Columbiana County, Ohio - Chapter 20: The Towns and Townships - Iii, 1905 (part 18 of 19)

of the family. His father was born in 1806 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and belonged to the solid, substantial agricultural class of that section. Originally a Democrat, he Irecame a Whig in the times of Gen. W illiam Henry Harrison and subsequently a Republican. Of his five children, three reached maturity, viz. : John Alexander, Henry B., of Omaha, Nebraska, now deceased; and Mary Jane, widow of George W. Vogan, oi Lisbon. In 1832 the family settled at Lisbon and the father followed the shoemaker's trade in the village until 1840, when he resumed fanning. For many years he was an elder in the Presbyterian Church.

The subject of this sketch was mainly reared at Lisbon and spent his school days there. He began the reading of medicine with Dr. Albert Graham in i860, but the early exciting days of the Civil War disturl)cd his studies and when A. J. Blocksom. the local druggist, enlisted as a soldier, the latter secured the young medical student to take charge of his store. During this time the young man improved his opportunities for study, but when Mr. Blocksom returned Mr. Myers enlisted, entering Company D, 176th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf.. of which company he was appointed 1st lieutenant and later was elected captain. Captain Myers continued in command of his company until the close of the war, his record testifying to his gallantry as a soldier.

After his return from the army, he pa*>e>! his examination before the State Board >f Mcdicnl Examiners and was admitted to practice. In i8('hj he was elected clerk of the c urt at Lisbon, and served two terms, six years and three months in this office. He took advantage of his opportunities here and read law and to such profit that in 1875 he was admitted t - practicc before the Common Pleas Court. Law. however, did not appeal to him as did medicine and after one year of practice he came to Er-t Liverpool, in 1877. and started into the dmsj business on the southeast corner of Sixth and Market streets, soon after removing to die Stevenson Building, where he continued in the drug business until 1884. Since that true Dr. Myers has carried on a private praefce.

Advancing years have caused him to curtail it as much a* possible, lint, as stated in the opening- of this sketch, his old friends and patients will not let him go. . For years he lias been, in many homes, physician, friend ami adviser and he enjoys the unlxnmded esteem of his fellow citizens.

Dr. Myers married Hannah M. Frederick, daughter of John Frederick, of near Lisbon, and the two survivors of their three children are: Frederick \V.. who fills the position of secretary and treasurer of the Dundee Silica Sand Company, with office located at Massillon. Ohio; and Anna O.. her father's companion, her mother having died January 27, 1900. Mrs. Myers was a consistent member I of the First Presbyterian Church, of East Liverpool, as is Dr. Myers, who first united with the Presbyterian Church at Lisbon. In 1884 he built his fine residence on Fifth street, his office lieing in the rear, facing Drury lane.

Politically Dr. Myers is a Republican, tak- [ ing only a good citizen's interest however, his tastes not lying in the direction of public office. He was the organizer of General Lyon Post. No. 44. Ci. A. R.. of East Liverpool, and was its first commander. Mrs. Myers was the first president of General Lyon Post. No. 46. Woman's Relief Corps. When General Garfield Camp. No. 3, Sons of Veterans, was organized. Frederick W. Myers, the son. was made the first captain. For 40 years Dr. Myers was a member of Concordia l^odge. T. O. 0. F., of Lisbon.

|'**ORGE MILLER, a prosperous agriculturist of St. I'hir township, came to Columbiana County. Ohio, in 1882. anil purchased 148 acres of fertile land in section 19, St. C lair townMiip. which farm has since continued t<> be his home. He is a native of Allegheny County. Pennsylvania, and is a son of Samuel and Mary (Cockinsi Miller, born in 1845.

The Millers arc of German descent and first located near Baltimore. Maryland, later moving to Pennsylvania. Jacob Miller, the grandfather of our subject, owned a farm near

Little Washington and there Samuel Miller was born in 1800. He was a wagon-maker and followed that occupation for a great many years at Hickory, Pennsylvania, before he purchased the farm in Allegheny County upon which our subject was born. This property contained 160 acres and part of it extended across the line into Washington County. Simuel Miller was the father of the following children : Jacob H. deceased, who was a prominent attorney of Pittsburg. Pennsylvania; Vincent: Margaret Jane, deceased; Samuel \V., who is a minister of the Gospel, located at Pasadena. California: John II.. a resident of Hickory. Pennsylvania: James McBride. who is a successful physician of Beaver, Pennsylvania : James and William (twins), the latter of whom is now a leading lawyer of Pittsburg. Pennsylvania: Frank C. deceased, who was a physician of East Pittsburg. Pennsylvania: and George.

George Miller received his primary education in Allegheny County, supplementing it with a course in Duff's Business College at Pittsburg. He was reared on a farm and has always devoted his time and talents to that line of work. When he was about 22 years old be moved to Fast Liverpool and remained present farm and has demonstrated to the surrounding community that he understands how to get the best results from the operation of his farm, w hich is devoted to general farming and stock-raising.

Mr. Miller was married at Fast Liverpool in 1872 to Mary Isabelle Mills and has reared a family of seven children, namely : Mary Alexina. who lives at home: William James, who married Mamie G. Adams, whose father is chaplain of the Clifton Springs Sanitarium. Clifton. New York: Francis Clifford; Harry Vincent: Robert Mills; Margaret Elizabeth: and Antoinette. The family are members of the Presbyterian Church and zealous workers in the church and its societies. Mr. Miller is a Republican.

Mrs. Miller is a daughter of James P. and Nancy (Mcintosh) Mills, both highly respected residents of this vicinity in early times. The ancestors of James P. Mills, who were of

Scotch-Irish origin, came to America before the Revolution and cast in their lot with the struggling colonists. General Sullivan, who was a famous officer in the American Army, was an uncle of James I*. Mills' grandmother. Nancy Mcintosh was a daughter of William and Sarah Alexina (McKenzie) Mcintosh, the latter a native of the parish of Red Castle. Inverness, Scotland, and the former a native of Carnavora. Scotland. William Mcintosh's father, John Mcintosh, was a farmer and sheep raiser and William was a shepherd in his native land until 1833, when he came to the | United States with his wife and two little i children. - Nancy and Alexander M. He located in the "Scotch Settlement" near Wellsville, Columbiana County, Ohio, and not long afterwards bought a farm in Brush creek township. Jefferson County, moving there in February, 1835. Their family was increased by the addition of Mary, who was liom near Glasgow, ; Columbiana County: and John, who was born i on the farm in Brush Creek township, where lie still resides. Mary died, June 26. 1903. ; after a long and useful life, of which the tast [ i_> years were spent in mission work for the ; Kreedmen's Bureau. Nancv (Mcintosh) Mills, mother of Mrs. Miller, 'died in 1858 in her 30th year. Alexander M. Mcintosh enlisted on August 20. 1862. as sergeant in Company I). 126th Keg. Ohio Vol. Inf.. and died j at Martinshurg. West Virginia, February 16. 1863. from pneumonia.

ILLIAM L. CALHOUN, engineer j at the pottery plant of The Knowles, Taylor & Knowles Company, at East Liverpool, has held this posilion continuously since 1872. and is possibly the oldest stationary engineer in the State of Ohio. He was 1>orn February 28. 182S. in Beaver County. Pennsylvania, and is a son of Adam and Sarah (Sands') Calhoun.

James Calhoun, grandfather of our subject, was descended from one of two brothers who came from Scotland to America al»ut 1733, and located near Scranton, Pennsylvania. The

Adam Calhoun, our subject's father, was born in Pennsylvania and died there in 1829. aged about 50 years. He married Sarah Sands. . who was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in 1787, and died in 1862, aged 75 years. She was a daughter of Thomas and Sarah (White) Sands. The White family at one time owned Bedford Springs, which now forms a part of the Vanderbilt estate. Her father was a farmer and was the owner of a large farm just 10 miles from the Pittsburg market. Adam Calhoun and his wife became the parents of nine children, of whom six survived infancy and childhood, namely: Samuel, George. Andrew, Sarah, Adam and William L. Samuel Calhoun, who was a steaml>oat engineer, lived in East Liverpool at the time of his death in 1862. at the age of 50 years. lie left four sons and three daughters: George, who was captured in the Civil war and died at Belle Isle; John, Adam. Andrew, of East Liverpool ; Mrs. Samuel R. Jackson, of East Liverpool; Mrs. Eliza Clark, of Sistersville. West Virginia; and Mrs. Sarah Barker, of East Liverpool, whose husband, deceased in 1902. was a veteran in the Mexican and Civil wars, George Calhoun died at l\ast Liverpool in early manhood. Andrew Calhoun, who was an engineer, died in Pittsburg in the early '40s. Sarah, w ho died in 1887, aged 67 years, was the wife of John Baum, of East Liverpool : Adam Calhoun, who was a blacksmith atid engineer, died at East Liverpool in 1880, aged about 50 years, leaving a daughter, Lucretia, who is a resident of Sewickley, Pennsylvania.

William L. Calhoun accompanied his mother when she moved to Liverpool township, Columbiana County. Ohio, in 1833. and was there reared and received a common school education. In 1851 he was licensed as a steaml>oat engineer, lieing one of the first successful applicants under the United States marine law of 1850. He followed steamboat engineering mainly until the Civil war. and in 1864 was appointed to the United States Navy as an en- ginecr, being a commissioned officer. He served in the Ohio and Mississippi rivers squadron until the close of the war. With the close of the war his river work ceased. Since then he has been a stationary engineer. Prior to 187.2, he worked for about three years in building oil rigs for Joseph Eddy and then worked as a millwright. Since 1872, he has been continuously employed in his present position, as mentioned above.

