Scioto County, Ohio - Biographical sketches (1 of 2 so headed), 1903 (part 15 of 15)

In 1888, he came back to Portsmouth and became vice president of the Excelsior Shoe Company. (See page 608.) He has held that office ever since, He has charge of the sale of the goods and of the cutting department. A full account of the operations of the company will be found under the sketch of his brother, John E. Wiliams.

Our subject was married January 3, 1894 to Miss Mary Elizabeth Love, daughter of Peter E. Love, of Cabell county, West Virginia. He has three children, sons, as follows: Allen Graves, born February 11, 1895; Forest Love, born May '21, 1897; Paul, born April 4, 1899. Mr. Williams is a republican, a member of the Second Presbyterian church, a member of the Cominercial Club and a Mason.

Mr. Williams is a young business man of the ablest type. Quick to act, aggressive, yet judicious and far seeing, a positive character, he possesses the qualities which make him a leader among the Portsmouth captains of industry. 'He constantly studies his business and is familiar with its slightest detail. His broad views and courageous policies have contributed largely to the unrivalled growth and prosperity of his shoe interests. A brilliant industrial career is before him. In private life, he is public spirited and a valuable citizen in every respect. It is to men like him that Portsmouth owes all that is best in its recent commercial and industrial awakening.

was born in Albany, New York, July 4, 1842. His father was William Williams and his mother's maiden name was Delila Hunter, He 'left New York when he was three years old and was adopted in Portsmouth. He has spent all but eleven years of his life in Portsmouth. He attended school in Portsmouth until 1856 when he commenced to work for J. L. McVey as a clerk and remained there until December 7, 1857 when Mr. McVey died. He then learned the tinner's trade with O'Neil & Hunter and was with them until February, 1861, when he went to Cincinnati and was time keeper at G. W. Ball & Company's foundry. On June 4, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, 39th O, V. J. and 'was appointed Sergeant on the day he was mustered in, He was promoted to First Sergeant and on December 31, 1862, was promoted to Second Lieutenant. He was made First Lieutenant May 9, 1864. He resigned August 6, 1864. He was in all the battles participated in by the regiment up to and including Atlanta, Georgia. On February 20, 1864, a sword, sash, sword belt, and revolver 'were presented to him by the citizens of Portsmouth at Connolley's Hall. After his return from the army, he went into the grocery business with Phil Hard. We was in that one year, and then went to Cincinnati and traveled for Wirthlin & Company, flour dealers, until 1872, when he returned to Portsmouth and went into the business of house-painting and has been in it ever since. He belongs to no orders except the G. A. R. He is a republican.

'was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, October 7, 1854. His father was William B. Williams for so many years City Marshal and his mother was Margaret (Edwards) Williams. They were both natives of Wales. He attended the public schools until the age of seventeen when he entered on a business career.

He clerked in John Jones' hat store for one year. Then he went into the Biggs House under Prendergast & Jennings and was there for six years as a clerk. {He became proprietor in 1883 and was there for one year. He was a member of the school board in Portsmouth in 1881 and 1883 from the First ward.

In February, 1884, he was appointed Financial Officer of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum under Governor Hoadley and was there for two years, He then went into the American Hotel as one of the firm. In 1891 the firm became Wiljiams and Weakley and so remained until 1897. In 1890, he was elected Financial Officer of the Central Insane Asylum and held that position two years. In pointed Director of Public Safety of the city of Columbus, an office corresponding to Chief of Police, and served until 1899. He made the best record for that office the city ever had and achieved a state reputation. He was appointed a trustee of the Athens Hospital for the Insane in 1899 and still holds that office. He was treasurer of the State Democratic Committee in 1896, 1897, and 1900. He was the organizer of the Great Southern Hotel Company and was its president for two years. He became president of the Mercantile Assurety Company in January, 1892.

He was married April 15, 1881, to Emma Jones, daughter of David D. Jones of Portsmouth, Ohio. They have one son, Carl R., who is engaged with the H. ©. Warner Shoe Company in Columbus. Mr. Williams is a democrat.

Mr. Williams has extraordinary executive and business ability. He can bring order out of chaos and success out of failure. He has demonstrated this in handling money enterprises since his residence in the city of Columbus. He learned his lessons in Portsmouth and put them into practice in Columbus.

was born April 1, 1830 in Washington township, Scioto county, Ohio, His father was Joseph Williamson and his mother Catherine Schaffer. His father was born March 6, 1776 in New Jersey and was brought to this county when a child. He died July 6, 1849 of an epidemic of cholera. His widow survived until the 16th of December, 1880. His grandfather, Joseph Williamson emigrated from New Jersey. His grandmother Williamson was Martha Feurt, a sister of Peter Feurt and daughter of Joseph Feurt. She died in 18380. Of the children of his father there were John; Elizabeth, married to John Nottingham and living at Marion, Indiana; our subject, George Williamson; William; Christina A., married William Smith; Henry Harrison, deceased; Barbara, married Jacob C. Hibbs; Frank, moved to St. Louis; a sister, Sarah, married to a Mr. Swanson, who soon died. She afterwards married Frank Smith and resides at Cheshire, Ohio.

