Columbiana County, Ohio - Chapter 20: The Towns and Townships - Iii, 1905 (part 6 of 19)

After returning from the army, Mr. Snrles attended school for a season and then removed to East Liverpool where he engaged with his brothers. Harry II. and George (".. in the brick-laying business. The former was appointed |)ostmaster of East Liveqtool by President Hayes and served eight years in the position. He died in 1N90 and was survived by George C. until n>oi. William II. 'Snrles was engaged in contracting with his brothers for many years under the firm name of Snrles lirothcrs and then engaged in a coal business. W hen be was appointed postmaster by President Mckinley, be soid out hit business interests and since then he has confined his attention exclusively to his official duties. These have lx-en vastly increased during the years of his incumbency. In this responsible poshiou he has shown the same qualities which made him the brave and faithful soldier, careful in the discharge of his duty and unswerving in his fidelity to his government.

Mr. Surle-» has a comfortable home and a pleasant domestic circle. He married Sarah J Allen, daughter of ("apt. Joseph Allen, of Heaver County, Pennsylvania, and they have two children: Charles 1\, who is bookkeeper for the I). H. McXicol Pottery Company, is marr-ied and has two children; and Ada S.. assistant postmaster, who married James S. Rinehart and has two daughters.

Politically a lite-long Republican, the present office is ihe first and only one he has ever accepted. He is a charter member of General Lyon Post. No. 44, G. A. R. and is past commander. In bis religions views he is a Methodist.

19 PETER A. I.ACHIE has ranked I ka tor ',:!'^ a century among the ablest 111 representatives of the lethal , profes- WBsS sion- -at the bar and on the bench - which Eastern Ohio has produced. He was born April _m. iRj<>. at Pittsburg. Pennsylvania. He read law in the office of Keith & Underbill at Ma>sil!on. Ohio, and while yet a young man was admitted to the bar at Ravenna in July, 1X54. and began to practice in the Columbiana County and in the State courts at once.

In August, 1861, lie entered volunteer service of the United Stares as 1st lieutenant of Company D, 19th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., and on January 1, i80j. was promoted to captain of Company H, in the same regiment. During the latter half of the Atlanta campaign ami the tall and winter of 1804-65. until his resignation. February 13, 1865, as ranking captain, in the absence of the major, he serv ed as major of his regiment. Whitclaw Reid's "Ohio In the War" mistakenly gives his name as ( apt. Peter A. Sanbie.

lie was chosen, and served as judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the Third (afterward the Fourth) Sub-Division of the Ninth Judicial District of Ohio, from NovemU'r 1, 1875, to February. 1885, and as judge of the Circuit Court -in the Seventh Judicial Circuit of Ohio - from 1'ebruary 9. 1885, lieing drawn to fill the short term, and then elected lor four consecutive terms of six years each, the last term expiring in February, 1911. This would round out an honorable career of 36 consecutive years upon the l>ench of the common pleas and circuit courts, all of which have been marked with ability of the highest order and a conscientiousness in the discharge of his high functions which the repeated calls to assume the grave responsibilities abundantly attest.

Salem has l>een his legal residence since 1854, although his duties as circuit judge have for many years precluded his continued and uninterrupted enjoyment of home life. In the earlier years of his residence in Salem, he served as mayor of the town (elected in 1856) and as a niemberot the Hoard of Education.

Judge l.auhie was married to Jane Williams, of Allegheny City. Pennsylvania, November 1. 1 848. Mrs, Laubte. with four daughters and one si.n. still survive. as follows: Laura Jane, wife of Lemuel Clizhe. of New York City; Lillie M . wife of Charles Tin nnson, of Washington, D. C. : Sarah, wife of Dr. James Campbell, of New York City: Marian, widow of Dr. Ira Samp-ell. of Cleveland, Ohio; and Ralph, a physician of Cleveland, Ohio. A bull daughter died in early . life.

|0I1N B. M« KINXON. a retired meia\ chant of Last Liverpool, was l>.ni April o. 1834, in Columbiana County, Ohio, and is a son of (ieorge 1). and Ada( Babb) McKintii-n. His paternal great grandfather was an Lpiscopalinn minister who came to America before the Revolution, Arriving here his sympathies were with the colonists but having sworn allegiance to the king in "taking orders" he would not be false to that oath and returned to F.ngland at the beginning of the war.

Joseph Mckmnon. his sun. remained behind to fight with the American troops and i was paymaster during the Indian wars. He I was the owner of 300 acres of land in Penn- ! sylvama which he sold, receiving bis pay in Continental money. This depreciated in value so much that what he received for his land would not have Ixnight one bushel of wheat. Having lost all his property in this way. he removed to Wellsburg, Virginia (now West V irginia), and later in 1795 to East Liverpool, Ohio, making his home w ith his children, lie taught school for many years near Calcutta and erected the tir>t frame house on Third street. This is near Market street and marks the place of his death June 22, 1809, at the age of 75 years, lie married Margaret Dillon, w ho died March J~, 1830, at the age of 73 years and six months. Their son, ( ieorge D.. is said to have been the first white child born in Columbiana County. Another child. Nancy, who became Mrs. Riley, lived to the extreme age of KH years and is buried in the Riley graveyard on the Riley farm, down on the lower Lisbon road.

(ieorge D. McKinnon was horn October to. 1705. on what is now the farm of Hunter Council in Liverpool township, in what is known as "California Hollow," Soon after this his parents moved to Fast Liverpool, where he l>ecaine a carpenter and lxiat-builder. In iliose davs ihe railroad* had not thrown their network of tracks across the country and the Ohio River furnished the chief means of transportation for the States bordering on it- Many lx>ats were needed to handle lite business. Mr. McKinnon purchased two tracts oi land along- the Ohio, one containing .20 acres and tile other 125. After working at his trade for many years he began clearing this land and then engaged in its cultivation. The business portion of the East End, East Livcrpnol. is located on this farm, w hich he had in cultivation Up to the time of his death, October 1 !, i8So. He was buried on his 85th birthday. He was a Mason, but as there was no lodge in East Liverpool in the very early days, it is supposed he must have taken the degrees in Wellsville. His wife, Ada (Babb) McKinnon, was born May 30, 1812, and who died September 7, 1804. She was a daughter of John Babb, who was liorn March 5, 17G8, and died August 18, 1X20. He was the first owner of Babb's Island, which he bought from the government. Mr. and Mrs. McKinnon had 11 children and raise* 1 10 of that number, namely: Margaret, who is the wife of Samuel Stewart, of East Liverpool ; John B. ; Rebecca, widow of Samuel Dohbs; Theophilus A., of I.os Angeles, California; Ada, w idow of W illiam Trice, of East Liverpool: George D.. deceased; Michael D.. of Holliday's Cove, West Virginia; Joseph B., of East Liverpool ; Zillah, widow of Robbins Davidson; and Nancy, wife of John Glazer, of Beaver County. Pennsylvania. The parents were nieml>ers of the Disciples Church.

John B. McKinnon was horn and reared in East Livct pml. He is a carpenter and worked at his trade until 1895. part of the time - from 1861 to 187.? - being employed by J. & J. McDonald, of Pittsburg. Aliout 1805 lie became associated with the Eorster brothers in the coal business and so continued until his recent retirement from active business. He married Jane Lark ins. a daughter of Henry Lnrkins. a pioneer potter of East Liverpool, and became the father of 10 children, of whom he reared mx, namely: Mary Delia, wife of Joseph Wise, of Pittsburg: Laura, wife of Janus S. Murd« <:k, of Willkinshnrg, Pennsylvania: Liila, wife of John Anderson; U. S.

of Wheeling; Annie, wife of Charles Jones, of Pittsburg; and Lillie, wife of E. W. Lcrtig. Mrs. McKinnon is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. McKinnon is a member of Davage Lodge, Xo. 374, E. & A. M., of Allegheny, Pennsylvania: and was I a member of Lodge, Xo. 362, 1, 0. O. E., of I Teinperanceville, Pennsylvania, and a charter member of Manchester Encampment. I. O. O. I'., of Allegheny. He is a Republican.

g~ON. (.FORGE P. 1K1RT, M. D., a well-known citizen of East Liverpool, has attained prominence not only in the practice of his profession and as a business man, but as a statesman as well, having served one term in Congress.

Dr. lkirt, on his father's side, is of German and Irish descent. His great-grandfather came from Germany late in the 18th centurv. George lkirt, grandfather of our subject, was a soldier in the War of 181 2. He afterward ! moved to Ohio, where he followed his trade as a millwright until his death in 1858. His son. Jacob J. lkirt, father of George P.. was Ixim at Lisbon, Ohio, in 1826, and in after life rose to prominence as a physician. In youth he learned the carriage-maker's trade at Lexington, Kentucky, but returned to Ohio, upon reaching his majority, and began the study of medicine. After the usual preliminary reading, he practiced in the West for several years, then returned and completed a course of study in Starling Medical College at Columbus, Ohio, receiving the degree of M. D. He was then located at West Point, Columbiana County. Ohio, until 1875, when he moved to East Liverpool, where he practiced until his death I in l8<;8. He married Elizabeth Fife, a daugh- 1 tcr of Joseph Fife, who was one of General ! Jackson's scouts at New Orleans in the War of , 1 Si 2. After the war's close. Joseph Fife and : his bride came to Columbiana County. Ohio, on horseback. His father. James Fife, born in Ireland of Irish ancestry, came to ihe I 'nite I Stales in early manhood and ended his days in Pennsylvania. Dr. Jacob J lkirt and his wife became parents of four children, of w hom one died in infancy. 1 1 1 . se living are: George I'.; Kate 1., wife of A. II. Clark; ami .Mary C, widow of Charles K. Cnnv,

George I'. Ikirt was born near West Heaver Church, Culunibiaiia County. Ohio, in i J. and received a preliminary education 111 the district and Lisbon schools. At the age of I" years he began teaching school and at the same time pursued the study of the law under lion. Jonathan II. Wallace, but ill health compelled him to give up lx>th work and study. He went upon the farm until he regained his health, ami then began the study of medicine in his father's ollice. i le next attended a course of lectures at Columbus, after which he matriculated at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, from w hich he was graduated in 1877. Shortly after, he embarked in practice at Kast Palestine, and a few year.-, later located at Hast Liverpool, where he continued four years. At the end of that period he entered licllevue Hospital Medical College, from which he obtained a diploma in iXSj. Since that year he has practiced with unvarying success at Last Livcqiool. having the unqualified confidence of his patients and the public in general.

