Columbiana County, Ohio - Chapter 20: The Towns and Townships - Iii, 1905 (part 9 of 19)

Mr. Wyman was liorn in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. August 21. 1844. and is .1 s,,n of George and Catherine ( Biglow) Wyman. His father was born in Lancaster County. Pennsylvania, of German parentage, followed the trade of a stone-mason throughout life. In politics, he was a Whig, then a Know Nothing, and finally joined the kepublican ranks. He married Catherine Biglow, who was ln.rn in Ireland .and was brought in this country when but a few months old. Mr-. Wyman died in 1877 at the age of 67 years, and Mr. Wyman in 1887 at the age of 77 vcaiv They Itecame parents of the following children : John W.. subject of this sketch : Decatur S., who was killed at .Malvern Hill in the Civil War, while serving in the Union Army; William Biglow, a miner by occupation, win) served three years in the Union Army and was three times wounded, - he died in Pennsylvania in February, 1897; Samuel E.. an engineer in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, who served three years and three months in the Ctiiou Army ; George, who died in infancy; and Mrs. Nancy Jane Nail, who resides in New Castle. Pennsylvania.

John W. Wyman was reared in his native county and there attended the common schools. He lived at home until he reached his majority, when he was married, then moved to Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, where he lived six nmnlhs. He next moved to East Liverpool, Ohio and has made this place his home almost continuously ever since. For three years he was employed in the (louring mill of James Wilson, and for four years in that of Christian Metsch. He was then elected town marshal, and served in that capacity 1 2 years, being elected six successive times. He was once defeated as a candidate for the office of sheriff of Columbiana County, but was elected in 1887. He served two terms in that office in a most capable manner, during which time he resided at Li»|)<m. While in the discharge of his duties as sheriff, he was shot while apprehending the note 1 outlaw. Jra Mylett, who is now serving j a life term in the Ohio State Prison. When : the office of chief of police was created in F.ast Liverpool, Mr. Wyman was called into service because of his natural ability and his many years of experience with law breakers. It is an iinportaut office with heavy ditties, but with an insufficient force of seven men Chief W'vman has discharged his duties in such manner as to gain the hearty commendation of the general public.

John W. Wyman was joined 111 marriage with Harriet 1'. Armstrong, who was lx>rn in JVimstb-aria. December 10. 18.43. During the las: wars of her life she was an invalid and \v:i- faithfully cared for by her husband and chi'dren. to whom her death on Decern! >cr Jt,

1903, was a sad blow . She was 60 years of age almost to a ilay. Two children were bom to them: Mary Alma, whose union with J. R. Shawke of East Liverpool, resulted in the birth of rive children. - Harriet S., Joseph (deceased). John R., George and Grace; and George Edwin, w ho married a daughter of Joseph Waters, of East Liverpool, and has two children. - Gladys and John Wesley. George E. Wyman was a printer in the pottery trade until the Spanish-American War, when he served in Cuba in Company E, Eighth Reg., Ohio Infantry, U. S. Volunteers. He there injured one of his thumbs, which injury developed into a felon, partially destroying the use of that member and making it impossible for him to now follow his trade. Fraternally our subject is a member of Riddle Lodge, No. 315, F. & A. M.; and East Liverpool Lodge, No. 379. and East Liverp<x)l Encampment, No. 107. I. O. O. F. He is also a member of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics and of the Kechabites. In church connection, he is a meml>er of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which he joined in his 18th year. lie has a comfortable home at No. 298 Sixth street. Fast Liverpool.

>NRAD RERG, proprietor of the Lcetonia Pretzel Bakery, whose portrait is herewith shown, was liorn 0WiB*S at Alliance. Ohio, May 1, 1873. and is a son of 1 lenry and Elizabeth ( Miller) Berg. Both parents were liorn in Germany, coming to America in 1869 and settling in Alliance. It was there our subject grew to manhood and was educated.

Having learned the trade of a baker, Conrad Berg engaged in that business in his native town for two years and then purchased an interest in the pretzel bakery and moved to Leetonia in 1899. This plant was established iti 18S7 in Columbiana by F. H. Reighart, who conducted the business there until 1890 when it was moved to Lcetonia. Nine years later he sold out to Mr. Berg and Mr. Freel. After operatinc; the plant for 18 months with his lather, Mr. Berg bought the latter's interest and lias since been sole proprietor and has worked up a large trade. The output from this bakery is handled by merchants all over the country from Canton, Ohio, to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, the name of the manufacturer being a guarantee of the superior merit of the product. Mr. Berg had the misfortune to lose his buildings by fire on July 25, 1903, the entire plant being destroyed, but he immediately rebuilt on a larger scale and continued the business in the same energetic manner. The present bakery is a neat two-story brick structure, 34 feet by 60 feet in dimensions.

Mr. Berg was married in iSoj to Cora Speelman. by whom he has three children. - Edward Walter, Earl Conrad and Laurence Floyd. They arc members of the German Lutheran Church, Mr. Berg being one of the trustees. In politics he is a Democrat and takes an earnest interest in the general events of the day as well as those of local importance only. He has been a member of the City Council for two terms and is at present president of that body, displaying the same aggressive spirit in looking after the public interest that he has shown in his private business.

Fraternally he is a member of Lectouia Lodge, No. 401, F. & A. M., and of Salem Lodge, No. 305, B. P. O. H. He is also a member of the Order of United Commercial Travelers of America, the National Association of Master Bakers and Tent No. jjo. K. O. T. M., all of Alliance.

A AC JONES, senior member of the firm of Isaac Jones & Sons, proprietors of the Enterprise l-aundry. of Hast Liverpool, was l)orn in Monmouthshire, England. October <). 1845, ami is a soti of Samuel and Ann (Williams) Jones, and grandson of William Jones, also of Monmouthshire.

Samuel fonts was born in Monmouthshire. England, and died in Septemlier. 1S7S. aged 64 years. When a My, he learned the trade of a blacksmith, which he followed all his life. He was a member of the fraternal order called the United Friends. He married Ann Williams, a daughter of Enoch Williams, both natives of the same place as he, and they hail eight children, seven of whom grew to maturity, as follows: Isaac; Enoch, who died at East Liverpool, Ohio; Sarah Ann, wife of Louis Watkins, who lives in England; Rachel, who married Jeremiah Griffiths ;md died at Youngstown, Ohio; James, of McDonald, Pennsylvania; Hannah (Mrs. John Jenkins), who lives with her daughter at the home of our subject; and Ellen, the wife of Rev. Meshach Cooke, a Methodist Episcopal clergyman now living in F'orrests of Dean, Gloucestershire. England. Religiously, Samuel Jones and hiwife were Congregationalisms, being members of what was known as the F.benezer Church, which was built in the forest in the days of the supremacy of the Roman Catholic Church, when they could worship according to the dictates of their conscience only in secret meeting places. Mr. Jones now has a picture of this old church.

Isaac Jones received a common school education and lived at home until after his marriage. He engaged in coal mining in England, and upon coming to this county, in 1800, located at Salineville. Ohio, on June ->tst. where he worked in the coal mines. He then worked six years in the mines in Allegheny County. Pennsylvania, after which he returned v> Salineville and followed his old employment until 1891. In that year he took up his residence in East Liverpool, Ohio, but was not engaged in business until the summer of w hen he was persuaded by his sons, John and Enoch N.. to embark in the steam laundry business with them. Enoch N. had previously become familiar with the details of the business. The firm of Isaac Jones & Sous, consisting of our subject and his sons, Enoch and John, wa* accordingly established. The business was at first very small, all the work being done by the members of the firm and two daughters of . - tr subject. Ann and Jemima. It is far from the oldest laundry in the city and it was only by a demonstration of the superiority of their \v <rk that they gained the extensive patronage they now enioy, Besides the ii.einlx-rs <>f the fnin

14 employees are now required to handle the immense amount of work brought to them. As the building now occupied by the Enterprise Laundry is too small to handle the increased business that has developed in the last few years, plans have been drawn ami estimates taken for a two-story brick building, 32 by 90 feet in dimensions, which is to be erected in the near future at the corner of Starkey street and Accommodation alley. The plant when estal>- lished in the new building will l>c fully equal to caring for the increased business, as it will be one of the most modem in East Liverpool, equipped with the latest laundry machinery.

Mr. Jones was united in marriage with Ann Nock, who was born in Dudley. Staffordshire. England, and is a daughter of Robert Nock, of Shropshire. England. They have eight children now living: John, who is a member of the firm of Isaac Jones & Sons; Enoch N.. also a memlx'r of the firm: Ann: Jemima: Rachel ; Samuel, who has become a member of the above firm since its organization; William H. and Thojnas. Religiously, Mrs. Jones is a member of the Christian Church. Mr. Jones is independent in politics and votes for those candidates, whose qualifications seem best tor the position to be filled.

LEXANDER (.CANS CHAFINS, who is tiie largest and most successful contractor and builder in the East End of Hast Liverpool, was Wn in precinct 13 of I-awrence County, Kentucky. November 10. 1858. and is a son of Keivas M. and Margaret (Goans) Charms.