Our subject attended the common schools of his neighborhood and was raised a farmer. He never followed anything else and has owned his present farm for forty-seven years. He remembers seeing deer and wild turkeys in the woods. The farm he now owns and tills was cleared off in 1840 by Aaron Clark. When our subject became of age, he affiliated himself with the Whig party and then with the Republican. He has been a township trustee and a member of the school board in his district. In 1863 he went with the militia to follow General Morgan under the command of Van B. Hibbs, but was cap~ tured by Morgan near Ewington. He enlisted in Co. I of the 140th O. V. L., May 2, 1864, at the age of 34, and served until September 3, 1864.

On March 4, 1865, he married Miss Eliza Catherine Givens, daughter of William Givens. They had eight children: Mary Rena, died June 6, 1868; William Givens, ex-Sheriff of Scioto county, Ohio; John Adam, who cultivates his father's farm and is married to Effie Larkin, daughter of D. V. Larkin; Joseph Carlin, M. D., of Sciotoville, Ohio, married to Blanche Morrison; Dr. Howard Williamson, Dentist, of Portsmouth, Ohio; Sadie, Ellen and Eliza Catherine at home. His wife died March 28, 1870. He was married a second time to Mary Elizabeth Coe, widow of Marion Coe, and daughter of

Mr. Williamson has been for many years a member of the Oldtown Methodist church. He is a good neighbor and a kind friend. He has always strictly attended to his own affairs and found it an excellent way to get along easily and to make and save money. He is devoted to the interests of his family and his children are in turn devoted to him. He is a plain, every-day farmer. He has never had any ambition to be anything else, but by owning good land, by taking care of it and his business, he has acquired a competence for his declining years. For several years he has been an invalid, but is cheerful, contented and happy in the society of his family and his friends. His sons and daughters are a great credit to him and he is happy in their positions and success in the community. : was born at the old homestead of his grandfather in Washington township, January 20, 1872. He is the son of George and Eliza C. (Givens) Williamson. For a more extended account of the family see the sketch of George Williamson above. The boyhood of our subject was spent on the farm and at the district school. He has never followed any business but farming. He now has charge of the home farm, and has three hundred acres under cultivation. He is a Republican and Methodist. He married Effie Larkin, daughter of Delos V. and Sarah M. (Johnson) Larkin, July 19, 1898. They have one child, Margaret Eliza. Mr. Williamson is an industrious, careful young farmer and well thought of in his community.

was born at Dry Run, Washington township, Scioto county, Ohio, December 31, 1874. He is the son of George and Eliza C. (Givens) Williamson. His boyhood and youth were passed on the farm in Washington township. He attended the home school and later spent over two years in the study of the sciences at the Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio. He attended the Medical College of Ohio (now the University of Cincinnati) in 1895, from which he graduated in May, 1899, completing a four years' course. He spent the year 1900 in postgraduate work, as Home Physician and Surgeon of St. Mary's Hospital, at Cincinnati. He is now practicing medicine at Sciotoville, where he located in May, 1900. He married Miss Blanche Morrison, daughter of Albert R. and Elizabeth (McMasters) Morrison, October 8, 1901. He is a Republican. He has had a thorough course of medicine and has availed himself of all the advantages it offered. He is a liberal minded gentleman, and anxious to succeed and excel in his profession and will do so. His success is not a problem of the future, but a certainty of the present.

was born March 24, 1869. His father was George Williamson, and his mother's maiden name was Eliza Catherine Givens, a daughter of William Givens, of Nile township. He was reared on his father's farm and attended the public schools. He also attended two terms with Professor Lowes. At the age of twenty-one he went to seek his fortune in the West, and went to Portland, Oregon, in March, 1891, and was there eighteen months. He was a salesman and a shipping clerk for a hardware store. He was married September 14, 1892, in the state of Oregon, to Miss Grace Bateman, the daughter of George Bateman. He returned to Scioto county in 1892, and went to farming on his father's farm and continued that occupation for six years. At the time he was also agent for a machine company. :

He was elected Sheriff of Scioto county in November, 1898, and re-elected in 1900. He has the distinction of being the best looking man who was ever elected Sheriff in Scioto county, and also the youngest man. When he told strangers that he was Sheriff of Scioto county they thought he was some boy trying to impose on them. However, Mr. Williamson is a man, every inch of him, as all of his acquaintances know. He has had three children: Sarah Catharine, George Bacon and William Charles, deceased. Mr. Williamson is a republican and has for a number of years been very influential in politics. He is a Mason, a member of the Aurora Lodge, of Solomon Council, Mt. Vernon Chapter and of the Calvary Commandery. He is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Mr. Williamson enjoys the confidence of the business community and fulfills the duties in his important office as faithfully as any man who ever occupied that position. Since the above was written Mr. Williamson's wife died January 30, 1903.

was born at Lois, Scioto county, Ohio, February 11, 1866. He is the son of David 8. and Elizabeth (Oberly) Wilson. His grandmother was Rachael (Storer) Wilson. She died at her home in Nile township, this county, in 1900, at the age of 97, Mr, Wilson is a Republican and a member of the Baptist church.

