Wayne Township (part 3 of 19)

Albert R. Silver married young, being united with Mary A. Dunn, who is a daughter of Robert and Helen (Chaters) Dunn, of Salem. A happy married life of a half century was celebrated by a "Golden Wedding*' in 1808. Mrs. Silver's parents, who were natives of Yorkshire. England, immigrated to America when she was four years old, coming : in a sailing vessel which took eight weeks .'iid I four days to complete the voyage. A family of seven children was l>orn to this union, fnc of whom still survive and are prominent in business ami social life. Emmor W., who entil 1005 was superintendent of the Silver Manufacturing Company, married Anna Bishop, of Salem. Charles R. married Jessie F. Steele, of Salem, and left two children at his doth, which occurred at Portland, Oregon, in h;oo.

Esther married Erank Brainard, of New York City, and they have two sons - Frank and William, students at Yale University. Helen, twin sister of Esther, died at the age of four years. William, who is treasurer of the Silver Manufacturing Company, married Helen Sharp, a daughter of the well-known capitalist, Simeon Sharp, and they have one child, Helen Louise. Homer M., who is vice-president of the Silver Manufacturing Company, married Josephine King, of Salem, and they have one son, Albert R. Allwrt Otis, who is secretary of the Silver Manufacturing Company, married Lizzie Walton, of Salem, and they have three children, Relxxca, Esther and Mary.

Mr. Silver's death took place in 1900, after a long and useful life of 77 years. While his early life had lx»en that of a young man struggling with limited means and held down by inadequate resources, his later days were filled and running over with all of the comforts and blessings of life. It was a source of pleasure to him to sec his sons grow into men capable of carrying on the great business to which he had devoted so long a period of bis active life and to sec his name recognized as a synonym for business integrity the world over. He is survived bv his venerable* widow, the cheerful partner of his early privations. She resides in the old family home in Salem which is the Mecca to which children and grandchildren turn with love and reverence. Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Silver accompany this sketch.

riRAH AM R. LEHMAN, the owner and proprietor of one of the l»cst improveil farms in Fairfield township, is a lineal descendant of John I.ehman. one of the early and most prominent ministers of the Mcnnonitc faith in Pennsylvania. Mr. Lehman vrns l»orn in an old frame house which formerly stood on the present farm and is a son of David ami Margaret l Roluer) Lehman.

and about 1-ancaster, Pennsylvania, years prior to the Revolutionary War. Like many others of the early colonists, they were refugees from religious persecution. These sturdy ancestors handed down to their descendants many of their most sterling qualities.

Rev. John Lehman was Iktii in 170.' at Ebcrstonhoff, near Sweibruckeu, Switzerland. He was a farmer by occupation. He married Anna liege in 1725 and they, with his wife's brother, Hans Hege, sailed from Rotterdam, in the ship "James Goodwill," with David Crockett as captain, and landed at Philadelphia, Septeml>er 27. 1727. He was required to sign the British declaration, promising to bear allegiance to King George II. From Philadelphia they went to Lancaster County and settled in Rapho township, near Manhcim, its former name having been Sticklestow n. The party contained a numlwr of the founders of the Mcnnonitc faith, the Lchmans, the Hcges and the Leschers all having strict ideas of religious observance according to their own faith. In 1730 John Lehman was installed pastor of the congregation and he preached until his death in 1 778, being a man of mighty |>ow er in the community.

The children of Rev. John Lehman and wife were: Mary, Jacob, Anna, Peter, Daniel and John. The only records kept refer to Daniel, the fifth child. He was Uirn in 1742 in Lancaster County and from this ancestor came the Lehmans who have scattered all over Eastern Pennsylvania. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and other parts of the I'niled States and also Canada. Their characteristics are all the same, integrity and thrift making them desirable memliers of any community. Daniel Lehman was the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch. I le married Susannah Shelley and they reared a family.

John Lehman, son of Daniel Lehman and the grandfather of our subject, married Gertrude Huber, and they removed from Red ford County. Pennsylvania, to Columbiana County. Ohio, in 1X2S and settled on section 15. Fairfield township. The family came here in a covered wagon and at that time there were 12 children - six sons and six daughters - as fol- lows: Barbara, Elizabeib, Daniel, Xancy, John, Samuel, Jacob, Susannah, David. Christian, Magdalena and Mary. John Lehman bought a tract of land on which stood a log cabin ; a lew acres had l>een cleared. His children all reached maturity and all had families except Magdalena, who died single.