The Chafins have been long established in this country, one Jordan Chafins having come to this country from Ireland prior to the Revolution. His son. Richard Chafins, great-grandfather of our subject, was born in Virginia and died in Kentucky. His sou, James M. Chafins. was born in Virginia and at an early date migrated to Kentucky, where he followed farming until his death in 1844. at the age of 50 years. He married a Miss Atkins, a native of Virginia, and among their children was Kenas M,

Kenas M. C hafins was born in Lawrence County, Kentuckv. June 7, 1835, and engaged in farming until his retirement in 190.2. with the exception of the time he spent in the Civil War. He enlisted in theConfederatc service unj der General Marshall in and served until I he was taken prisoner in 1804 and incarcerated 1 at Lexington. Kentucky, until the close of the war. He married Margaret Goans, who was ! born in l^wrence County. Kentucky, and was a I daughter of Alexander and Mary (Skidmore) (loans, wlio were the first couple married in Law rence County, Kentucky, after its organization. Iler father was l*>rn in the western part of Tennessee and was an extensive breeder of trotting horses, giving a great deal of attention to the racing game. His life ended in tragedy in 1844. when he was killed and robhed at Callahan's Creek, Virginia. His grave is located at the spot where the States of Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky join. He married Mary Skidmore. a daughter of William Skidmore, a slave trader who was of a roving disposition, traveling all over the country. His father was a Tory in the days of the Revolution and was in the party sent kick to England with General Rurgoyne, his wife having been left in this country. Kenas M. Chafins and his wife became the parents of the following children : Alexander Goans ; James M., of I ronton, Ohio; Calpurnia, widow of S. R. Burton, of Lawrence County, Kentucky; Caroline Lee, wife of Jefferson Gilham, of Lawrence County, Kentucky; Robert 1?., of Lawrence County, Kentucky: William, of I ronton. Ohio; and Mrs. Lucy May 1 lughes, a widow residing in Columj bus, Ohio. Mrs. Chafins died February 17, 1 005, aged 73 years. She was a incmlier of the I Christian Church as is her husband.

Alexander G. Chafins was reared in Law- ! rence County, Kentucky, where he partly learned his trade of carpentering, finishing his ; apprenticeship in l'oyd County, Kentucky, 1 where he worked as journeyman until 1891. ! He then entered the employ of the Portsmouth Wheel Company, of Portsmouth. Ohio, with which concern he continued five years as a buyer of tinilior. He served one term as mari slial of llamdcn. Vinton County. Ohio, and in

1897 moved to I ronton. He remained there but 30 days and then came to East Liverpool, where he commenced business as a contractor and builder in the Hast End. He was successful from the start and during the first year erected eight houses; all told he lias built 80 houses in the East End, which is more than any other contractor has done. In 1902 he started a grocery store, but after 18 months resumed his present business.

Mr. Charms was united in marriage with Susan E. Burchett, a daughter of Benjamin Burchett, who is descended from one of two brothers who came to this country from Ireland, one locating in Virginia and the other going farther South, prolxibly to Georgia. John B. Burchett, her grandfather, a fanner and stock-raiser of I^awrence County. Kentucky, married Millie Chafins. a native of Lawrence County, Kentucky, and a sister to the grandfather of our subject. Benjamin ! Burchett, who has lived in East Liverpool since : 1904, was formerly a farmer in I-awrence j County, Kentucky, where he was born January 6, 1836. lie first married Deresa Curnuttc, ! who died in 1873, aKe(' 33 years. He subse- | -miently married Irene Kasee, of Lawrence County, Kentucky. Both he and his wife are menil>ers of the Baptist Church.

Mr. and Mrs. Chafins became parents of seven children, as follows: Andrew L. : Robert F. : llessie, who died in infancy; Benjamin j Burchett : Cecil. Frank Jennings and Javcll. - Religiously, thev are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

^ FORGE \V. BECK, one of the wellknown residents of Fairfield township, who carries on general farming operations mi a well-improved tract of 2$ acres in section 8. is also one <.f the soldiers of the Civil War who loyally bore arms for his country until the close of Nihilities. Mr. Beck was horn in 184J in Columbiana Comity, Ohm. and is a son of Israel S. and Cornelia i T.vdet ) Beck.

as a pioneer, locating near Lisbon where he engaged in farming. His grave with that of his wife may . still be found in the East Fairfield Cemetery. Mr. Beck's parents were natives of Columbiana County. They had a family of eight sons and four daughters, the survivors being: Mrs. Saline Bradfield, who resides in Eureka, Illinois; Henry, of Fairfield township; George \Y., of this sketch; Sarah, widow of Frank Taylor, of Seattle. Washington ; Landon L., of Voungstown, Ohio; and Sylvanus. of Oklahoma Territory. Those deceased are: William C, Ixntis, James M., Cornelia. Josephine and James.

George W. Beck was reared in Fairfield township and has always given his attention more or less to agricultural pursuits. In the Civil War he was a member of Company 1), 176th Reg.. Ohio Vol. Inf.. of which company he was made 1st lieutenant. He served in that capacity for seven mouths when he was prostrated with lung fever and on this account was discharged to return home and get well or, as was prolxibly thought, to pass out of life. However, he had been home but six days when he began to make preparations to re-enter the service, accepting recruiting service at first, serving 40 days from July 29. 1864. under the instructions of the Adjutant General of Ohio and then entered the Second Regiment, Ohio Vol. Caw. in which he served until the close of the war. He took part in the battle of Nashville and many skirmishes.

After the war. Mr. Beck returned to Ohio and lived for seven years at Columbiana, engaged in teaming and then retired to his present farm, where he has a very comfortable and attractive home.

Mr. Beck married Kate V. Mitchell, of Virginia, and they have seven children, viz: John, a furniture merchant of Columbiana, who married Dora Crow!; William Harvey and Marv Awilda. who arc at home; Louis P.. who is a conductor on the "Fort Wayne" Railroad; W. W . w ho is tine of the staff of the Salem Ilcruhi; Josephine, a student at the Salem Business College: and Russell, who lives at home. Mr. Beck has a family of intelligent sous and daughters who have been

Politically, the subject of this sketch is identified with the Republican party. He is a member of James A. Garfield Post. G. A. R. He belongs t<p the Disciples Church in which he is an elder.

|XGLS ALEXANDER .MACKINTOSH, H. S., I'm. (.., M. D.. the leading physician and surgeon of the homeopathic school of medicine at Wellsville. is a son of Farquhar and Eliza (Campbell) Mackintosh, and a grandson of Daniel Mackintosh.

The father of Dr. Mackintosh was born in Inverness. Scotland, in May, 1821. He came to America with his parents, when he was eight years old. They settled in Columbiana County. Ohio, selecting the vicinity of the town of Glasgow, in Madison township, that district lieing included in the region known as the "Scotch Settlement." There the father of Dr. Mackintosh has always resided and there he still operates his farm. I le is a man of sterling character. quiet in his life and pursuits and not active in political life. He married a daughter of Angus Campliell : Mrs. Mackintosh's father was a native of Scotland, but she was born in Madison township. Columbiana County. Ohio. The six children of the family to reach maturity were: Daniel C. of Clarinda, Iowa; lsal)ella C at home; Anna E., wife of A. G. Smith, of Yellow Creek township: Angus Alexander, our subject : Catherine J. ; and John J., who is professor of sciences in the Mount Clemens (Michigan) High School. The family w ere reared in the teachings of the Presbyterian Church.

After completing the common school course. Dr. Mackintosh taught school for some 20 months, and then went to the Ohio Northern University to pursue higher studies and in 1807 was given the degree of R. S. He remained at school the following year, taking a course in pharmacy, and in 1808 was graduated with the degree of Ph. G. From the university the young student then entered the Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College, where he was graduated April 10, 1901, with the degree of M. D.

Dr. Mackintosh, thus well prepared for his life work, settled down to the practice of his profession at Tappan, Ohio, where he remained two and a half years, coming to Wellsville October 1, 1904.

Politically, Dr. Mackintosh is a Republican : he served four years as township clerk prior to entering college. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Wellsville. Professionally and personally he enjoys theesteem and commands the respect of the community.

I^^l HARVEY MARTIN, a retired jHTI farmer of the East End, East Liverigs pool, was born May 26, 1843. at '.KJL^l Frankfort Springs. Pennsylvania, on the farm which was also the birthplace of his father and purchased by his greatgrandfather in J "9-- He >s a 5011 °f James \V. and Elizabeth ( Blair ) Martin and grandson of Robert and Sarah (McLaughlin) Martin.

The Martin family is of Scotch- Irish descent and the great-grandfather of our subject. Robert Martin, is thought to have been a soldier of the Revolution who came over the mountains from West Chester, Pennsylvania. It is known that the farm upon which the subsequent generations were born was entered bjhim from the government in 1792 and he received a deed therefor. This farm was located in Reaver County, Pennsylvania, anil was handed down to the son, Rolicrt. grandfather of our subject, who married Sarah McLaughlin and engaged in farming all his life. He was a soldier in the War of 1812 ami in the service contracted a disease which took him to his grave at an early age.

James W. Martin was born in 1804 ami remained on the paternal acres until about 1846, when he removed to Jefferson County. Ohio, and operated a grist-mill for two years. He then came to Columbiana County and purchased a farm in St. Clair township, which lie operated until 1S74 when he disposed of it and, with our subject, bought a farm in what is known as the "Klondike," in the East End, Mast Liverpool. Hoe he died November iKyj. He married Elizabeth Blair, daughter of Robert Blair and bis wife, who was an Allison. They had four children, namely : -Sarah Jane, Robert, Martha Maria and J. Harvey. Sarah Jane is the wife of J. \V. Moore, of Kast Liverpool, whose biography appears elsewhere in this volume. Kof>ert went to Oklahoma after the Civil W ar ami was the first Secretary of that Territory, of which he was later Governor. His death was the indirect result of exposure undergone in the army. Martha Maria is the wife of Henry Abrams. of Last Liverpool. Both parents were members of the United Presbyterian Church, of which the father was elder for more than 40 years.

J. Harvey Martin received a common school education and, following the footsteps of his ancestors, became a tiller of the soil. This he continued until 1893 when he removed to Steubenville, Ohio, in order to educate his children. Two years later he returned to East Liverpool where he has lived retired from active business, although he is interested in and looks after various enterprises. Mr. Martin is a veteran of the Civil War, having served in Company B, 143rd Reg.. Ohio Vol. Inf.. and he is a prominent meml>er of General Lyon Post, No. 44, G. A. R., of which he is past commander. He is a strong Republican and has been since casting his rirst vote for Abraham Lincoln. He lias filled a number of local offices, among which was that of assessor of Liverpool township.

