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Lucy J., the first and the last being deceased. Mr. Wood has always enjoyed the highest standing for honesty and integrity. Although starting in life with little, he has by strict integrity and attention to business, accumulated a considerable portion of this world's goods.
William 11. Wood, of Martin's Ferry, general agent of the Cleve- land, Lorain & Wheeling railroad, was born at Martin's Ferry, in 1847, the son of Joel Wood, a notice of whom appears in this chap- ter. Mr. Wood received a thorough education, preparing for college at Martin's Ferry, and pursuing his collegiate studies at Earlham col- lege, Richmond, Ind. On his return home he entered the employ- ment of the Cleveland & Pittsburgh railroad, and was in the service of that company twelve years. When his father resigned the position of agent at this place, the subject of this sketch was appointed to the position, which he held until 1875, when he resigned. He then gave his attention until 1886 to the manufacture of brick, and since the last named year has held the position of agent for the Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling road. He has spent the greater part of his life as a rail- road man, and is thoroughly informed in all the details of the busi- ness. His courtesy and efficiency render him one of the most popular of railroad officials. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is in politics a prohibitionist, and he is affiliated with the Knights of Honor, National Union and 1. P. A. fraternities. Mr. Wood was married in 1870, to Annie Martin, daughter of Ebene- zer Martin, noticed elsewhere, and to this union four children have been born; Roy G., Charles M., Alice L. and Archie.
PULTNEY TOWNSHIP.
Judge A. W. Anderson was born in ISI7, in Richland township, Bel- mont county, Ohio, where his early life was spent on his father's farm, and in acquiring an education from the schools of the county. In 1847 he removed to Bellaire, Ohio, where he entered in business with his brother. He served as postmaster under Presidents Pierce and . Buchanan, and was afterward elected justice of the peace, which office he held for fifteen years. Served as a probate judge one term in 1870, and in 1876 was elected county commissioner, but retired from active public life in 1879. Was united in marriage in I851 to Miss Jane McGregor, a sister of Robert A. and James McGregor. Was a strong supporter of the democratic party, but took no active part in any politics. Early in life he united with the Presbyterian church, and, with his wife, was always a stong supporter of that organization, and was one of the first to promote the affairs of that church in Bel- laire. As a citizen, he was always honorable and upright, and in his death, the city lost one of her steady friends. As a parent and hus- band, none could have been more devoted, and the sympathies of the entire community are with the family in their bereavement. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are the parents of six children, three of whom are living. Sarah M., deceased; Lucy F .; James C., deceased; Jessie E .; Addison Alexander, deceased; Andrew. Jessie E., now Mrs. Wood-
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bridge, lived with her parents until ISSI, when she was united in mar- riage to Mr. Dudley Woodbridge, a native of Marietta, but a resident of Bellaire. With him she resided until his death in 1882, when she returned to her father's house. One daughter was the fruit of this marriage, Elizabeth D). Susie and Andrew are both still single, but are are engaged in educational work at Poland, in Mahoning county, near Youngstown, where Andrew holds the position of principal of the Union school, and under him his sister teaches.
William G. Allen was born October 4, 1866, in the house he now occupies. He was the son of William and Margaret (Griffin) Allen, who were natives of this country, William, Sr., being the son of John and Martha J. (Griffin) Allen. His wife, Margaret, was a daughter of William and Isabelle Griffin, natives of Scotland. Will- iam G. Allen's life was spent at all times at home on the farm, the early part being spent in acquiring an education at the common schools of the county. At present he resides with his cousin on the homestead farm which he operates, and makes by industry and per- severance, a good substantial citizen in his community. William Allen, Sr., was born in ISo7, near the residence now occupied by his son. His whole life was spent on the farm occupied by the son. He was married first in 1836 to Miss Jane Workman, with whom he lived until her death in April, 1861. He was the father of five children, three of whom are still living: John, born February, 1837; Martha, born July, 1838; James, born January, 1841; Abraham W., born March, 1846; Mary J., born August, 1847. John, Mary and Abraham W. are still living, John W. living in St. Louis, Mo., with his wife and family, where he is engaged in editing the Presbyterian Banner, and preach- ing the gospel of that faith. Abraham lives in Kansas City, Mo., where he, with his wife and family, is engaged in real estate and not- ary public. Mary is married to James Dixon, a native of Belmont county, and with her husband, lives at present in Bellaire, where her husband is living the life of a retired farmer, and is a good sub- stantial citizen. Mr. William Allen, Sr., remarried, after the death of his first wife, in April, 1861, a Miss Margaret Griffin, of this county, in January, 1863. By the second marriage Mr. Allen was the father of two children, but one of whom is still living: Isabel, born August 15, 1864; William, born October 4, 1866. Isabel died October 16, ISS5. Isabel was married January, 1884, to Mr. Charles T. Crymble, a son of Joseph Crymble, native of this state. She only lived one year after marriage. The second wife of Mr. William Allen, Sr., died September 22nd, ISS;, at the old homestead where she had toiled and labored, and when she left this world for a better one, left behind many warm personal friends, as well as one who lost a kind and affec- tionate mother. William Allen, Sr., died December 25, 1874. on the homestead farm, and in his death the children lost a kind and loving father, the wife a loving husband, and the state one of her best citizens.