He was clerk in Madison township in 1897..He married Annie Rickey, daughter of Thomas and Tealina Rickey, April 8, 1896. They reside about one mile South-east of California. Mr. Wilson has been a farmer all his life. His father and mother reside on the home farm near Lois. They are both advaneed in life but enjoy good health. Daniel -J. Wilson is an industrious, careful farmer, a good neighbor, and has a heart full of human sympathy.

son of David Storer Wilson and Elizabeth (Oberly) Wilson was born on a farm in Madison township, April 14, 1867. His father was born in Adams county, May 27, 1826 and was the son of George Wilson, born in 1799, who came to Adams county from Virginia, about 1814 and died in 1876. His mother was a daughter of Charles and Magdalena Oberly. Charles Oberly died at the age of thirty-five, in 1853, and was the son of John Oberly, a German by birth.

The subject of this sketch was raised on a farm and schooled in the district school until he was sixteen, when he began teaching. He taught in the country schools for eight years and wound up his career as a teacher at California in Pike county, where he was employed two years. From teaching he turned to the lumber business, securing the position of inspector with the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company, at their lumber camp at Panther, West Virgina. Here Mr. Wilson worked for two years acquiring a thorough knowledge of © lumber. He then was advanced to salesman in the eastern trade by reason of his merit and served until January 1, 1902, when he was made sales-manager for the states of Pennsylvania and Maryland, at a good salary, which position he still holds. He is thoroughly in touch with market conditions and with the lumber trade in general and is frequently consulted in technical matters of arbitration wherein marked ability and judgement is required. He is industrious and energetic and all the progress he has made has been through his own efforts and his natural ability. He is a republican but takes only a general interest in politics. '

He was married November 18, 1886 to Mary Ellen O'Neal, daughter of Samuel and Eliza J. (Keairns) O'Neal. They have but one child, Jennie, born February 9, 1888.

Mr. Wilson is ambitious in his chosen work and by his constant application he has become a first class salesman. He has the confidence of his employers and has made himself indispensable to them. He is possessed of an excellent memory which serves him well at all times.

'was born in Winchester, Virginia, July 8, 1831. His father was Nicholas Hetrick Windle, and his mother's maiden name was Catharine Hillyard. His father and mother were married at Martinsburg, Virginia. His grandfather was John Windle who was born in Germany. His father and mother had twelve children, and our subject was the second child. They came to Monroe county, Ohio with four children: Grafton W., Mary E. Snyder, Anna, wife of William Smith, now deceased; and Dr. Jacob H. They came from Winchester through Wheeling, to Carlyle, in Monroe county. They remained there until June 5, 1847, when they landed in Portsmouth. They started to go to Illinois, but stopped off at Portsmouth, where they found Thomas Davis, a former neighbor. Mr. Davis was then carrying on a glove factory in Portsmouth and was short of hands. Mrs. Windle was an expert glove-maker, and Mr. Davis induced her to stay, to teach his hands how to make gloves, and so the family remained in Portsmouth and the vicinity from 1847 to 1850, and then moved to Adams county, "Bacon Flats.'' They remained here one. year, and then moved jto Munn's Run. Our subject bought forty' acres of land on Munn's Run of Col. Thaddeus Bennett. In 1852, he went to Greenup county, to Buffalo furnace on a coal contract. In June, 1852, he came to Portsmouth and worked there a while for Mr. Miller on the canal. In 1854, he moved to Greenup county, Kentucky to do business for Col. Thaddeus Bennett. For two years he hauled charcoal to the Gaylord Rolling Mills. After that he was a sub-contractor, making charcoal. He followed that, until 1862, in Kentucky. From 1862 to 1865, he farmed with Frank Reeves, and was engaged in buying horses for the

He commenced reading medicine in 1857 with Dr. Richard Morton in Kentucky. He had just begun reading medicine with Dr. Morton when the latter died of an overdose of calomel. Our subject then began to read with Dr. Munn of Springville, but he died a short time after. In 1866 and 1867, he began to practice medicine at Buckhorn Tannery. In 1867 he moved to Rarden. In 1869 he formed a partnership with Dr. Penn there, and practiced with him until 1872. From 1872 to 1874, he practiced alone. In 1874, he attended the Eclectic Medical Institute, and in February, 1875 graduated and got a diploma, and he has practiced under that since. He was married in March, 1859 to Sarah A. James from Scioto county, a daughter of Jonathan James. They have the following children: William, Grafton, Sarah Ellen, married Amos Jenkins; Jacob Franklin, Jonathan W., Nicholas H., Serena W., married Alex. Jenkins; Samuel Edmond, died at Latham, Ohio, aged thirty-three years; Zora Noline, deceased at one year: Leota May, married Walter H. Brown, residing at Braddock, Pa. Our subject is a democrat in his political views. He is a member of the Christian church.

was born in Pickaway county, January 5, 1835. His ancestry will be found in a sketch of John Asher Winkler. Our subject had a common school education. His mother died when he was only two years of age, and his sister Samantha Sperry took him and reared him. His mother gave him into his sister's charge in her dying moments. He spent his boyhood in Perry township, Lawrence county, and when 14 years of age he went to Portsmouth and learned the saddler business under James Salisbury. After a year he worked with a Mr. Barrett in the same business for two years. After that he went to Guyandotte and worked at his trade another year. From there he went to Charleston, West Virginia, and worked six months at his trade. After that he went into the drug business with Dr. Rogers, and was there four years. At the end of that period he went to Cincinnati to take a course at Bartlett's Commercial College.

