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William M. Clifford, one of the old citizens of Smith township,
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Belmont county, was born in Wheeling township, December 1, 1820, the son of William and Mary (Stewart) Clifford. The father was born in Pennsylvania, January 15, 1786, and emigrated to Ohio in I Soo. He had two sons and a daughter, of whom this subject is the only survivor. William was educated with the meager advantages of pioneer days, and on October 15, 1845, he was married to Elizabeth J. Foster, born January 24, 1829, the daughter of John and Martha (Montgomery) Foster. To this marriage four sons and three daugh- ters have been born, of whom one son is deceased. Mr. Clifford's occupation through life has been carpentry. In the spring of ISS9, he removed from his farm to a home in Centerville. He is the present trustee of the township, and is serving his sixth year as such. R. H. Clifford, son of the above is a popular teacher at Centerville. He was born in Smith township, March 17, 1848, and received his education in the common schools and at the Lebanon Normal school. He began teaching in 1866, and has ever since been engaged in the profession, and with the exception of a few terms entirely in Smith township, teaching fourteen terms in one district. He was married September 12. 1872, to Esther Mayhugh, who was born April 13, 1854, and they have three children: Harry, born July 1, 1873; Luella M., born Janu- ary 19, 1876; Angie E., born February 2, 1886. Mr. Clifford was elected clerk of the township in 1874, and served five years, and was re-elected in 1884. Mrs. Clifford is a daughter of William Mayhugh, who was born September 23, 1828, and was married October 22, 1852, to Angeline, daughter of Lloyd and Esther (Matson) Foster. Mrs. Clifford is the only child of this union. Mr. Mayhugh's occupation has been that of a carpenter until recent years, when a failure of eye- sight compelled him to desist, and he is now engaged in carrying the mail from Centerville to Warnock. He and wife were engaged in the hotel business and in keeping a grocery at Centerville during eleven years.
Robert M. Fulton, one of the leading business men of Smith township, was born in Belmont county, February 11, 1841. a son of John and Jane (Alexander) Fulton. These parents, who were both natives of Ireland, emigrated to the United States about the year 1812, and set- tled on Wheeling creek, where they reared a family of six sons and four daughters, of whom three sons and two daughters survive. Ro- bert M. received his education in the common schools of this town- ship, and worked upon the farm until the beginning of the civil war. when, on June 4, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Twenty-fifth Ohio infantry, and served until after the close of the war, receiving an hon- orable discharge June 18, 1866. On his return to this county he en- gaged in merchandise, and continued in that here until 1883, and then went to Kansas. Returning to Ohio, in 1886, he opened a general store at Marbletown, which he is still conducting. Mr. Fulton was married September 25, 1871, to Lucy J. Wiley, who was born March 28, 1848, and died January 29, 1883. To this marriage were born one son and five daughters, one of the latter of whom is deceased. On March 13, 1884, Mr. Fulton was married to Mary B. Warnock, who
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was born April 3, 18.14, the daughter of Robert Warnock, and they have had two daughters, one of whom survives. Mr. Fulton and wife are members of the United Presbyterian church, and he is a comrade of the G. A. R.
John C. Gay, an enterprising young farmer of Smith township, Bel- mont county, Ohio, was born on the farm where he now resides, De- cember 9, 1859. He is the son of Thomas Gay, who was born in 1823, and on March 18, 1856, was married to Mary J. Boyd, who was born in Ireland in 1840, and came to the United States about 1852. Thomas Boyd had five sons and three daughters, all of whom survive. Rachel was born January 4, 1859; John C. was born as above stated; Will- iam N. was born August 14, 1861; Eliza was born September 7, 1863, and Thomas B. was born September IS, 1865. The subject of this sketch was educated in the common schools of his native township, and has spent his life in agricultural pursuits. Since the death of the father, the sons and mother have continued to manage the home farm, making the raising of stock a specialty. They are prosperous, and have the esteem of a wide circle of friends. All the family have membership in the Presbyterian church at Concord, near Centerville, Ohio.