Since early manhood, Dr. Ikirt lias taken a deep interest in political affairs and has been a hard worker for Democratic success. In 18X4 he founded the Crisis, a Democratic paper, which strongly advocated fct'fers.uiian principles.* Ilccomiug very pipular with his party, the Doctor was in i8N8 honored with the nomination of his party for Congress, ihe opposing candidate being "Ohio's favorite son." William McKinley. It was a noble effort in a Republican stronghold, and although he was defeated the good active campaign served to increase the confidence of the Doctor's constituents in him. lie hail previously been instrumental in causing the nomination of his early preceptor, Judge Wallace, for Congress and successfully managed the campaign that followed. Doctor Ikirt was again (lie pnrlv nominee for Congress in 1 80-. and alter one of the hottest contests in the old 1 Sth Congressional District, which was noted for its hard light, lie was elected by a good majority as a member of the 53rd Congress. 1 le was a faith- ! ml and zealous Representative and gained these commendatory words from "Czar" Need, after a running debate before the ways and means i committee: "I le is as ready in respmse as was Sunset Cox, and he is Jacks.. inian to the core." In accord with his convictions he broke 011 the 1 silver question, with President Cleveland, whom ; he had twice helped to elect, and also voted against the burden of additional bonds being laid upon the shoulders of the people, when it could have been avoided by, he believed, carrying out Democratic principles. The Doctor re fused a second nomination tendered him without opposition and, while he takes an active interest in politics, has since devoted his time to his professional and business interests. He is the owner of the Ikirt Hlock, in which his offices, are located, at the corner of Fifth and Market streets.

In 187^. Doctor Ikirt was joined in mar- [ riage with Mary L. llasson. a daughter of I Jonathan Hasson. She died in 1876, leaving one son. Frank II. In 1880 our subject married Mary H. Holmes, of Alliance, Ohio, and they have had seven children, namely: Horace Holmes. Cieorgella; Mary R. ; Olive I-..: Jacob J.: Virgil C. and Geraldine 15. Dr. Ikirt has been a nicmlicr of the United Presbyterian Church since boyhood.

^^fl'IILlIT WIRSCHIXG, who is vice- I PI president and superintendent of the I BM W'irsching Organ Company, of IbBS Salem, manufacturers of church organs of the highest grade, also concert organs and chamber organs for private resiliences, was born at P.ensheiiu, Germany, February 7, 185S. ami is a son of Jacob and Katberine 1 Krick ) W'irsching.

The parents of Mr. W'irsching were born i in the same part of Germany as himself. The ! father devoted bis whole life to the tanning business. Our subject and one sister are the j only survivors of the family and she resides in 1 Germany.

cational advantages, including seven years in the gymnasium at Wucrzburg. Then lie ber inic an apprentice to the organ building business at winch he remained four years. During this time he continued his studies in mat hematics and drawing and thus cultivated a natural -.uecitanicai talent which later resulted itt the completion of the magnificent musical instruments, by the means of which his name has become s<> widely known. After finishing his apprenticeship, he worked in organ factories in all branches of the business, and .-.s a skilled organ builder came to Salem. Ohio, in 1886. Here he worked for two years and then organized the Wirsching Church Organ Company, of which he was superintendent and general manager for about seven years. On account of prevailing hard times, this company was not successful and the business was closed out, after which Mr. Wirsching l>ecame associated with the great organ house of Farrand & Yotev, of Detroit, for two years and for a like period with the W. W. Kimball Company, of Chicago.

During these four years his family had resided at Salem and Mr. Wirsching now returned to this city and reengaged in business under his own name for six years. The unprecedented expansion of the business led Mr. Wirsching to consider the formation of a stock company and his plans were perfected on February ). too:, when the Wirsching Org-n Company was organized, w ith a capital stock of $3o.rxx). The officers of the company are all men of [imminence and substance. William f.. Doming being president: W. W. Mulford, secretary and treasurer, and Pbilipp Wirsching. superintendent and vice-president, (he b>ard of directors including the officer* and D. Day's. C. C. Snyder. Charles T. Krooks and Walter F. Doming.

The large plant eroded by tin's company consists of four buildings, div'ded thus: First, metal pipe department: second, voirng; tlrrd. erecting rumi. and fourth, the uridin e shop. AM departments are fully rquipt'ed with all the latest modern machinery for die business rmd in addition the company has the advantage of possessing Mr. Wirsching's own methods of construction. dilTerent from any elsewhere in use, and which are amply protected by patents Shipments are made all over the country, the first order filled being a magnificent instrument set up in the .art room of Steinway Hall, New York City. The capital stock has been increased to $35,000 and the prediction is made that it will be doubled within the ensuing year. The business demands Mr. Wirsching's whole time, leaving him none to devote to politics ami little to fraternal life, although he is a stanch Republican and a member of the Elk* and the Royal Arcanum.

In 1887 Mr. Wirsching married Anna A. White, a native of Salem, and they have these children: Arthur. Clarence Eddy. Elizalvth IF. Mary and Charles Pbilipp. several of whom show indications of inheriting their father'1; genius.

IOMAS J. McNICOL. president of The Salem China Company, of Salem, and a practical and experienced potter, was born at East Fiverpool, Ohio, August .1. 1858. and is a son of Patrick ami Fllen ( Johnson f McNicol The parents of Mr. McNicol were horn in Ireland and were there reared, but were mar tied in America. Patrick McNicol came to America with the intention of locating at East Liverpool. Ohio, where he expected to secure work at his trade of potter. He reached Pillsburg. Pennsylvania, in 1850. and Moated in a skiff down the river to East Liverpool Mr. McNicol was a good workman and he was employed in the potteries in East Liverpool until some seven years before his death, which cveut - ccuncd November 13, 1804. His widow stdl resides in tint ritv. Of their -even children six survive, all residents of Columbiana County, viz. : Thomas ]., of this sketch: Pal rick, vice president of The Standard Pottery Company, of Fast Liverpool; and Margaret. Mary A.. Daniel IF an<l Charles A.

Our subject attended school at East Fiverpool until he w as 1^ years old ami has always resided in Columbiana County. As soon as his school days were over, he went into the pottery with his iailier, although from childhood he had been in and around potteries ami knew all the details of the business long Ijcfore he began to be a paid worker. lie began making jugs and worked for one firm at East Liverpool for five or six years, using the old hand jigger, which was later supplanted by the steam jigger. Mr. McNicol was then made foreman of the clay-shops in which position he served for a year, and then took charge of the engines and returned to jigging. In 1S09 he removed to Salem and, in association with Cronin & Smith, organized a company to build the works of The Salem China Company. It is an incorporated company, of which Mr. McNicol has been president since its organization. He has personal charge of the clay department in the factory, in which 150 hands are employed. It requires a great deal of practical knowledge as well as tact and judgment to operate a large business of this kind, and the success which has attended Mr. McNicol testifies to his possessing both. This factory is one of the largest industrial plants of the county and is owned entirely by its operators.

In 1877 Mr McNicol was married to Mary A. Dechant. who was born at East Liverpool. Ohio, and is a (laughter of George and Annie Dechant. They have two children: John and Carroll, the former of whom is employed in his father's office. Mr. McNicol is a member of the Catholic Church.

KSON- J°NATIIAN HASSON WALh wfa LACE, deceased, for many years a I 1 1 prominent citizen of Lisbon, was one fiaSl of the most eminent lawyers of this section of Ohio. He was horn in St. Clair township. Columbiana County, Ohio, October ,?t. i8j4. and was a son of Robert and Mary (Hasson) Wallace.

Robert Wallace, father of our subject, was born in Ireland of Scotch parentage. Upon coming to this country, he resided for a time in Washington County. Pennsylvania, then 1 moved to Columbiana County. Ohio, where lie lived the remainder of his days. He was joined in marriage with Mary Hasson, a daughter of Jonathan Hasson, who removed from Pennsylvania to Columbiana County, Ohio, early in the 19th century.

Left fatherless at an early age, Jonathan IT. Wallace was indebted for careful early training and for the liberal education he afterward received to the thrift and energy of his mother, lie worked on the farm and attended school as he had the opportunity, and when sufficiently advanced was sent to Beaver Academy under the tutelage of Messrs. Olmstead. McClellan and Coulter, and later to select school at Calcutta, Ohio, under R. C. Elliott and D. C. Red. I le entered Washington College in the spring of 184.1, and maintained a fair standing in his class. After graduation with the class of 1844, he taught school two seasons in the northern part of Columbiana County. Having selected the profession of the law as his life work, he read in the office of Umstaetter & Stanton, the junior member of tT>e firm being E. M. Stanton, afterward Secretary of War in the cabinet of President Lincoln. Upon completing his course, he was admitted to the Uir in 1K47, and was then taken into partnership with his preceptors. This partnership continued until the senior partner mined to Pittsburg, and Judge Wallace was subsequently associated with different men. including W. K. Gaston and Hon. Nathan B. Billingsley. He was an unswerving Democrat and took an active interest in political affairs. In 185 1 he was elected prosecuting attorney of his native county, in which office he served two years. In 1864 he represented his district as delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Chicago, which nominated General McClellan for the presidency. In 1875, without his solicitation or know ledge, he w as placed in nomination by bis party for the office of judge of the Court of Common Picas, the district comprising Carroll and Columbiana counties, but he was defeated. In i88j lie was elected to Congress, defeating the Republican nominee, William McKinlev, and served one term. In 1885 he was appointed by Governor Hoadly as judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the Fourth

Sub-Division of the Ninth Judicial District to fill the unexpired term ol" Judge Peter A. Laubie, resigned. Me was thereafter senior member of the firm of Wallace, Billingsley & Tayler, of Lisbon, until bis death, which occurred Octoter 29, 1892.