Mr. Martin was married to Maria S. Gilmore, a daughter of Thomas Gilmore, of Steulxrnvillc, Ohio. Lour children have been born to them, only two of whom, Annie G. and Elizabeth, are living. The lalter is the wife of Charles H. Bence. manager of The Sleepless Shoe Company, of Kast Liverpool, of which our subject is pan owner. Mr. and Mrs. Martin are meml>ers of the United Presbvterian Church.

jSEPH E. WALTON, the owner of a finely improved farm of 100 acres situated in sectioti 23, Butler township, widely and favorably known for his success in raising tine cattle and horses, lieing one of the largest shippers in this l«rt of the country, is one of the most enterprising business men of Columbiana County. He was bom March J. iKui. in Butler township, and is a sou of Abel John and Mary i Broomal!) Walton.

Abram Walton, the grandfather of Joseph K.. was lx>rn in Pennsylvania and was one of the pioneers of Butler township, Columbiana County, Ohio. He was a prominent member of the Society of Friends. He carried on agricultural pursuits all his life and died at the age of 70 years. Alicl John Walton, his son, was l>orn in Columbiana County. Ohio, April 11. 1831. and has Ixren a fanner all his life. I le now resides on a w ell-kept farm of some 50 acres in the vicinity of Winona. For the past 35 years lie has been an influential member of the Society of Friends, I belonging to that body which adheres particularly to the teachings of Gurney. the English philanthropist and Quaker preacher. The mother of our subject was lx;rn in 1S3; in Butler township. Columbiana County. Ohio, and has always resided here; ( she is a daughter, of Nathan and Phoebe Broomall, both (it whom were born in Pennsylvania and crime here in pioneer days. ) The "< Wedding" of Abel John Walton and wife was celebrated April _»('>, n^o;. when the venerable parents had the pleasure of seeing their children and grandchildren gathered to do them honor. The children are: Phoebe, the wife of Isaac l oppock. of Mahoning County ; Joseph K, of this sketch; John Oscar, of Hanover township; and Walter P... who remains on the homestead.

Joseph E. Walton has always l>een associated with the farming and stock raising interests of Columbiana County. Since iHyj he has been located on his present line place, his many substantial improvements making it one of the best farms of the township. He has laid three miles of drain tile and has erected new buildings and remodeled the old buildings until the appearance of the whole place is most attracmm tivc. He operates his land as a stock and hay farm, making- a specialty of tine cattle and horses, loth road and draft. Me also raises and sells trotting horses hut docs not develop their speed. He buys and ships fat cattle, hogs and sheep and does a large business in baled hay. Each year he ships from 75 to 100 cars of fat stock. He is president and a director of the Winona Central Telephone Company, lie is not only a man of means but is also of substantial character and is ranked with the leading men of the county.

Mr. Walton was married Novemlier 16. 1 X87. to Emma C. Mount/, who w;is born in this county and is a daughter of Jeremiah C. and Mary Martha ( Pettit ) Monntz. They have four children: Ernest J.. Abram Malvern. Edith M. and .Mice I..

Formerly Mr. Walton was an active Republican, but for the past 10 years he has been identified with the Prohibition party, always having taken a lively interest in temperance work. He was his party's candidate in 1905 for county commissioner. He belongs to the Grange and is interested in agricultural movements along progressive !ii)es. With his family he attends and contributes to the support of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Winona.

John Peach was born in iSu in England, lie was reared to hard work, put to the blacksmith's trade in lxnhood and had few educational opportunities. When lie came to America, he lived at first in P.rooklyn, New York, and later in other localities, settling permanently at East Liverpool, Ohio, in 1850. Hi* father, who had lived many years in New Jersey, came to East I Jvci|m .< d with his son as a mcmlier of the hitter's family, John Peach was a passenger on the unfortunate steamboat "Pittsburg" which blew up in iK;.r with

Joint Peach married Fannie Taylor, also ; a native of England, and they had three child- ; ren. namely: Mary Ellen, wife of Henry i Woodward, of East Liverpool; Catherine, wife ] of Benjamin Hayne, of East Liverpool; and ' George, of this sketch. By a former marriage Mrs. Peach had a son, William, who died in ; F.ast Liverpool.

Our subject secured employment in the local potteries soon after coming to East Liverpiol. He learned the trade of jiggennan and i followed it in numerous potteries prior to en- ; tering the employ of William Brunt with whom 1 lie remained for 2$ years. In iS6j he enlisted i lor service in the Civil War, entering Company ; A. 115th Reg.. Ohio Vol. Inf., in which he I served three years, timing the greater part of the period being detailed in the commissary department. At the close of the war he resumed work in the |>otteries and remained thus employed until the famous lockout in 1882, in the industrial struggle between capital and labor. On Octolter 14, 1SS2. he opened a retail grocery store in partnership with his son. Harry W. Peach, and in 1KS5 they began to do a jobbing business, under the firm style of George Peach \- Son. proprietors of the East Liverpool Tea Company, which continued until 1904, w hen the senior member retired. The firm also handled tobacco, cigars and coiifectionerv.

In 18O0 Mr. Peach was married to Sarah Whitton. and their one child, Harry W., was iK.rn March 3. i8f.i. The latter was reared at Ka*t Liverpool and received his education here, lie was . >tie of the organizers of The Electric Porcelain Company, of East Liverpool, of which he is secretary and treasurer and his time has been given entirely to this enterprise since closing out li<- former interests. He married Margaret Harnett and they have two children, ; ii ien and Adelaide. The wife of our subject died April .'3. HJ04. aged 63 years.

Mr. Peach has always been active in politics and is a stanch Republican. He has held many official [Kisitioiis, serving on the Board of Health, as township trustee and in 18K6 he was

Liverpool, Ohio. February 29. 1*60. and is a at the lowest cost. The works give employv>n of Charles ami Ktnma < Parks) Smith. mcnt to some 150 hands, the yearly sales reach in 1H47. bleating for one year at Pittsburg c mimied with practical experience has contriand then coming to Columbiana County. The huted to the great success of this company from

Liverpool; and Mrs. Sarah McCUire and ; [j^*H \NIEL I' CROXIX. a leading busi- Mrs. Emma Foster, lioth of Fast Liverpool. | I I 1 : "ess citizen of Salem, vice-president William Smith's education was obtained in ' ^ I Js of The Salem China Company, with the public schools of Columbiana County, his , plant <>n South Lundy street, was parents settling on a farm when he was alxntt lx.ru January 15, 1856. in C ork. Irelive years old. He assisted on the home place laud, and is a son of John and Johanna until he was 16 year, old and then started to 1 Hickey) Cronin.

in that rapacity and then was employed as a 1876: his widow, aged 69 years. js stiil a resipacker for three years by the firm of Knowles. dent of that city. John Cronin entered ihc

William Polk

Union Army alter coining to t he United States and made a good soldier in the J311I Regiment. Ohio Vol. .Int., of which the colonel was Stanlev .Matthews, later a justice of the United States Supreme Court. Four of the eight children horn to John Cronin and wife now survive, namely: Daniel P.. of this sketch: Honora. wife of Daniel E. McN'icol, president of The D. E. McXicol Pottery Company, of East Liverpool; Cornelius, secretary and treasurer of The Standard Pottery Company, of East Liverpool : and Ellen, of East Liverpool.

Onr subject accompanied the rest of the family to America, landing at New York on August _-(>. jSov After a residence of t\mr months in Harlem, the family removed to Port Jlomer, Jefferson County. Ohio, and lived there from Decemher, 1SO3. until May 1. 1864. and then settled at Last Liverpool, l or the past six years onr snhject has been a resilient of Salem, where he is an esteemed and respected citizen. He is a self-made man, beginning almost 111 childhood to drive a horse in a pottery at East Liverp.nl. and thus adding to the family income. He worked through every department of the jiottcrv and learned all the smallest <letails until he liecame an expert potter in all hranches of the craft. He has hecn interested in the Dresden j>ottery at East Liverpool and iK-longs to the directing hoards of a nnmlK-r of the pottery companies in what is termed the East Liverpool district, which turn 4 nit some oi the finest specimens of the potter's art. He was one of the organizers of The Salem China Company, in i&p). with which he has l>een officially connected ever since, and is the present vice-president. Thomas McXicol lieing president and William Smith, secretary and treasurer. The Salem China Company is well equipped, having six ware kilns ami two decorating kilns.

In l S<> 1 Mr. Cnoiin was married to Kathenne C"» .1 litis, who was horn at Wolverhampton. England, and came to America with her parents in iWiri. Mr. and Mrs. Cronin have live children : Mary. John. Philip. Katherine and Cornelius. They are consistent tneml>ers of the Catholic Church. Mlhough Mr. Cronin was reared a Democrat, he suhse<iuently hecame ideittificfl with the Republican party. He takes a leading place with the business men and substantial citizens of his section of Columbiana County.

.LI AM POLK, a prominent resident of East Liverp«io|. whose inventive genius has brought his name prominently before the pub lie and whose latest invention ha* revolutionized the pottery industry, was horn at Pittsburg. Pennsylvania. December 15. 1863, and is a son of Frederick and Louise I Kho'rkaste) Polk.

The parents of Mr. Polk were horn in (ierniany. The father was a farmer there until his death in tKo_». Shortly a tier this family calamity, the mother crossed the ocean and joined her parents in Pittsburg, where they had been settled for several years, and there our subject was horn, soon after she reached the parental roof. Thus he never knew a father's care. His education was dial obtainable in the public seh< Mils, m which he received instruction until his services could l.e of value in a rollingmill, where he learned the trade of roller and continued at work until iSi«>.