George Green, a citizen of Smith township, was born in Germany, August 15, 1856, the son of Ilenry and Catherine (Romer) Greeen, both of whom were natives of the fatherland. The father was born May 20, 1824, and with his family came to the United States in 1867, stopping first at Pittsburgh for a short time. He then proceeded to Wheeling and remained three months, after which he came to Bel- laire, Ohio, where he made his residence two years. He then settled on the National pike, five miles from Bridgeport, and remained there until the time of his death, May 10, 1877. George Green, the subject of this mention, remained at home, engaged in gardening, until Oc- tober 5. ISSo, when he was married to Linda Hubbs, who was born and raised in Marshall county, W. Va. He then removed to Mead township, where he resided two years before making his home at Jacobsburgh, where he still remains. Mr. Green and wife have three sons, Frank Burton, born August 19, ISSI: George Ilenry, born April 28, 1883, and Edgar Elwood, born March 15 1885. Mrs. Green is a member of the Presbyterian church, at Wegee.
Henry R. Haines, an enterprising young farmer of Smith town- ship, was born at Bellaire, Ohio, September 12, 1859, a son of Isaac W. and Susan E. (Neff) Haines, the former of whom was born at Dover, Ohio, April 18, 1835, and the latter was born near Frostburg, Md., March 12, 1837. They were married November 27, 1856, and five children were born to their union, of whom two sons and one daughter survive. Henry R. Haines was educated in the common schools of the county, and after leaving school he engaged in farming, at which he was occupied subsequently, and in which vo- cation be has attained a rank among the most successful and enter- pricing. He has occupied his present residence two years. Mr. Hans was married October 20, 1882, to Emma MeCaslin, who died
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February 12, 1884, leaving one daughter. On June 22, 1887, he was married to Sadie V. Ault, and they have one son. Mr. Haines is one of the prominent young men of the county, and is well-liked by all.
Miles R. Ilart, of Smith township, a member of the board of com- missioners of Belmont county, was born in that township June 3. 1840, the son of Robert and Hannah Hart. The father was born in Greene county, Penn., June 29, 1806, and was a son of Miles Hart, who emi- grated to Ohio in IS14. The latter was an elder of the Presbyterian church, and for many years a justice of the peace. Robert was mar- ried January 3, 1839, to Hannah, daughter of James and Rachel (Smith) Gordon, who were natives of York county, Penn., and emi- grated to Ohio in 1816, and settled on the farm now owned by the subject of this mention. Robert and Hannah Hart had six children, three sons and three daughters, and five survive. Miles R. was edu- cated in the common schools of Smith township, and after he had left school he made a trip to Missouri, and while there was engaged in teaching for several months. On his return to Ohio he followed the carpenter's trade for a year, and then engaged in farming, which has since been his vocation, in connection with stock-raising and wool growing. He has been prominent for several years in public affairs, and in ISS2 was elected justice of the peace, as which he served three terms, also holding the position of notary public, to which he was ap- pointed by Gov. Hoadley in ISS5, and reappointed by Gov. Foraker in ISSS. Though a democrat in politics, and opposed by a republican majority of over Soo, he was successful in the fall of 1889 as the dem- ocratic candidate for the commissionership, and assumed the office on the first Monday of January, 1890. He and wife are members of the Concord Presbyterian church, in which he is a ruling elder.
James Hogan, a popular teacher of Smith township, Belmont county, was born January 10, 1865, a son of William and Mary (Scott) Hogan, natives of Ireland, who emigrated to this country about the year 1845. They were married in Belmont county in the year 1856. The father was engaged upon the railroad as section boss for a number of years, and continued at that until compelled by ad- vanced age to retire from the same. James was educated in the com- mon schools of the township, and in the spring of 1884 began teaching, at which he has since been engaged. He has met with success in his profession, and is considered one of the most promising men in his line of work. lle and his parents are members of the Catholic church.
Daniel Holahan, an estimable citizen of Smith township, is a native of Ireland, born in the year 1824. He was well educated in his native land, by the church, and became classical assistant at the Queen's col- lege, at Limerick. On coming to this country in 1853, he was here only three weeks when he entered St. Joseph's college, at Buffalo. Owing to a trifling misunderstanding he left there and removed to Steubenville, where he was married. In 1858 he came to his present place of residence. but remained there at that time but one year, going to Kentucky and living there until the time of the rebellion.
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Ile then crossed to Ohio, and has resided in Smith township for the past twenty-three years. He bought the farm he now lives on in 1879. Mr. Holahan was married June 7, 1857, to Honora Keehan, of Steuben- ville, and they have had three sons and three daughters, the oldest of whom, a girl, died in 1883. The youngest, a daughter, is a student of stenography at Duff's college, of Pittsburgh. The sons are telegraph operators, and one is engaged as a train dispatcher at Allegheny City, Penn. Mr. Ilolahan and family are members of the Catholic church.