As a lawyer Jtnlge Wallace occupied a leading rank at the bar of Eastern Ohio. He had a very large law practice and during his professional career was connected with many cases of decided prominence, notably the Mead murder trial in 1875, in which he assisted the State prosecution. His address to the jury on that occasion is represented as being one of the finest and most convincing forensic addresses ever delivered in Columbiana County. In an obituary published at the time of his death, be is described as "a man of great energy and perseverance, line social qualities and irreproachable integrity." It is also said that "personally he was very popular and there was no man in the county who possessed the confidence and esteem of the public in a more marked degree." At a meeting of the Bar Association of Columbiana County, action was taken with reference to his decease! in which the following high tribute is paid: "His personal character was of the very highest order ; exemplary rectitude and wise sobriety adorned his whole life. He was the very soul of honor in all the relations of life. His courtly, yet modest manners, his kindness and gentleness of nature, his warm social impulses, his unvarying courtesy, his almost unexampled regard for the feelings of others, his charity for human frailties, his unfailing patience toward all men, his love for his family, his attachment to his friends and his devotion to every duty, not alone endeared him to every one who knew him but exemplified in him the highest and truest characteristics of human greatness." In agreement with such an estimate of his character was the respect manifested on the occasion of his interment. All the memters of the liar were in attendance and he was carried to his last resting place by the most honored residents of the community, while the large company attendant attested the sorrow which filled all hearts over the loss of so vvi.rthy a citizen ami so esteemed a friend.

Judge Wallace was married August 5, 1848, to Elizabeth E. McCook, fifth daughter of the eminent physician, Dr. George McCook, deceased. Her death occurred April 29, 1881. To this union were born four children, of whom three now live, namely: Mary W ., wife of Hon. Nathan 15. Billingsley, a record of whose life appears elsewhere in this work; Lizzie H., wife of Dr. H. F. Cunningham; and George M. All are residents and esteemed citizens of Listen.

SAAC I\ FARMER, who has followed his profession of civil engineering since 1 805 and has been surveyor of Columl^v^il 1 liana County, Ohio, for more than a quarter of a century, has teen a resident of Listen since 1858. Mr. banner was tern at Richmond, Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1832, and is a son of Dr. William Fanner and his wife, Mary Parker.

Since its early days, the Farmer family has been settled in Ohio. John Farmer, grandfather of our subject, was the original proprietor of the site of Salincville and laid out that town. For many years he manufactured salt there, making use of the evaporation process. Dr. William Farmer, his son, accompanied him to Columbiana County in 1804. By profession a physician and surgeon, he practiced tor many years in Jefferson and Columbiana counties, dying in the latter county in 1858, survived but a short time by bis widow. They resided for 21 years at Salincville. Of the family, our subject, a brother and two sisters survive.

Isaac P. Farmer was mainly reared in Jefferson County, but learned his profession of civ il engineering in this county. This he has followed continuously, with the exception of a period during the Civil War. when he served as a member of Company K, 143rd Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf. He has, been elected some eight or ten times to the office of county surveyor and his years of service aggregate over a quarter of a century. He has rilled other political offices at various times. Politically be is a Republican.

Cornwcll. a daughter of Peter Cornwcll. who was formerly sheriff, for two terms, of Columbian a County. Mrs. Farmer died in 1 KKS, leaving one daughter, who is the wife of II. H. Wright, of l.ishon. Some eight years since, Mr. Farmer erected one of the tine residences which serve to make I.jslxm a very beautiful city.

For many years Mr. Fanner lias been a Mason, belonging to the l.ishon lodge and chapter and to the Salem commandery. He is also a valued mcmlxrr of Star Post, Grand Army of the Republic. His portrait appears on a foregoing page.

IJPTTH A WEAVER, one of Fast Liverf b| I pool's successful merchants, is cn- K 4 n jl gaged in the wholesale Cotifcction- E'A^tfj crv amj grocers' sundries business and is also mayor of the city. Ikis a man of ability and strong moral fibre and enjoys the confidence and esteem of his fcllowciti/c:is to a man.

Mr. Weaver was l>orn in Greene County. Ohio, in iSV>. and is the oldest of live children Ixtrn to l.oms and Mary A. f Johns- m ) We i \ or. He has two sisters residing at Cleveland.-- Mrs. Sarah C. * 1T< >n and Mr-;. Minnie Clegg. Fonts Weaver was a teacher by occupation, having rcccFcd a college educatou, and also worked as a skilled mechanic and wagon-maker. During the Civil War he served as a member of Comjrmy A, 143rd Reg.. Ohio Vol. Inf. lie moved with his family from Greene Coun'.y, Ohio, to near Salincvillc, Columbiana County, where he died in 1868. His widow lias resided in Cleveland lor (be past 35 yell's. John S. Weaver, a son. is identified with our subject in business at F ist Liverpool.

W. A. Weaver accompanied his parents from his native county to Columbiana Ovnty where he was reared in Washington township. From the tin e he was 1 1 years old until he was I s years of age )lc worked in the c< al mines about Salincvilic. then went to his mother's home at Cleveland, where he was a newsboy for about a year. He then returned to Sdiueville and for a year worked in the mines, atlemhtig night school in the nieitilinie. lie next went to Jefferson County for some three years, residing with the president of Richmond College, working his way through the school. ; After the death of the president. L. W. Ong. he moved to Wellsville. ( )hio, where he entered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company as a brakeman. He was promoted to conductor but at the end of the third year, on account of ill health, changed to the passenger baggage ami brakeman service of that road, lie left the employ of that company in 1884 and Itccame agent at Wheeling. West Virginia, for the Travelers' Insurance Company, of 1 lartford. Connecticut. A year later he went to a larger field with special agency headquarters at Cleveland, supervising the work of Eastern Ohio and from Buffalo to Chicago. He remained with that company until 1887, when he came to (Cast Liverpool, anil purchased an interest in a wholesale fruit and confectionery store, in partnership with W. F. Moore. The business was conducted under the firm name of W. F Moore \- Company until 1893. when Mr. Weaver became sole proprietor. He has since conducted the business in a most successful maimer. He is a Prohibitionist in politics, and in April. 1903. was elected mayor of tlie j city, being the second of his [tarty ever thus ; liororcd. He has brought (o the discharge of >i- duties as mayor the same business ahiliu - and good judgment that have always chat- :<-:(.-! ;-/i.d his own transactions, and has given the city .11 excellent administration.

Mr. Weaver was married in Columbiana County to F.mma F. Berry, who was born m IcfYerson County. Ohio, and is a daughter "t John and Barbara Berry, bath now deceased. She has a brother. George A. Berry, a succe-sful fruit merchant on Sixth street, who h aheen a resident of F.asl Liverpool for some 18 years. Three children have blessed this union ; Louis ]'... who manages his father's business; Minnie Goldie, a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music, who spent one year i 1 ' l.einsic. Germany, perfecting her musical edn- I cation; and Mary Mildred, who also spent o <- ' year in the Royal Conservatory of Mtis'e 1

Leipsic. Fraternally, our subject i< a rncmlier of the Royal Arcanum and the knights of Pythias, at Fast Liverpool, In religioivs attachment he is a member of the First Methodist Fpiscopid (. hurch and is a member of the board of trustees, lie has a comfortable home at \i>. jit) Pennsylvania avenue, where he and ! his family are mo rounded hy many friends

VTTUKW KIEFY McKlNNON, a retired farmer of East Liverpool, was horn in Columbiana County, Ohio, February 18, 1825, and is a son of Michael and Elizabeth I C amenm 1 McKinnon. His great-grandfather came to America before the Revolutionary War. He was an Episcopalian clergyman and. having sworn allegiance to the king when he was ordained, he returned to England when the war commenced, rather than violate his oath or give aid where his sympathies were not.

Joseph McKinnon, his son, grandfather of our subject, remained in America to light. He was a school teacher and farmer by occupation. He lost his property in Pennsylvania and finally came, in I ~ « » 5 . to East Liverpool. Ohio, where he died June 22. i8o<>, at the age of 75 years, lie taught school for some years a!1er coming to this county in a schoolhouse near Calcutta. His wife, Margaret (Dillon) McKinnon. died March 27, 1830, at the age of 73 years and six months.

Among the children of Joseph and Margaret 1 Dillon 1 McKinnon. was Michael Mc- Kinnon. the father of our subject, who was born August 1, 1781. at Kaecoon, Washington (. otii'ly, Pennsylvania. He was but a lad when the family settled in Columbiana County, lie devoted his life to agriculture. lie first purchn-ed 30 acres of land and added to it from time to time until he had acquired 123 acres. The original farm of 30 acres is now the home of our subject and he has the parchment deed to the same, dated July 2. iKii. Michael McKinnon was a stock -raiser and general fanner who made his money by putting in a large acreage of wheat winch was always certain to find a ready market. He w as a Democrat and trustee of the township for many years. He was married three times and raised a large family of children. His fust union, made January 24, fNoj,. was with Jane Coy an, daughter of John Covan. She was bom September 1. 17S0, and died .Maich*i2. 1822. leaving the following children: Mary 15., deceased, horn January 27, 1805, who was the wife of Ceorgc Smith; Sarah, deceased, born April 13. 1807, w ho married Jonathan Dungan ; Alfred, deceased, bom December 5. 1809; Margaret, deceased, born April 3, j.Sij; John, born June 7, 1818: and Michael, Jr., born March 4. 1822. On May 22, 1823, the father of our subject was united in marriage with Elizabeth Cameron, a woman of Scotch descent, who bore him five children, viz. : Jane, l>orn February 2i), 1824, and married to William Miller, October 2, 1845; Matthew Riley and Nancy (twins), horn February 18, 1825, the latter dying in infancy; Zillah. bom March 9. 1827. married to Ceorgc S. Darker September 24. 1846, and deceased October 5. 1851 ; and Ruth Ann. born March 22, 1829. and married to Matthew Thompson. Mrs. McKinnon died March 18. 1832. Michael McKinnon w.ts married the third time on March 5. 1833. Nancy Murphy becoming his wife. He died April 27, 1S74. and his wife 0:1 December 6, 1884.