While his hands w ere employed all day long and the rumble of the great mill was around him hour after hour. Ins brain was busy with ideas entirely foreign to his sum miidmgs. (ienins whispereil how a change might be marie in a certain hit of machinery, how a clumsy arrangement might he overcome, and soon only the lack of capital prevented the young man from devoting himself to maturing these ideas and bringing alxittt practical results. While these thoughts of inventinns continued to Ik.- revolved in his active mind, he came to the conclusion thai a business education was needed before he could hope to improve his condition. He entered one of the excellent schools <if his native city. Duff's Commercial College, and after taking the complete business course removed to East Liverpool, in June. iKw_>.

successfully for some ti years. He still owns the ]>r<i|)erty but has not been its active manager since 1003. During all this period he has continued his experiments in the line of various inventions, meeting with frequent disappointment and suffering financial loss at times, but the success which has crowned Ins persistent effort- well repays him for all he has endured. One i f his earlier successes was the perfecting of the first strictly automatic machine tor the manufacture of copper rivets, by which to rivets could he produced in the time formerly used to make one. His improvements on the old type of rolls formerly in use in working steel and iron have been accepted by the leading mills, while innumerable small inventions, all of a practical nature, are iti general use. After 22 months of ceaseless effort, during which period he was subjected to much ridicule from those who could not understand his genius in being able to accomplish w hat so many had failed to do, he completed the first and only sagger-maker, a machine for use in potteries, which, with four men will perform the same amount of work in less time and in a more satisfactory manner than was formerly done by 1 6 skilled artisans. This machine has been under severe test in the plant of The llmniT Laughlin China Company, at East Liverpool, for the past three months. It is acknowledged to be a great advance on any previous attempt to accomplish like results, iu fact it almost revolutionizes the potterv industry. It so reduces cost of production that it enables manufacturers by its use to compete with the wares made in other lands by underpaid operators.

Mr. Polk has just completed and patented a concrete building-block machine, with uo tons pressure and with a capacity of producing two blocks per minute, the dimension- of a block being 8 by g by 32 inches.

Mr. I "oik was married to Louise frill, who is n daughter of August frill, of fond du Lac Count v. Wisconsin, and they have live children, viz.: Mary M . Florence. Gertrude. William and Louise. The family belong \-> the German Lutheran I lunch.

Politically. Mr. folk is identified with the Republican party but only as a voter, his inclinations never leading him to either seek or accept public office. His fraternal connection is with the Benevolent and Protective Order of the F.Iks, in which Uvly he finds relaxation and o nigenial a unpanionship.

Mr. folk's resilience, a stately brick mansion, is located at the end of Thompson place, on a bluff overlooking the Ohio River. A portrait of the subject of this sketch is presented on a foregoing page.

\MCFL 1RWIX CHISUOLM. proprietor of a 15-acre fruit farm in section I. Perry township, on the New Garden' road just out of Salem, is a well-known and much respected citizen and an honored survivor of the great Civil War. He was born in Salem, a few rods from where he now lives, September 25, 1840, and is a son of John P. and Flsie (Bowker) Chisholm.

The paternal grandafther of Mr. Chisholm was John Chisholm. who was born in Scotland on the Buncltcrcw farm, three miles from the city of Inverness, on May 4. 1763. He came alone to America iu J 785 ami opened up a carpenter and millwright business in Philadelphia, which he followed until 1S0S. when he moved to Duncannon, Perry County, Pennsylvania. There he built a great, stone grist-mill in 1812-13 :mu engaged in milling; in 1823 be bought a farm and thereafter operated lx>th mill and farm. He died in t8.j2. When the British frigates approached Baltimore, in the second war with Great Britain, he served 40 days ns an ensign in the militia in defense of the city. Grandfather Chisholm was' married twice and he had six children by his first wife and seven by the second, who had two children by a former marriage, so that when the family gathered around the generous fire-place, the parents could count 15 children. As far as we know they all reached maturity and did well their part- in lite.

was reared on the farm and learned the trade of blacksmith at Bloomlicld. Pennsylvania. In 1837 lie removed to Crawford County, Ohio, and in the same year found work at Lisbon. Columbiana County, then known as New Lisbon. In January, 1838. be reached Salem. Me conducted a shop at Salem from 1840 until lus death in i88_\ during- which time he also operated his farm of 49 acres. Me was a man of sterling character, one in whom his tellowcittzens placed reliance and one whom they selected as a general counselor. Me was a member of the Council from 1846 until 1S47. It) early political life a Whig, he became closely identified with the Republican party a later date. Me was a leading member of the Methodist Church and held positions 011 its official board for years.

The mother of our subject was 1)orn at Salem. Ohio. June 10. 1817. and her whole life was spent in this vicinity, her death taking place at the age of 75 years. She came of Revolutionary stock and of a distinguished military family. The family was established in this country in if>(>7. in which year her ancestor, an Englishman, came to America, settling in Connecticut. Mcr grandfather was Lieut. William Bowker. who was bom in 1767 in Burlington County. New Jersey. Me was one of the first to join the patriot army and was one of tire last to lay dow n anus. Me was a member of the 35th Battalion of New Jersey militia and served under the immediate command of < a-icral Washington and during a part of his service belonged to the General's liodv guard. 1 1 e endured the privations of the terrible winter at Valley h'orgc and he participated in the battles of White l'lains. Monmouth. Germantow;! ;uid Bradywiuc. Before the war he had kept a tavern on the highway between Mount Molly and Mullica Mill. Me entered the service of his country as a private and for gallant action was commissioned a lieutenant.

Isaiah Rowker. son of Lieut. Wilham Rowker. and father of Mrs. Chisholm, also serv ed his country, taking part itt the War of iSij. Me enlisted from Salem, the company being made up of men from Salem and ( New') Lis1«n and commanded by Captain Blackburn. This Com-

|Kiny spent four weeks at Mansfield and spent the winter of iSij-13 at Fori Meigs. Mr. Rowker was included in the detachment which i was sent to the relief of Winchester. During ibis part of his service an occasion arose on w hich his promptness in killing an Indian saved the life of Captain Blackburn, an act which was I never forgotten by his grateful superior. Me ! returned to Salem in August, 1813.

The children of John ami Elsie (Rowker) ! Chisholm were: Samuel Irwin, of Salem; Mary J., wife of Kmnior K. Lntrikin, of Salem; and Josephus R., of Salem.

When our subject was alwutt in years old. bis father bought a farm in Goshen township, Mahoning County, about four nuies from Salem and the youth was pretty closely occupied on this tract until October. 1854. when he begati to learn the blacksmith's trade with Ins father and worked at Salem until the Civil War broke out. Me had attended school in the meantime and had completed the high school course. On May 12. i86_>, he enlisted for service in Company G, 80th Reg., Ohio , Vol. Inf.. under Capt. S. S. Kemble and Col- [ or.cl Burns, and was mustered in at Camp . Cha>e and was sent to Clarksburg. West Vir- ; gmia. In the lalter part of July this particular ' command was sent to Muttonsvillc, West Virginia, where it was engaged in a great deal of irregular skirmishing, during which time Mr. Chisholm's three-months term of service expired and he was discharged at Cam]) Delaware m September 25th.

Mad Mr. Chisholm not been taken sick with typhoid fever at this time he would likely have immediately reenlisted, but for one year lie was totally incapacitated, after which he we'd to Nashville. Tennessee, and entered the r]uartennaster's department, in winch he remained until April.' 1 8< 14. Again he enlisted h the too-day serv ice, in Company I), 143rd i\<-g.. Ohio Vol. Inf.. under Capt. George W. , Gihbs and Colonel Vodrey and (luring this ser- ! vice lie took part in the nine days fighting in front of Petersburg. On September 12, 1864, he was again honorably discharged.

he had become an expert. lie took as his specialty work on high-grade steel tools and did sonic delicate tempering which had previously hcen done only by foreign experts. From Salem he went to Mmmt Vernon hnt in April. 1870. lie returned to Salem alter lour years of absence and here lie continued to work at his trade until February. 1X74. when he returned to Mount Vernon, where he remained until October, 1879. On his return to Salem this time he was employed at the lhickeye Enpine Works until the spring- of iSS'j and then workeil for Silver & Deming until August. 1884. when he gave up work at Ins trade and took up his residence mi a small farm in order to gratify a love for horticulture which he had cherished since he was 10 years old. I lis little fruit farm yields him a line ino me and enough pleasure to compensate for all the hard work incurred. He has set out with his own hands some 1.800 trees and vines and has fine specimens from a number of European countries; among them he has apples from live European countries, including 13 varieties from Austria- Hungary; plums and pears from four European countries-, and cherries, mulberries ami grapes also from Austria-Hungary, all of which under his intelligent cue and cultivation produce abundantly of the best of their kind. lie has devoted much study to the subject and for the past eight years bas served as judge of agricultural product* and fruits at the annual county fairs, i'lobribly no one in this section is better equipped for the position.

Mr. Chisholm was married February J.*. 1X68, to Nettie L. Mill, w ho w as horn at Mount Vernon. Ohio, February jo. 1840. ami is a daughter of Henry \V. and Elizabeth ( Deem* > Rail, natives <>i Cumliei 1 and. Maryland. They have two children, vi/: John II.. who assisthis father and carries on an insurance business at Salem: and Elsie .V. who resides at home.

Mr. Chisholm has been a ir.cmUr of the Republican partv since 1S-0. and oast lus first vote for Abraham Lincoln hi iSix>. The only office he has ever held ha- been that of member of the School Hoard. He belongs to Tresctt Lost, No. 10, (I. A. k., of Salem, and to Amity

Lodge. No. 124, 1. O. O. I"., of Salem. In closing this record of the life of one of Ferry township's most estimable citizens, it may not be out of place to call attention to the fact that the hues he has followed have been along the path of duty.

\ E. FELLS general manager of The King vN; Fells Hardware Company, of Earn Liverpool, which 1- the oldest istnbhs'ied business in this line in the city ar.il ;iUo die nio-i important, was barn at West 1'oirt. Cohnnbiana County. Olr.o. March 1. 1 Si k runt is a son of (i. Frank and Margaret 1 William* i Fell*.