In 1854 Mr. Calhoun was united in marriage with Margaret K. Merchant, who was born in Delaware County. Ohio, in 1835, and was reared in Tuscarawas County, where she continued to live until her removal to Wellsville in 1853. She is a daughter of William and Mary (Eakin) Merchant, and a granddaughter, maternally, of James and NTancy Eakin, the latter being a cousin to President Andrew Jackson. William Merchant was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and was left an orphan when young. He worked for James Eakin, who had a contract for the construction of the Ohio Canal, and later took up a farm near Delaware, Ohio, where he lived until his death, in 1839, aged 33 years. Mrs. Merchant died in 1845, at tne aKe °f $2 years. They were parents of the following children: Mary, who died at the age of 12 years; Mrs. IsalKrl Tceplc, who resides near Sparta in Stark County, Oliio; Elizabeth, deceased in 1870, who Was the wife of Basil Rowe, a rivennan of Wellsville; Margaret E.. wife of our subject; Alfred a well-known contractor and builder, who died of injuries received at East Liverpool, in 1889, leaving three children, one of w hom, Harry, is in the employ of The Knowles, Taylor ..& Knowles Company; Rebecca J., widow of Isaac Knowles, of East Liverpool, who has a son, Willis, who resides in California.

William L. Calhoun and his estimable wife have the following offspring : William A., a record of whose life appears elsewhere in this work; John E., born in 1858, deceased at the age of four years; George. Iiorn in i860, who was engineer at the pottery works oi the Knowles, Taylor & Knowles Company at the time of his death in 1892 - he left a daughter, Jessie, who resides with her grandparents; James A., bom in 1863, who is now identiried with the Deuber- Hampden Watch Works at Canton, Ohio, and has one son, Louis J. ; and Jennie, born in 1866 and deceased in infancy. In politics, William L. Calhoun was originally a Free Soiler but became a Republican upon the organization of that party, voting for Gen. John C. Fremont. He has served as water commissioner of East Liverpool. Fraternally, he is a member of and past grand of the Odd Fellows, which he joined in 1867, and is a member of General Lyon Post, Xo. 44. G. A. R., of East Liverpool. Mrs. Calhoun has been a member of the .Daughters of Rebekahs since 1868, being one of the first rive women in East Liverpool to take the degree. She is a member of General Lyon Post, No. 46, Woman's Relief Corps. She was one of the original lady meml>crs of the City Hospital Association, served as president several years atid is on the board of directors at the present time. Religiously, Mr. and Mrs. Calhoun are mem- I«rs of the First Society of Spiritualists, of East Liverpool.

.1.1 AM A. CALHOUN, who has -.-::g.-)ged in the profession of architecture at East Liverpool for a lK.vi.i l of more than 34 years, is one of the most active and successful business men of the city. lie is a heavy stockholder ami director of The West End Pottery Company ; a member of the real estate and insurance firm of P. V. Mackall & Company; president of the Tioga Oil & Gas Company, which is operating in the Knoxville field in Jefferson County; and is identiried with the McCoy Drilling Company. He is a man well known to the people, ami enjoys the respect and confidence of the entire community.

Mr. Calhoun was liorn at East Liverpool. Ohio. May 17. 1856, in that part of the town then known as "Jethro." and is a son of William L. and Margaret E. (Merchant) Calhoun. A brief sketcli of the life of William L. Cal- houn appears elsewhere in this work. Our subject was reared iti his native town and received his educational training' in the public schools, lie began work in the potteries at the age of 1 1 years ami continued until lie was 17 years old. being employed by various concerns. He then became apprenticed to the carpenter's trade and in the mean time studied architecture. He spent two years in New Albany. Indiana, studying stair-building and architecture under J. A. \V. Koontz. after which he returned to East Liverpool, where he followed the building and architectural business until 1898. During the past six years his attention lias licen devoted almost exclusively to architectural work, although he is still identified with various other enterprises. He maintains offices in the Ikirt Building. From June. 1895. to April. 1000. Mr. Calhoun was secretary and treasurer of The West End Pottery Company.

On January 29. 180Q. our subject was united in marriage with Anna F. Perry, who was born in Glasgow. Scotland, and accompanied her parents to Trenton, Xew Jersey, when she was three years old. later moving to Wellsville and East Liverpool, Ohio. Her father. Frederick A. Perry, was formerly a foreman in the potteries here, but is now a resident of Washington. I). C. This union lias been blessed w ith < tic sou, Kric Victor, aged four years. In politics Mr. Calhoun is a Republican. He is a jiicmber of the Indel>e*i<lent Order of Odd Fellows, ami was formerly a member of the Sons of Veterans.

[LLIAM NICHOLS, who is engaged in agricultural pursuits in Fairfield township, resides on his farm 01 155 acres, located in sections 4 and 5, one mile northwest of the ! village of Columbiana. He was born on Jan- j uarv 1, 1879. on this farm, where his father j lived during his life and which his grandfather purchased on coming to Ohio from Virginia. He is a son of William Nichols, grandson of William and Mary (Janney) Nichols and

The Nichols family is of English extraction and was founded in Virginia by two brothers, Isaac and William Nichols, followers of George Fox. the founder of the Society of Friends. After settling in Loudoun County, Virginia, they continued to reside there the remainder of their lives ; their tombstones may Ixr found in the graveyard of the Friends' Meeting House on Goose Creek. William Nichols married Sarah Spencer and had three sons - Isaac, Samuel and William - and two (laughters - Mrs. Mary Piggot and Mrs. Edith Tate.-

\\ illiam Nichols, son of the first William Nichols mentioned in the foregoing paragraph, and grandfather of our subject, was born in 1779 in Loudoun County, Virginia, in the old stone house, which was the family home. He was educated in the Friends' school in his native county and all his life followed farming. I Ie was a minister of the Society of Friends and his religious work took him alxuit the country a goid deal. In 1833 he first came to Columbiana County and purchased alxnit 650 acres of land, afterward returning to Virginia. He made his second trip to this county in 1834. at which time lie built a sawmill at Cherry Fork. Again returning to the old home in Virginia, he remained there until 1836, when he once more journeyed to Columbiana County, this time accompanied by his wife and children. The following year he built a grist-mill, w hich, with the sawmill, was operated by his son Stacey. He was a just man and devoted to his children. He married Mary Janney. who was born in Loudoun County. Virginia, and was the third child born to Stacey and Hannah 1 Brown) Janney. To William Nichols and his good wife were bom 10 children, all of whom are deceased except Mary, the widow of Jesse M. Allen, who was one of the pioneer merchants at Columbiana. Mrs. Allen resides at Columlriana. To each of his daughters on her marriage, William Nichols gave $i,rxx> in money, while the sons were presented with farms. He died in June, i860.

father of our subject, was born in the old stone house in Loudoun County, Virginia, and was about 14 years old when he came to Ohio with his lather. He was engaged in fanning all of his life. lie married Mary A. Mather, of Goshen township, Mahoning County, Ohio, and to them w as born one son, W illiam, the subject of this article. Mr. Nichols died August 11, 1901, aged 80 years, rive months and eight days. Mrs. Nichols lived to be about 50 years of age. Doth were members of the Society of Friends, belonging to the Hicksite branch. In their walk and conversation they fully exemplified the teachings of their simple faith. There were few who excelled them in uprightness and honesty, even in their own religious society. Mrs. Nichols was an especially attractive woman and had many friends, who held her in the highest esteem.

William Nichols, the subject of this sketch, was educated in the common schools and has always followed farming, having lived all his life on the farm where he was bom and reared.

On August 3, iyo_>, he was married to Minnie Linhoss, of Dayton, Virginia. They have two children, namely : William Linhoss Nichols, the fifth in succession to bear the timehonored name of William Nichols, who was burn June 4, 1903 ; and Mary Virginia Nichols, Itoru September 17, 1904. Mr. Nichols is a member of the Hicksite Friends, while his w ife, who is of German descent, is a Mennonite.

Ifyv^jg (. . Till LLFW president of the Leetonia Electric Light & Power Company, of Leetonia. was U>rn in 1850, at Sharpsburg. Pennsylvania, anil is a son of the late Hairy Thullen. Henry Tlinlleu was lnirn in Prussia, ami came to America in young manhood, settling tir>t in Pennsylvania, Later he came to Ohio aiul cmlxirked in a hotel business in Mahoning County, which continued until his death.

J. C. Thullen was educated in the schools of New Albany, Mahoning County, and then learned the trades < <f boiler-maker and engineer. His first important pos.tiuti was the superintendent of the Leetonia Boiler Works, which was established in 1871, a position he filled until 1901. He assisted in the erection of the iron furnaces at Leetonia and also was one of the builders of the Cherry Valley furnace in 1867. Prom 1871 to 1901, during his connection with the boiler works at Leetonia, Mr. Thullen had acquired a large interest, which be suld in the latter year and turned his attention entirely to the affairs of the Leetonia Electric Light & Power Company, which he had organized in 1889. He installed this fine electric plant, one of the most satisfactory in this section of the country. The company was incorporated with a capital of $10,000! and Mr. Thullen has been its efficient president ever since.

Mr. Thullen was married in 1870 to Mary E. Cartwright, who was l>orn at Youngstown, Ohio, and they have three children, viz. : L. H., w ho is connected w ith the Union Sw itch Signal ! Company, of Pittsburg. Pennsylvania, at the I head of the electrical and mechanical depart- I ment; Carrie, who is the wife of W. Harry Schmick. cashier of the bust National Bank, of Leetonia : and Nanette, w ho is the wife of I). K. Bishop, of the Bishop- Babcock Company, of Cleveland.

Mr. Thullen is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has Iveen a trustee for the past 30 years. For some 30 years he has I teen connected with the Masonic fraternity. Being a practical mechanic. Mr. Thullen is well equipped for the position he holds as president of the public utility company, which contributes so materially to the comfort of the citizens of Leetonia. lie is also treasurer and general manager and thus lias control of both the official and the practical working of the electric plant. He is held in very high esteem in his business relations and takes his place with the representative men of the town.

|k $3) prominent figure in Republican po]i- Bfeto^Si tics, was Ixmi at Wellsville. Ohio, July 12. 1873, ami is a son of William and Elizal>eth (Frazcr ) Boyd.