Matthew Riley McKinn'on received his schooling in the old log scln m >ihouse of pioneer times and devoted his fife to agricultural pursuits. In his farm property was brought within the city limits of F.ast Fiver|vnot and. as it was a very desirable residence locapoti. Mr. McKinnon had it laid out in city lots and gave his time to selling and looking after it. His own handsome residence on Calcutta street is one of the finest in the city ami is complete r ud modem in every particular. It contains 14 rooms and was erected at a cost of §f>.;no. Mr. McKinnon has been twice married: first to M rtha Arbnckle. w ho left the following children : Antne. who is at home: Harrv. of Will-in shurg, Pennsylvania ; Frank, who.lives In California; Clarence, who went West to seek his fortune: and Maude, who is the wife of

Harry Smith. Mr. McKinnon chose for his second wife the widow of his brother-in-law, Samuel Arbuckic, ami a daughter of Capt. Avery Graham. Mr. McKitinon is a Republican. While he is not a church member his family have !>eeii attendants of the Presbyterian Church and his parents were strong in that faith. His father gave $500 toward starting the first church in East Liverpool.

IBhSI poriant industries of this city. Its extensive plant is located on the corner of Broadway and Sixth street, where employment is given 200 people; 14 general ware kilns and 6 decorating kilns arc operated and a Hue line of china ami yellow ware is produced.

The history of this plant ltegan in 1862 when John Goodwin established the business and built the plant and for some years operated it individually. Business increased and in 1867 a company was formed, composed of A. J. Marks, Enoch Riley. John Nevill and others, and the business was carried on as A. J. Marks & Company. Shortly afterward more capital was needed and the business was sold by the company to John McXicol, who later sold it - to Patrick McXicol. William Burton. Sr., William Burton, Jr., Michael McClure, Adolph Fritz and others. As time went on. these capi talists became interested in other enterprises and one by one disposed of their stock here and the present company was formed, with Daniel E. McXicol as president and William L. Smith, secretary and treasurer. In 1892 the business was incorporated with a capital of $100,000. Under new and favorable auspices the company prospered and the increasing demand for the products of th:s ph:it give every evidence of the intrinsic worth of the goods manufactured here and the stamp of approval upon the business methods of its owners.

!") \ N*r 11. E. McXicol. president of The D. E. McXicol Pottery Company, of Ivist Liverpool, was lorn in this city in 1856, and is a son of John and Mary (McCarron) McXicol. The late John McXicol was formerly the ! owner of the present lottery plant and long I was identified with pottery interests here. He i was a well known and highly respected citizen. ; His five sons are all connected with pottery i interests, these being: Daniel E., of this sketch; . Hugh A., president of The Potters' Co-Operative Company, operating the Dresden Pottery W orks at East Liverpool ; and John C, George P. and Thomas A., all connected with East Liverpool potteries. His two daughters reside at East Liverpool.

Daniel E. McXicol was educated at East Liverpool and since 1876 has been connected with the pottery company of which he became president in 180,2. He understands all the practical workings of a |>ottery and thus is well equipped for the management of its many interests. Mr. McXicol has a pleasant home in East Liverpool and has six children. He belongs to the Catholic Church.

William L. Smith, secretary and treasurer of The D. E. McXicol Pottery Company, of East Liverpool, has l)cen identified with it since its incorporation in 1892. He was lorn in 1857 at Wellsville, Ohio, and is a son of A. Smith, who was formerly in the lumber business in Columbiana County.

William Smith, the paternal grandfather, came here in pioneer days and settled on a farm four miles from Wellsville, on which the father of William L. Smith was born. The mother of William L. Smith was a (laughter of John McGregor, who came to Columbiana County from Scotland at an early day and followed farming.

Mr. Smith with his brother, now a resident i of Pittsburg, and several sisters, were educated | in the public schools. At maturity, he became i engaged with his father in the lumber husi- 1 ness at Enst Livertool and later continued alone ' until he took up his present line of business.

Mr. Smith married a lady who was lorn in j Trenton, Xcw Jersey, and they have five children, all of them lx;rti in Columbiana County. In politics he is 71 Repulilicm. lie is a member of the Board of Public Service of East

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Liverpool and is chairman of llic Republican township committee, ami :s variously interested in the organizations winch further public improvements, lie is a member of the Pittsburg lodge of Elks.

vVJI.) W. Met I.OSkEY, cashier of ;} w; the First National Bank of East | M\ Palestine, a well-known capitalist and financier . was lx>rn in iX/xj near New Waterford. Columbiana County, and belongs to one of the old pioneer families of this section, lie is a son of Benjamin Allen McCloskcy and Lueretia Taylor, his wife.

The McCloskey family, which is so well and favorably known through this part of Ohio, was founded in this State by W illiam Mc- Closkey. our subject's great-grand father, as early as iSoj. lie was liorn in Ireland, emigrated to Ohio and settled in the southwest epiarter of section 22. Unity township. Columbiana County. 1 le married a Miss McCalla and they had two sons, - Thomas and David. The latter was born in the home which was then a house of hewed logs, in the midst of almost a wilderness, and grew to manhood surrounded by pioneer conditions. He grew up a practical fanner and purchased 144; - acres of laud in section 18, Unity township, of another pioneer named Samuel Keyes. He married Martha Johnson, who was born in Brownsville. Pennsylvania. Our subject'- grandmother has long since passed away but a sister still survives m (lie person of Sit-. K-ther Harris, who has passed the century mark. Benjamin Allen was the only son Ixirn to David and Martha ( Johnson) McCloskcy. David Met 1< skey added to his farm until he owned 1701.. 1 acres; in addition to this property, which came as a heritage to his sou, the latter has added acres adjoining and also owns .(_> ticres in the vicinity of New Waterford. At that time the growing of slice]) was the large industry and David McCloskcy frequently hail flocks ranging from 300 to 41x1. He used to take his great loads of wool himself and dispose of them to Matthew Elder, a well-known dealer at that time. Mr. McCloskcy was considered a wealthy man in his day. lie died September 17. 1881, aged 71 years, four months and one day. His wile did not survive hint long, dying December 24, 1*87. aged 73 vears, three months and if) days.

Hei ijannn Allen McCloskcy, father of our subject, w as named for a prominent old pioneer of Columbiana County. He was liorn in September. 1842, and was six months old when he moved w ith bis parents to the farm he occupies. Although he docs not make sheep growing as large a feature of his agricultural operations as did his father, on account of the tariff laws making it less profitable, he still continues in the business, for some years past merely superintending the work on his place. He erected a fine modern home north and w est of the old one and takes great pleasure in its comforts, being a man devoted to home and familv. He was one of the main organizers of the First National Bank of Fast Palestine, of which his eldest son is cashier, and is one of its board of directors.

Benjamin A. McCloskey married Lucrctia Taylor, who is a daughter of Judge Samuel and Charity (Mercer) Taylor, the former of whom was of Lawrence County. Pennsylvania, and for 10 years w as judge of the court at New Castle. lie married Charity Mercer, of Lisbon, and they had 15 children, - -eight sons and seven daughters. Mr. and Mrs. McCloskey have four children, namely: David who is cashier of the hirst National Bank of East I'alestine; and Florence. Charles and Bessie, all at home.

David W. McCloskey was born in the old family home, attended the local schools and then entered Mount Union College, where he was graduated in 1880.. After his return home, he engaged in farming for himself for to years and then went to Cleveland, there entering the Market National Bank w ith the object of learning the business from the ground up. which cost him considerable. Natural aptitude and close and careful application brought aliotit the desired result in the course of time and when bis education was completed he looked

In selecting East Palestine as a desirable point at which to establish a bank, Mr. Mc- Cli iskey to<jk many tilings into consideration and the success of the venture has proven his wisdom and foresight, for he and his father were the main organizers of the First National Bank. Although aged but a little over two years, it has already become classed with the soundest financial institutions of the State. Having capital of his own to invest, he was able to easily interest a number of Cleveland capitalists in the phut, and the result was that on March _\ mio.v the First National Hank of F.ast Palestine commenced business. The officers of this bank are: William C. Wallace, president; William Johnston, vice-president: David W. McCloskey, cashier; and Max W. I Sever, assistant cashier. The board of directors is unusually large and each name stands tor business capacity and financial stability, viz. : W illiam C. Wallace. Finch Winter.' S. M. Moon. John Kipp. \\. A. McCloskey. M. W. I Iv-cr, William |ohnston. Fli llarman and Austin D. Mildinc. of F.ast Palestine; F. W. Powers, of Negley ; F. IS. Fngcr. of Petersburg; and William K. Pose, cashier of the Market National Hank, of Cleveland.

The business of the bank is conducted with a paid-up capital of SJ5.0.JO. It is purely a banking one and the accounts of firms, corporations and individuals arc solicited and arc Intuited with care. A livings department is connected with the bank, where every safeguard is given depositors and reasonable interest is given on small savings. This is a great advantage to the people id Fast Palestine ami they have shown much appreciation. F.very facility is given those dointr business with this bank to transact it epiictly and expeditiously, the courteous attention shown by all the officials being a pleasant feature. From the beginning there has lieen a healthy increase in business. The deposits have grown from S30.41.v75 0,1 April 1. toov to $t<~>7,5.VVlK on March 14. 1005. A report of the condition of the bank at the close of business on May 21, MJ05. shows a still more satisfactory condition.

Mr. McCloskey still retains his valuable farm in the vicinity of Rogers in this county, which is under rental, and 111 addition he owns one of the beautiful residences of Fast Palestine, which is constructed of concrete blocks, closely resembling and cijtiaHv as well adapted lor building purposes as stone. Mr. Mc- Closkey is hiiane.allv interested in the Concrete Artificial Stone Company of Fast Palestine.