W. J. Kelsey, of Smith township, one of the most prominent farm- ers of the region, is a son of Robert Kelsey, one of the carly settlers of Belmont county. Robert was born in Ireland, in iSo7, and in 1811 emigrated to the United States with his parents, who made their home across the river from Wheeling. On May 31. 1831, Robert was mar- ried to Rachel Livingston, who was born in Ireland in 1799, and they had two sons and one daughter, of whom the former survive. Robert farmed for many years a farm which he purchased from James Kel- sey, an uncle, who was one of the pioneers. He died January 25. 1868, and his wife died August 12, 1883. W. J. Kelsey was born .August 19, 1834, and reared on the farm, and received his education in the com- mon schools of the township. Ile has devoted his life to farming and stock-raising, at which he has been notably successful. Ile has a fine herd of Spanish Merino sheep, and is an extensive grower of wool, and breeder of fine sheep. April 29, 1869. Mr. Kelsey was married to Elizabeth A., daughter of Archibald and Elizabeth (Grimes) Ram- age, and they have three children: Robert Archibald, born March 19, 1870; Rachel Adella, born January 13, 18;3, and Louise May. born March 1, 1878. Mrs. Kelsey is a member of the Presbyterian church.
Among the worthy early settlers of Ohio was Jacob Lewis, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1760. He was married in the year iSoo to Mary Bundy, of North Carolina, and a year or two later they migrated to Mt. Pleasant township, Jefferson county, where they lived until 1822, when they purchased and moved upon the Lewis mill property, in Smith township. He died in 1829, and his wife in 1859. Five chil- dren were born to them, one of whom, Ira Lewis, was born in Jeffer- son county, March 30, 1808. Hle, upon the death of his father, took charge of the mill, and in 1848 tore away the old log mill and built the present frame structure, and conducted the grist- and also the flour-mill, until his death July 1, 18So. He was one of the leading cit- izens of the county, owned several farms, and was elected in 1852 as county commissioner. Ile was married in 1829. to Elizabeth Gregg, who died September 16, 1878, and they had two sons and four daugh- ters. T. E. Lewis, a son of the above, was born June 4. 1832. in Smith township, and is now one of the prominent men of the county. He received his education after leaving the common schools, at Mt. Pleas- ant and West Alexander college, and then engaged in the milling business and in farming, in both of which he has met with much sue. cess. Near his residence is the station of Lewis' Mill. on the B. & O. railroad, named in honor of tra Lewis. Mr. Lewis was married Sep- tember 22, 1859, to Mary A. Happer, who was born at Barnesville,
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June 16, 1832. They have three sons: W. D., a farmer residing near the old homestead; Clinton IL., in business in California; Walter G., deputy treasurer of Belmont county. Mr. Lewis and wife were reared in the Society of Friends, and are deserving of the high esteem in which they are held by all.
Joseph Lester, a veterinary surgeon of considerable note and abil- ity, now a resident of Smith township, was born in county Armagh, Ireland, April 10, 1853. He was educated in his native land and there became engaged as a veterinary surgeon, having up to the present time given eighteen years' study to the diseases of animals. In June, 1874, he came to the United States, and after a residence of two and a half years in the city of Wheeling, came to Belmont county, Ohio, and in the spring of 1885, took possession of his present residence. Mr. Lester devotes much attention to the practice of veterinary surg- ery, and meets annually with a distinguished Indiana practitioner. He is also the owner of a fine English horse, "Messenger," which is one of the most valuable in this region. Mr. Lester was married March 26, 1884, to Emma L. McKeen, of Belmont county, and they have one son, now deceased, and three daughters: Eva May, Jenny and Olive. Mr. Lester is a member of the Presbyterian church, and his wife of the Methodist Episcopal church.
E. H. Lucas, one of the prominent farmers of Smith township, was born near where he now resides, April 27, 1837. He is a son of Elisha H. Lucas, son of Samuel and Eleanor Lucas. Elisha H. Lucas, Sr., was born in Green county, Penn., June 16, 1801, and came to Ohio in his boy- hood, and afterward entered a farm near the present home of his son. About the same time Susanna Ault, daughter of Philip and Elizabeth Ault, came to this county with her parents, who settled near St. Clairs- ville. She was born in Washington county, Penn., January 15, 1802, and in 1825 she was married to Elisha Lucas, to whom she bore eleven children, three sons and one daughter of whom survive. Elisha Lucas died December 9, 1864, and his wife September 24. 1873. E. H. Lucas was reared as a farmer, and has devoted his life to that vocation. He has been prominent in local affairs, and has served his township as justice of the peace, assessor and township trustee. On January 19, 1865, he was married to Caroline Myers, who was born August 12, 1842, the daughter of Jacob and Charity Myers, the for- mer of whom was born in Washington county, Penn., in 1805, and the latter in the same county in 1804. Jacob Myers died in 1876, and Charity in 1885, and of their eight children, three sons and three daughters survive. Mr. and Mrs. Lucas are members of the Metho- dist Protestant church, at Centerville.