County Down, Ireland, in 1844, and there learned the mason's trade. In young manhood lie came to America with a brother and together they went to St. Catharines. Ontario. Canada. In 1866 William Boyd came to Wellsville and here formed a partnership with Jefferson Abrahams. They engaged in building and contracting. Later Mr. Boyd had other partners and did a great deal of stone work for the Pennsylvania Railroad and was engaged in completing one of the road's contracts when he was accidentally killed at Alliance, in 1879. He was a competent, reliable man and Wellsville lost a good citizen when he died. He married a daughter of Capt. Daniel K. Fraser. of Yellow Creek township. She was born in Wellsville and still resides here. Her father was horn in Yellow Creek township. July 19. 1817. and died in 1902. He was a carpenter by trade but for many years followed the river as captain of a steamlxuit. Before the days of railroads he was a large river trader. He also kept a store for a number of years after leaving the water. "He was a director of the First National Bank and in many ways was one of the town's prominent and influential citizens. Our subject has two sisters: Mabel and Mary. The maternal grandmother. Lexy McBanc, daughter of William McBane. was bom in-Scotland.

After completing the common and high school emirse at Wellsville. Mr. Boyd entered the office of W. F. Lones, a well-known attorney of Wellsville, and was admitted to the bar in i8<>8. He has always been active in politics and was elected bv the Republican party city solicitor in 1901, and his efficiency is proven bv his being retained in office ever since.

JOT HAM & LOCKETT. Among many other claims to distinction. Hast Liverpool is known as the home of the most extensive modeling studio in the United States and one which compares very favorably with any other in the artistic centers of the world. Reference is made to the firm of Gotham & I-ockctt, modelers and originators of pottery shapes, designers of the greater number of the beautiful products of the potter's art which in curve and line delight all those who are able to appreciate what is truly artistic, not only in the United States but in many foreign countries.

The business was founded by the senior partner, Thomas B. Gotham, on May 1, 1898. In the following November Frank Lockctt became an interested partner. The progress made in the seven years of business association is no less gratifying than remarkable. The original location was on the corner ot Sixth and Washington street, East Liverpool, but it soon became evident that larger quarters would have to lie secured and in May. 1904, removal was made to the present location between West Market street and Broadway. The vast increase in business since that date, owing to the wider distribution and consequent appreciation of their work, has made necessary the formulating of plans which w ill soon be put into effect and the firm will be established in still larger and lietter equipped buildings.

The artistic designs of this firm are sought w herever there are pottery interests, in this and European countries, and they have even been called upon to make designs for lotteries in Australia. It is the custom of the various manufacturers, in need of a new design, to call upon this firm, knowing well that satisfaction will follow. It is not an unusual thing to have some of their choicest designs copied and used in other countries, this having notably been the case in England. Among the many potteries of this section of Ohio, there is not one which docs not secure its designs, more or less entirely, from this firm and quite frequently wholesale china dealers call on them for especial designs for their trade. Occasions have arisen when a special order has come to them for some design of exquisite beauty and of intricate workmanship, to be used but once and then destroyed. The firm has a number of exclusive patrons of this kind.

Thomas Gotham, was born . in at, "fftoke-on-Trcnt, Staffordshire, England. He w as but 14 years old when he went into a pottery, having previously developed his natural artistic talents to some degree at the Science and Art School. He entered the modeling department in the jwttery and worked there until 1889. when he came to America and located at Trenton, New Jersey, where he was engaged in artistic designing until 1897. Shortly after making his home at East Liverpool, he embarked in his present enterprise.

Mr. Gotham married Anna De Putron Lynn, of Sewickley. Pennsylvania, and they have two children, viz. : Thomas B. and Catherine A. In religious views, Mr. Gotham and family are Episcopalians. Mr. Gotham belongs to East Liverpool Lodge, No. 258, B. P. O. E.

Frank Lockktt was b>rn at Ilanley, England, in 1874, and was educated in the Science and Art School at Hanley. Like Mr. Gotham he was hut 14 years of age when he went into the modeling department of a pottery, where he was employed until 1897, when he also came to America and located at Trenton, New Jersey. For a period of 18 months he was connected with the Trenton Potteries Company. He came to East Liverpool on November 1, 1898, and associated himself -with Mr. Gotham.

Mr. Lockctt married Maude F. W ebster, of East Liverpool. They have two sons and one daughter, viz. : Thomas \\ ., Albert J. and Mary M. Mr. and Mrs. Lockett are members of St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal Church.

Both Mr. Gotham and Mr. Lockett are men of original ideas and thus their designs and models are entirely different" from those of many other workers in their line and they have gained well-deserved recognition for work which possesses unique charm, classic beauty and artistic perfection.

O. MASON, manager and manufacturing chemist of The Mason Color Company, of East Liverpool, whose portrait accompanies this sketch, was born at Burslcm, Stoke-on-Trent. England, January 22. 1880. and is a son of Augustus Frederick and Keziah ( Jones) Mason.

Our subject has inherited professional ability from as far back as his grandparents. His grandfather, James Mason, was born at Teine, Staffordshire, England, and died in 1865. He was a color maker and was the originator of the famous Mason colors for use in potteries and glass works and in enameling. He started into business for himself as early as 1830, building the Bleak Place Color Works in 1842, which are famous all over the world, and he continued active in this business until within three weeks of his death. He married Mary Skerratt, of Hanley, Staffordshire, who was considered at that time, by competent authority, as the finest color chemist in North Staffordshire. She was also a woman of business faculty, and much of the early success of James Mason must be attributed to her. He was at one time a printer at the Cauldun Place Pottery Works of John Ridgway, where he filled the position of foreman for a period of 40 years. The only child of James and Mary Mason was Augustus Frederick, the father of our subject.

Augustus Frederick Mason was born Septemlter 4. 1842. and. as lioth his father and mother were interested in colors, he very early gained a knowledge of their composition and blending, spending his l>oyhood in and al>out his father's works. He later took a course in chemistry at the Hanley Art School, and finally succeeded to the ownership of the Bleak Hill Color Works. He is still active in the business manufacturing ceramic colors. He married Keziah Jones,' a daughter of Martin Jones, of Tunstall. England. Our subject is the only one of the children who has come to America.

For a number of years Augustus F. Mason was associated with that religious lx»dy known as Plymouth Brethren and he was considered fine of the orators of North Staffordshire. On one occasion it is remembered how he conquered a noted infidel in a public debate liefore an audience of 3.000 people, the discussion lasting 13 1-2 hours. He has always been an active Gospel preacher and has been a very successful temperance worker. With his whole family, he has been a total abstainer all his life. For some years past he and his wife have been 1 memlwrs of the Christian Church.

Our subject was reared at Bursleni where he completed the common and high school courses and in 1892 he entered Wedgewood Institute, where he took a course in inorganic chemistry and quantitative and qualitative analysis. After completing a general and special training, he entered his father's works in January, 19x52, where he remained until June 11. 1902, when he set out for America with the idea of looking over the fields of the pottery industry in the United States, with a view to establishing a color manufacturing plant similar to his father's. His investigation resulted in the organization of the first and thus far the only color plant in the country, at East Liverpool. Ohio, in October. 1902. The business was commenced in a small way. with a capacity measured by two grinding pans but ere three months had elapsed six pans were required and at present the company is installing machinery so as to double its facilities. It is the only American concern attempting as yet to meet foreign competition in this line. The product is sold all over the United States. Much credit is due Mr. Mason for his energy and enterprise in the matter.

Mr. Mason is a man of enlightened views and as he has come to make America his home be has signified his intention of becoming an American citizen. He belongs to the class which finds a ready and enthusiastic welcome on American shores. In his political sentiments be inclines toward the Republican party, his father in England l>eing a Conservative. In religions U-lief he is a nienil>cr of the First Christian Church of Last Liverpool. He is the choirister of the Sunday-school of the l*'irst Christian Church and is the kiss soloist in the " Enterprise Male Chorus." of Wellsville and Last Liverpool.

dOX DF.XXY. whose fine home farm is situated iti section 7. Butler township and consists of 100 acres, also owns 03 acres adjoining, in Knox township, Mr. Denny is one of the substantial men of this section. His birth took place in the city of Oberried. Canton of Bern.

The parents of our subject were natives of Switzerland and came to America in 1S5S. Mr. Denny the elder had had experience in conducting a provision store. l»akery and restaurant in his own land and he continued the same 111 the city of Xew York and later bought a farm, but died in Xew York. Shortly after his death the family came to Columbiana County. Ohio, and our subject has resided here ever since, lie is one of a family of eight children, namely: Margaret, who died af;ed 21 years: Elizalieth, deceased; Elizabeth (2nd I. deceased; John, of Minnesota: Simon, of this sketch; Leter, 'deceased; Michael, of Butler township; and Annie, wife of A. L. Snyder, of Alliance. Ohio.

The subject of this sketch was seven yeirs of age when Iris parents came to the United States, and here he was educated and has spent his life as a farmer and stockman. His f inii in Knox township is run mainly as a dairy farm, lieing stocked with 25 fine milch c<>ws. Mr. Denny has a very attractive home place, his buildings are substantial and well adapted to all purposes and an air of thrift pervades everything- All the improvements here have been made by Mr. Denny himself, who enjoy* the reputation of being a very industrious as well as capable man. In addition to his several farms, he has other interests, l>eing a stockholder and treasurer of the John Asch Cheese Company, a very important industry of the township, which has lieen in operation for fmir seasons. Here is made the fatuous Swi>- cheese, which is considered a delicacy and is welcomed on the tables of rich and poor. Mr Denny is a practical Swiss cheese maker, having been engaged in this business for year-, to years of which period he was at the head of a cheese factory as cheese maker.