In 1X90 Mr. McCloskey was married to Susan H. Morns, who is a daughter of the late Samuel Morris, of Rogers, Columbiana County, and they have two children. - Martha and Kersey.

Fraternally he is connected with the Knights of Pythias and the Knights of the Maccabees. Me is one of the city's progressive business men and broad minded, public spirited citizens.

jj)H F SFA RFS CHINA COMPANY. To say of a firm that it is prominent and progressive, is to impute to or recognize in such a firm a striking continuation of ability, energy ami merit that set it apart i'piu most firms of its class, and picture it as intently pursuing a onirse somewhat outside the common pathway trodden by the multitude. The Sevres China Company, of F.ast l.ive)>«<l. Ohio, and I )crrv Station, Pennsylvania, might be regarded as such a linn, being organized in 1100, succeeding The Sebring Poitery Company, and installing the only printing device for color and gold ever invented for the pottery trade, invented and patented by W. II. Deidnck. vicepresident "f the company.

So accurate! v. so ingeniously and so nnicklv doe- this machine do its work that the products of this firm, especially in gold-printed borders of the most Itcautiful designs, have found such a market among the leading jobbers and large dealers of decorated pottery in the United States that this firm was compelled to double its capacity. After securing a quarter of a million output ai their Fast Liverpool plant, the company has recently taken over the "-kiln plant of The Deny China Company. Derry

Station, Pennsylvania, on tlie Pennsylvania Railroad, to he known as The Sevres China Company, Plant No. _>. This will enahle the progressive tirni to nun on? half a million of their l^antitnl decorated wares upon a body of setu -porcelain that is unexcelled.

William H. Cooke, tlie superintendent of IxHh plants, is a potter of ^5 years standing, having been educated and schooled in England among the hest pottery manufacturers there, lie has to his credit 1 5 years of experience in \:iu*riean manufacture of semi-porcelain that has never hcen rpiesrioned and his production, iii the Isegimiing hearing The Sevres China Company trade-mark as now, has Income one of the standard makes among the joHscrs and implies reliability wherever found, under ahsolute guarantee : not a piece has ever heen found wanting, tliei'ehy giving universal ^atisfact'oii.

II. A. KeiTcr. the president of the pr> n- ]>erous company, is a man rath.cr of deeds than words, who has made the making of pottery wares and marketing of the same his life studv and has heen successful. lie differs from most men in many respects, and is hoth philosophical and especially individualistic, lie is a man of prominence and influence in his community, hut his ;«;>v is not ace muted lor hv anv parade or sel 1 -assertion, On the contrary his manner is nniet and his w .ids are few ; he is a stranger to a contentious spirit and contents hinisel' with erdmlv f ..:tt e: !ii>lnlintr life's eddying current, as he steers his hark clear of the rocks and shoaN. He readily compasses situations, correctly estimates nien antl things, and logically form* his conclusions regarding them : in truth, he kirks the world before him. least respecting those ttalles which annoy the minds of most men. I lis _>5 years experience as secretary of the Dresden potlery enahles him to define with credit his duties as head of his growing pottery institution, whose name "Sevres" dates hack to the oldest and hest French productions, whose wares command to-day more money value than any in existence.

The specialties manufactured hy The Sevres China Company are especially worthy of mention, as being uiruue and irhunal. and sufficiently attractive to meet with ready sale:

J. 1.. Higley, secretary and treasurer of the company, who is a business man of long standing in Cleveland' and Canton, his home town, has become especially attracted to the pottery industry. His clear conception of business principles and ideas, coupled with the discipline w :th which he handles the office affairs of this company, adds greatly to its flourishing and financial conditions.

The company plant is situated at the corner of Second and Market streets, occupying the entire block. It may be viewed any day of the year as one of the busiest and most enterprising potteries in the Ohio \'al!ev di-trict.

vA/IF.K K 1 I CTC1I FS< )\\ M 1)., one of the leading pin sviaiis and surgeons not only 1 if Wcllsviile. his place of revdruce. U't of thjs section of the State, was ly,rn at I .andishnrg. 1'errv Comity. Pennsylvania. December 14. lo'Oo, and is a son of (',.]. \\" i 1 H ni» C. and Sarah J. (Kacy ) Hutches, in.

John 1 iutcliesoa. grandfather of Dr. llutcbesun. was horn at Boston. Mass ichusetts. and localcd.at Carlisle. Pennsylvania, in young manhood. He ilistinguished. himself in three wars, first in the W ar of iXi_\ second. :n the Mexican War under Ccncral Scott, and third in the Civil War when almost too <>!d to serve the country he held so dear. He died in aged S- years. The greater part - -i his life was spent at Carlisle, where he carried 0:1 the business ,,f ;t carriage maker. He he' Hived h> the "W ar" Democrat paru . He marrie 1 Jane (irecileav a'--o<.f Massachusetts.

tlie Presbyterian ministry. Later he adopted an entirely different calling, going into the car shops at Harrisburg. where lie learned the. trade of painter, which he followed until his death. During the Civil War he served his country bravely, enlisting in Company II. 47th Keg., Pennsylvania Vol. Jut., and at the time of his honorable discharge he was breveted colonel tor "meritorious services" at the Dry Tortugas. In April. 1X65, he came to Salem, Columbiana County. Ohio, where he followed bis trade with Louis Dunlap, a contractor. After the death of Mr. Dunlap, Colonel Mutchcson continued the business alone. He was a member of the Treseott Post, C. A. R.. at Salem. He was very prominent in Republican politics and represented the county in the State Legislature from 1892 until 1894.

The mother of Dr. Mtitcheson was i>orn at Klliottsburg. Pennsylvania, and was a daughter of James Kacy, a native of Philadelphia. Of the nine children bum to our subject's parents, eight reached maturity, namely: Frazier K., of this sketch: James McClelland: Mary Florence, wife of O. C. Jnrgens, of Salem. Ohio; William Oscar, of Akron. Ohio: Charles Maxwell, of Flyria, Ohio; Herbert, of Salem; (irace. wife of Charles Schook. of Pittsburg; and Annie, at home. The mother was reared in the (ierman Lutheran faith but after coming to Salem she united with the Presbyterian Church with her husband. He was an elder in the church, and probably, at one time or another, preached in every town within a circuit of 75 miles.

Fram-r K. Ibttchcsou wa* educated in the Salem public schools and read medicine '.unlet' Dr. J. M. IvMin. of Salem, completing under Dr. MeFarland. of Wellsville. lie then entered 1 lie College of Physician* and Surgeons at Palliinote. where he was graduated in 1S04. having served as an interne in the hospitals during three year* while at study. lie then took a special course al |olms HopLus diversity, and in April. 1-^04. came to Wei's-, ille. w here be ha s practiced ever since. 1 lis specialty is surgery and he ha- case- mi Wheeling. J'-ttsbnrg and in all this section of Ohio, his s! ill having been widely heralded by 1ms remarkable success. lie is a member of the county and State medical societies and is a valued contributor to their literature.

Dr. Huteheson was married to Ida I. Koch, ' a daughter of Martin Koch, of Last Palestine, Ohio, and they have a pleasant, attractive home ; at Wellsville.' Politically the Doctor is a Rc- ! publican. 1 Ic has served as director of the poor, i for six years as physician of the Board of [ Health and for nine years was a member of the School Hoard.

a 1 w D Lisbon's most prominent citizens, A * * J L-.» been engaged in the practice of i-:e-.;:eine in this city continuously since 1866. and is senior member of the firm of Drs. William & F. P. Moore. 1 Ic has resided in Columbiana County, with the exception of two years spent in Tuscarawas County, throughout bis entire life, and has been closely identified with this county's development into one of the foremost counties in the Slate.

William Moore was horn in Lisbon. Ohio. January 13, 1826. and is a son of John and Minerva (Allison) Moore. Ixtth natives of Pennsylvania. John Moore was born in 1S02. and was a small child when he was brought to Columbiana County, where bis father took up a farm in Center township. John Moore rei sided on the farm until 1838. in the spring of w hich year be removed to Fast Fairfield, w here he died in 1842. In early years he followed the Iradc of a carpenter, but finally gave up work at his trade on account of rheumatism. He took to barbering and also conducted a' grocery for som,' years. He was at one time interested in the McKinlcy furnace in Center township. Columbiana County, and later conducted a foundry at Fairfield. While a resident of Center township, he served for a time as trustee and also as constable. His wife was born in the Redstone ncighl>OT'hood in Western Pennsylvania, near the village of Carmichaelton. in 1805. and was brought by her parents to Columbiana County. Ohio, in 1808. where her father farmed some years. He later conducted a hotel in Lisbon. Mrs. Moore was a sister of Nancy (Allison) McKinley, mother of William McKinley, President of the L'nitcd States. She died at Fairiield in 185.'. having had nine children, three of whom died 111 infancy. Those who grew to maturity were: William, subject of this biography: Kzekial, who practiced medicine at Southampton. Trumbull County, for more than 40 years and died there in 1805, aged 08 years; Anna Belle, who died in 1846. aged 17 years; Sarah Flizaheth, who died in 1X87, aged 56 years; Mary Jane (widow of William Mc< ilatherv 1 , who resides at (iirard. Trumbull County. ( )liio; and Abbie, who died alvout the year iSX,}.

William Moore was reared and educated in Lisbon. Ohio, until his 13th year, when he moved to the v illage of Hanover and clerked in a store for two years. Returning to Lisbon, he clerked a few months and then at the aye of 17 years began teaching school at Fairfield, continuing for two years. Shortly before reaching his majority he entered upon the study of medincine. and first practiced iti Tuscarawas County in July. 1X46. Two years later, in November, 1848. be returned to Columbiana County and practiced at Franklin Square until 1849 and then at Fairfield three years. During the following 15 years, he practiced Ins profession at Elklon. Ohio, and in the meantime completed the course of the Miami Medical College of Cincinnati. Ohio, receiving his degree in 1857. In 18(16 he removed to l.islvon, where he has since been in active practice, lie has enjoyed a large practice, which since 1874 has been shared by his son, Dr. F. P. Moore, as his associate. He is a member of the county. State and American medical associations, and is at the present time serving as president of the county organization. He served as president of the fornu-r local medical society.