Mrs. Mary A. (Merritt) Alexander was born in 1833, in Puhtney township, in Belmont county, near Bellaire; was the daughter of Rob-
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ert and Eveline (Milligan) Merritt, who were both natives of Vir- ginia. Robert being the son of William and Mary (Long) Merritt, of that state. Eveline being the daughter of Hugh and Ruth (Brown) Milligan, of Virginia, but descendents of old Ireland. Mrs. Alexander's early life was spent at the home of her father, on the farm, until her marriage, in attending the district schools and acquiring useful knowl- edge of housework. Was married in 1854 to Samuel Alexander, a native of this county and state. Immediately after her marriage, in 1854, she, with her husband, removed to a farm, near her present residence, where they resided for some seven years, when they re- moved to the farm where the widow still resides and where the remaining days of Mr. Alexander were spent in farming. They are the parents of nine children, eight of whom are still living: Ida J. McKelvey, Eva B. Wythers, Robert L., Annie E. Kratz, Sarah A. Nichol, James A., Wilber M., Lula D. (deceased), Andrew B. But two of the children are unmarried, the two younger sons, one of whom still remains on the farm with his mother. Mrs. Alexander is a member and strong supporter of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Samuel Alexander was born February 18, 1827. in this county and state, where he was raised and where he died. He was the son of Robert and Jane (Dixon) Alexander, descendants of Scotland and Ireland respectively. His early life was spent on the farm with his father, and in acquiring an education from the common schools. Until his marriage, he remained at home, when he went to an adjoin- ing farm, where he remained until the death of his father in 1862, when he removed to the farm now occupied by his widow, and where he remained until the time of his death in August, 1882. Was identi- fied with all educational movement, and road matters. Was an elder in the Coalbrook Presbyterian church, and was always prominently identified as a strong worker and supporter of that organization. When he died in 1882, he left behind him a host of warm personal friends and admirers, who with the members of the family who survive him, sincerely mourn his decease.
Frank B. Archer, a prominent young business man and treasurer elect of Belmont county, Ohio, was born in Bellaire, May, 1858. His parents, Rudolph and Elizabeth Archer came to Belmont county, locating in Bellaire, his two brothers, John and James, accompanying him. He was by trade a cooper, and followed the same for some years after his coming to Bellaire. He afterward engaged in coal- boating for some years, and the latter part of his life gave his atten- tion to teaching music, having acquired quite a reputation as a vocal- ist in that vicinity. For a time he was a member of the firm of Archer & Gunning, pioneer merchants of Bellaire. He died in Sep- tember, 1858. His wife and three children still survive him. Frank Archer obtained a limited education in the Bellaire schools, and when but eleven years old he was compelled to work, his mother having been left without support for herself and five small children. He served an apprenticeship as a glass-blower, and when but sixteen years of age drew the salary of a competent workman, earning from
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$4.50 to $5 per day, this lad had in the meantime been supporting the family from his earnings as an apprentice. In 1888 he discontinued the glass business, since which time he has been in the insurance busi- ness with John Davis. They bought the business from M. E. Pier- son and have built it up until it now is one of the most lucrative agencies in the valley. Mr. Archer's sterling integrity and marked ability have won him the recognition of the voters of the county. He has been township treasurer, was elected to the city council in 1887, of which body he is now the president, and in 1889 was nominated for county treasurer by the republican party, of which he has been a firm and loyal member for a long time. Ile was elected by a large majority to the latter office. In 1879 Mr. Aicher espoused Lucy F. Horn, daughter of Thornton A. Horn, one of the oldest residents of Bellaire. Four children have been born to them, they are: Thorn- ton A., Earle W., Harry S. and Arthur A., these children are all liv- ing and form a very interesting family. Mr. and Mrs. Archer are members of the Christian church of Bellaire, of which his father was an organizer. Mr. Frank B. Archer is one of the most promising men in the county and is so regarded by its residents. If his life be spared he will in all probability become prominent in the politics of the state.