Mr. Denny was married in 1879 to Mnry Barbara Oyster, who was born in Columbians County. Ohio. March 18, 1856. and is a daughter of Henry and Amv (Stanley) Oyster, natives of this county. They have eifdit children, viz.; Alice L.. wife of Emanuel Ranisycr. of Knox township; Edward S.. of Butler towti- ship: Annie Elizabeth, wife of Ellis Ileastcn, -of Mahoning County; and Urban 1'., Lottie M.. I.eroy A. and Arthur S. and Bertha M. (twins), all at home. This family of children is all that a loving father could desire, but a great grief fell upon the household when the beloved mother was removed by death, on May I. 19.04. She was a woman of estimable character and many Christian virtues. In times of sickness and sorrow her neighbors found her sympathetic and helpful, while her husband and children deluded upon her for their greatest happiness in the home. She was a devoted member of the German Reformed Church. Mr. Penny also belongs to this religious body, of which he is an elder. Politically he is a Republican.

mittee. has served as township treasurer and since 1900 he has been city treasurer. He is a capable and honest official who enjoys the confidence of the general public and stands well in hue for future honors.

In 1S9J Mr. Kennedy was married to Ella Tescher, who was born in Salem, and is a daughter of Capt. John E. and Susan Tescher. natives of Switzerland. They have one son, Charles Snyder. Mr. Kennedy is interested in a numiicr of fraternal organizations, is a Mason and Odd Fellow, is treasurer of the Royal Arcanum, is a Knight of Pythias and an Elk.

II. KENNEDY, city treasf B I urer of Salem, and vice-president I M | and general manager of the Salem H0hn Wall Paper & Carpet Company, was born at Mansfield. Ohio, January .20, 1K66, and is a son of John and Victoria (Tledrick ) Kennedy.

The parents of Mr. Kennedy were born in Ohio and resided at Mansfield until 1875, w hen they removed to Salem. They had three children : Albert 11., of this sketch : Grace, wife of W illiam Wood, of Mansfield. Ohio; and John C also a resident of Mansfield.

Albert H. Kennedy was educated in the public schools at Salem and began his business career as a clerk in the dry goods and carpet house of C. C. Snyder, with w hom he remained for years, and served two years with Converse V Company. He then accepted the position of manager of what is now the Salem Daily News Company, which he retained for two vears. when he embarked in his present business. The Salem Wall Paper & Carpet Company is an incorporated concern and Mr. Kennedy has been vice-president and general manager since its organization. I Ic has always been prominent in the ranks of the Republican partv and on more than one occasion lias been selected as a leader. For some vears he Ins been a member of the Republican O unity Com-

FI-T.KSOX FISHER, now a resident of Piu-dmrg, Pennsylvania, but a nanvi- ni ( lumbiana County, where he IV. I'fl I'm- many years, was born at the old Fisher home, opposite Riverview Cemetery, in the outskirts of East Liverpool. Ohio. June 3. 1843, and is a son of Samuel and Mary (Richardson) Fisher.

Paul Fisher, the grandfather of our subject, was bom near Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, and it is supposed that, the family originally came from Germany, although it has l>een settled on American soil for many generations. Roth Paul Fisher and his son. Samuel, conversed fluently in the German language. The former founded the family in Columbiana Countv. Ohio, coining to this section in pioneer days soon after the l>eginning of trie last century. He had l»een a soldier in the Revolutionary War.

Samuel Fisher, our subject's father, was horn at Sunbury. Pennsylvania. Pecember 19. 1807. and acconi|>anied iiis parents when they came to Columbiana County and settled at C alcutta, possibly alxiut 1813. Here he grew to manhood, securing his education in the prim- ;rive schools of the early day. In 1830 he married Mary Richardson. I>nrn Decerning 20, 1S1S. a daughter of Samuel Richardson, who was also a pioneer of Columbiana County, coming here in January. 1802. and taking a farm, a part of which now forms the sites of the towns of Neglcy and Camp Bouquet. His w ife, Mary, was a daughter of William Black- ledge, of Washington, Greene County, Pennsylvania. Samuel Richardson engaged extensively in tanning and also conducted a tannery on his place. His grandfather came t< - this country from England with William Penn and settled where Philadelphia now stands.

After his marriage. Samuel Fisher cultivated a rented property for two years and then moved upon the valuable tract on which he spent the remainder oi his hie and where < c died May 3. 1880. This farm is mm included in the city limits of Fast Liverpool, being located on the road leading to Calcutta. The time is not far distant when the homes of great enterprises and private residences will have covered the whole extent of the farm, where he carried on agricultural operations the greater part of his life. Many of the landmarks have already disappeared.

Fight children w ere "horn to Samuel and Mary (Richardson) Fisher, as follows: Richardson, deceased: Henry, of Fast Liverpool; Jefferson, the subject of this sketch; George, deceased; Alfred J., of Fast Liverpool; Mary Catherine, wife of Clark Moore, of Fast Liverpool; Maria L.. deceased, win. was the wife of Moody Coburn, of Fast Liverpool; and Caroline M., deceased. Mrs. Fisher, who still survives, was for many years a prominent member of the Presbyterian Church at Long's Run.

The subject of this sketch obtained his education in the local schools, was then engaged in teaching school for a few terms, after which he spent some time clerking in a general store. In June. 1868, he entered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and has continued in its employ ever since. He spent his firs? two years as agent at Beaver. Pennsylvania. He was then transferred to Wcllsville. Ohio, where he served six years as ticket agent and accountant, being, then assigned to Fast Liverpool as agent, in which position he also spent six years. Since then he has been accountant in the general offices of the company at Pittsburg, but makes his home in the adjacent town of Crafton.

Bunting, who was born at Wellsville, Ohio, July 20, 1849, a"d was a daughter of Samuel ami Mary (Gorrell) Bunting, the former a native of Wellsville, the latter of Philadelphia. The children of this marriage were : Helen M.. who is the wife of Dr. J. Bert George, a well-known dental surgeon of Fast Liverpool and Charles B., w ho conducts a shoe store in Fast Liverpool. On June ifj. 1892, Mr. Fisher was married to his second wife. Alice B. Harvey, who was Ixirn at Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, and is a daughter of Samuel and Sarah ( Thockmorton ) Harvey. They have one son, Samuel Harvey, Mrs. Fisher come- of Revolutionary stock and is eligible to memliership in the Daughters of the Revolution general in the Revolutionary Army, and whose epaulets she has as mementoes of his patriotism. The family has tteen attached to the Presbyterian Church tor many years. The subject of this sketch when questioned as to hi* present religious belief gave the pertinent answer: "By their fruits ye shatl know them." lie is a memlier of the Royal Arcanum and h:-> held several offices in the order. His first vote was cast for Abraham Lincoln for President in 1864. hut he voted for Grover Cleveland, when he was elected the second time in iSo-'- Mr. Fisher has in his possession a rather remarkable relic of unknown age. It is an awl made out of deer's horn and tipped with a W.g spear. This primitive instrument was found by his grandfather in a house where all the family had been murdered by Indians.

VXK M. BFN'XFR, one of the lend ing business men of LisU»n. is the owner of the oldest established jewelry house in the county, one which was founded in 1847 and has been conducted by a Benner. father and «»n. ever since. Mr. Benner was lx>rn in 1856 in Lis- 1k»u. and is a son of Josiah F. and Mary A. (Miller) Benner.

and school teacher, the grandfather of our subject. He owned land in Center township which he developed into a fruit farm, and it is still operated as such by a grandson. J. F. Henner, father of our subject, was born on this farm, four miles west of Lisbon, one of three children, all now deceased. In young manhood he left the farm and learned the jeweler's trade. The present business of our subject was established at Lisbon, in 1847, by a Mr. Scott. In 1848. J. F. Benncr lxmght the business and continued to conduct it until he retired from active life. He died in March. 1898. aged 76 years. He married Mary A. Miller, who was born and reared in Columbiana County, ami still resides in Lisbon. She is a daughter of Jacob Miller, who was lurni in Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio at an early day. lie settled on a farm three miles west of Lisbon, where he devoted much attention to stock-raising, and made a specialty of raising horses. The only survivors of his large family are: Mrs. Benner. now 77 years of age; Mrs. Sarah Green, of Salem. Ohio; and Mrs. Luckev, of Elmore, Ohio.

Frank M. Bcnner was reared at Lisbon and obtained his education in the schools of his native place. When he reached manhood, his father admitted him to partnership in the jewelry business, in which he has continued ever since, tor the past 25 years l>eing the sole proprietor. It is one of the substantial, old, reliable concerns of Lislxm.

Mr. Henner married Mary Lodge, a native of Lisbon and a daughter of the late Abel Lodge, who died here in the fall of 1904. one of the city's patriarchs, aged almost 90 years. His early youth was spent on a farm in this county, and his active business lite was passed as a banker in Lisbon. Mr, and Mrs. Benncr have one daughter. Ada. The family occupies one of the l>eautiful homos of this quiet little city. Mr. Bcnner owning considerable real estate, including his residence, his store building ami a large interest in what is known as the Bcnner Block, formerly the Exchange Bl*ck. The family attend the Methodist Episcopal Church.

he has, at various times, accepted public office. He has served as cemetery trustee and as water trustee and has been interested in school improvement. He is a member of the board of directors of the Columbiana County Mutual Insurance Company and of the loan association at Lisbon. Mr. Benncr is very prominent in fraternal circles. As a Mason he belongs to the Blue Lodge and Chapter at Lisljon; is a charter meml>er of Salem Commander}', and was knighted at Youngstown before the Salem Commandery was organized. He is a charter memlier of the Knights of Pythias lodge at Lislton. has served two terms as chancellor commander and in other official capacities.

ill I !< > CRM EN T COMPANY. One of the industries of Eastern Ohio is the Ohio Cement Company, which is 1 eated at Lisbon, and which is in the hands of capable and energetic business men, being under the direct management of E. B. Rawson. who fills the offices of president, treasurer and general manager. C. L. Douglass, of Cleveland, is secretary.