In 1847 Dr. Moore was united in marriage with F.li/a I'errall. who was l»orn at Fast Fair bold, Columbiana County. Ohio, in i8_>7, arid was ;l laughter of Jonathan IV I'errall. a pioneer of (his cnuntv, whose father. William I'errall. took up a section of land in FairlicM township, which is now owned by his desnn .' Kits This union resulted in the birth of three children, namely: Frank P.. a sketch of whose career appears elsewhere in this work ; Mary, deceased January j<j. 1900, w ho was the w idow of Cyrus 15. Pritchard, whose death occurred in 187 j, - they left one son, Cyrus W., of Lis- Inki; and F.dward F.. the youngest child, who is now postmaster of Lisbon. Dr. Moore has always been an enthusiastic supporter of Republican principles, but has never sought political preferment. On March 10. 1900. he was called 11]). .11 to mourn the loss ,,f his life companion and help- meet. She was a devout Christian arid active church worker, and there were many whom she had befriended who joined with the family in mourning her death as an irreparable loss. The Doctor is a ruling elder in the Christian Church, of which he has lieen a memlier since his 16th year, lie has Ixrcn an elder in the church for more than a quarter of a century, and has alway s taken an earnest and active part in church and charitable work. In addition to his professional laltors, the Doctor has identified himself with numerous enterprises, which have lieen the foundation of the present prosperity of the city.

LI FAWCFTT, deceased, for many years a highly respected citizen and one of the most substantial farmers of Perry township, the owner of a finely improved farm of 104 acres situated in section 5. was horn at Salem. Ohio. June 22. '1818. His parents were David and Hannah ! ( Ball ) Faweett.

David Fa w celt was one of the pioneers oi Perry township and became one of the substantial and influential men. He was a memlier of the Society of Friends and reared his family in the same l>elief, all the members becoming respected citizens. His family cott- 1 sistcd of three sons and four daughters.

Fli Faweett. who was the eldest in the family, was reared at home anil was educated in the district schools. He gave his whole attention to agricultural pursuits Imth before and t after marrying Following this change in his 1 state, he purchased a farm in < ioshen tow nship of 1 60 acres which he improved and conducted as a stock farm, mainly devoted to the raising of sheep. After the death of his first wife, he returned home and, in partnership with his brother Joseph, operated the home farm for several years and then married again and bought the farm in section 5, Perry township, which continued to be his home the remainder of his life. At the time of purchase, it was heavily timbered but this he cleared and improved, in 1876 erecting the handsome brick residence which is a pleasing feature of the landscape. In all that makes success, the accumulation of property, the capacity for enjoyment of family and social life, the esteem of friends and neighbors and the confidence of fellow citizens, Mr. Fawcett met every requirement. He was a good, honest, upright, honorable man and his death on January 21, 1904. brought sincere regret to all who knew him and his venerable figure and hoary head are much missed in the family gatherings.

Mr. Fawcett was first married to Sarah Sattethwait, who was bom in Pennsylvania and who left three children at death, viz: Mrs. Hannah Call, of Salem; Mrs. Lydia A. Test, of Mitchell, South Dakota: and David S., of Columbus, Ohio. In 1862 he married Susan A. Myers, who 'was born June 3, 1835, ifi Lisbon, Columbiana County, and is a daughter of Samuel and Pauline (Idcn) Myers. Mr. and Mrs. Myers were bom and married in Pennsylvania and moved to Ohio in 1832 making the long journey in a wagon. Of their seven children, Mrs. Fawcett is the youngest. She lias two children: Pauline M., who is a teacher at Xew Castle. Colorado: and Louis II.. who has full charge of the extensive farming operations on the home place. Like his father, he is identified with the Republican party. A portrait of Kli Fawcett accompanies this sketch.

IVER II. SFliRlXG. president of The French China Company, of Selling. Mahoning County, Ohio, and one of- the founders of this wondrouslv prospering town, owns a name, which, mentioned in almost any part of the

United States, is associated with the beautiful products of the great industrial plants of Sebring, so wide is their distribution. In Ohio, the name means more, typifying, as it does, energy, courage, enterprise, unlimited business ca|»acity. organizing skill and executive force.

Oliver H. Sebring, the eldest of the six brothers concerned in the founding of Sebring, was bom at East Liverpool. Ohio, July 14. 1857, ami is a son of George and Elizabeth A. (Larkins) Sebring. The father was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and the mother in the city of Pittsburg. They still survive to take pleasure and pride in the notable achievements of their sons. They reared a family of 10 children, of whom our subject is the eldest memlier, the others being: George E., president of The Oliver China Company of Sebring; Elsworth H., of The French China Company, of Sebring; Joseph H., who died at the age of 27 years; Frederick E., president of The Limoges China Company, of Sebring; Frank A., president of The Sebring Pottery Company and vice-president of The Limoges China Company, both of Sebring; Eva, twin sister of Frank A., who is the wife of Rev. J. H. Norris, of Pittsburg; William H., formerly treasurer of The Limoges China Company, of Sebring, who was accidentally killed by a railroad train in December, 1904; Emma, who is the wife of- J. C. Albright, secretary of The Sebring Pottery Company; and Charles, a twin brother of Emma, who died aged rive years.

Oliver H. Sebring attended the public schools until alx>ut 14 years of age and then w ent to work in the old liaggott pottery in East Liverpool, his duties during two years consisting in driving a horse and his wages being $1 a week, his wages being increased to $2.50 a week, when he was promoted to the Uisincss of running molds. In two years he was graduated into the pressing department in which he worked for al*>ut 15 years, and then went into partnership with his brothers, George E., Flsworth H.. and Frank A., in the pottery business

East Liverpool, which was then held under a mortgage by Mrs. Sarah Jane Campbell. A successful business was carried on here until 1898 when other interests caused an entire change in the business concerns of the brothers. They had long realized the necessity of room for expansion and one and all possessed the foresight which was later shown in the founding of the town which bears their name to-day.

Two years prior to removing all their interests to Sebring, our subject and his brother, Elsworth II., started The French China Company at East Liverpool. When their proposed plans were completed, the brothers amalgamated all their interests and incorporated The Sebring Pottery Company in 1889, the different names under which their industries had been carried on being : The French China Company, of East Liverpool ; The Sebring Pottery Company, of East Liverpool; The Ohio China Company, of East Palestine; and The Oilver China Company, of Sebring. The city of Sebring was platted and built by the consolidated company, but in July, 1903, their interests were divided again, and at present the four interested brothers each have a company under his personal supervision, these being: The Oliver China Company; The Sebring Pottery Company; The Limoges Pottery Company and The French China Company. Each one of these great industries employs 300 hands, the four potteries have 25 large ware kilns and 24 decorating kilns. Their output, as mentioned, is distributed all over the Union, is beautiful in finish and design and valuable for its serviceable qualities as well.

The city of Sebring has only had an existence of six years, but during this short space of time has made progress that shames other industrial centers. It is a busy city of more than _>,ooo inhabitants, and is in the enjoyment of all the facilities and utilities of a community of 10 times its age. being supplied with educational and religious institutions, with social clubs and fraternal organizations, in fact with everything to stimulate progress and to furnish personal ease and business advancement. To nil this Oliver II. Sebring has contributed in great part.

In 1880 Mr. Sebring was married to Matilda Holmes, who was born at East Liver|Mx>l, Ohio, and is a daughter of William and Emma (Dance) Holmes. They have five children, viz.: Anna, wife of W. L. Murphy, who is employed in the Citizens' Banking Company's bank; Pearl, wife of Homer J. Taylor, of East Liverpool ; Burton, Hazel and Wilda. Mr. Sebring is just completing a magnificent home here, which will probably cost $100,000.

Oliver II . and Elsworth H. Sebring are interested in the Citizens' Banking Company which was organized in 1900; The French China Company, the stave and cask factory at Sebring and the Buckeye Forge & Specialty Company.

fp««|!\PT. ROBERT CLARK TAGll ftBI ('ART« now United States supcrinlDj9 tendent of the Government Paper iHff^l Mill at Dalton, Massachusetts, was born at East Palestine. Columbiana County, Ohio, March 17. 1833. He is a son of James C. and Alice (Brown) Taggart, and a grandson of the pioneers, Maj. John and Rebecca (Clark) Taggart, who emigrated to Ohio iu 1802 from near Mercersburg, Pennsylvania.

John Taggart entered and settled upon a section of land which is now a part of the incorporated village of East Palestine. He served with the rank of major in the War of 1S12: was a member of the State Senate when that lx>dy met at Chillicothe: and was for many years a justice of the peace. His three sous, James C, Robert and John Taggart, remained during their lives on the land he entered. They were successful farmers, men of sterling character, active memliers in the United Presbyterian Church, and in full sympathy with all educational, moral and religious enterprises.

James C. Taggart. the eldest son of Maj. John Taggart, was bom in 1804. He married Alice Brown. Kirn near East Palestine in 1805, daughter of Judge George Brown, one of the early associate judges of Columbiana County. Of their eight children only two survive - Nancy Forlics Taggart. of Newherg. Ohio, and the subject of tin* sketch.

When Ruben C. Taggart was iO years - ilil, lie T-egan alternately to teach school and to secure higher educational training at the academies of lieavertow n, Pennsylvania, and Poland, Ohio. Tins' plan he followed tor several years. W hen prepared to enter the junior (. lass in Jefferson College in 1'ennsylvania, for which he had purchased a scholarship, he was compelled, by the death of his parents, to relinquish Ins own plans for the future, and to assume charge of the family home and his father's business affairs. He remained in the management of his farming and coal interests until ti e sec i id vear of the Civil War.

