Rebecca Bennett, Irene Bennett, Mary Burson, Nimrod Burson, William Burson, Susan Call, John Fickes, Jr., John Godard, Isabella Godard, Maria Godard, Mary Clark, Benjamin Grocey, Clarissa Grocey, Thomas Jessop, Margaret Jessop, . Benjamin Johnson, Cynthia John- son, Elizabeth McMillan, Mary Ann McDaniel, William Milner, Sr., William Milner, Jr., Jehu B. Milner, William Potts, Sarah Potts, George Potts, Ann Jane Potts, John Randolph, Elizabeth Randolph, Frances Randolph, Sophia
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Sheckler, John Simpson, Sarah Simpson, Nicholas Wier- baugh, Julia Ann Wierbaugh, Matilda McMillan, John Burson. Nov. 4, 1856, the congregation first occupied the edifice formerly known as the Friends' meeting-house, which they purchased for $1000 from James Farmer, who, with his father (both Friends), had years before built the house for the religious use of the Society of Friends. This church is the one now in use by the Disciples. The first minister was Wesley Lanphear, who was succeeded by Mr. Beaumont, S. B. Teegarden, McBride, Kemp, Abisha Way, Joseph King, Gardner, Picket, Thomas Henry, J. White, Terry, E. L. Allen, Joseph Walters, and W. W. Hayden, the latter being now in charge. The church began to flourish directly after organization, and in 1857 numbered 89 members. Its present membership is 140.
THE PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH.
The Primitive Methodist church of Salineville was or- ganized in 1869 by Rev. Geo. Parker, at which time 60 persons were received into membership. Previous to the organization, and after that, worship was held in dwellings and school-houses, but after the organization chiefly in the Presbyterian and United Presbyterian churches. A church- edifice was erected in 1873, and was to be dedicated in 1874, but the unsettled state of. the country put off the proposed ceremony, which remains to this day unperformed. The preachers who have served the church have been Revs. James Herbert, Joseph Emerson, Geo. Parker, T. C. Bache, Joseph Reid, W. C. Bache, and - Borie. The dependence at present.is upon supplies. Latterly, through removals of members, the church membership has declined to about 20.
ST. PATRICK'S (CATHOLIC) CHURCH.
Previous to 1872 the Catholics at Salineville held occa- sional public worship in the houses of members of that faith, preaching being supplied by the priest stationed at Summitville. In the year named, under the direction of Rev. P. J. McGuire, a brick church was erected, and since that time Salineville and Summitville have been a joint charge, under the successive ministrations of Revs. P. J. McGuire, B. B. Kelly, and E. J. Murphy. About sixty families are at present attached to the congregation of St. Patrick's.
SCHOOLS.
The history of the early schools of Washington town- ship offers no features of peculiar interest apart from the educational experiences of kindred townships. There was less opportunity for gaining book-learning at schools than there was for gaining religious instruction at church, since schools in those days were made available but three months in the year, and even then the distances to be traveled by pupils to reach the school-house frequently placed even the limited advantages at such a premium that they were some- times illy enjoyed.
Joseph White, a Scotchinan, was one of the earliest, and perhaps the first, to teach school in Washington township. The temple of learning wherein he taught the young and rising idea was, of course, a log cabin ; but White's teach- ing, it is said, was of the earnest kind and took deep root.
The township possesses at present excellent union schools, At Salineville the union-school building, a capacious and substantial brick structure, provides, with two additional school-houses, for the educational needs of the town.
SALT-WELLS
The discovery of the presence of salt in the soil along the banks of Yellow Creek, where it flows through Saline- ville, led to the first pronounced settlement of the place, and in a brief space of time there was a considerable influx of salt-boilers at the place, and the promise of a rapid growth in population seemed at hand. Salt had been a very rare and expensive commodity, and stories are still extant telling how early settlers in southern Columbiana used to ride many a mile to obtain salt, and how they used to prize it to a degree that seems now absurd, since salt is so plentiful and so cheap. Then it was worth almost " its weight in gold," and one still hears that at table in those days children would invariably cling to the salt-bowl, while the sugar- bowl stood neglected.
Thus it may be understood that the discovery of salt where salt was a luxury was a revelation and wonderfully welcome, and the newly-discovered salt-fields quickly en- gaged, therefore, the energies of many an eager person, and created an especially lively and profitable industry.
As nearly as can be ascertained, George James, who came from Kentucky, sunk the first well at what is now Saline- ville. This was probably in 1809, or previous. He ob- tuined strong salt water, but not much salt, although he put down two wells, the first three hundred feet deep (from which there was a strong flow of gas), and the second nine hundred.
Jacob Sharp sunk three wells about the same time, but only one of them offered a satisfactory yield.
George, Isaiah, and Silas Burson, from Pennsylvania, followed immediately afterwards, and put down several wells. They failed, however, to make the business pay, although they obtained a good yield of salt, and the prop- erty soon afterwards passed into the hands of John Farmer, who came over there from New Garden, in Hanover town- ship, and settled at Salineville. Anthony Roof and others were among the early salt-makers, but the most successful was John Farmer, who continued to prosper in the un- dertaking continuously until 1853, when he disposed of his interest to Isaac Kirk, who, with more or less success, made salt until 1865, when competition elsewhere, which had long been lessening the value of the salt interest at Salineville, pushed it aside and out of existence altogether, Mr. Kirk being the last one, in 1865, to make salt at that point. During Mr. Farmer's time many others were en- gaged in the salt business on Yellow Creek, and at one time, within the limits of Salineville, there were upwards of twenty salt-wells in process of operation. When the yield of his well was at its best, Mr. Farmer obtained from forty to fifty barrels per week.
When the salt business was at its height,-in 1835 or thereabouts, when there were twenty or more wells on Yellow Creek,-an attempt was made to start a bank, and the project was so far pushed that a company was organ- ized with Moses Marshall as president, a log house on the
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creek selected for a banking-house, handsome-looking notes printed with the name of " Yellow Creek Bank" conspic- uous thereon, and matters generally trimmed to catch a favorable !. reeze. Somehow or other, prospective stock- holders got the idea that the bank was a speculation organ- ized by a few shrewd ones, who might leave creditors in the lurch at the first favorable opportunity, and so, stock subscriptions being withheld, the bank never started, while its fascinating bank-notes were retired to the shades of Nowhere.
THE COAL INTEREST.
Salineville finds the chief element of its support in the possession of numerous coal mines, the working of which provides employment for several hundred people, and con- tributes very largely to the business interests of the place.
Coal was found at this point long before 1852, but the lack of transportation facilities precluded the shipment of it, and so the only use to which it was devoted was the supplying of the needs of the citizens. When, however, the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad was completed in 1852, coal mining upon an enlarged scale set in, and, having steadily increased in extent since that time, the business now amounts to upwards of two millions of dollars annually, as to value of product.
Mr. James Penrose is said to have been the first person to ship coal from Salineville. He took coal out of a mine now operated by the Ohio and Pittsburgh Coal Company, at the upper end of Salineville. In 1853, John Thompson opened a " three-foot vein," and at the same time Jehu Mil- ner opened a mine opposite Thompson's, where the Colum- biana Coal Company are now mining. Mathew Brown and Hayes & Hussey were mining-firms about this time, and began to bring the coal interests into prominence.
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