Thomas Ault, proprietor of the Bellaire City Mills, comes from a family of millers. His father, Michael, was a native of Washington county, Penn., he was the son of Michael, Sr., who came to this coun- try from Germany about 1772, settling in Washington county, Penn. He learned the miller's trade from his father who had been a miller in Germany, and who at one time owned the old " Ten Mile Mill" in Washington county. Ault, Sr., came to Ohio in 1808, and erected a mill at Glenco. Belmont county, operating the same until his death in 1844. He left nine children, three of them are still living. Michael Ault, Jr., was born in 1807, attending the schools of Belmont county in his youth. He soon went to work in the mill, and subsequently, in 1830, became its owner, operating it until 1860, when he turned his attention to farming, which he still follows. He was married to Cath- erine James, by whom he had ten children, eight of whom survive. His wife died in 18So. Mr. Ault still lives on his farm near Glenco, and although now in his eighty-third year, he gives promise of spend- ing many years on this earth in peace and retirement. Thomas Ault was born in Belmont county in 1834, and after acquiring a suitable education, he learned the miller's trade, and in 1860, in company with his brother Alexander, took charge of the mill at Glenco, running the same for eight years, at the expiration of this time Mr. Ault took a farm and continued in this work, also dealing in wool, until 1882, at which time he came to Bellaire and purchased the mill that he now runs so successfully. This mill was built by his brothers, Alexander and Shanon, in 1868. In 188; the property was partially destroyed by fire, and when Mr. Ault rebuilt it he remodeled it, making it a com- plete roller-mill. Mariah Trimbel became his wife in 1855, and has borne him five children, they are: Allie M., wife of Dr. MeMasters,
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a prominent physician of Wheeling; Jennie A., Estella L., Lizzie A. and Austin M., died at the age of twenty-six years. Mr. and Mrs. Ault are acceptable communicants of the Presbyterian church, and are highly respected throughout the city and vicinity. Mr. Ault is quite extensively interested in the First National bank, and has made a success of all his business enterprises. Politically, Mr. Ault is a firm democrat.
William G. Barnard is one of the representative citizens, and is the leading coal dealer of Bellaire, Ohio. Mr. Barnard is a descendant of an old and illustrious family, the family having been very promi- nent in the early settlement of the United States, and several of its members were noted soldiers during the stuggle for independence, and also in the later wars that have occurred in this country. It is an undisputed fact that this branch of the family is in the direct line of the family which sprung from one of the Pilgrims who came over in the Mayflower. Thomas Barnard was born near Salisbury, England. His early life was passed in England, and he was variously engaged until 1819, when he came to the United States with the purpose of engaging in gardening, he being an expert gardener. Going to Baltimore he remained there but a short time on account of the unfavorableness of the climate to his project, which was to raise celery and cauliflower on a large scale, and to raise these exclusively. About this time there was being organized a colony to go to Indiana, and Thomas Barnard was secured by the leaders of this scheme to accompany them and become their nurseryman, and with this object in view he came to Wheeling, W. Va., with his family, coming in advance of the rest, he was expected to wait there for them. While in Wheeling he got out of funds and was obliged to apply to Noah Zane for assistance. The colony failing to put in their appearance he finally entered the employ of Noah Zane, taking charge of his farm on Wheeling Island. The farm was worked on shares, and besides this the employe was to have ten acres of land for his own, which he used as a garden. At this time steamboat navigation was becoming a success on the Ohio river and he furnished the boats with a'large amount of produce. Living upon the island until 1831, Thomas then removed to St. Clairsville, and afterward took up his residence near the Big Bridge, where he died February 16, 1854. William G. Barnard came to America with his parents and secured a limited education in Wheeling. When his father removed to St. Clairsville, Mr. Barnard took charge of Mr. Zane's farm, which he worked for about three years, at this time he was taken into partnership with Mr. Zane. He held the property through the changes which the land went through under four differ- ent owners. In 1850 he came to Bellaire, and purchased a small farm and for eighteen years operated the same. In iSos he, with others. built the Bellaire Nail mill, and was president of this company for six years, and is still a director. In 1872 he went to Ilinois and was engaged in the coal business there, also being interested in the rail- road enterprises of that state, and at one time Mr. Barnard had the control of the Tamroy & Chester railroad. Although he is still inter-
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ested in western property, he makes his home in Bellaire. Mr. Bar- nard first gave his attention to coal in 1832, at that time opening a bank at St. Clairsville, but soon abandoned that mine. In 1848 he opened his coal banks at Bellaire and these are still operated by him. He paid the mortgage on the lower part of the city and gave the city its successful start by his liberality and enterprise. In March, 1837, Elizabeth S. Phippen, who was also born in England, became his wife. Both Mr. and Mrs. Barnard are active and influential members of the Presbyterian church of Bellaire. His political faith is founded upon the principles of the republican party. Perhaps no other one man has done more for the city of Bellaire than William G. Barnard, always ready with his time, money and influence to enhance its inter- ests he is regarded as a true citizen, and as one who is ever loyal to his friends and their interests.