In June, i.Sdj, Coventor Toil commissioned Rev. Hugh Sturgeon as captain, and Robert C. Taggart as first lieutenant, to recruit a company. Succeeding in this, their recruits were mustered in as Company C. 104th Keg., Ohio Vol. Inf. Cor the succeeding three years Captain Taggart followed the fortunes of his regiment. Marly in his army career his health was so seriously affected by the exposure of the service that his friends ami the surgeon of the regiment strongly advised him to resign. He persisted, however, in remaining at the front, and participated in every march, skirmish and battle in which his regiment was engaged. He commanded his company much of the lime while 1st lieutenant, and was the only commissioned officer with it 111 the rapid march of Burnside's army from Central Kentucky over, the Cumberland Mountains for the taking of Knoxviile and the capture of Ccitcral brazier anil his command at Cumberland Gap. For this march, the Union Army received the thanks of President Lincoln.

C aptain Taggart acted as adjutant of his regiment during the siege of Knoxviile, the pursuit of i.ong>trect's army and the severe winter encampment of the poorly fed and thinly clad Union forces 111 Ka.-teni Tennessee. He was promoted to Captain bebrnary u. i8<>4. and commanded ins company ..n the march with Scolield"- army fr. ni» Kuo.xulle to Haiti 'ii. Georgia, and from there with Sherman's grand army 111 its fau-ons Hanking, fighting campaign for the captitre of \tlantn and I be pursuit of Hood's forces to Northern Alabama. I ie was with his company during the severe I hut brilliant campaign of Generals Thomas and I Scholield against Hood in Tennessee, and at the kittle of Franklin occupied a critical position in the hue. Here, at the left of the famous cotton gin. First lieutenant Kimhle, Sergeants Xetglcr and W allace and Private Martin were killed, while Lieutenant 'Taggart (now Rev. J. I C. Taggart. I). I).) and i.» others of his coni- 1 p'uiy w ere wounded. After participating in the j hattleof Nashville. Deceinl>er 15 and 16. 1864. I and in the pursuit of Hood's demoralized i forces to the Tennessee River. Schodeld's tinny, I of which Captain Taggart's regiment was a , part, was transferred to Fort Fisher, North ! Carolina. In a charge of the brigade at Old ! Town Creek in front of Wilmington, i_* of , Company C were wounded. James Meek. ' wounded mortally, had three brothers in the

I brigade. Enoch Meek, a favorite pupil of Captain Tagg.-irt, was killed in a charge of the brigade at Utoy Creek, in the vicinity of Atlanta. ( ieorgia.

I After the march from W ilmington to Goldsboro. North Carolina. Captain 'Taggart was ;ip(M)inted acting assistant inspector general of the division on the staff of Gen. James W. Kcilly, the beloved first colonel of his regiment, to whom he w as w annly attached, and of w hom Gen. Thomas J. Henderson says: "General Kcilly was the best volunteer colonel 1 ever knew." Captain Taggart served as division inspector on the staff of Gen. S. P. Carter, on the march with Sherman's army to Raleigh ' and until the surrender of Gen. Joseph F. John- ; ston nt Greensboro, North Carolina, at the , close of the war. General Carter was a naval I officer before and after the war. attaining the rank of rear admiral. An extract from his special order of June 17, 1865. is as follows: "'The general commanding desires to express to Captain Tacgart his high appreciation of his services, and of himself, and tenders his thanks for the faithful and efficient manner in which he has |>er formed every duty since his appointment on the staff."

stated by his brave orderly sergeant.- Hon. A. H. McCoy, as follows: "Captain Taggart was a model American volunteer soldier. Realizing the vital importance of drill and discipline, he convinced the men of his company so clearly of its necessity as made observance a pleasure. Always present with his company on all its weary marches, vigilant watches, skirmishes, and Kittles, by bis presence and undoubted bravery be inspired the men to a faithful performance of every duty and ' an unhesitating share in the nation's sacrifice."

Shortly before Captain Taggart's retirement from the service, an examining commission at Greensboro, North Carolina, reported that he should have l>een a field officer and Major General Cox offered to have him ap|minted to such a pisition in a regiment aloout to be sent west of the Mississippi. This offer was declined, and. with his regiment. Captain Taggart was mustered out. gladly returning home to care for hi farm and coal business.

In civil life. Captain Taggart took a place among the people of his county that in 1809 led to his election as county treasurer and to his re-election in 1871. lie served for four years with great acceptance. In 1881 it was proposed to organize a bank at East Palestine if he would accept a position in its management. This he was forced to decline on account of his health, having arranged to spend the winter in Washington, D. C under the treatment of Or. Miss.

W hile in Washington. Captain Taggart was appointed by William McKinley. then Representative in Congress from Ohio, clerk of the committee of which Mr. McKinley was chairman. This position, which was made especially congenial through the warm personal friendship existing !>etween Major McKinley and himself, he retained until a change in the political complexion of the House brought almut a change in the chairmanship. Declining other political appointments tendered him by Mr. McKinley, be accepted. July 14. 1883. a position in the Treasury Department, in the classified civil service. Promotion followed through the various grades to division chief, but instead of taking that position offered him. be preferred the appointment of Cnited States superintendent of the Government Paper Mill at Dalton, Massachusetts, in the picturesque Berkshire Hills. Here, representing the Treasury Department, be has su|iervision of the government employees who register, count, guard, seal, pack and ship by express t<> Washington all the localized silk-filxr paper used for Cnited States securities, national kink notes, registered and coupon tmnds and Philippine certificates; he attends to the bookkeeping which relates to the appropriations made by Congress each year for this distinctive paper; he makes daily reports to the department, accounting for every perfect and imperfect sheet of paper manufactured for the government, and witnesses tbe destruction of each imperfect sheet. Captain Taggart was a director in the Ohio National Hank of Washington, which position he resigned on removing to Dalton.

There being no Presbyterian Church in I Dalton. Captain Taggart united with the Congregational Church on certificate from the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, of Washington. D. C. Politically he has l^een a member of the Republican party ever since its organization in 1885- He spends his annual summer vacation in his native town, and from 1882 to 1900 never failed to return each year to vote at the State election. Since then be has voted in Dalton. He has laid out several additions to tbe town of Hast Palestine, and has assisted a numl>er of persons to secure homes on easy terms. For several years he was interested in the State Line Sewer Pipe Company, later tbe National hire Proofing Company, but sold his interest in 10/13. The organization of the Sons of Veterans at East Palestine, now the fourth largest in the State, with 80 memliers, bears his name. I lis life record as citizen, teacher, soldier and public official has been one to inspire a high degree of public confidence and respect.

On June 22, 1875. Captain Taggart married Mrs. Anna (French) Coppock, daughter of William R. and Judith (Crew) French, and widow of Capt. Ezra Coppock. I lis step- daughter, I.avma Cop|w>ck, is the wife of Hon. John B. Gitnllan, a well-known citizen of Minneapolis, Minn., and former Memlicr of Congress from that city.

J. PELLEY. M. IX, who is a leading citizen as well as a prominent practicing physician in the village of Dungannon, near Millport, was born in Brooke County, West Virginia, in i86v and is a son of Re'v. James and Margaret (Wells) Pellcy.

Rev. James Pelley was a native of Virginia (now West Virginia). He was engaged in farming and was a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church for many years. His death was occasioned by an accident in 1885. when he was 70 years of age. He was a son of James Pclley, of West Virginia. His widow still survives and nine of the family of 1 1 children, our subject being the ninth in order of birth.

In 1875 the parents of our subject removed to Pennsylvania and there he was educated in the common schools anil in an academy, and prepared for college by a course of medical reading. In 1889 he entered the Western Pennsylvania Medical College at Pittsburg and was there graduated in 1892. He then sought more extended experience and took a |x.st-graduatc course at the New York Polyclinic Medical School and Hospital, making specialties in the departments of gynecology, obstetrics, diseases of children, surgery, diseases of the chest, dermatology, ophthalmology, laryngology, rhinology. otology, diseases of the nervous system, and physical diagnosis. The wonderful and varied experiences offered by that great metropolitan school of medicine and practice, are invaluable in character to the young physician, and Dr. Pclley settled at Dttngaiinoti, thoroughly prepared for any cases in medicine or surgery that might be presented to bun. lie has continued to reside in the midst of the kind and neighborly people of this town, w hich ht-> practice practically covers, ami enjoys iV esteem of its resident-.

In 1896 Dr. Pclley was married to Sadie E. Gamble, who is a daughter of William and Rhoda (.iambic, of Franklin township, and they have four children, viz: Margaret, born in 1898; Bruce Gamble, born in Novemter, 1900; Annie Mildred, born in November, 1903, and an infant which entered the family in March, 1905.

Dr. Pclley is a Republican in his jiolitical views. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He belongs to the Presbyterian Church while his wife belongs to the Christian Church.

>MER M. CALVIN. M. D.,onc of the leading physicians and surgeons of Salinevillc. was born Novemlwr 20. 1867, at Calcutta. Ohio, and is a son of Dr. Joshua and Caroline (Hamilton) Calvin.

The Hamilton and Quigley families, with whom Dr. Calvin is bound by ties of kindred, were the first people to locate on the present site of the quiet village of Calcutta. The family has been largely professional, two maternal uncles of Dr. Calvin studying medicine with the noted Dr. Samuel Quigley, his great-uncle, ! and his father being also for many years a prominent physician in Columbiana County.

Dr. Joshua Calvin was lurn in Pennsylvania and was a graduate of Willoughby Medical College. Ohio. He engaged in general practice at Calcutta, where he died March 9, 1890. Of his 10 children, nine survive and all reside in Columbiana County except a daughter. All the sons, save our subject, arc farmers. Sheridan and William reside with their mother on the 00 -acre homestead farm. They raise a large amount of stock and also deal in farm machinery. Harvey, in addition to being a farmer, carries on a mercantile business at Calcutta : he married Isadore Ranch and they have two children. - Joshua and Thomas.