Nathaniel Fells, the great-grandfather of I. E. I'.elN. was made a freeman of the State of Connecticut in 181 Ins certificate of admission, issued at New Canaan and bearing the date of September K>. iXu. is now in the possession of <>ur subject. Among 4>ther important family paper- which are personally interesting to the descendants, there are a number w hich are also of interest to the public as easting light on a historic past. Among these is a sort of diary in which has been recorded a thrilling and no doubt trustworthy account of the culture and imprisonment of a number of patriots. 011 March 14. 1777. among whom was one J. Beard Fells, a Revolutionary ancestor of our subject. The llntish captors placed the prisoner* o,: board the "Sliced well." confining them 111 the hold of the vessel, in which they were taken to Flushing. Long Island. There ; they were lam led and were given victuals and I wine at the house- of Cioveruor Brown, and j were kindly cared for until taken to New York. I where on March Jist they were sent under I guard 10 the sugar house, which is described as i a very objectionable place. There are many j item* in the book of historical value. Mr.

Fells also owns his ancestor's old wallet and his i account book which shows that Nathaniel Ecll* was a shoemaker and was doing a good business as early as 1 770.

the first settlers in Columbiana County. By trade lie was a blacksmith ami he combined worked at his trade with farming, after sailing in Ohio.

C Erauk Hells, s.in of (ieorge HclU. ami lather of our subject, was hum in HSkrun township. Columbiana Comity, Ol.i... ami learned the blacksmith's trade with his lather. This lie followed until he enlisted fur service in the C ivil War. entering the t.i.^rd Regiment. Ohio Vol. Inf. ]'le married a daughter of Solomon Williams, who was h<irn on the farm in Madison township where the family still reside. Mr. Hells being a prominent farmer and valued citizen. Me has served his township in many offices. being elected to these by the Republican party with which he has long been identified. Roth he and his wife are valued members of the Presbyterian Church in which he has k-cn both trustee ami treasurer. Their four children were: Ira E.. of this sketch : < ieorge M.. of Yonngstowu. Ohio: W illiam I... of Elkrun township; and Frederick, who died in iSS.v

Cntil he had reached his legal majority, our subject remained on the home farm ass-sting his father and obtaining liis education in the local schools, in iKon lie removed to East Liverp.xl and entered the employ ,,f the Million Hardware \ Supply Company, with which house he remained for the succeeding 10 years and then started jnio business fot himself. I wo years later he returned to his former position and continued with that firm until 1K04. when it was reorganized and succeeded by the firm of Shuc & Hells. They purchased the hardware business ot ( ic rge Caston & Sons, which had been established in 1N0; 0:1 Second street. Ab-ut iNKn it was removed to its present location, , the east side of tbc "Dininonil." In 1)^)7 Mr Fells sold his interest to bis partner, who continued the business alone "i.td looj. w hen the l;rm of ( ntt rnr-i \- |-osv-, ler purchased il ami cat t ied 1: on miiil October. r<;o.b In tins year our subject .an! Andrew W. King succeeded to die I m 1 > i - i< - . and in the lollowing vcar :t incorporated under the house in the city. but. under its new management, is doing by far the largest business. This house handles everything in hardware, including hardware, mantels, tile, chandeliers, etc., their great stock of goods requiting the four floors ami bisenient of the building to accommodate it. Mr. Hells is general manager and has tf e men in bis ciilpb >v.

Mr. Eclls married Maude M. File, who was bom at West Point, Columbiana County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Isaac Fife. They have tw o children : Helen Marie and Donald Vincent. Mr. and Mrs. EeMs are members of the I'irst Presbyterian Church of East Liverpool. Mr. Eells has many business connections, is interested in numerous civic movements of a pubhe-spirited nature, and is fraternally associated w ith the ( Hd bellow s and the Woodmen of the World.

>CH PR ADSII AW. This name is one held in the highest esteem in East Liverpool. The venerable founder of the family here has passed away, his beloved wife sleeps by his side, but they are recalled by worthy descendants and by those oa er- widening influences which germinate in useful, nobly-lived, unselfish hvos

Knoch I'.radshaw was born at Hanley. Staffordshire. England, in 1S1S. and as he was bereft of Ins parents in early youth, he was reared in the home <>f relatives. When but <igln years old the burden of his own support fell upon bis shoulders and be became a worker in a local pottery. When older he moved to Tunstall. in the same district, and continued to work as a potter in his native laud until J4 years of age. becoming an expert artisan. While living at Tunstall. he studied for the ministry and preached at intervals. He continue 1 the good work after coming to das country, officiating at funerals and marriages but never having any permanent charge. In 1N4.? be came to America and made Ins way to the potteries of Hast Liverpool. Ohio, working during the lir-t vear for John (ioodwin with whom, with short interruptions, he continued until He then practically riband, .ned pottery work, buying a tract of land with a view tit engaging in tanning. Very soon alter licguiniug its cultivation, lie discovered tliat it was underlaid with a deposit of tine potters' clay and lie then opened up a clay kink, which supplied all the local potteries, with material for some time. Although this was a very profitable venture, he was led to sec that on account of the rapid growth of the city the land would lie more valuable for building purposes, hence the farm was later placed in condition for sale.

Mr. Bradshaw was a man of exceptional business talent, and was also enterprising and progressive. In 1X50 he established a newspaper, the Democrat, a weekly journal, which he ably edited for some seven years. It was mainly devoted to local interests and did much to bring attention to East Liverpool and the contiguous section. In 186(1 he sold the paper to his son Theodore and J. If. Simms. His political sentiments made hiin a Democrat but he was opposed to slavery and even was closely allied w ith the promoters of the "Underground Railroad," a scheme he assisted l>y money and influence. A man of his sterling character naturally comes to the front in any community and he was called upon to serve in local office, on many occasions. Old settlers recall his sessions- of court, w hile he w as justice of the peace which were held in Bradshaw Hall, which is 1 -tie of the historic landmarks of the city. During the Civil W ar it was the meeting place for the Unionists Mr. Bradshaw lieing a very loyal man. 1 le served three months in the Ohio National Guard and did guard duty at Fort Delaware. After the war Bradshaw Hall, as the old building is still called, was turned into a priming establishment and from it were issued the Mercury, the Local and the Dcaxhrot . About 1878 the old ball was transformed into an opera house, the first in the town, and then it hccaive a dancing hall, being lei for miscellaneous meetings. From this poor estate it w is rescued by a rel'gious body, the Free Metb. id 1 -is. who leaded it to hoM their mis-inn Sunday-schools, and subsequently it was b. by the Christian Church, by which org iir ,"ni' m it is now ow:te '.

of the Church of England and a close follow er of its observances, but in his later years his views on many subjects changed. As his outlook broadened be came to depend less upon form and ceremony and more upon the literal following of the 0<>i<icn Rule, l ew men. in this regard, lived more closely to what be professed, although a somewhat gruff and forbidding manner deceived many as to the warm, kind heart beneath, the honest intention and the sincere regard. He was not charitable as the world views chanty, with great flourish of sounding drum and oratory, but truly so. in providing silently ami unostentatiously for the widow and orphan, the sick, weary and discouraged. From the close of the war until his death, many years later, on January _M, 180,1. he was not actively engaged in business, although his many investments continued to require and claim his attention during the remaiuder of his life, hi his passing. East Liverpool lost a man of many virtues, one of great business abilities and executive capacity and , one. who. through life, stood for commercial integrity and honest manhood.

Mr. Bradshaw was married in 1846 to Mrs. Synthia i Riley ) Logan, and they became the parents of these children: I *ri-cil ht J.. Ambrose C, Theodore IC Laura M.. wife of Louis Barth. a capitalist of East Liverpool; Eugene B.. Ida O. and I.illie M.

Mrs. Bradsh.aw was horn September 1N18, on what is known as the Mcl'licrsoit farm, w hich is situated about three miles northwest of Last Liverpool. She was a daughter of die 'ate well-known Matthew and Xancv Rilev. the latter of whom lived to the age of 102 and all of whose 10 children, of whom Mrs. Br.nl- -Ii.-uv was the youngest, lived to be more than 75 years of age. The ancestors of Mrs. Bradshaw emigrated from Ireland to America about the middle of the 17th century. Her parents came as pioneers to this section of Ohio early iti the njlh century. Her father served as a soldier in the War of i8u and her maternal grandfather. Joseph McKitnion, served as a so, .-at under the Revolutionary patriot. "Mail" Anthony Wayne. He was prcscrt at the killing of Big Font, the Indian warrior.

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young girl of but 16 years, was united in marriage with James Logan, and they went West, locating at Jefferson City. Missouri. They resided there until 1838 and then returned to Ohio, where Mr. Logan died soon after. In 1845 she married Enoch Bradshaw. For over 50 years they resided in the old homestead on the corner of Fourth street and Broadway, where the Carnegie Library now stands. This was a portion of the original farm owned by Mrs. Bradshaw \s father.

After a life of more than usual usefulness, domestic happiness and social prominence. Mrs. Bradshaw passed away on February 2_\ 1897, a woman beloved and admired by all who had ever been admitted to close acquaintance. She was a woman of strong character, one who impressed all with her individuality. For manv vcars she bad been a Ixdiever in the Universalist doctrine and all her life had been a Christian in all that the term implies. On the sad occasion when all had gathered to pay a last tribute of respect to one who deserved respect and esteem, a most touching funeral sermon was preached, or, as it was termed, an address was given, by Hon. George P. Ikirt. M. 1).. who, for more than 20 years had been her physician. It was by her request that he presided and no one was better fitted for the task. In the course of these remarks. Dr. Ikirt said, in part :

"Xone knew Mrs. Bradshaw but to respect and honor her. Her intellect was above the average. I lor mind was broad and liberal and her friendship true, warm and elevating. * * * While a firm believer in Divinity, she never joined any church, giving as a reason that there was something in each creed < r discipline tg which she felt she could not conscientiously sul>scribc. * * * Her li?>cral mind and loving nature could see nothing in religion hut the universal salvation of the whole human race.

"Mother Bradshaw :s gone, but not so the good influence of her life's work. That is left behind as a fragrant memory to her friends ami a valued legacy to her children and as a monument more abiding than granite more enduring than tempered bronze or the pyramid of Cheops, for the reason that chords set in motion by a good and ambitious mother will not only transmit good iutluences through the lives of several generations of her descendants, but will, as 1 believe, set in motion chords that will vibrate for good throughout ceaseless ages of eternity."