The main offices of this company are at Lisbon. The business was incorporated in 1S75 by A. G. Smith. William Denuon and others, all men of capital and business stability. The plant is located three miles west of Lisbon, adjacent to the Erie Railroad. Its exclusive business is the manufacture of hydraulic cement : 22 men have continuous employment here.

Until 1801. the late A. G. Smith was the active manager of the business, but since 1875 he has been identified with the affairs of Lisbon. His death occurred in 1900. being survived by four daughters, viz: Mrs. C. L. Douglass of Cleveland; Mrs. Charles F. Fish, of Saratoga Springs. New York: Mrs. Helen Evans, of Sharon. Pennsylvania; and Mrs. E. B. Rawson. Mr. Smith had much to do with building up many of Lisbon's business enterprises and he is most kindly rememl>ered for his public spirit and for the personal influence he exerted. He was a lilieral contri-

Mr. Rawson. president of the Ohio Cement Company, and son-in-law of the late Mr. Smith, was born at Akron. Ohio, and came to Lislxw from Cleveland, Ohio, in 1889. Since 1891 he has had the entire management of the business. Mr. and Mrs. Rawson have two children, viz: Levi, a civil engineer at Sistersville, West Virginia; and Mary J., who lives at home. Mrs. Rawson died December 9. 1904, at her home after a brief illness of one week and was buried in a family lot in the Erie Street Cemetery in Cleveland. Ohio. Mr. Rawson is a Republican but takes no very active part in party matters. He is a memljcr of the Presbyterian Church.

J. WEISF.XD, the well-known ftiSj contractor and carpenter of the East g$l I End, East Liverpool, was born Au- IB^l gust 21, 1854, in Monroe County.

Ohio. His parents were Peter and Barbara Ann (Seling) Wei send and his pater- j nal grandfather was Jacob Wei'send, who. with a brother and their families, came from Alsace, ! France, and settled in America. They lived in 1 Monroe County. Ohio, where Jacob died in 18(14 in his 84th year.

Peter Weisend was a child of three years 1 when the family came to America. He has al- ! ways carried on farming, at first in Monroe j and later in Rethel township, Noble County. ; to which township he removed in 1870. After remaining there several years, he went to Ludlow township. Washington County, where he lived until his wife's death, after which he made his home with his daughter, also in Ludlow township. He was a Democrat in politics. He answered the call for 100-day men in 1864 and jjer formed guard duty, not being sent to the front, where the lighting was s^'jug on. He maried Rarhara Ann Seling, whose father was a Hessian and fought under Napoleon. She was three years of age when her parents located in Noble County. She became the mother of 15 children, 11 of whom reached mature years, as follows: Mary, decease* I. who was the wife of David Rurkhard, of Ludlow township. Washington County; Margaret, wife of August Vogt. of Ludlow township. Washington County : Jacob J. ; Barbara, wife of John Schneider, of Independence township, Washington County; Peter, of J Muskingum County ; Caroline, wife of Nicholas ; Hlatt. of Wetzel County, West Virginia; Christine, wife of Joseph Burkhard, of Muskingum township, Washington County ; 1 Abelone, wife of James H. Robinctt. of East Liverpool; George J.. of Marietta, Ohio; John. I of Terre Haute, Indiana; and Raymer S.. of Marietta. Ohio. Mrs. Weisend died in 1899 at the age of 66 years. T hey were meml>ers of the Catholic Church.

Jacob J. Weisend grew to man's estate in Monroe County, Ohio, and learned the tradcof a carpenter. He then went to Washington County and worked at carpentering there for several years and in 1888 came to Fast Liverpool. In 1890 he moved to the East Fnd. While he was, from the year he located in this city, working at his trade, he did not l>egin taking contracts until 189.2. He has all the work he can perform and keeps from four to six men constantly employed. He has built many residences.

Mr. Weisend was married to Hannah Welch, who was a native of Washington County and a daughter of Peter Welch. She died February 23, 1905. in the 44th year of her age. She was the mother of 10 children, six of whom are living, viz: Margaret; James; Barbara May; Agnes; Beatrice: and Catherine. Mr. Weisend is a strong Democrat and lias taken a lively interest in politics. He served for three years as clerk of Independence township. Washington County; and while a resident of that county was the Democratic nominee for State Senator in 1884. He w as president of the first library in Fast Liverpool, established by the Trades Laltor Council and served six years until it was absorlx-d by the Carnegie Public Library, when he was appointed by the City Council as director of that institution. I'pon the expiration of his term, he was reapp- 'inted by Mayor W eaver, but declined to serve. In 1901 he was nominated for mayor of East Liverpool and made a good run but failed of election as the city is strongly Republican. He served three terms as president of the Trades Lalx>r Council and twice represented that IkkIv in the Ohio Federation of Labor. He has been organizer for the American Federation of Labor for the past 10 years. He is a member of East Liverpool Council. No. 509. Knights of Columbus, of which he has been deputy grand knight, and he is also a member of the Royal Arcanum.

AXK J. ECKSTEIN, junior member of the clothing firm of Smith & Eckstein, No. 67 East Main street, Salem, ranks with the successful and enterprising business men of this city. He was lx>rn at North Georgetown. Columbiana County. Ohio, D

Amos Eckstein came of German ancestry, his grandfather founding the family in Pennsylvania, where he became a large farmer and a leading member of the Lutheran Church. David W. Eckstein, our subject's grandfather, was birn in Pennsylvania and came a pioneer to Ohio. He reared a family of 14 children. Amos Eckstein was born in Columbiana County and died here aged 51 years. During the Civil War he enlisted in Company I), 12th Reg.. Ohio Vol. Cav. He served over three years and was wounded by a shot in the leg. Aside from this duty performed to his country, he led a rpjiet, agricultural life. Politically he was a Republican. The mother of our subject was l>orn in Pennsylvania and died in Ohio. The family consisted of eight children, namely: Mary, wife of W illiam W'hinnery. of Salem; David \\\. a railroad conductor: Frank J., of this sketch: Rolwrt C. a farmer; Luanda, wife of Walter Ward, of Xewgnrden. Columbiana County; Edward, of Industry. Pennsylvania; Homer, employed in the office of the Stewart Contract Company, of Pittsburg: and Elizaln-th, who is a teacher in the Columbiana County public schools.

Reared to the age of 16 years on his father'.? farm. Mr. Eckstein gained much practical knowledge in that direction, while he also trained his mental faculties in the common and high schools. He entered upon a business c treer as a clerk for H. Cohen, in the clothing business, remaining two years and then worked three years in a nail-mill, subsequently entering the employ of Tr\em & Murphy, with whom he continued over five years, in 1901 going into business under the firm name of Smith & Eckstein, in the clothing and gents' furnishings business, his partner being Ambler Smith.

In 1896 Mr. Eckstein was married to Mary J. Ward, who was liorn in Columbiana County, Ohio, and is a daughter of James and Ella Ward. They have two bright little sons, - Ward and Thirl. Mr. Eckstein is a prominent Mason, a member of the Commandery and also Ixdongs to the F.Iks.

Jacob Arnold was Ijorn in Pittsburg and commenced to follow the river when a lad. He was engineer for many years and mate of a steainlniat many years more. He finally lxntght a farm in Ross township. Allegheny County. Pennsylvania, and engaged in agriculture until the Rebellion, when he sold this farm and moved to Marietta. Ohio, where he continued to farm until his death in 189c) at the age of 84 years. He was made a Mason in Pittsburg. I Ie was a Democrat in |K>litics during his earlier years but afterward became a Whig and still later a Republican. He married Catherine Greenwald and had a family of 1 1 children, viz: John L. ; Jacob, deceased; William, a resident of Marietta; Mary, wife of Joseph Schilling, of Marietta: Frederick, also of Marietta: Samuel, who lives in Montana; Andrew, who died at the age of 18: Henry, of Idaho; Carrie, of Marietta; and Susan, wife of John Hunger, of Marietta. The mother reached the 83rd year of her age. passing away in 1901, They were Roman Catholics. The children are all Protestants, belonging to several different denominations.

When John L. Arnold w as 14 years of age. he was apprenticed to a carpenter of Pittsburg. After serving his time there, he went to Cincinnati and became a millwright and worked at that business, for the greater part of the time in Pittsburg until 1881. He came to East Liverpool. Ohio, in that year and for seven years Kaufman & Arnold were the leading contractors and builders of the city, his partner l>eing George Kaufman. When The Potters' Mining & Milling Company established their plant here, to Mr. Arnold was entrusted the work of construction and this, as well as a great many other buildings, stands as a monument to his skill and good workmanship. At | its completion, he was placed in charge of the business and has been its able and efficient superintendent ever since, having alwut 30 men under him. It is the largest plant of this kind in the world, having a daily output of alxmt 1 25 tons of pulverized Hint and about 16 tons of feldspar, the product being sold to the local potteries.

Mr. Amok! married Mary E. Hoskins, daughter of Washington Hoskins, of Pitts- 1 burg, and live children blessed their union, namely: Washington, who died at the age of «>5 years; Irene, who died at the age of _>5 years; George, who resides in Pittsburg: John W., a resident of East Liverpool: and Lawrence, who died in his 13th year. Mrs. Arnold died in 1899. when in her 5.2nd year. She was a devout memlier of the Methodist Church. Mr. Arnold is a member of the Second United Presbyterian Church. lie was one of die organizers of the East Liverpool Land Company, which <levelo]K-d that part of the East End known as the "-Klondike" and is prominent in fraternal circles. I>eing a member of East Liverpool Ijodgc, No. 379. I. O. O. I'.. East Liverpool Encampment. No. 107. I. O. O. E.. and the Royal Ascanum. He is a Republican and served 'eight years in the City Council from the Fourth and First Wards.