The War coming on, in August 1861, he assisted in raising Company E of the Thirty-third O. V. I. He was mustered in that regiment September 3, 1861, as a private, and was made Sergeant. On December 8, 1861 he was made Second Lieutenant of the same company. He was made First Lieutenant March 2, 1863 and made Captain of Company I, August 11, 1864, and re-enlisted as a veteran and served until the close of the war. He was mustered out with the Company, July 12, 1865. He was in fifty-three different skirmishes, engagements and battles. He was never wounded. He was never in the hospital during his service, and was always ready for duty. He was in every battle in which the regiment participated, except Perryville at which time he was sick at home.

He was married September 21, 1865 to Mary J. LaCroix, a daughter of Alex. LaCroix. From 1865 to 1868 he was a farmer in Scioto county, Ohio; and from 1868 to 1873 he resided near Topeka, Kansas, and was engaged in farming. In the year 1873 he returned to Scioto county, and has been a farmer in the French Grant, near Haverhill, ever since. He has always been a republican in his political views, and has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church since 1868. During that time he has been treasurer and trustee of that church for a number of years. If there is one distinguishing characteristic of Captain Winkler above another, it is his intense interest in everything he undertakes or does. He was one of the most earnest patriots during the war. His home is filled with memorials of the war. He was a model soldier, like "Chevalier Bayard, without fear or without reproach." No man who ever served in the War of 1861, has a greater love of his Country and its institutions. With Captain Winkler honor and integrity always come first. He is most highly esteemed by all those who know him; and the more intimately they know him, the greater their regard for him.

No sketch of him would be complete without a reference to his wife. She has been his aider and helper in all his good works and no woman in her community does more for the love of God and Humanity than she. The two, husband and wife, are, in their church and in the circle of their acquaintances, workers together for all that is true and good.

was born in Prussia, Germany, near the Rhine, May 28, 1838. John Winter was his father and his mother's maiden name was Eliza Bauer. His paternal grandfather was in the battle of Waterloo. His boyhood and youth were passed at Koblinz, Germany. Here he received a good school education and learned the blacksmith's trade. He came to America in 1857 and located in Portsmouth. He was a blacksmith from 1862 until 1868, then he engaged in the grocery business and remained in that for fourteen years. Since that time he has been in the shoe and gents furnishing business. He was County Commissioner from 1880 to 1886. He was a member of the City Council of Portsmouth from 1876 to 1880 also from 1896 to 1898. He is a republican and cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln. He has been a member of the German M. EB. church since 1869. September 25, 1862, he was married to Margaret Helt, daughter of John Helt of Harrison township. They have eight children: Charles Albert now living in New York; John Wesley at Dayton, Ohio; William A., at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Fred B. at New York; Bertha EH. the wife of Samuel Marting; Clara N. at home; Henry Herman and Mayme C., was born in Frankfort, Germany, December 24, 1824. His father was Leopold Wise. His parents died at Oxburg, Germany, his father being 96 and his mother 94. He came to this county in 1847 and landed in New York. He located there and began business in ckhthing and tailoring which he continued until 1859. He then removed to Ironton, Ohio, and commenced the same kind of business, which he continued until 1865. He then removed to Portsmouth and began business of the same kind, and continued in it until 1897, when he retired from business.

He was married in July, 1848 to Mary Deusik, daughter of Max Deusik of Bavaria, Germany. She came to this country in 1848 and located in Portsmouth. They have two children living: Max and Samuel. Max commenced business with his father in 1865. In 1885, he commenced business for himself and contiuued until 1891, when he retired from the clothing business and organized the Model Shirt Manufacturing Company in which he is engaged at present. Samuel commenced to work for his father in 1892 and in 1897 when his father retired, he became superintendent of the Wise Tailoring Company and still holds that position. Our subject is a republican, a member of Spinza Lodge, No. 108, I. O. B. B. of Cincinnati. He is a member of the Jewish congregation of Portsmouth.

was born in Saratoga county, New York, June 25, 1825. His father was a.farmer in good circumstances and gave his son as good an education as the vicinity afforded. Some time before his majority, he removed to Chautauqua 'county, New York. He was appointed a deputy sheriff when he was only twenty-one years of age. There he married Miss Rhodes, who was the mother of two children: Lester E. Wood, now of New York city, and Emma Wood, who died in 1877. He engaged in the lumber business on the Ohio and Alleghany rivers. In 1852, his wife died and soon after he removed to Portsmouth. In 1855, he married Miss Emily H. Mytinger.

When Sumpter was fired on, he enlisted in Company D, 22nd O. V. I. as a three-months man. On April 22, 1861, five days after his enlistment, he was made First Lieutenant. He served in this company until August 19, 1861. On the 21st of August 1861, he was mustered in Co. B. 22nd O. V. I. as Captain for three years. He was promoted to Major, May 9, 1862. He was made Colonel, September 16, 1862, and was mustered out with the regiment. November 18, 1864. The regiment was originally known as the 13th Missouri, but on May 29, 1862, its designation was changed to the 22nd O. V. I. as it had seven companies from Ohio, one from Illinois and two from Missouri. On December

9, 1864, he was appointed Colonel of the Fourth United States Veteran Volunteers by Secretary Stanton, attached to the First Army corps, was ordered to 'Virginia, and served as colonel until March 1, 1866. On March 5, 1865, he was brevetted Brigadier-General for gallant and meritorious service on the field of 'pattle.