David Lehman, father of our subject, was born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. March to, 1814. and died March 11, 1889. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and attained a prominent position as one of the most successful men of his time and accumulated a large estate. His example had force, as his children are all prosperous citizens of their respective communities. He married Margaret Robrer, who was born in Washington County, Maryland, November 22, 1 81 7. She still survives and resides with our subject in her home on the old homestead, to which her husband brought her after marriage. She is one of a family of 1 1 children ; the youngest of the family was over 60 years of age before a death occurred among the brothers and sisters. The children of David i Lehman and wife were: Mary, Abraham K.. | Sarah. Elizabeth and Margaret. Mary still resides on the old homestead. Sarah married j Allen Rickert. of Mahoning County, Ohio, and | has six children, viz: Kdwin L., a graduate of j YVooster College, who is a popular teacher: 1 Lizzie, who married Ira Johns, lives near (ioshen. Indiana, and has two children; Edith, wife of Harvey A. Metzler, who manages the home farm. - they have two children; Harvey L.. a |xipular school teacher at Massillon. Ohio: and Margaret Isaiah, the latter of Mahoning County. HlizalxHh married John J. Ward and at her death left two children: D. Lawrence and John I... the latter of whom was reared on the old homestead. Margaret married Calvin W Uolihniigh and has three children: Lloyd. Ualph and Edward, all at home.

\hntham R. Lehman, our immediate subject, was reared in Fairfield township and wa< educated in the district schools. He continued to operate the home farm until the spring of 1S0.7, and then turned his attention to managing a brokerage business but still retains bis home on the farm, which is but one mile out of the town. The present home residence was erected in 1858 and modem improvements were made by Mr. Lehman in 1887. In 1862 he built his commodious Iwrn and he has yearly added some improvement until now he has one of the most valuable as well as attractive places in the township. The residence stands on a slight elevation which gives a fine view of the .surrounding landscape. Mr. Lehman naturally takes pride in this beautiful home and can recall the planting of many of the trees. Since 1897 he has devoted his attention to a de|xisit and loan brokerage business with a large clientage.

OSEFII THORP, who is postmaster at Washingtonville, and in charge of the grammar department of the village schools, is a native of Yorkshire, England, where he was bom June 1 6, 1860, being a son of Rev. David and Jane ( Ridge) Thorp, the former being a coal miner and a local preacher in the Methodist Church. The maternal grandfather of our subject was in the battle of Waterloo.

Joseph Thorp was four years of age when his parents came to this country. They made their home for a short time at Bartley, Pennsylvania, Haminondsville. Jefferson County, Ohio, Salineville and then took up their residence at Washingtonville. Joseph attended the public schools but soon began work in the Cherry Valley mine and as he worked bis mind was active in planning out schemes to tatter his condition and rise to something more than could be obtained at the mines. In 1890 he entered the Washingtonville schools as a student and followed that with two years at Volant. Pennsylvania, and never did pupil strive harder for knowledge than did he. Seeing the value <>f improving everv moment, he did it and his advancement was rapid and permanent. He then returned to Washingtonville and secured a place as teacher in the village schools where his successful methods were noted and he was made principal. At the present time he has charge of the grammar department. Mr. Thorp was married in 1882 to Celia

Tetlow, whose lather, Zachariah Tetlow, was superintendent of the Cherry Valley Coal Company for over 30 years and tile best-posted mining engineer for coal in the State of Ohio, lie was of English descent. To Mr. and Mrs. Thorp have l>cen born sis children: Chester, who is employed by the Erie Railroad; Leora, who assists her father m the postofticc; John, a student; Helen; Martha and Donald. They are attendants of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which his wife is a member. Mr. Thorp is a Republican and has taken rather an active part in local politics, having served /our years as clerk of the village, one year as a meml)er of the Council and four years as mayor, while he is now in his ninth year as postmaster. He was appointed to this office by the late lamented President McKinley, was reappointed by him ami is one of the most satisfactory, courteous and accommodating officials ever in charge of the office. Mr. Thorp is a prominent Odd bellow. Knight of Pythias and is a member of a lalx.r organization.

jHARI.KS J. ALBRIGHT, the efficient secretary of the Sebring Pottery Company, uf Sebring. Ohio, was born July 31, 1871, at Franklin Square. Columbiana County. Ohio, and is a son of John \V. and Anna (Mercer) Albright.

The father of Mr. Albright was lx>rn at Elkton. Ohio, and the mother in Indiana. The latter still survives, but the former died on April 15, 1905. Our subject's brothers and sisters are: Morris 1-., treasurer of The Carrollton Pottery Company, of Carrollton Ohio, who married Belle McCoy and has three children, Ehna. Harold and Dorothy; Allen F... of Carrollton, a gospel evangelist, who is at present entertaining a proposition to spend two years of evangelical work in California,- - mar ried Tillic McNutt, and they have three children. Ethel. I.ela and Catherine: I-ouie. who is the wife of E. L. Henderson, of Carrollton; Percy D.. connected w ith The Carrollton Pottery Company, w ho married Ida Barth and has three children. Darletta, Hazel and John; and Harry L., who is employed in the wareroom of The Carrollton Pottery Company. In his earlier days John \\ . Albright drove mules on the old Sandy and Beaver Canal which formerly ran from Elkton to the Ohio River. Later be was general agent in this section for the Singer Sewing Machine Company.