ISAAC B. CAMERON, late of Lisbon. Columbiana County, and Treasurer of State for two terms, but now president of the Columbus Savings & Trust Company, was bom in the city of Nairn, Scotland. When he was yet an infant, his widowed mother emigrated to America to better her condition and to provide greater facilities for the education of her family, of which the subject of this sketch was the youngest of six, l>elieving that in- so doing she would afford them more abundant opportunities for success in life. Upon arriving in this country, the family located on a farm in Jefferson County. Ohio, a short distance south of Salineville. removing thence about the year 1855 into the village. Here the children of the family were reared.

Mr. Cameron attended the* public schools there and graduated from the Iron City Business College of Pittsburg. At an early age heaccepted a |w>sition as a 1x>okkecpcr for a local mercantile firm, with whom he remained until 1S74. His marked business ability soon advanced him to a partnership in the business, which was successfully conducted until 1880, when Mr. Cameron became the sole owner, after which the business continued to grow and prosper until 1893. when he was elected treasurer of Columbiana County, by a majority the largest ever given to any candidate tor any < trice in the county up to that tune. He was reelected in 1 895. The business system he introduced and enforced during the four years of his encumlicncy in that office established a standard and created a model worthy the emulation of all public officials.

When in 1898 the First National Bank at Lisbon was declared to l>e insolvent, Mr. Cameron, having but a short time previously retired from the office of county neasurer. was the unanimous choice, alike of the creditors and stockholders, for appointment as receiver, such was their confidence in his ability to disentangle the labyrinth of complications resulting from the reckless conduct of its affairs u]x>n the part of its management.

out of chaos. He succeeded in fixing the responsibility for the failure of the bank, and. although the books were miserably kept and outrageously falsified, obtained judgments in every suit brought by him, Inn ing for its object the recovery of funds belonging to the unfortunate institution, thus proving the wisdom of those interested, in their selection of him for receiver.

Mr. Cameron was nominated for the office of Treasurer of State, at the Republican State Convention held in the city of Columbus, June 2, 1899, on the first ballot, a compliment which the representatives of the Republican voters of the State honored themselves in bestowing. He was elected in November. 1K99. by a large majority and was inducted into office on the first Monday in January. 1900. He completely remodeled the interior of the office, and inaugurated a much needed system for expediently and safely conducting the large volume of business of the department, which aggregates in receipts and disbursements many millions of dollars annually. In order that the funds of the State might lie safely cared for, and the securities required by law to be deposited with the Treasurer of State might be pr< pcrly classified and securely stored. Mr. Cameron planned and had constructed in the treasurer s office a large steel vault, made by skilled workmen, and of the l)est material known to the art. weighing in all some 20 tons. In this vault, he had built, for the storage of lmnds and other securities, steel filing-cases, all the compartments of which arc so numbered an<l lettered that, in connection with a card index system installed by him. any security or paper of value entrusted to the treasurer's keeping may lie easily located and readily produced. All of which demonstrates Mr. Cameron to be a thorough, systematic business man. well qualified to discharge in an acceptable manner the responsible duties of the positions he so ably filled.

At the Republican State Convention held in Columbus in June. 1901. Mr. Cameron was nominated by acclamation for Treasurer of State for a second term, to which be was elected ami which he filled with equal ability as he did the first term. He retired from the office of Treasurer of State in January, 1904 : was elected secretary and treasurer of the Columbus Savings & Trust Company in February of that year, and in January, 1905, was elected president of that institution.

In politics he has always been a Republican, and has ever assumed an active share in the party work. Scarcely bad he attained his majority, when he was chosen a meml>er of the Columbiana County Central Committee, and so well was his work done there, that he was soon chosen chairman of the County Executive Committee, and three times honored with a reelection. While he was chairman, Columbiana County gave the Republican ticket the largest pluralities in its history. He was a member of the Republican State Central Committee in 1893 : also a member of the 18th Congressional District Committee in 1898 ami 1899.

He was married in 1875. to Laura A. Irwin, daughter of John B. and Mary A. Irwin, of Cleveland. Ohio. Mr. atid Mrs. Cameron have one child, a son, Roy MacDonald Cameron, who was born in the year 1883.

II A. I AM BYE, one of the prosperous general farmers and stock - racers of Hanover township, who owns 142 acres of fine land in section 15, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, on the farm which adjoins his property on the east. December 25, 1831. He is a son of Samuel and Ruth (Morlan) Bye.

Samuel Bye was lmm in Westmoreland County. Pennsylvania, and came to Columbiana County and located in Hanover township in pioneer days. He secured 160 acres of land from the government and lived here until his ! death at the age of 68 years. He was survived I by his widow and eight children, the five still j living being: William, of this sketch: Samuel. 1 of Lisbon; J. M., a physician of Canton, Ohio;

Our subject and his brothers ami sisters attended the local schools and after the death of the father, William and Samuel worked the home farm together for some years and then divided, William taking his present farm as his portion of his father's estate. Since then he has made many substantial improvements to the buildings and has made his residence one of the finest in the district.

In 1879 Mr- ^>'e was married to Maggie Pilmcr, and they have two children : Mary, who was Ixjrn March 18. 1878, and William Emerson, born November 2, 1880.

Mr. Bye has always been a good citizen. In 1864 he enlisted in the 143rd Regiment, Ohio National Guard, and served until the command was mustered out. In politics he is a Republican. He is one of the county's reliable and representative men.

RUM AN W. McCAIN, a prominent manufacturing cooper of East Liver- \80 pool, the founder of the large busi- ness with which his name has been identified since 1882. is one of the city's successful and representative men. He is a son of James and Abbic Frances (Webb) McCain.

Mr. McCain comes of New England ancestry, both parents having been born in Connecticut and on both sides the record reaches to the "Mayflower." His paternal grandfather was a native of Connecticut, from which State he entered the War of 1812 in which he lost his life.

James McCain, father of Truman W., was born in Connecticut in 1806. He came to Ohio and settled near Ellsworth, in Mahoning County, about the same time as did the family of Capt. George Webb. Subsequently he married the daughter of Captain Webb and they moved to Pittsburg. Pennsylvania, where he entered into partnership with a Mr. Stuckratb. also a tanner, and they carried on the manufacture of

Mr. McCain then returned to Ohio with his family and opened up a tannery in Stark County and also engaged in farming until iSf.S. when he took up his residence near Dry Run. but in the following year he went West and 1 located at Jefferson City. Missouri. There he followed the peaceful avocation of farming until 1862. Had there l»een no Civil War he probably would have passed his remaining years on his excellent property there. But he was a man of strong convictions and he had the courage to avow them upon all occasions. He was a pronounced Union man and that was a dangerous locality in those days for a Union sympathizer to live in. "His patriotic attitude made many enemies and for the sake of his family more than from any- personal considerations, he left Missouri and removed to Madison. Jefferson County. Indiana. Although at that time too old for enlistment in the army, to which he had given three sons. Warren T., Charles C. and Francis W.. Mr. McCain found many ways in which to aid the Union cause, unfortunately making himself so conspicuous that he attracted the attention of the raider, Morgan. When the latter made his famous raid through Indiana and Ohio, in passing through Dupont, Jefferson County, a peaceful town which had n-> means at hand with which to repulse him. he took Mr. McCain a prisoner and ordered him to \k shot unless he would take an oath to nev er bear arms against the South. This the stern, stanch old Unionist never would consent t>> and when the line of soldiers was drawn up t-< carry out their commander's sentence his courage never faltered. Almost at the last mo«nent the citizens in a body succeeded in dissuading the guerrilla from his purpose. They used all kinds of arguments, calling attention to Mr. McCain's age and assuring Morgan that almost half his time he was crazy, and doubtless giving any reason that occurred to their mind< at the moment.

vote for Gen. John C. Fremont. He was actively a promoter of the "Underground Railroad" all through the war and many a fugitive slave, before President Lincoln's proclamation gave all men freedom, Was assisted many miles on his way, concealed in the roomy old buggy of James McCain as he went to and fro attending to his business. He believed he was doing right and that was suflicient reason with him for his course of conduct.

Mr. McCain remained a resident of Dupont until 1 809. operating a shoe factory in connection w ith his tannery. In this year he removed to Kentucky hut after four years there concluded to return to Jefferson County, Indiana, and 1873 found him established in the town of Madison, which he made his home for about nine years. Tor many years of his residence in Jefferson County lie was a justice of the peace for which position his unswerving integrity and dispassionate judgment especially fitted him. In 188.2 became to East Liverpool, Ohio, and here he lived, retired from active business transactions, until his death.

James McCain and wife had 14 children liorn to them and \j of this large family reached maturity. The family record of the 12 is as follows: Thomas, deceased; Warren T., deceased: Lucy, who married William Van Horn, lived in Dade County, Missouri - both are now deceased: Charles C.. deceased, formerly of Salem, Columbiana County; Francis W., of Midway, West Virginia; Henrietta, wife of W. Henry Frederick, of East Liverpool; Martha J., wife of Dennis Haycock, of Dade County. [Missouri; Mary Melissa, of East Liverpool: Sarah, deceased; and Truman Clark .and A. Judson. of East Liverpool. Both father and mother < f this large family were consistent members of the Baptist Church, in which the father was all his life very active, serving as trustee and for many years as an elder.

Truman W. McCain, the immediate subject of this sketch, attended school during IhivIiooiI and remained with his father, assisting in the tatter's tannery, until 1868. Then lie began working in a saw and shingle mill during the period of the family's residence in Kentucky, and w hen the others of the family went kick to Jefferson County, Indiana, settling in Madison, in 1873. he took a position with William Stapp & Company, coopers, with, whom he remained in the capacity of manager for nine years. He became thoroughly acquainted with every detail of this line of business and in i88_>. when he came to East Liverpool, it was with the intention of going into the coopering business for himself. He found a good location on Railroad street and opened a shop and in the follow ing fall he was joined by his two brothers. Warren T. and Clark, and the firm name became McCain Brothers. In 1885 Truman W. and Warren T. purchased their brother Clark's interest and the business continued to be conducted as McCain Brothers until 1900, when our subject bought out Warren T. McCain's interest, since which time he has conducted the business alone.