On March 1, 1867, he was appointed Postmaster at Portsmouth and served as such until December 10, 1873. On March 27, 1869, S. P. Drake stole a march on him and secured the appointment as Postmaster at Portsmouth from President Grant who sent Drake's name to the Senate. General Wood's friends rallied to his support and protested so strongly against the appointment of Drake, that his appointment was withdrawn. On March 1, 1871, there was another effort made to secure the appointment of a different Postmaster, and an election to indicate the sentiments of the patrons of the office was held. The vote resulted as follows: Oliver Wood 428, Milton Kennedy 385, B. P. Holmes 69, J..P. Jack 49, Mrs. E. E. Glidden 42, and C. P. Lloyd 19. General Wood held the office, until 1873, when he was succeeded by Mrs. L. Adair.

In 1873 and 1874, he conducted a hotel in Ironton, Ohio. In 1876 and 1877, he conducted what is now the Arlington Hotel, in Portsmouth. On September 15, 1877, he sold his hotel to A. C. Emory. In March, 1878, he was appointed Indian agent at the Quiniault reservation, Washington Territory, and afterwards held a like appointment at Neah Bay three years, until he was succeeded by Mr. Cleveland's appointee in 1885. He then removed to Port Townsend, where he was Probate Judge from 1888-1890 and Police Judge from 1890-1893. In 1890, he was appointed a Circuit Commissioner. In 1883, he assisted in organizing Farragut Post, No. 15, G. A. R., of Port Tonwsend, Washington, and was one of its first commanders. He was a member of Port Townsend lodge, F. & A: M. He was also a Scottish Rite Mason and an Odd Fellow. é

In politics, he was always a republican. He was a communicant of the Protestant Episcopal church and a vestryman at the time of his death. He left a wife and five children: Lester E. Wood of New York city, Mrs. Isaac D. O'Neill, Mrs. Robert Lyall, Charles B. and James A. Wood, who reside in Port Townsend, Washington. James A. is now an assistant city editor of the Seattle "Post."

In 1891, (General Wood was admitted to the bar in Washington State. He was very highly esteemed as a citizen and the protest against his removal as Postmaster in 1871, was a remarkable tribute to his character and worth. He was a true patriot. As a soldier and officer, he was enthusiastic, brave and wonderfully efficient. He was a most agreeable companion and was the life of the circle in which he moved. He was a man of great sympathies and especially was his sympathy extended to those in distress. He took a great interest in the G. A. R. not only in Portsmouth, but in Port Townsend, Washington. He died on June 25, 1893. His memory is affectionately cherished by all who knew him and especially by his old friends in Scioto county.

was born February 3, 1857 at Portsmouth, Ohio. His parents were William C. and Mary (Willitt) Worley. His father enlisted in Company I, 140th O. V. I. May 2, 1864, for 100 days and was mustered out with his company September 38, 1864. He spent his boyhood and youth at Friendship, Ohio. He received a common school education. He worked for some time at the cooper's trade. He has always been a republican. He is a member of the M. E. church. He was married February 5, 1878 to Rose Angele, daughter of Andrew Angele, a carriage-maker of Portsmouth, Ohio, who came from Wurtemberg, Germany in 1850. They have six children: William Andrew, Frank, Karl, Marie, Pauline, and Louise. Robert $. Wynn

Robert S. Wynn was born July 2, 1814, near Chillicothe, Ohio. His father was William Wynn, a native of Bath county, Virginia. His grandfather, Robert Wynn, was from England and was a graduate of Oxford Uni- versity. He came to Virginia and married a Miss Williams who owned the Warm Springs and had a large estate. His son, William Wynn, located in Ross county soon after the opening of the century. Our subject's mother died when he was ten years of age, leaving Robert and one son William, his brother, At fourteen, he ran away from home and apprenticed himself to the cooper's trade. Contrary to the experience of most boys who ran away from home, he prospered, learned the cooper's trade and afterwards bought out a shop and store in Dayton. He came to Scioto and Pike counties and worked. On the 12th of December, i841, he married Eliza Reynolds, a daughter of Doctor Albert Reynolds, of Jasper. In 1842, he started a cooper shop in the west end of Portsmouth and became a cooper.

In 1847, Robert Wynn quit the cooper business and went to contracting. He built the Portsmouth grade in front of the city in 1848. He was one of the principal stone contractors in Southern Ohio. He built four bridges across jthe Scioto river, two at Waverly and two at Chillicothe, Ohio. He built the George Davis distillery, locks and dams for the Ohio Canal and superintended the placing in of the foundations of the bridge across the Ohio at Point Pleasant. He built two of the piers for the same bridge on the West Virginia side. He had the reputation of being one of the best stone foundation builders on the Ohio river. He built and owned the St. Charles Restaurant, in Portsmouth. He did much stone work in West Virginia and Kentucky and trestled and piled the Norfolk & Western railroad from Chillicothe to Ironton. He met great losses in West Virginia but stood up under the burden of debts and paid every dollar in full with interest. He was a brave and strong man ~ under adversity. He was a good and useful citizen and has many monuments. of stone standing to his memory.