Samuel C. Lucas, a highly esteemed citizen of Smith township, Bel- mont county, was born October 10, 1832, the son of Enos and Mary (Ault) Lucas. Samuel Lucas, the grandfather of the subject of this mention, was one of the worthy pioneers of Belmont county, well- known and prominent in his day. Samuel C. Lucas was educated in the common schools of the county, and was reared as a farmer, in which vocation his life has been spent. He has prospered in this call-
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ing, and is one of the well-to-do men of the county. In 1861, Mr. Lucas was married to Lucy L. Warnock, daughter of William War- nock. She was born March 4, 1843. To this union have been born ten children, six sons and four daughters. Mr. Lucas and wife, are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Warnock.
Albert McAllister, of Jacobsburgh, Ohio, a well-known and highly respected citizen, was born at Loydsville, Belmont county, July 12, 1850. He is the son of Charles and Barbara (Schultz) McAllister, the former of whom was born in Lancaster county, Penn., in 1800, and the latter was born near St. Clairsville, Ohio. The subject of this mention was educated at Loydsville, and upon the close of his school days, he enlisted in the Sixth United States cavalry, and served five years, being during that time with General Sheridan through the National Park. At the expiration of his enlistment he received an honorable discharge, and he subsequently spent seven years in the west. Five years ago he established himself at Jacobsburgh, and en- gaged in the trade of a blacksmith, opening a shop which has been quite successful and popular. Mr. McAllister was married March 23. 1885, to Caroline E. Marshall, whose parents were natives of Pennsyl- vania, and removed to Monroe county, Ohio, at an early date. By this union he has two daughters, Grace Afton, born March 29, 1886, and Lizzie May, born September, ISS7. Mr. McAllister is a Master Mason of the Centerville lodge, and Mrs. McAllister is a member of the Presbyterian church.
Wilson McCloud, a well-known business man of Centerville, Bel- mont county, is a native of Smith township. He was born Decem- ber 27, 1846, a son of Elias and Margaret (Mobely) McCloud. When only three years old he was bound out to a Dr. Wilson, with whom he lived until his twenty-fifth year. He was then married to Alsie J. Jarrett, and they resided upon the farm of Dr. Wilson for eight years thereafter. They then in ISSo removed to Olivet, and thence a year later to. Centerville, where he has since resided. In 1885 Mr. McCloud took a position as clerk in the store of A. May- hugh, a position he still holds. 'He is active and enterprising, and is popular socially. Ile is a member of the Weyer lodge. F. & A. M. and of the Methodist Episcopal church, and his wife is a member of the Methodist Protestant church. She was born September 9, 1854. the daughter of Isaac and Sarah (Kaufman) Jarrett, and is the mother of two children: John A., born June 19, 1872, and Cora, born September 13, 1876.
Robert McConnell, a venerable and highly esteemed citizen of Smith township, was born in Wheeling, in IS11, the son of William and Barbara (Wolf) McConnell, natives of Pennsylvania. Robert was well educated, completing his literary studies at Jefferson college at Cannonsburgh, Penn., and after leaving college he entered upon the study of law. He engaged in the practice of that profession at Wheeling, and shortly afterward removed to Indiana, and was occu- pied with his profession two years at Merom. In i83; he moved to Elizabethtown, Marshall county, W. Va., and there continued in the
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practice until 1845. He then removed to the town of Texas in the same county, and five years later again settled at Elizabethtown, where he remained until April, iSS8, when he removed to Marbletown, Ohio, where he is leading a retired life. In 1870, he was married to Miss Buskirk, of Ohio, and both are members of the Presbyterian church.