When Mr. McCain founded this great industry, he gave employment to two coopers. Now 25 men can scarcely manage the work during the busy season. The output of the factory includes boxes, crates, barrels and all kinds and sizes of packages for the potteries, from which a large patronage comes ; the potteries are also furnished with cylinder blocks and lumber. The old idea was that a cooper was a man who made a l>arre], but the present day understanding of the word includes skilled work unthought of in former days. This particular factory is a leading industry at East Liverpool. In i88j a stave-mill was built, which was destroyed by fire in 1885: it was immediately rebuilt and is in operation at the present time.

Mr. McCain married Frances Clark, daughter of John Clark, the latter of whom was born in Ireland, settled first at Baltimore. Maryland, and later in Indiana, where Mrs. McCain was born. Of Mr. McCain's five children. f"iir survive, namely: Henrietta Ethel. Mary Helen, James Wilber ami Frederick Clark. Both Mr. and Mrs. McCain are members of the Second Presbyterian Church in the East End. in which he is an elder.

has filled many important positions. He is a member of Penova Lodge. No. 880, I. O. O. I\, is past grand of Madison Lodge. No. J2, of Madison, Indiana, has been a representative to the Grand Lodge and is a memlier of Ceramic Lodge, No. 286, Daughters of Rebecca. He is also a meml>er of Ohio Valley Council, No. 23. 0. L*. A. M., of which he is past councillor; Goodwill Council, No. 13. Daughters of 'Liberty; Eureka Circle, No. 80, Protected Home Circle, of which he is past president; Pan American Court, No. 1J7. Tribe of Ben Hur, of which he is past chief: ami Buckcve Castle. No. 98, Knights of the Golden Eagle, in which he has passed all the chairs and has been a representative to the Grand Lodge. In addition, he was formerly identified with a mimljer of temperance organizations, having always been a strong adherent of the temperance cause.

'ST ACE R. RIDDLE, superintendent of the Columbiana County Infirmary, situated in Center township, was born July 3. 1865, at Wellsviile. Ohio, and is a son of George F. and Gertrude I Lodge) Riddle.

George F. Riddle was born in Mercer County. Pennsylvania, and now resides in Idaho. His wife, who was Ixjm at Lislxin. Ohio, died at W ellsviile. Novemlier 11, 1881, aged 35 years. They had these children : Eustace R.. of this sketch; Frank Marcellus. of Lisbon; Leon Leroy, of Lisbon; ami Mary Gertrude, wife of John Dixon, of Canfield, Ohio.

Our subject has been a resident of Columbiana County all his life with the exception of one year during which he operated a kikery in Carroll County. lie continued in school until he was 16 years of age and then learned the baking business at Wellsviile and later operated a bakery at Lislxm for two years with John Brandon, under the firm name of Brandon &* Riddle. His connection with the County Infirmary began in 1886. when he came to the institution as baker, which position he filled until he was appointed superintendent in 1883. Mr. Riddle has authority over the whole institution and its excellent condition reflects the greatest credit upon his efficiency. It is not a very easy post to fill, but his administration of the institution's affairs has been eminently satisfactory in every way during his long term in office.

Mr. Riddle was married on November 28, 1883. to Erla May Adderholt, who was born at Lisbon, Ohio, and is a daughter of Wilson Adderholt. They have two sons, - George and Charles B.

Mr. Riddle has always been affiliated with the Republican party. He is one of the leading members of Mount Zion Church at Lisbon. His fraternal connection is with the Elks, holding membership in Salem Lodge, No. 305.

P. CAMPBELL, a leading business citizen of Salem township, who, in association with Mr. Carr. owns and operates what is known all over the county as the Crystal Spring Creamery, was born June 15, 1869. in Carroll Countv, Ohio.

Mr. Campbell was reared and educated in his native county and has devoted his life to farming and dairy interests. With the exception of one year spent in Montana and one year in Texas, he continued to reside in Carroll County until 1901. following farming and operating the Kilgore Creamery, being interested in the latter enterprise lor six years.

In tqoi Mr, Camplwll removed to Salem township, Columbiana County, and took charge of the Crystal Spring Creamery, which he operated alone for six months and then entered into his present partnership. This creamery is one of the large industries of the township. It manufactures 1.000 pounds of butter per week and disposes of from 300 to 400 gallons of cream a week. The firm deals extensively in Jersey cattle, also, and owns a large herd for their own use. The business is carried on by experienced men and the products of this creamery find ready sale in any part of the county.

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James, of Carroll County. Ohio, and they have these children : Bert. Jesse, Margaret and Irene. They are members of the Presbyterian Church. As a good citizen. Mr. Campbell takes an intelligent interest in public matters and has. on various occasions, held political office.

EORGE OLNHAUSEN. proprietor of the East Liverpool Spring Water Company, of East Liverpool, is also ! so largely interested in a number of other successful enterprises that he I may be justly considered one of the city's rep- I resentative business men. Mr. Olnhausen was j lw>rn in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, May 26. 184S. 1 and is a son of .Frederick and Lavina ( b lower ) Olnhausen.

The Olnhausen family from which the subject of this sketch is descended, not so very I many generations ago l>elonged to the German nobility. The old records show that Count von Olnhausen took a large company of his retainers to Jerusalem in the days of the Crusades. W hether the doughty knight returned with his' followers we have not been informed, but he left descendants who, in turn, bevame prominent in military affairs and it was our subject's grandfather. Count Frederick von Olnhausen, j who was burgomaster of Stuttgart during the 1 "Peasants' War" and who. on account of the troubles incident to the same, gave up his estates and honors and came with his family to America. He settled in what is now the south I side of the city of Pittsburg. After coming to America he dropped the distinguishing litle of "von" from the family name.

The father of our subject. Frederick Olnhausen, was born in W'urtemberg. Germany. May 26. 1S15. and died in 1887. In his native land he learned the trade of butcher but never followed it after coming to America. He remained in Pittsburg until 1805 when he retired to a farm near that city and spent the remainder of his life in the peaceful pursuits of agriculture. In his political attitude he was a Republican. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity. He married a daughter of George Flower, of an old and honored Pittsburg family, and they hail four children reach maturity, viz : George, of this sketch: Mrs. Helen Sheek. of Pittsburg: Martha, wife of William Kline, of Pittsburg: ami Charles, of Columbus. Ohio. The mother died in 18S4. aged 00 years. Both parents were devout members of the German Lutheran Church, in which faith they carefully reared their children.

George Olnhausen grew up so loyal and patriotic an .American citizen that at the age of 14 years he gave his parents much concern on account of his desire to enlist as a soldier for service in the Civil W'ar then in progress. He suddenly became possessed of a strong desire to make a visit to friends in Boston. Massachusetts, and when he reached that city soon found means to be accepted as a bugler in Company A. Second Reg.. Massachusetts Vol. Cav., and continued with General Sheridan's command until the close of the war. returning to his anxious parents unharmed, although on two occasions he had horses shot from under him and narrow ly escaped capture by the enemy.

After taking a thorough business course in Duff's Commercial College at Pittsburg. Mr. Olnhausen became Invikkecpcr for the Arm of Reinemann. Meyran & Seidle. w holesale jewelers, with w hom he remained for 10 or 12 years. For several years he was out of business and then he became bookkeeper for C. A. Smith, the well-known oil producer of this section, with whom be remained in close business connection until iS<>8. In this year Mr. Olnhausen bought his present tine property on Shady-side - avenue, his object being the establishing of a comfortable, enjoyable home.

Mr. Olnhausen found upon his newly acquired property several valuable natural features, one of these being a remarkable spring of ever-flowing, pure, soft water. This spring has l>eeu a source of large revenue to Mr. Olnhausen. Upon being chemically analyzed, the clear, refreshing water was proven to be entirely free from any deleterious matter, animal or vegetable, and it is as soft as rain water, this lieing an unusual quality in spring water. The fame of the spring went abroad and attracted people from long distances, many of whom were willing to pay liberally for its water, it being claimed by many to be not only a preventative of disease but a great curative agent. So large l>ecanic the demand that in 1898 Mr. Olnhansen concluded to bottle it tor sale and start out a wagon, licginning with one horse. During the first year that the water was on the market, he disposed of some 10,000 gallon lxittles. The second year's output was about 17.000 Initios, which by the third ye'ir had readied .U-7-9 bottles. The business continued to constantly increase and at the end of December. 1004. the company had disposed of for that ye -.r RS.000 bottles. There is no doubt but that the sales during 1905 will approach 100.000. People are more and more awaking to the fact that typhoid fever and other dire diseases arc introduced into the household through the water supply and careful heads of families, warned by intelligent medical men. are taking greater precautions than formerly. A pure, soft spring water seems the ideal drink.

The second remarkable feature on Mr. Onlhausen's farm, which also he has been able to turn inio a large source of revenue, is something of a phenomenon. There are only one or two other places in the United States, where similar phenomena exist. It is described *s a hole in the side of the hill, which is skirted by Shailyside avenue. Through this comes a strong current of clear, cold and absolutely dry air. .Voted scientists have visited the spot on many occasions and many of the university professors of Pittsburg have given considerable study to die phenomena. They agree that the primal cause must have been an earthquake at an carlv dav creating an internal vacuum and that the air probably enters the base of Ihe mountain at a coal kink at Walker's Station. Passing through the unknown openings in the heart of the mountain, it issues at the point above mentioned. All the strala of rock at the #base of the mountain are full of large crevices and fissures giving indications of disruption at some time in the past.

At the outlet of this natural, cold-air shaft. Mr. Olnhausen has erected two large cold storage warehouses, similar in ai>|icarance to those built at other points for the preservation of

I that not a pound of ice has ever l>een required to keep up the uniform temj>crature at 42 degrees Fahrenheit throughout the year. Space is

In addition to the above enterprises. Mr. Olnhausen is connected with other successful concerns. He was one of the promoters of the Pleasant Heights Land Company, which was incorporated in 180N and of which he is president; he also promoted the North Side Land Company, of which he is a director; and he is treasurer and director of the Sherwood Land Company, which he assisted in organizing. He is recognized as one of the able business men of East Liverpool and during his membership on the Citv Council advanced the city's interests with the same ability with which he has handled his own.