He has had six children, three of whom died in childhood. Their surviving children are: Eldecka, married first to Leonard Wishon and afterwards: to William Turner of the West Side; Eliza, married Emil Revare, now a widow; Albert, living in Piketon, Pike county. Robert Wynn was a well known citizen of Portsmouth. He was jolly and cheery at all times. Adversity never discouraged him, the worse the times, the more cheerful he was. He believed in letting the other man do the worrying. He was a pleasant companion and could do his part in every company in which he found himself. At one time he was a candidate for Commissioner in Pike county on the Democratic ticket and was defeated by only two votes. He was always a democrat and his Democracy was time tried and fire tested. He died December 19, 1885 in Pike county. His widow still survives.

was born in 1836, in Meigs county, Ohio. His father was Peter Yeager and his mother was Emeline Glover Thornton, a daughter of John H. Thornton. He was the eldest of ten children. His father was a native of Mason county, Virginia, and was a farmer. John H. Thornton had moved to Meigs county with his father and there Peter Yeager met his wife and married her. When our subject was two years old, his father moved to Kentucky, twelve miles above Portsmouth, and lived there until he was seven years of age, when he moved to Portsmouth. Thomas first attended school in Kentucky, going to | Jerome B. Valodin. He also went to school in Portsmouth, first to Mrs. Carr and afterwards to A. J. Rikoff.

He left school when fifteen years of age, and went into Doctor Hempstead's office to study medicine. He remained there nine months and then gave up the idea. He then went into Stephenson's book-store and clerked there about one year. From there he went to Patterson's book-bindery and worked there for five years. In 1857, he went to Keokuk, Iowa, and started a book-bindery. The panic of that year broke up everything in Keokuk, including Yeager. Then he worked at bricklaying for a year and a half in Keokuk. From there he went to Jefferson City, Missouri and laid brick there for about a year. He then tried Fulton, Missouri and took a three million brick contract for the season. He completed the contract and made $500 and returned home in the winter of 1860, with the money, the first he ever saved. In the spring of 1860, he returned to Jefferson City to go to work.

The war fever broke up business and he could get nothing to do. Governor Stewart was drunk and made a speech on the steps of the capitol advising that every Northern man be driven out of the state. Tom concluded to go home as he appeared to have no other alternative. He started a book-bindery in Portsmouth and then the war broke out. Yeager played a game of checkers with John D. Wilhelm to determine whether both should go to war, or both stay at home. The game turned out that both should go to war. Both of them enlisted in Company G, First O. V. I. as three months men. Tom got sick in Philadelphia but would not go to the hospital. Doctor Bailey, Captain of the Company, prescribed for him in a barn in the Suffolk Park race course. He advised Tom not to re-enlist as his health was insufficient and he followed this advice.

When he returned from Company G, he engaged for McDowell & McColm on the wharfboat for two years. He was elected wharfmaster April 13, 1863 and served until April, 1866, when he was succeeded by David Gates. Gates only served six months, and Yeager was re-elected until 1872. He owned and conducted a wharfboat purchased from Captain John N. Lodwick, from 1863 to 1866. He had no money to buy but Tom Dugan loaned him $400 and he bought out Lodwick. In 1866, he took Mr. McColm in the business and the firm was McColm & Yeager. This firm continued to do business till 1871, when Yeager bought a third interest with John Dice and Peter Shafer in Maklem's livery stable. They conducted the business from 1872 to 1875. In 1872, he sold out his interest in the wharfboat to James O. Murfin. In 1875, he sold out his interest in the livery business to John W. Lewis. He then went into the mill business on Fifth street with Augustus R. Turley. Yeager & Turley run the mill one year and Turley sold out his half interest to Marshall Anderson. Yeager & Anderson built a roller process mill and it burned down on September 24, 1883. They then purchased the lot where the Frick Mill now stands.

In 1886, he was elected Sheriff of Scioto county. He received 3,151 votes ta 2,676 for his competitor, James Skelton, majority 475. In 1886, he was reelected, receiving 4,042 votes to 3,139 for John C. Bauer, majority 903. In 1840, his grandfather John H. Thornton was Sheriff when William H. Harrison was President. In 1886, our subject was Sheriff when Benjamin Harrison was President. In 1892, he was, appointed District Factory Inspector and served three years. In 1898 and 1899, he was a member of the City Council of Portsmouth.

He was married in July, 1869, to Mrs. Ella Fritts, widow of Thomas J. Fritts, who was a daughter of James Simpson. They have one son Thomas Hyatt, aged twenty-two years. He is a Rural Free Delivery mail-carrier, on the route north of Portsmouth and down Munn's Runn. Mr. Yeager is a republican. For ten years, he was chairman of the County Republican Central Committee.

son of Christian Yingling and Martha (Lee) Yingling was born on the old Yingling homestead below Hanging Rock, Ohio, December 31, 1831. (See sketch of 'Christian Yingling.) He was one of twelve children. He received only a 'common school education with a course at Bartlett's Commercial College at Cincinnati, Ohio. Though not a public man he takes a great interest in public matters. When the town of Hanging Rock was incorporated, he was elected Clerk of Council and served two years. He has served on the local Board of Education several terms and is much interested in education and is willing to make sacrifices in the cause. He was one of four men to guarantee the expense of a private high school in Green township, in 1899, when the Board of Education refused to establish same and he was the prime mover in the organization. He has advanced ideas on educational matters and is very enthusiastic in his support of them. He regards his work toward founding the first High School in Green township as the crowning act of his public life.

Though rocked in a democratic cradle, he is very liberal in his political views. He is still a democrat but a strong prohibitionist and some times votes that way.