Hiram McGaughey, well known as one of the prosperous farmers of Smith township, was born March 14, 1817, and is a son of William and Ann (Boyd) McGaughey. His father was born in Maryland, October 21, 1774, and was married in his native state, coming from there ISio to Ohio. He was a resident of St. Clairsville for a short time, and then purchased a farm in Smith township, where he resided until his death, in August, 1834. Hle was a soldier in the war of IS12. serving throughout that struggle. By his wife, who died two years before his decease, he had four sons and eight daughters. Hiram, one of these children of the pioneer home, was reared amid the scenes of early settlement, with such schooling as was possible, and he has ever since followed the vocation of farming, which he then learned. He was married April 24, 1845, to Elizabeth Watt, a daughter of Thomas and Jane Watt, natives of Hartford county, Md., who settled near Jacobsburgh, Belmont county, in 1816. To this union six chil- dren were born, of whom two daughters survive. Thomas Watt died in July, 1827, and his wife, August 29, ISSo, at the age of ninety-five years. Mr. and Mrs. McGaughey are members of the Presbyterian church near Centerville, of which he has been a deacon for a number of years, and is at present trustee.
Robert McGaughey, a worthy resident of Smith township, and son of the above named William and Ann MeGaughey, was born April 12, 1832, in this county. He was educated in the common schools of Smith township, and from his earliest years has been engaged in agriculture, at which he has been industrious and persevering and suc- cessful. He was married April 19, 1883, to Mary A. Feeley, who was born January 29, 1832, the daughter of William and Ann (Neff) Feeley. Her father and mother were natives of this county, and the former, who was a prosperous farmer, died June 3, ISS5. Mr. and Mrs. McGaughey lived and farmed upon the old homestead, where Hiram McGaughey now resides, until 1875, when they moved to their present place of business. They are members of the Presbyterian church, and are highly esteemed by all.
James N. McMaster, M. D., of Centerville, a well-known member of the medical profession of Belmont county, is a native of that county, born at Jacobsburgh, December 30, 1844. He is a son of Sam- uel McMaster, who was born in Pennsylvania, December 26, 1813, the latter of whom was a son of Robert McMaster, also a native Pennsyl- vanian, born .August 10, 1793. On November 5, 1835, Samuel Mc- Master was married to Sarah A. Gregory, and to this union were born seven sons and five daughters, of whom the following survive: William W., of Richland township; John W., of Wichita, Kas .; Thomas J., of Laing's, Ohio; Alexander W., of near Jacobsburgh;
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Emma S. Kramer, of Jacobsburgh, and Dr. James N. McMaster. The latter was reared upon the farm until 1862, when he enlisted as a private in the Ninth Ohio cavalry, and served valliantly for three years. He participated in the campaigns in the southwest, and in Sherman's famous movement to Savannah and through the Carolinas, after which he was honorably discharged at Lexington, in North Carolina, in September, 1865. Returning home, he engaged in teach- ing and reading medicine, and after previously attending the Starling Medical college at Columbus, he was graduated in medicine at the Medical college of Ohio, at Cincinnati, in 1870. He began the prac- tice at Glencoe, Ohio, in partnership with Dr. William Piper, but soon after his marriage to Susan E. Neff, which occurred November 2S, 1871, he removed to Centerville, where he has acquired an extensive and lucrative practice. In addition to his practice, the doctor per- forms the duties of notary public, as which he was commissioned by Govs. Hoadley and Foraker. He is one of the charter members of W. Meyer lodge, No. 541, F. & A. M., of Centerville, and its secre- tary, and is surgeon of Hess post, G. A. R., of Armstrong. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is recording stewart for the circuit. By his marriage above mentioned, the doctor has three children: Elva Lenora, born April 24, 1873: William Henry, born September 17, 1875; Samuel E., born Septem- ber 22, ISSI.
A. Mayhugh, well-known as a prominent business man of Center- ville, Belmont county, was born August 10, 1841, the son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Ruble) Mayhugh. In his youth Mr. Mayhugh re- ceived a limited education, and early in life turned his attention to mercantile pursuits. He became engaged as a huckster, and contin- ued at it for sixteen years, at the end of that period busying himself with various occupations for some eight years. He then resumed the huckster business, and in 1881 opened a grocery store in Centerville, starting on a small scale. He was successful from the outset, and was soon compelled to move to more ample quarters, and he now has the most extensive establishment and the largest trade at Centerville and throughout the surrounding territory. Everything found in a first-class general store is kept on hand. In the summer seasons Mr. Mayhugh entrusts his store to his assistant, Wilson McCloud, and runs a notion wagon. He is a worthy and respected citizen, and he and wife are members of the Christian church. He was first married in 1861, to Mary L. Mayhugh, by whom he had three daughters, and in 1876, he was united to Priscilla Ward, who died January 1, 1882. In June, ISS5, he was married to Louisa Perkins, by whom he has a son and a daughter.
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