Rev. Lewis William Barr, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Bellaire, is a native of Ohio county, born at West Liberty, Janu- ary 15, 1857, the son of John M. and Jane (Durbin) Barr. His father was born near West Alexander, Penn., the only son of Samuel and Jane (McMurray) Barr, the former of whom was a native of LaGrange, Ireland, and came to America at the age of twenty-four years. These grandparents died, she in 1865 and he in 1871, at the age of ninety- three years. John M. Barr, a farmer by occupation, is now residing near Potomac, Ohio county, but his wife died in 1870. Of their five children, the fourth born was the subject of this sketch. He received his early education in the district school near his farm home, and then in the fall of 1876 entered the State Normal school at West Liberty, where he was graduated in June, 1877. He taught school in Ohio county during the following three winters, and then entered Waynes- burgh college, of Greene county, Penn., where he was graduated bachelor of arts in June, 1881. In the fall of the same year he began a three years' course in theology at the Western Theological semi- nary at Allegheny City, which was completed in April, 1884. In the meantime, during the summer of ISS2, he had been a member of the faculty of Shield's Normal academy at Punxsutawney, Penn., being professor of languages, astronomy, higher mathematics and book- keeping, and on April 25, 1883, he had been licensed to preach by the presbytery of Washington. During the last year of his theological studies he was the pastoral supply at New Bethlehem and Leather- wood churches, of Clarion county, Penn., and on April 24, 1884, he was ordained and installed pastor of those two churches. lle re- mained there until October 1, 1886, when he accepted a call to his present charge. Ilere he has labored zealously in the cause, and has displayed much ability as a pulpit orator. In the pulpit he selects such subjects as have present interest. and treats them in a brilliant manner. On April 17. ISSO, Mr. Barr was married to Margaret B., daughter of William Harvey and Ellen (White) Hicks, of Mounds- ville. Her mother died when Mrs. Barr was but five years old, and she was brought up by her grandparents, Zachariah G. and Margaret White, and of their children, only two others of the family survive:
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John Fleming White, a graduate of Harvard college, and chemist of * the Buffalo (N. Y.) Chemical works, and Margaret, wife of Rev. James Clayton Garver, pastor of the Presbyterian church at West Liberty, W. Va. March 1, 1890, Rev. Barr was unanimously chosen pastor of the First Presbyterian church, Bellaire, Ohio, where he is given a large field of usefulness.