On November 17, 1864 he was married to Eliza C. Bumgarner, a daughter of Daniel Bumgarner, and moved to Scioto county to the place where he now resides. They had three children Thane D., died January 13, 1896, Amy A.,, married to Joseph McNeil July 26, 1899 and resides near Peebles, Ohio, and Mattie L., died March 28, 1887. His wife died November 22, 1881. On September 5, 1888, he was married to Ruby M. Feurt, daughter of Henry Feurt. By this marriage there were two children: Henry Lloyd and Mary. This wife died April 17, 1890 and he was again married to Mrs. Mary B. Heid, daughter of Thomas and Margaret Rogers of Portsmouth, Ohio, June 17, 1891. By this marriage only one child was born: Margaret, died in infancy. Linnie P. Heid, daughter of Mrs. Yingling by her first marriage, lives with them. Our subject united with the Storm's Creek (now the Ironton) Baptist church when only twelve years old and has never departed from the faith. He is now an active and earnest worker in the Ohio Baptist church and Sunday school.

Mr. Yingling is a man of exemplary habits, kindly disposed towards all men, affectionate in his family relations and endowed with a religious instinct which manifests itself in all his dealings. He is a careful and successful business man and an intensely patriotic citizen. He is a firm believer in the right and belongs to that class of men who will not surrender a principle for the sake of policy.

the son of John and Susan Ralph (St. John) Yoakley was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, May 27, 1860. His father was organist at All Saints in Portsmouth for thirty-two years and was a composer of music. His grandfather, William Yoakley, was a musician and composer. The Presbyterian Hymnal contains one of his compositions named for himself "Yoakley."

Our subject received his academic training in the Portsmouth public schools. Springing from a musically inclined ancestry, he naturally took to music and his father gave him private instruction until he was eighteen. In 1878, he went to Cincinnati, where he studied under the best professors and reached a high degree of proficiency. He has achieved a wide reputation as a teacher of music and his compositions have the hearty approval of the public. They have been recognized to such an extent that a "Te Deum" in F received its initial rendition at a service for the consecration of a Bishop of the Episcopal church at Richmond, Virginia, and his tune "All Souls'' was chosen for the "American Missionary Hymn" for insertion in the Church of England Hymnal. He is regarded as one of the most proficient organists west of the Alleghany Mountains. He is the organist at Christ Church, Cincinnati, and is continually engaged in important musical events occurring in Cincinnati from time to time. The following are some of his published compositions which have received public recognition: For the piano, "Spring," '"Polacca,' "Gypsy Scene,' and "Ideal.'"' For the voice, "Longing," "Beyond the Stars," "Lord forever at thy side.'""' Anthems, "Te Deum" in F, "Jubilate" in F, "Bonum Bst'"' _ B flat, "Deus Misereatur'" in B flat, '"Benedicite' in G and "Te Deum" in B

Our subject is a member of the Episcopal Church. He is a Knight Templar and Scottish Rite Mason. He was married May 17, 1890 to Josephine S. Royse, daughter of Capt. T. S. and Mrs. P. S. Royse. She died September 5, 1892, leaving one son, John Noble.

was born in Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England, December 20, 1847. His father was Levi York, a stationary engineer, and Mary Ann Dee was the maiden name of his mother. His father died at the age of sixty-three, in England, and his mother in her eightieth year in 1889. He went to an Bpiscopal church school until he was twelve years old, and after that he attended school from time to time of evenings. He began to learn a trade at the age of twelve years, running a stationary engine. He followed that one year and went into a blacksmith's shop four years. He then went to roll-turning, in the employ of the Patent Shaft & Axle-tree Company, and worked there until he was twentysix years of age. His brother Thomas, had gone to the United States before the Civil war. He had been in the Navy in that war, and returned home at its close. He gave such a glowing description of this country that our subject determined to come to the United States, His brother James G, had preceded him a few months, In 1868, he came alone, and located at Akron, Ohio, THe went into employment there as assistant rolleturner to his brother James G. York for a few months, He then fired a battery of boilers in the Akron roll« ing mill for three months, After that he had «a position as machinist with the Selberling Company, manufacturers of Agricultural Implements,

In April, 1869, he went to Patterson, N. J, ag a rolleturner in the Passac Rolling Mill Company, and remained there until September, 1878. In 1870 he was made superintendent of the plant, and continued until 187% In Septem for thirteen months, He went there to undertake to erect a blast-furnace and rollingemill for the Government, but returned before it was completed,

He first landed in Portamouth the day preceding Thanksgiving in 1879, and continued to reside there until Mareh, 1901, when he transferred his real. dence to Los Angeles, California, He beeame the superintendent of the Burgess Steel & Iron Works in the year 1879. At the ond of two years he became viceepresident; he became presidentin 1895, He obtained a controlling interest in the business in about 1890, The mill was burned on the sixth of June, 1896, an account of which ia given elsewhere, He proposed to build a new mill at Yorktown, and completed it shortly After May, 1899, On July 16, 1900 he disposed of it to a combination of milla, He is president of oA Portamouth Street Railway and Wleetrie Light Company, and has Deen since

'He married in January, 1870 Mins Water , Banker, of Patterson N. J. They had one ehild, Lilian 8, now the wife of Milton Longfellow, THis wife died in December, 1870, and he was married September 28, 1872 to Miss Alice lL. Watkina, daughter of Jefferson LL, Watkins, Maq, They have four children, three daughters and one son, Thelr eldest daughter, Laura, is the wife of B. Vrank Vincent, Their son, Raymond, married a daughter of Hon, A. OC, Thompson, Mederal Judge, and in in business for himself, Clara, a young lady, and Mary, a litle girl, are at home,

Mr, York was naturalized at Patterson, N, J, in 1870, In polithes he is a republican, We is one of the largest capitalists in Portumouth, and is disposed at all times to use his capital and talents for the upbuilding of the town, He is a publicespirited citizen, and no just appeal is ever made to him in vain, elther for business or charity.