-ANIEL THOMAS LAWSON. It 1 I would be impossible to tell the IJI story of Wellsville without interweaving with it the histories of a few earnest, public-spirited men, who, from its early years of advancement to the present have l>een intimately associated with its growth. One of these we find in Daniel Thomas Lawson. who also has claims to distinction in connection with his successful discoveries in the field of science.

Mr. Liwson was l»orn in Pennsylvania and comes of Revolutionary slock and honorable lineage. His parents were Thomas and Esther ( Moore) Law son. On the father's side the grandfather. James Liwson. was born in Ireland, and emigrated to the I'nited States soon after the Revolutionary War, settling in Westmoreland County. Pennsylvania, where lie lived to the age of yj years. The maternal grandfather. Daniel Moore, was lx>rn in New Jersey and served in the Revolutionary War. In 1876 he settled in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, where he lived, a man of affairs, until the age of 86 years. Thomas I.awsou was l>orn in Westmoreland County, and his wife in Xcw Jersey.

Daniel Thomas Law son w as afforded but few educational opportunities in his lioyhood, not because of his parents' lack of interest in his welfare, but more on account of the few -chills and the indifferent teachers of his day. When he had reached the age of 10 years, he vent to work for Daniel Wevand. pr- .]»rict-"rr <tf the Somerset Whig, whu aNo did a general i"b priming business. For the "first tw> years he worked for his Fi.ard and clothes, hut his employer was n kind, inst man and afforded him a goo. I home. By the end nf two years

5<X> HISTORY Obhe hail l«"inc ex[K?rt in all branches of the business ami then was given journeyman waives, according t" the rule prevailing at that time.

When he hail reached the age oi" u, years, he secureil his mother's consent to go t" Pittsburg, in search oi fame anil fortune, ami he reached that city in August, l^o, lie Soon secured a position in the office of the Daiiea'af mill ll'i>rl:i)i^iiint\< . Llvociitr, and showed such i su|K-rior skill >n netting type, making up the forms and in press work, that in the -pace of three weeks he w as made foreman of the office by the editor and proprietor. Wilson h. Stewart, lie had been reared to habits of strict frugality and during his position here, with a foreman's wages, he soon accumulated enough capital to enable him to indulge the long cherished desire of improving his education. He spent the following summer at Allegheny | College and became interested in geology, chemistry and physics, which he continued to study under IW. X. R. Smith in the Pennsylvania Lyceum,

This was a turning point in his life, for it was during one of the demonstrations of Professor Smith Ik? fore his class, as to the biding point of water, it being ~j degrees in a vacuum and J I degrees under atmospheric pressure, that Mr. Caw son developed 1 lie ideas which ultimately led him to the discovery that hot water is explosive, although at that tune he knew nothing concerning boiler explosions. In lS^S several merchants in Allegheny, with public-spirited intent, communicated with him. They had learned of his newspaper proficiency, j both ni a mechanical ami literary way. for by this time interesting articles from his pen had i found t heir way into prim, and they judged that in him they had found just the right man to start a newspaper in Allegheny. Sufficient pre-sure was brought to bear, support and assist-mee were proffered him and lie consented to put aside Ins scientific -tmhes for a tune and accede to their wishes. Thus the Weston; f-'in- [><>riii:it e-mie into being, a weekly publication and the first newspaper published m the city of Alleghetiv. This venture w.a> a success from , the strut and to make it pros|ier, Mr. I.awson worked early and late, to such an extent that his eyes gave out and he was obliged to close out his interests there. Hence five months from its initial number, he sold the properlv, clearing S550.

Acting up.. -u the advice of his physician, he joined his hrother who was a contractor 0:1 the old Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, at Cumberland. Mary land, where the out-door life and relief froin eye si rain greatly l-cncfitcd his health. After about a year of this life, he went to Somerset d-unty to visit his mother and later arrived in Pittsburg. Among the old friends he met there was A. C. (Attlett. who prevailed upon him to undertake to dispose of a six-horse w ag. 11 load of ( Hiio butter and as this was outdoor work he consented and made a good deal. In the following spring he left Pittsburg and started down the river with the intention of visiting several (mints, but upon arriving at Wellsville. he entered the employ of Hamilton. Aten & Company, with whom he continued as Ixiokkeepcr. collector and general assistant until |S .40. when he embarked in the cash retail grocery business. Three months later he entered int.. partnership with Rev. Mahlon Martin under the linn name of Martin & I.awson. and in the summer of 1S41. w hen they took account of stork, they found they had cleared J 5 4. 1 per cent on their investment. Shortly afterward. Jacob Cov. de. a brother-in-law <>f Mr I.awson. purchased Martin's interest, the linn became I.awson \- Covode ar.d during the next nine years the linn did an immense wholesale grocerv. storage and forwarding business. Then Mr. Caw s. .11 bought his partner's interest .i-id after a short time s.dd out to Applegate & Company, for whom he became manager, with a fine salary.

When this firm failed. Mr. I -aw son took over the business, paid the creditors and then formed a partnership with William R. Wells, under the firm name of I.awson & Wells, which continued until iS(«>. Mr. I.awson continued the business alone until 1870. when he was succeeded by his sons.

had written many articles giving his views nn the subject ami explaining the principles of the non-explosive steam holers which he later patenteil. This subject bad long been one of general interest and in i ^"4 a lioard of experts appointed by the I 'resident and the Secretary of the Cnited States Treasury, began cxperi merits to determine the cause of boiler explosions. For i!iis work Congress had appropriated the sinii of Skxuxx) .and alter laboring several months in earnest efforts to expb »k- a boiler upon old theories, the effort was abandoned. Wii'e these tests «erc in progress Mr. I .aw son was a close observer and later made his own experiments at his own expense and proved that in accordance with the formula which he had discovered, he could explode any toiler at will. In February, iSSj, Secretary bolder ap|x>inte< I a coir.ntitiec of experts m witness n test made bv Mr. Law sou and in the report under date of May o. iN8_>. they .aid: "As to the merits of the claims made for Mr. Law son's theory of steam boiler explosions, in our opinion its validity was fully established."

In everv public measure of importance to Weilsville. Mr, I.aw son has always been a leading organizer. I le w as the In - 1 man to suggest the advisability of a railroad line ktween Cleveland and Weilsville and he. A. C. Catlett and llenrv Cope were appointed by a meeting of citizens a committee to visit Cleveland and urge the building of the mad. They drove over the projected line of the road from Weilsville to Cleveland in three days and -pent three days in the latter city. On the second day a meeting was called in the Court House, which was addressed by Thomas Kolton. a leading attorney. A. C Catlett and Mr. Law son. The next morning the parlor of the hotel was filled with leading citizens, among them king the il editor of the /'Can {\\tisr, who suggested that if they would draw up a charter, he would print it ami hav e it ready tor them to take hack w ith them and distribute in the towns along the wav. The result of their efforts was that the charter v,\- s granted in the spring of 1S44. More detail, of this important work, in which Mr. Law- .,,11 \a -. s, . prominent, w il! k found in another pa-; of ;h:s volume.

Pohically, Mr. I.awson has adjusted his v iews as. according to public affairs, the times demanded, king a Whig. Greenbacker and Democrat. In 1808 and again in 1 S70 he was nominated for Congress, but the district was too largely Republican to give him success. He has served the city of Weilsville in various capacities and is always ready to promote the town's welfare, lie has been an Odd 1 ''el lowsince 1848.

On April 29, 1841, Mr. I.awson was married to Frances Ann Wc!k a daughter of James and Sarah (Morgan) Wells, a sketch of this leading family being found in another part of this work. Their children were: James W.. Thomas Clifford. Charles C, William 1C. Sarah Esther. Frances Ann and Mary Caroline. Mrs. Lnwson was horn June to, 18.ro, and died March 2, 190-. lioth Sir. Lawson and wife were reared in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Lawson is a most interesting gentleman, a gi««l story-teller and has a fund of interesting reminiscences of earlyexperiences which are well worth hearing. He remains vigorous in mind and body and is still a factor in the city's life.

fjpTI iSEPII L. IIAIIX was born in 1839 If II on the farm south of h;s present well- EE |, 1 of ,-,cres, w hich is situlH^J ated in section j;. Knox township, and is a son of William and Marv ("Sent/) Halm, and a grandson of Adam Halm, the founder of the family in Ohio.

Ad 1111 Ilabn came 1o Columbiana County from Maryland in 1801. He was accompanied bv his familv and John Whitelc at'ier and family, and in 1810 together they entered the whole of section Knox township. The old

William Ilabn. the lather of Joseph. I... was l»>rn near 15 aitimore. Mankind, in 171)6 and was about five years old when his father came to Ohio. He grew up 0:1 his father's bind and worked mainly in the hitler's sawmill until the age of _>t> years, when he and his brother. Frederick Ilabn, went on the section that Adam Ilahn had entered, each taking: a quarter-sect ion, in dimensions a quarter of a mile wide and one mile long. W illiam Halm's land lying- south of that of Ins brother. At one time our subject owned the quarter-section taken by his father hut subsequently sold it. The mother died March 25. 1848. and the father in 1803. They had nine children, namely: Catherine, who died in infancy; Rachel, deceased, formerly wrfe of Peter Bennett, also deceased ; Mary, deceased, formerly wife of John Dennett, deceased; Elias, who died in his 77th year in November, 1904. leaving a widow and two children. - Mary and Edna: William, who is a minister of the United Brethren Church, residing in Florida : John, who is a bachelor and resides in Ionia County, Michigan; Joseph L.. of this sketch; Sarah, who married Michael Wagner and reared six sons and two daughters : Adam, a minister of the United Brethren Church, w ho has a family of seven children; and Henry, a farmer in Knox township, who married Lydia M Shiveley and lias live children.

Joseph L. Hahn was educated in Knox township and at Mount Union College and worked on Ins fatfier's farm until he was prepared to start out for himself. After disposing of his part of the homestead farm, he went to Tennessee for a time and upon his return purchased his present farm in section 25. This he operated himself for a number of years and still oversees it. although be is not so actively engaged as in former years. It is a valuable property, well improved and finely cultivated.