Mr. Olnhausen married Margaret L. Duff, who is a daughter of Samuel Duff, of Clarion County, Pennsylvania, an old iron master, who owned a charcoal furnace. They have t'"o children: Samuel, who is associated with his father in the spring water business: and Frederick, who is head decorator in the Globe Pottery, of Fast Liverpool. Mr. Olnhausen was reared, as mentioned, in the Lutheran faith, but his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically he is a Republican. He belongs to Alexander Hayes Post. No. 3. Grand Army of the Republic, of Pittsburg. Inking one of the charter members.

K3|HFISS BROTHERS, proprieiors and HrjM operators of large flouring mills at K rgfi Columbiana, liave been residents of LQjfc^J (he village for the past 30 years during which time they have won an . enviable reputation as the manufacturers of 1 first -class Hour. The business was started by their father, Conrad Thciss. in l8~~. at which ; time he located in Columbiana and erected his ! first mill. He was born in Germany in i8.>o ' and was there married to Rosina Mueller, by 1 whom he had seven children, alt of whom arc n<i\v living. Mrs. Theiss is now in her 78th year and makes her home with her son Henry, \ who is unmarried. Conrad Theiss was 50 years old when he came to America and tor seven years he lived in Pennsylvania, where he was engaged in farming. In 1877 he built his mill at Columbiana and was assisted in the work by his sons, the company being known as Theiss Sons. They did a very successful business and when the old mill was burned to the ground in 1884, it was at once rebuilt on a more modern basis. In 1885 a partner was taken in the business, which was conducted under the name of Theiss. Keg ley & Company until 1898, the sons carrying on the business after their father's death in 18**3.

In i8<)8 the Theiss sons purchased the interest of Mr. Kegley and continued the business alone. They remodeled and improved the building and machinery until they are equal to the best, with a capacity of from 250 to 300 barrels of Hour per day. Most of the output is disposed of in the Pittsburg market. Frederick and Henry have since purchased the interests of Peter and Philip.

Frederick Theiss was born in Germany iti 1804 and was educated in the common schools of America. He married l.ydia Altshoiise and is the father of three children. - Vera. Olive and Rosena.

IIknry Thliss is aNo a native of Germany and received his education in America. He is ,1 thorough man of business and stands high in commercial and fraternal circles. He is a prominent F.Ik, an Odd Fellow and a Mas. .ji.

HKMIT.J. T. I.AMBOKN. who is the . vvner ..f " Ten-ace Farm," a fine property of ton acres sitviated in section ! 14. I'litler township. now resides in a n mifortable home in the village of Winona, retired from all business activity. Mr. Fain!" rn wa< born February 14. 1841, and has spen: his life in this county. He is a sou of Clayton and Hannah 1 Test > Lamliom.

Society of Friends and has been of the strict hotly among them, known as Wilburites. which adopted the suggestions of John Wilbur, a godly man of that organization, who insisted that modem dress and falling off from the old customs of the sect must Ik? guarded against by still closer adherence to early forms and customs.

Townsend I-amborn, the grandfather of our subject, was l>orn in Chester County. Pennsylvania, which is largely settled by Friends and their descendants, and where the prosperity of the people attest the value of temperance. pn>b-» it y and thrift, virtues which peculiarly Itelotig to the "simple life." Roliert Lamborn. father of Townsend. followed William Pcnn to Pennsylvania, from England, and was the founder of the familv there.

Clayton I^amlxirn was l>orn m Delaware County. Pennsylvania, but was reared in Chester County, where he lived until 1835. when he came to Columbiana County, Ohio. Here he taught school for a time and later became a farmer in Perry township, owning a farm of too acres. I Ie died aged 85 years, having lived a long, worthy and consistent life. He married Hannah Test, who was bom in 181 1 in Butler township. Columbiana County, Ohio, w here she died aged 70 years. She was a daughter of Isaac R. Test, who was l>oni in New Jersey and came here with his father. Zacharias Test, in 1803. The father entered land for himself and his three sons. Isaac B.. Samuel and Benjamin, each receiving 160 acres, the most of it living in Butler township. Clayton ami Hannah Lamborn had three children, viz: Martha S.. who died aged 17 years: Lemuel T.. of this sketch: and Margaret F... who married Thomas Harmer. of Pennsville. Morgan County. Ohio.

Lemuel T. Lamliorn. our immediate subject, remained on his father's farm and attended the local schools until 21 years of age :>rd then farmed for a space of four years for an run. after which he worked in the roofing business for two years w ith (.". I I. Stratton, who did an extensive business over the county, including Salem and Fast Liverpool. When he withdrew from this business, he bought a small {arm of some 40 acres in the vicinity of Winona and lived there for eight years and then purchased the farm of 100 acres, which his son-inlaw nnw operates. For some years Mr. I.ambom was engaged in sheep raising, but later devoted his attention to general farming and dairying. At one time his land was quite heavily timbered in some parts, but now the larger part is under cultivation. Under the good management it has received the property has been converted into otic of the best farms of the township.

On November 12. 1868, Mr. Lamlxirn was married to Nancy Crew, who was born in 184J in Butler township, and is a daughter of Abram ami Jane ( Whinnery ) Crew, and to them were Ik)hi three children, viz : Emma, deceased, w ho was the wife of M. Luther Barker, of Westfield. Indiana, and who is survived by a son. Lawrence La Rne; Carrie J., who died in infancy : and Clarence Lanvill, who died aged nine years. Mr. Lamlx>rn was formerly a Republican, but for some years has been more in sympathy with the Prohibition party. For two years he was township assessor, has been township clerk and for some 10 years was township trustee.

CHARLES B. FISHER, one of the ' leading business men of East Liverpool, proprietor of "The Bostonian shoe store" in this city, was Iwrn at Wellsvillc, Ohio. Sqitember 21, 1870, and is a son of Jefferson and Josephine V. ( Bunting) Fisher.

The Fisher family is evidently of German extraction, although it has been settled on American soil for many generations. Paul Fisher, ihe great-grandfather of Charles B.. was born near Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, and it is recorded that both he and his son Samuel conversed fluently in the German language. It was Paul Fisher, a soldier of the Revolutionary W ar. who founded the family in Columbiana County. Ohio, to which section he came in pioneer days, near the beginning of the last century,

Samuel Fisher, son of Paul F'isher. and grandfather of Charles B.. was born at Sunbury. Pennsylvania, December 19. 1807. and accompanied his parents to Calcutta. Columbiana County. Ohio, possibly about 1813. Here he grew to manhood, receiving such instruction as was imparted in the little log school house near his father's farm, very little in comparison w ith w hat he acquired by himself in later years in association w ith men of affairs in this section. In 1836 he married Mary Richardson, who was horn December 20. 18 18, a daughter of Samuel Richardson. This lady still survives. Until the natural infirmities of advanced years made activity impossible, she was a very interested member "of the Presbyterian Church at Long's Run.

Samuel Richardson was a pioneer in Columbiana County, moving in January. 1802. upon his farm, a part of which now forms the sites of the towns of Negley and Camp Bouquet. He married Mary Blackledge. who was a daughter of William Blackledge, of Washington. Greene County. Pennsylvania. Samuel Richard was an extensive farmer and. as was the general custom of the day. conducted a tannery on his farm. His grandfather came to this country from England with William Petm and sett Jed. where Philadelphia now stands.

For the two years following his marriage, prior to purchasing what is known as the Fisher farm. Samuel Fisher farmed on a rented property, moving tlien to the valuable tract on which he spent the remainder of his life and where he died May 3. 1S80. This farm is now included in the city limits of East Liverpool, on the road leading to Calcutta. During the greater part of his life he carried on large agricultural operations on this farm, many of whose landmarks have already disappeared before the encroachment of growing business enterprises, and the time is not far distant when homes of great industries and private residences w ill have covered the whole extent.

Jefferson Fisher, son of Samuel and father of Charles P.. Fisher, was Imrn at the old home, opposite Rivervicw Cemetery, in the outskirts of Fast Liver|>ool. Ohio. June 3. 1843. and obtained his education in the local schools. Jefferson Fisher was married in 1871 to Jose- phine Virginia Bunting, who wasl>orn in Wellsville. Ohio, July 20, 1849. and was a daughter of Samuel and Mary (Gorrell) Bunting, the latter of Philadelphia. Samuel Bunting had hcen horn near Wellsville. Ohio, where he and his wife, Mary G.. built the family liomc and where they lived until the time of their death. To them were l>orn 10 children, namely: Mrs. Clarissa Carnes. Albert R.. Howard, Mary. William Calvin. Josephine Virginia. James Rol»ert. Elwood S., Mrs. Missouri B. Baker, and Ida M. Bunting. The children of Jefferson and Josephine V. Fisher were: Helen M.. who is the wife of Dr. J. Bert George, a well-known dental surgeon of East Liverpool: and Charles B.. the immediate subject of this sketch.

Mrs. Josephine Fisher contracted a second marriage "in 1898 with George S. Goodwin, one of the leading pottery manufacturers of East Liverpool, and who was a son of one of the pioneers in this important manufacturing industry in the West with which the Goodwinsfather, sons and grandsons - have always been prominently identified. This relation was and continued to Ixr a most happy one to the time of Mrs. Josephine (Fisher) Goodwin's death. February 19, 1902. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of East Liverjkto] and lived a consistent Christian life. She was an ornament in the l>cst social circles in East Liverpool and Wellsville. numbering her warm personal friends by the thousands, and Iteiug loved and esteemed by those who knew her best for her many shining virtues, as well as for her unostentatious deeds of charity and beneficence.