Homer M. Calvin completed his primary education in the local schools and then spent two years in the Western Reserve Medical College, after concluding a course at Mount I n ion College. He was graduated at the Colum- bus Medical College, March 4, 1891, and has been established in practice at Salineville ever since. He is well equipped as a physician and surgeon and his offices are fitted with all modern appliances for the treatment of disease, including X-ray and static machinery. He is a valued member of the county and State medical societies and also of the American Medical Association and a frequent contributor to medical literature.

Dr. Calvin was married November 20, 1892, to Beaut Maple, who is a daughter of James and Ann (Hoey) Maple, residents of Salineville. They have two children, Everson and Louise. Dr. Calvin and wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically the Doctor is identified with the Republican party. He fills the office of health officer and under his careful supervision the sanitation of the town is above the average. Professionally and personally he is held in universal esteem.

1AM C. SCOTT, the genial proprietor of th» Tip Top Mills and a merchant miller of New Watcrford, whose ex- I tended patronage and steadily increasing business have been potent factors in the continued prosperity of the village, is the natural successor to a business which has been handed down from father to son for several generations. He is a son of James C. and Margaret Jane ( Cobb) Scott and was lx">rn in Knox township. Columbiana County, Ohio. July 24. i860. His grandparents were William and Abigail Scott. His great-grandfather, also supposed to have borne the name William, came from Baltimore and settled in Virginia, whence he moved to Ohio ;ilir>ut 1805. J lore he built a stone mill which is still standing on Bull Creek and which at that time was considered one of the best mills in the State of Ohio. This mill did a thriving business and to it resorted the old pioneers from great distances, each with his load of grain to l>e made into tlonr and meal.

married and reared a family. His wife. Abigail, was also a Virginian by birth and was about the same age as her husband. Her parents were Friends, who came to Columbiana j County in 1805 and settled in Elkrun township. She survived her husband 20 years, dying in 1867. Among the children born to them was Jehu Scott, who resides in Sacramento Valley. California, and

James C. Scott, who was born in Knox township, Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1829. He was but a child when he began to help in the mill, it being necessary for him to stand on a block in order to reach the Hour chest. In addition to milling, the Scotts also carried on farming and as the land was covered with a heavy growth of timber, James assisted in clearing it and getting it ready for crops. His father died when James was 18 years old and the responsibility of operating the mill fell upon the latter. He remained there two years and then leased the property and went to Iowa but returned and sold the business and moved to Indiana. lie built a saw and grist-mill which he operated for a time before selling it and returning to Ohio. He then repurchased the old mill and moved it to Westville, Mahoning County, where it may still be seen. In 1858 he traded his mill for a farm in Knox township and embarked in agricultural pursuits but after two years he once more turned his attention to milling and moved to Lisbon where he purchased the old steam mill which stood on the canal l>ank where the Pittsburg. Lisbon & Western Railroad depot now stands. He ran this mill until 1865 when he sold it and rented the stone mill at Lislxm which he ran two years. His next purchase was a mill located about three-quarters of a mile up the creek from New Waterford and which he moved in the spring of 1873 to its present site. He operated this mill for upwards of 20 years until his death, June t8oj. On April 7. 1859. he married Margaret Jane Cobb, daughter of Lewis ami Jeannettc (Stanley) Cobb and five children were horn t<> this union, viz: Sam C. : Seth I'.. who resides in Elkrun township: William tirant. who conducts a large printing plant at Columbus; Mrs. Sarah R. Edgerton. a widow

Sam C. Scott attended the Lisbon school and the district schools*,, if New Watcrford until he acquired a fair education, which lias since been supplemented by comprehensive reading. He was brought up in the milling business, having spent the greater part of his life as cliiid and man in his father's mill and when the death of the father occurred, in June. 1893. he at once lKHight the interests of the other heirs and in July assumed full ownership and control. Mr. Scott is a shrewd, careful manager and has remodeled the entire mill, putting in the latest improved machinery, making it up to date in every respect. It is 'tn.w operated <>n the oscillator system with an output of 50 kirrcls per day and the result will l>car comparison with that of any mill. .Mr. Scott was town clerk' two years, treasurer for many years and is now assessor of Unity township'. 'He is on the Board of Health and is clerk of the School Hoard. He is a member of the K. O. T. M.. the Junior Order of United American Mechanics and was made a Mason in Hast Palestine Lodge, No. 417, R \- A. M. I le is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is trustee.

Sam C. Scott married Maggie Xiehans, a native of Allegheny. Pennsylvania, and daughter of John D. and Callie (Elders) Xiehans. Her parents, who were of German birth, were married in the United States. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Scott are Callie K.. ljom January 11. 1885; James Ralph, born November 15. 18X6; David Carle, lx>rn March 12. 1891 ; and I lobart McKinlcv. lxrn November 4. i8q<>. Mr. Scott is a strong Republican and a great admirer of the late William McKinlcv.

He Homer Laughlin China

HE HOMER LAUGHLIN CHINA COMPANY, one of the largest manufacturers of utilitarian ami art ware m the United States, has its home in East Liverpool. Ohio. When the name of this city is mentioned in any section of the United States, it immediately brings

This business enterprise was established in 1873 by Homer and Shakes|>eare J-aughlin under the title of J^iughlin Brothers. They built two kilns in what was then the extreme eastern section of the city, and three years later such headway had been made as to warrant the building of two additional kilns. After the death of Shakespeare Laughlin in 1870, the Inisincss was continued in the name of Homer Laughlin until 1897. in which year it was incorporated as The Homer Laughlin China Company, with a capital stock of $150,000. The plant was immediately thereafter enlarged to six kilns and in 1890 the present mammoth works were begun in the East End. In 1901 the capital stock was' increased to $500,000 ami a surplus of $500,000 was retained. In 1903 the old plant of this company was exchanged for the plant of the National China Company, adjoining the new plant, thus making an exceptionally large establishment. The company has at the present time 33 kilns in operation, with a daily shipment of three carloads of ware, comprising alxnit 150.000 pieces of finished pottery. The company employs about 1.000 people. The trade extends throughout this country: the trade department is under the general management of George W. Clarke.

The founders of this important industry were lioth bom near the mouth of Little Beaver Creek near Smith's Ferry. Ohio. They were reared in East Liverpool but were engaged in the business of importing crockery in New York City from 1865, when Homer Laughlin was discharged from the army at the close of the war. until 1873, when they established their business in East Liverpool. Thev were close students of the business and practical potters and success attended their efforts from the first. The first great recognition came to their work at the United States Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876. when Homer Laughlin competing with American and with English ami other foreign exhibitors was awarded a medal and diploma for the licst earthenware This success was repeated at Cincinnati in 1879. when lie was awarded a gold modal, and again at tin- Columbian Exposition at Chicago, in 1803, in competition with English and American exhibits. In 189.8 limner Lauglilin moved with his family to Los Angeles, California, where his enterprise and public spirit have placed him among the foremost men of that Western State. He built the first tire-proof building in California. He is now one of the largest real estate owners of Eos Angeles.

When lb mer Laughlut retired from the company I string Ins name, he sold the controlling interest to l.onis I. Aaron, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, who has since served as president. The remaining interest was sold to those who had lieen associated with him in the business in various capacities. W. E. Wells, secretary and treasurer of the company from its incorporation and a man of great natural business ability, has continued to serve as such and is the genera! executive officer, lie is a man of w ide acquaintance with the people, and to him is due much of the success or the company in recent years, The present Imard of directors includes the following representative business men: l.onis I. Aaron. Charles 1. Aaron. V. D. Kitchel. Julius < ioetz and W. E. Wells.

>HERT J. MARSHALL. M. I).. a leading physician and surgeon of the East End of East Liverpool, whose portrait is herew ith shown, is also a very successful man in other lines of business and is at the present one of the heaviest real estate holders in his section of the city. He is a man of energy and enterprise and success has come w holly through hi- own efforts.

Dr. Marshall was Imrn in Hig Heaver township. Heaver County, Pennsylvania. November _-(>. t8f>_\ and is a son of Hugh James and Amanda (Hudson! Marshall. His grandfather. John Marshall, who was a native of the North of Ireland, died in this country m ]8<>_>. aged ~i) years, lie was six years of age when brought to this cotintrv by his parents, who settled in Western Pennsylvania, and where he followed farming alt his life.

Hugh J. Marshall was born in l^iwrence County. Pennsylvania, December 31. 1831. and in early life engaged with his father in farming and also taught school. About four years after his marriage, he moved from l^awrence County to Beaver County. Pennsylvania, and in 1857 settled on a farm in .Big Beaver township w here he purchased what was known as the Henry New kirk farm. He is a Republican in politics, and in 1871 was elected county commissioner, in which position he served two terms. He is past noble grand of the Odd Fellow lodge at Beaver balls. He was united in marriage w ith Amanda Hudson, a daughter of Stockman Hudson, who lived most of his life in l.avvrenee County, Pennsylvania, and they have bad five children : John, of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania: Mary Elizabeth, wife of Fulton Patterson. <>f New Galilee. Beaver County, Pennsylvania: Amos, who resides near Homewood. Beaver County: Matilda, wife of Robert Crawford, of Homevvood: and Robert J., our subject. Mrs. Marshall died in 1870, aged thrity-nine years. Religiously, she and her family were members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

After completing the prescribed course of study in the public schools, of his native county, RoUrt J. .Marshall attended Greershurg Academy at Darlington. Pennsylvania. He then read medicine under Dr. W. A. Sawyer, for a time, after which he attended Western Reserve Medical College at Cleveland. Ohio, from which institution he was graduated March 3. 1880. During the follow ing summer he practiced with his former preceptor, and then was located at l'airvicw and at Ohioville, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. He made rapid progress in his profession and in i88(j. seeking a larger held for practice, located in the East of East Liverpool, where he has since lived and practiced. He has a very thorough mastery of his profession, having lieen a constant student during the years of his practice, and has probably performed as many successful capital operations as any other surgeon in this section. His skill has many times been demon t rated and