Mr. ilahn was married in 18(11 to Ucbccca 1 faas, who died OcccmlKT 13. loot, in her <>">th \ear. She was a daughter of Mathias Haas a farmer of Springfield township. Mahoning County. Ohio, who died at the age of 07 years, leaving 15 children. Horn in ( lermanv. he c.inic to America a poor man. worked for a lime at shocmaking i:i Philadelphia and then removed to Mahoning County, where by industry and eo momy be accumulated 304 acres of land. Mr. 1 lahn and, w 1 1 c had live sons and one daughter Kirn ti> them, nanielv : Mathias, :y\ ordained minister in the German I'.apti«| ('lunch, in Stark County. OHo. who married Alice I'ugale and has lour children, - Waldo, Charles. Lucy Rebecca and an in fain, son: Joan, who married ];.dvvin G. Saflle ami has three sons, - Byron. Frank and Harold; Curtis, who married Clara Summers, reside^ at Canton and has two children (twins). Lester and Lcroy; Thurman, who married Mattie Lewis, resides in Stark County and has one 1 child, - Joseph L. ; Owen C. who married Yinine Stroup: and Frank, who remains on the farm, his father's right-hand man.

Mr. Ilahn is a leading nieml>er of the German Baptist Church at Reading, two miles west of North Georgetown, lie has in his IK.ssession a German Bible which was published in 1700, which his father bought at Canton in 185(1. paying a Sjo gold piece for it. Politically he is a Democrat. A picture of the Halm family accompanies this sketch.

one of the city's old and respected business men. Mr. Pattou was born in Fayette County. Pennsylvania. April 13, 1836. and is a son of Joseph and Anna ( Galloway > Pattou.

Fayette County. Pennsylvania. is largely settled by memlicrs and kindred of the Patton family who own large bodies of rich farming land there. There John Patton. the grandfather of our subject, was liorn. of Scotch Irish parentage. The Galloways came originally from Ireland and the father of our sub iect's mother was a miller in Payette County, where she was Ix.rn, She lived to the age >>>. «>3 vcars. Joseph Patton was born in Fayetit Countv, Pennsylvania, and removed in 1842 tr> ] larrtson Countv. Ohio, where be spenl h:> active years as a farmer, dying at the age of 85 years, lie left to his descendants a wekimproved farm of it>j acres, lie was a mem her of the Presbvteriau ("hurch. His children were: John, deceased: Robert T.. a farmer - -f Berghoh, Jefferson County, Ohio; Mary.

Samuel G. Patton was reined on his father's farm, where lie remained engaged in agricultural pursuits until lie was _'.S years old. In the fall of 1804 lie left home and soon after established himself in the milling business at Richmond. Jefferson County. Ohio, beginning with the operating of a sawmill and finally going into tfic steam flouring mill business. He continued this until 1875 and then sold his mill and worked for three years at the carpenter's trade, having skill as a millwright. In 1S78 he built a steam flouring mill at Scio, Harrison County, where he lived for 12 years and then Ixnight a farm, lie did not operate ; the farm himself, merely overseeing the work, as during this time he was head miller and manager of the City Mill at Chrichsville, Ohio, which was destroyed by lire in August, 1S91. In 1901 Mr. Patton entered into the furniture and undertaking business at Salem with his son-in-law, W illiam S. Arliaugl?, under the linn name of Patton & Arhaugh.

In i.Soj Mr. Patton was married to Mary Smith, who was txirn in Carroll County. Ohio, and is a daughter of Jacob Smith. They have one daughter, Eva M . who is the wife of William S. Arbaugh. junior member of the linn of Patton \ Arlnaugh.

Mr. Patton has Ixrn a member of the Presbyterian Church since boyhood, lie be- ; !..ngs to the Masonic fraternity, having k-en '. made a Master Mason in 1866.

B^OSEPH HARLOW, a director of The £JI I Colonial Company. ;» leading pottery |32 1 manufacturing concern of Past Liver- SSal pool, and manager of its dipping de- 1 partment. kiln shed ami w avel:on-c department, wa-s born at Smallllir.nl. Staffordshire. England, Decernl er 8. 1S5J. and is a 'on - f Samuel an<! I.ucy (Bath I Barlow. His grandfather was Samuel Barlow, a native of Chendle. Ivigland, where he engaged in fanning at Cheadlc in 1819 and worked in the potteries there, rising to the position of kiln foreman. Alxntt i860 he came to America and for three years worked at his trade in Trenton, New Jersey, then returned to England where he worked until his death, w hich occurred in 1884. lie married Lucy Bath, whose father was Thomas Bath, oi Burslem. England. Of the 14 children horn to them, nine reached maturity, viz. : Ellen, widow- of Edward Mount ford, of Smallthorn, England ; Sarah, widow of Elijah Bennett, of llanley. England; Joseph; Matthew, of East Liverpool; Mark, of Longion. England; Samuel, who died in East Liverpool; Luke, of East Liverpool; and John, of Fenton. England. Mrs. Barlow was bom in 1 8 1 9 and died m 1891. Both parents were memhers of the Church of England, and the father was for many years teacher of the Bible class in the Sunday-school.

Joseph Barlow has been a resident of East Liverpool since October 15. 1873. His opportunity of securing an education was very limited as he entered a pottery at the age of 10 years. He mastered the various details of the work and became manager before he was well out of his "teens." Coming to East Liverpool. Ohio, he at once entered the employ of Knowles, Taylor & Knowles. remaining with them until the great lockout of 18S2 and working in the dipping department. I le next became identified with the Potters' Co-Operative Company, of which he was a stockholder and director for eight years. Jn July. 1890. he ltegan work for Chetwyn & Wallace and has continued in that pottery through all the changes of ownership since. When the prc-- ent owners of the pottery. The Colonial Company, organized, he was one of the chief promoters of the scheme and is a director of the company at the present time. He is manager of the dipping department, kiln shed and warehouse department.

Mr. Barlow married Elizabeth Massey, who is a daughter of William Masses' and was born in Bursalem. England, in 1854 Their family coti-ists lsf Wrlinm ].. Jethro M.. Mantle E. and two children w ho died in childhood. They are members of the Protestant Episcopal

Church. Air. Barlow is past sachem of IriHjuois Tribe. X'i, .jo. I. O. K. .M.; past noble chief of Hope Castle. No. 33. Knights of the Colden Kagle; was Powhatan of I'. .chahontas Osceola Council, No. ,X. Independent Order of Red Men; a member of Josiah Wcdgewood Lodge. No J35. Sons of St. (Jcorge: ami a member of the Mystic Circle. He has a hobby which he cultivates and which affords him a pleasant relaxation from business cares. This hobbv is his great love of dowers: his garden is a source of beauty and pleasure, not only to him and his immediate family but to scores of his friends and neighbors. He ha- a greenhouse i - by jo feet in dimensions which is tilled with blooms when cold weather prevents outdoor culture. lie has 73 distinct varieties of roses. His chrysanthemums are equal in size and beauty of coloring to the product of the most finished florist, while his haster lilies, which are his specialty, always reach perfection of blossom. 1 hese dowers are given away freely to his friends, to the poor, especially in their times of trouble and affliction, and to the children who will always bear a kindly remembrance of "Uncle Joe Harlow" and his many beautiful (lowers.

Mr. Barlow has been a member of the City Council of Last Liverpool for the past live years ami is at present a mender, being one of the O'tmcdmcn at large.

te^flLHKkT CLOW one ,,f Liverpool's H I 1 leading i nsiness men. senior member |H Jj B "'- the firm of (icon Brothers, it».y»ra| grocers, of this citv. was born September 10/ lo_;0. at Last Liverpool, Ohio. His |:;irc:<1s were Nicholas and Kli.'.abeth { Heckler i (.eon.

Nicholas < '.v >r. was horn in AN ce. when it was a French province. :i:uj died ai Las; Userpool. ( iliio, in July. I'.mi. aged **-' years. In boyhood he learned the trade of glass blowing and after lie came to the 1 'nil* '1 Slate-, at the age oi iS rear*. w orkc ' in glass houses in Pittsburg. Pennsylvania, as I. .tig as the nature of the bn- iicss jiennitted. lie was ah ait 22 o"ir- old whet: lie wen; inlo Hi-rmctt Brothers' ]iottery in that city ami worked there until

1S54 when he came to Hast Liverpool as an employee of the Bennett pottery here. He con- ; tinned work in this and other potteries until ! 1872 when he engaged in the grocery business, opening a store in his home on Third street, the site of the grocery business of the present I firm of (ieon Hrothers. He conducted this ! business under the name of N. (ieon until i.SSj, w hen he retired and w as succeeded by our subject, l-'rom this time he gave his entire attention to pushing the sale of "Leon's Cough Syrup." a remedy which he compounded from a recipe winch he had brought from Cermany. It is now one of the best selling cough medicines in all this seel ion. possessing undoubted curative powers. In politics he was a Democrat. He married Klizahelh Beckler. of Pittsbnrg. and they had 14 children, 11 of whom grew to maturity, namely : Albert ; Joseph, of Last Liverpool: Caroline, deceased, who was a Sister in a Pittsburg convent; Mary, who married C. A. Smith, of Chester. West Virginia: Laura, of Chicago; Edmund A., junior member of (icon Hrothers; Annie, of San Francisco; Klizabeth, of Allegheny: Margaret, who married Charles Pittingcr. of Chester. West Virginia; and Frank, of Scranton, Pennsylvania. The mother still survives, having reached her 70th year. The entire family belong to St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church. Our subject's grandfather spelled bis name "Gion." but when the father took out his naturalization papers he changed the spelling to conform phonetically with the prouunria- The eldest of a large family, our subject had few educational opportunities and when many lather lads were at school. Albert (ieon, even as a child of six years, hail tasks appointed. A place was found for him in the potteries w here be could earn a small wage and he could only go to school during the few weeks when the potteries were closed. These early deprivations made him, perhaps, attend all the more closely to his books m the short time allotted, to their study, and. a long and active business life with ils varied experiences has put Mr. (icon in touch with all tha: is necessary in the general C ilirsp 1 if life.

in the clay department. When tin- famous strike occurred in iXKj, a matter of important Ideal history, Mr, Geon left the pottery trade never to reenter it. He then entered the employ of the "Industrial Cooperative Store" ;n Hast Liverpool, and remained connected with it for two years and tlu-n assumed charge of his father's grocery store, which he managed about six months under the name of Albert Geon, Then his brotlier Edmund A. became a partner and the firm name was changed to its present style of Geon Brothers.