Andrew and Loulse (Bouldorf) Yout, hey came to this country in 1854 and located at Portsmouth, Hie father was a knobbler at the Gaylord Rolling Mill and died in 1871, Jacob attended school in Germany and after coming to this country attended the schools in Portsmouth and received a common school education, We began working in the Rolling Mill when only ten years of age. At the age of seventeen, he was a puddler, which work he continued until 1887 when he became a heater, He ie a vepublican and a member of the German Lutheran Church,

On September 20, 1868, he was married to Kate Clemens, daughter of Frederick and Mary Clemens, Vis wife died in July, 1897, They had seven children; Daniel ,, Mora 1, Ymma M., Clemens A., Winora Philippine, Carrie ©, and Walter Jacob,

Mr, Yost is one of those good citizens who wears his heart on his coat aleeve, We in honest to the core, sincere and outspoken on every subject. He cowld not be guilty of dissimulation, He is very firm in his opinions, but is careful in making them up, If anyone wishes to know his views on any subject, all one has to do is to ask him, He has «a horror of debt and owes no man anything, He has accumulated a competences and has given a college education to his two eldest sons, Daniel and Clemens, The former has been practicing law in Boston and the Jatter after graduating at Bowdoin College, Maine, has become a teacher in Massachusetts, was born November 22, 1852, at Kusel in Bavaria, Germany, His father's name wan Karl Zoellner, and his mother's maiden name was Wlizabeth Grimm, He was the youngest of a family of nine children. His parents never came to America, but died in the old country. His father was a manufacturer of stockings. One brother, Christian Zoellner, came to the United States, and is living in Cincinnati, a watch-maker and machinist. One sister came, Mrs. Margaret Thielman, now deceased. All his other brothers and sisters remained in Germany. He attended the common schools in Bavaria, and the gymnasium. He was apprenticed to a watch-maker at sixteen years of age and served as such four years. He then worked for one year at his trade, and then came to this country. He came to avoid going into the army. .

He landed in New York on the 7th day of February, 1852, having been on the ocean forty-two days. He came in a sailing vessel. He remained in New York nine months and worked at his trade. In October, 1852, his sister arrived in New York from Bavaria with two children and her husband was already in Cincinnati. Mr. Zoellner accompanied his sister to Cincinnati, and went to work at his trade and worked there two years. He came to Portsmouth July 7, 1855, in consequence of a correspondence with Daniel Clemens, who had been a neighbor in Kusel. He came on the Bostona, Capt. McLean, master, Capts. Jack and James Lusk, clerks. He went to work with John Clugsten on Market street, in the jewelry business at the old Abe. Coriell stand, and worked with him two years. On April 1, 1857, he started into business for himself, int the building, No. 185 W. Second street, where he remained until February 15, 1900, when he removed to No. 93 W. Second street. k

Mr. Zoellner has always been very industrious, attending to his business and maintaining the strictest integrity. As a consequence he built up a good business and made money. He was married to Miss Mary Scott, daughter of Charles Scott, on July 9, 1857. The children of this marriage are: Albert C., now in business for himself in Portsmouth; Amelia, wife of P. S. Tritscheller; Lena, wife of George Appel of the Gilbert Grocery Co.; Mary, wife of John C. Bauer, of the same firm; Otto, now in business as Otto Zoellner & Brother; Lucy, widow of Dr. August Schliefer; Anna, wife of Otto Stephen of Cincinnati, Ohio; Charles, in partnership with his brother Otto. On May 1, 1899, Mr. Zoellner turned his business over to his two sons Otto and Charles.

August 14, 1862 he enlisted in Company C, 106th O. V. I., and served until March 29, 1868, when he was discharged for disability. He is one of the charter members of the German Beneficial Society of Portsmouth, organized in 1857, and has never drawn a single benefit from the society. He has always been a republican. He was reared a Protestant and is a member of the German Evangelical church. His children were all baptised and confirmed in the same church. He cast his first vote in the second ward in 1858, and has lived and voted in that ward ever since. He resided over his store for twenty-six years, and after that bought the Kehoe residence, which is just north of Dr. Cotton's, where he now resides. He was treasurer of the First German Building Association during its entire existence for nine and one-half years. He has been agent for foreign steamer lines since 1860. He has been a member of the Scioto County Tax Commission for three years, and in 1899 he was elected Land Appraiser for the First and Second wards.

Mr. Zoellner is one of the most substantial citizens of Portsmouth. He is strictly honest and upright in all hig dealings, and has the confidence of the entire community. The writer regards him as one of the most fortunate men in the city, for he is surrounded by his entire family, and they are all engaged in gainful employment, doing remarkably well for themselves. He can be justly proud of the records of his sons and sons-in-law, and his daughters are all admirable women,