One of the most skillful and successful of Belmont county's young physicians, is Dexter W'. Boone, M. D). Dr. Boone was born in Roane county, W. Va., in the year 1858. He is the son of D. G. Boone. The mother was Mary J. (Parson) Boone. D. G. Boone was a native of Green county, Penn., and his wife, of West Virginia. The former was a son of Joseph Boone, also of Pennsylvania. There is every reason to suppose that this family is a branch of the same stock from which the famous and valiant Daniel Boone came. Joseph was a blacksmith in Pennsylvania until some time about 1850, when he moved to Roane county, W. Va., where he remained some years. He then re- moved to Tyler county, W. Va., where his death occurred in ISto. Two of the four children born to him still survive. D. G. Boone received his early schooling in Pennsylvania, after which he prepared himself for a civil engineer, and also acquired a knowledge of blacksmithing. Subsequently he came to West Virginia with his parents and taught school in this state, also giving lessons in surveying. The call for volunteers in 1861, brought from him a patriotic response, and he be- came in that year, a member of the Home guards at Spencer, Roane county, W. Va., and shortly after, he met his death, while bravely at- tempting to protect the town from the ravages of bushwhackers. His marriage took place about the year 1855, and he became the father of a daughter and one son, the latter being Dr. Dexter Boone. The wife was married a second time, and with her husband, moved to Clay county, Mo., where she now resides. Dexter Boone started out at the early age of sixteen years, to seek his fortune, having spent some time in the schools of his native county. For about three years, he was absent from home, having lived in the states of Kansas, Ne- braska and Missouri during that time. Returning to his home in 1878, he took up the study of medicine, under the tutelage of Dr. J. S. Boone, of Powhatten, with whom he remained for three years, he then in 1881, entered the Columbus Medical college, and was graduated therefrom with honor, in the year 1883. Dr. Boone first began the practice of medicine at Sardus, Monroe county, Ohio, subsequently in 1886, he entered the New Nork Polyclinic, completing his course in about three months. In 1886, the young doctor settled in Belmont county, locating at Bellaire, and was soon accepted as a thoroughly equipped and progressive physician, and has since met with unusual success in his practice. In political faith he is a republican.
Philip Brailly, senior member of the firm of P. Brailly & Son, was born in Beaumont, departement of Seine et Oise, France, in 18.30. Hle was educated in his native land and afterward served an appren- ticeship to his father; he then entered the Royal School of Paris, tak- ing a course in drawing and architecture, graduating in the same in
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1845. Following his trade in France for four years, he then came to this country in 1849, and located at Naovoo, Ill., remaining there for . three years, he then went to Washington, D. C., and engaged in stair building, but soon went to Alexandria, and worked at his trade. After working in Richmond, Va., and several other places, Mr. Brailly, in 1859 came to Bellaire, and opened a shop which he oper- ated until after the war. In 1869 he erected a factory for the manufacture of caskets, which he still owns. The firm is about to in- troduce the manufacture of carriages to the exclusion of the casket manufacturing. In 1876 Mr. Brailly patented a metallic corner for caskets, and now manufactures them, he has also patented an im- proved brake for wagons and carriages, and is making his arrange- ments to enlarge the works so as to comprehend the manufacture of the different articles in which he is interested, but his specialty will be the making of carriages and hacks. In 1851 Barbara A. Noel became his wife, and their union has been blessed by the birth of four children: Ernest E., Charles B., Matilda E. and William N. Charles is deceased. Mrs. Brailly was a resident of Nauvoo, Ill. She died in 1888, leaving the family to mourn the loss of a devoted wife and loving mother. Mr. Brailly is a member of the Catholic church, and has always been deeply interested in politics, being prominently identified with the republican party. He has made a host of friends since his coming to Bellaire.
William H. Brown, the efficient and popular mayor of Bellaire, Ohio, was born near Smithfield, Jefferson county, Ohio, in the year 1844. His parents were Garrett and Susan ( Long) Brown, both natives of Ohio. The father was a son of Stephen Brown, a pioneer of eastern Ohio, who came to Jefferson county in its early days. Ile was a farmer in that county until his death, which occurred about 1835. Garrett Brown was born in ISoo, in Jefferson county, he attended the schools of that county, afterward learning the trade of a millwright, and also that of a carpenter, following them until his demise in 1846. He was a nephew of the celebrated Rev. George Brown, a founder of the Methodist Protestant church, being very widely known. He was a brother of Arthur Brown, one of the early pioneer preachers of Ohio. Garrett Brown married Susan Long, daughter of David Long, an early settler of Jefferson county, Ohio. Eight children came to this marriage, five of them still living. Four of the sons rendered most loyal service in the Union army during the late war, three of them enlisting in lowa regiments. The eldest son. David, was killed in the battle of Shiloh, in the first day's fight, the others came out of the war with their lives and with distinction. The family was scat- tered, when the children were yet young, by the death of the parents, both of them dying within a few days of each other of typhoid fever; this happened in 1846, and the children were raised by relatives. William was educated in Harrison county, having been given to Samuel Snedeker, a farmer of that county. He assisted him on the farm until he was seventeen years old. the South seceding at thistime. he enlisted in the latter part of 1861. under Capt. J. Ferguson, of
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