Politically Mr. Geon is a Republican but he has not been able to entertain the suggestions of his many friends that he should run for office, the demands made ii|khi him by his business absording his time and energies. lie is a citizen who has the welfare of the community at heart and is a liberal contributor in support of laudable civic enterprises.

Mr. (io>n married Mary Ann O'Malley, who is a daughter of Timothy O'Malley. She was born in England but came to America with her parents, who were old residents of Wolverhampton, when 17 years of age. Of Mr. ami Mrs. (.icon's 10 children, seven reached maturity, namely : Walter I .. a rising young business man. who has charge of the (icon Brother-' store on Third street; Edmund, employed at the Sixth street store; and Margaret, Camilla, Caroline. Gertrude ami Marcella. all at home.

His fraternal relations are of years duration. He belongs to the Emeralds in which he has held all the official positions ; was the first president of the C. M. B. A. and for a long term of years was treasurer: and he is the father of the Knights of Columbus organization in East Liverpool, being chancellor of Council. No. 509. at the present time.

jgjl NILS J. WAGGONER, manager of § the Ceramic Bottling Company, of gfi II Bist Liverpool, the oldest business in KShI its line in the city, is one of the city's 1 well-known and respected citizens. \ He was Ixirn at Manchester. Allegheny County. Pennsylvania. November 30, 1.S51. and is a son of Robert and Sarah (Bradley ) Waggoner.

Robert Waggoner, father of James J., was b>rn in ilkxj in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and died in I07S at the home of our subject, w here he had lived retired for some years. Ilis business was that of a stationary engineer. Eor 15 years prior to 1870. when he came to East Liverpool, he had been actively engaged in his profession at Allegheny. In politics he was a supporter 'if the Democratic party. In religious views he was a Presbyterian, while his wife adhered to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Of their three children, the two survivors are our subject ami h:s brother, Martin, a resident of Rochester. Pennsylvania.

lames |. Waggoner was educated in the public school-, of Allegheny and there served an apprenticeship in a printing office and became a skilled job pressman. He has not followed his trade to any extent, however, his tastes seeming to incline, in manhood, more to a mercantile life. His first store he opened at Ercedom. Beaver County. Pennsylvania, which he conducted for a year and a half, going then to Hutchinson. Kansas, where he was engaged about the same length of time in a second mercantile enterprise. .After selling his business there, he moved to Pratt County, Kansas, where he took up a quarter-section of land, on which he continued to reside and farm for the next 1 41.. years.

In 1 Ki>3 Mr. Waggoner sold his Kansas farm and returned to Ohio, and shortly afterward entered into partnership with his brother Martin, at Rochester, where the firm of Waggoner Brothers opened up a retail store for the sale of china and notions; a few months later, however, our subject sold his interest and came to East Liverpool. Here he first engaged in a restaurant business which he continued for five and a halt years, and then, in 1S07. sold on account of ill health Later he entered the employ of E. W . Thompson, w ho was then the proprietor of the business which Mr. Waggoner now conducts. In ior>.} i,c Injught an interest in the business, at that time changing the name of the concern to the Ceramic Bottling Company, the business being the manufacture of carbonated drinks. This is the original pioneer business of its kind here, and was started by Dav id Boyd, who was succeeded in

1896 by Thompson & Company and in 1904 by the Ceramic Bottling Company, with Mr. Waggoner as manager. It is a prospering industry and under its present head has ltccomc a very important one here. Mr. Waggoner gives his time to it and keeps three men constantly employed.

Mr. Waggoner married Wilhelmia Wolfe, who was birn at Bolivar. Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, of German parentage. Mr. and Mrs. Waggoner have three children, viz. : Charles Walter. Harry and Clara M.

All of the family have church connections, although circumstances have led them in different directions. Mr. and Mrs. Waggoner are members of the First Presbyterian Church. Clara M.. of the Christian Church, and Charles Walter, of the Salvation Army.

1PFRT 1RWIX, a retired merchant of Fast Liverpool, now residing in his well-appointed home at No. 556 Calcutta street, was born in 1831 in Cincinnati, Ohio, ami is a son of lames and Ann (Bailey) Irwin.

The parents of Mr. Irwin were both horn in dainty Perry, Ireland, and were married at Cincinnati. Ohio. James Irwin arrived in Pittsburg, in 1825. a well-educated young man. and entered into the practice of the law in thai city where his uncle. James Gray, had ]irevionsly located. In 1833 he removed to Jackson township, Monroe County, Ohio, and there opened a general store near the present town of L<>di. which he conducted until 1845. when he moved to Sistersville, Virginia (now W est Virginia). There he operated a wharfh .at and remained there until 1852, when he rented a large farm in Ohio one mile abavc Sistersvillc. which he conducted until 1800. Then he removed to the town of Snrdis. Ohio. 1. living a good property there, but subsequently vent to Putnam County, Virginia, where he died in 1870, his wife having passed away previously at Sanhs. They had five ch'ldren, 'lie subject of tins sketch being the el. lest. The -urvivors of the familv exclusive of himself

Robert Irwin attended the local schools wherever the family lived during his boyhood, and had also the advantage of an educated lather, who took a deep interest in the welfare of his children. In 1864 Mr. Irwin started in the grocery business at Fast Liverpool and this he carried on until 1877. For 13 years he also was engaged here in the livery business 1*- ing succeeded in the same by Isaac Walter. Since 1877 he has been practically retired, although he still handles real estate occasionally, having control of a large body of land. lie has always l>een looked upon as one of the representative business men of the city and during his active years was held in high esteem by his business associates and competitors.

Mr. Irwin married Flizabcth II. Buchheit, who was a daughter of George Buchheit. a well-known merchant tailor of Past Liverpool, who settled here in 1836. While Mr. and Mrs. Irw in hav e no children of their own. they have 1 brought six children into their home and educated them and now all have homes of their own except Orma Buchheit. who still resides with our subject. Mr. and Mrs. Irwin are devoted memliersof St. Alovsius Roman Catholic Church.

XDRFW A. WATSON, one of the leading business men of Fast Liverpool, proprietor of the "'Watson Cash Hardware Store." of this city, was l>..rn here. October 30. ]8do, and is a son ,,i Rohert P. and Mar;. Watson.

The father of Mr. Watson was lxrn in Glasgow. Scoiland, in 1837. In boyhood he learned the tinner's trade and followed it in his native land until lie came to \merica in 1S71. when he resumed it after locating in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. In 1877 he came to Fas'. Liverpool. ( )hio. and lure opened .1 slore wlrch was the nucleus of the present large establishment owned f,y his sou. In 1883 the present commodious budding at \.. 104 Sixth si reel, was erected and here Mr. Watson con-

The parents of Andrew A. Watson lived for several years at Salem before locating in East Liverpool and lie had excellent school advantages there and completed his education in East Liverpool, in the meantime assisting his father more and more in the store, gradually becoming acquainted with all its methods and succeeding to full ownership in 1800. A general line of hardware and stoves is carried, the -lock being modern and complete enough to satisfy the most exacting customers. Both father and son hear the reputation of being honorable and upright men of business, have similar tastes and the same political convictions, both being stanch Republicans, but neither being otlice-seekers.

Andrew A. Watson was married in Ohio to Tamar Robinson, daughter of William Kohinsoti. who resided near Williamsport. Ohio. They have three children : Allen Robnison, Edith and Robert James. Mrs. W atson is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

and one of the town's self-made men. 1 was born in Middleton township. Columbiana County. Ohio. November 5. 1870, and is a son of Marcena and Hannah Jane I Lewis ) Lyon.

The paternal grandparents of Mr. Lyon were Henry and Elizabeth (Thomas) Lyon. When the grandfather came to Ohio from Pennsylvania, he settled in Middleton town -liip. Columbiana Comity, where his life was spent as an agriculturist, lie was survived by three children, viz'.: Mrs. Josephine I la-tings, of Middleton township: Marcena. father of our subject: and O-Imhti. win* married Mary Rhodes and reside* near Lisbon.

and died June 11, 1894. In his younger years he followed the tanning business but in later life was a carpenter and builder. On October 14. 186.). he was married at Lisbon to Hannah Jane Lewis, who was b_>m in St. Clair township, Columbiana County. Ohio, ami is a daugb-

: live children, as follows: 'Everett Lewis, of this sketch Harry O., assistant superintendent of the Metropolitan Insurance Company; Arthur Marcena. a druggist, at Struthers. Ohio; John Henry Chahner, a law student; and Waller I., also a student, now in Mount Union College. Harry O. Lyon married Mary Elorence Rowe of East Palestine, and they have one son, - Lavell Lewis. Arthur Marcena

' Lyon married ( J race Moore of East Fairfield, ami they have one son - Arthur Marcena, Jr. Marcena Lynn came to Watcrfoni in 1S73 and he was one of the skilled workmen who did much of the building in New Water ford. He was school director there for a long time. He belonged to the Maccabees.

Everett Lewis Lyon was mainly educated in the vicinity of New Water ford and he was teaching school by the time he was 17 years old. He taught in many districts of Columbiana County, during which period of teaching he made many friends. His period of teaching was extended until he had accumulated sufficient means with which to pursue his law studies, which he finally did. with C. P. Rothwell, with whom he remained for three years. I le was admitted to the I Kir on Octolser 4. 1S94, and in May. 1S95. settled at New W.tterford, moving in the following October to East Palestine.