Charles J. Albright was 10 years old when he removed from Franklin Square to East Liverpool, where be attended school until 1883, when he entered the employ of the firm of Knowles. Taylor & Knowles, as office Ix>y. His faithful attention to duty was rewarded by the company and he was soon promoted, being first given charge of the shipping room and later advanced to more responsible positions. In January, 1897, he accepted the offer of The Ohio China Company of East Palestine and liecame their manager, and still later became secretary of The Sebring Pottery Company, a position he still continues to fill.

On November 26, 1901. at East Liverpool, Ohio, Mr. Albright was married to Emma Sebring, who is a daughter of George and Elizal>eth A. (Larkins) Sebring. They have four children, viz: Lucile. Mildred, Donald and .Charles. Mr. and Mrs. Albright have a very pteasant home. They are tnetnl>ers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically, Mr. Albright is a Republican. In business life he is respected and admired by his associates. He has always maintained a reputation for fairness and integrity and his opinion carries weight.

)M B. MARQUIS, M. D.. one of the most successful practitioners of medicine and surgery in Columbiana County, was the moving spirit and is the present head of Riverside Hospital at Lisl)on, the only institution of the kind in the vicinity. It is an institution of importance and benefit to the community and one of which the people arc justly proud.

Cartney) Marquis. His father was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, where he was reared and in early life followed the trade of a carpenter, thereby earning the necessary funds to take him through school. He was wholly a self-made man and gained a |»lace of prominence in his professional work. He was graduated from the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, March 6, 1845, and soon after entered into practice, locating at West Point in 1846. Two or three years later he was married and in 1849 went West overland to Pike's Peak and Sacramento City to seek his fortune. After spending two years in the West, he returned to Ohio subsequent to the destruction of Sacramento by fire and resumed practice at West Point. Amid the tragedies of Morgan's raid through Ohio, an amusing incident befell Dr. David Marquis. He was captured by General Shackelford and his men, while riding horseback near West Heaver Church on his way to see a patient. Not knowing him personally, the General thought possibly he was a spy and would accept no explanation of his presence there. At the point of a pistol he was made to retrace his steps, but soon was able to establish his identity and bis loyalty to the Union cause. He continued in practice at West Point until April, 1867. and then moved with his family to Lisbon, where he lived until his death, which occurred January _>i. 1881. when he was alxmt 67 years old. Dr. David Marquis was joined in marriage with Margaret McCartney, who was bom 011 a farm near West Point, Columbiana. County, Ohio, and died in Lisbon in 189J, aged 08 years. Five sons and three daughters blessed this union, all but one of whom are living.

Tom B. Marquis was reared at Lislion. where he attended public and high schools. He took a course of study in the medical department of the University of Michigan and subsequently in Bellevuc Hospital Medical College of New York City, graduating from the latter in March, 1877. He has lieen in practice in Lisbon continuously since that time and ha* built up a large practice. He has been a constant student of medical science during the<c years, both in and out of schools. He has completed post-graduate work in five or six institutions, including the New York Polyclinic, the New York Post-Graduate and the Chicago Polyclinic. In connection with his two sisters who are professional nurses, he established Riverside Hospital at Lisbon late in the Vjo's, an institution which they still conduct with remarkable success. The Doctor has held the office of president of the Union Medical Society, now defunct, composed of members of the profession from Columbiana and adjoining j counties; and is a memlicr of the Columbiana County and the Ohio State Medical Societies and the American Medical Association. In May, 188.2, he was appointed a member of the U. S. Board of Pension Kxamincrs at Lisbon, and is now president of that board. In the fall of 1004, he was elected a memlicr of the Board of Ld ilea t ion of Lisbon.

Dr. Marquis was joined in marriage with May Frost, who was born in Lisbon and is a daughter of Fzra and Catherine (Cooney) Frost. Her father, now deceased, was a pioneer grocer of Lisbon, where his widow still resides. Two children have l)ecn born to this union: Mabel and Catherine. Mrs. Marquis for the past several years has been an able assistant to the Doctor in difficult surgical operations that require help. She has also been an earnest worker in the church and a leader in the charity work of the city. Fraternally, the Doctor is a member of Lislmn Lodge, F. & A. M., also of the Royal Arch Chapter and Salem Commandery, Knights Templar. Religiously, he and his family are Methodists, although he was reared a Presbyterian.

IT.l.l \M C. SMITH was on t'u f irm on which his widow now im.I,'- in Yellow Creek township, l"( u:;ibiana County. Ohio. His parents, Philip and Janet Smith, from the Highlands of Scotland, had located on this farm aUuit 1805. The mother died in 1S54, and the faihcr in 1861. at the age of 87 years.

to Janet Bailey, daughter of Alexander and Margaret Bailey, of Yellow Creek township. Both were natives of the Highlands of Scotland. William C. Smith died in 1809, in his 83rd year, leaving his widow, who is still living on the home farm. She is in her 79th year. Five children were horn on this farm to William C. and Janet (Bailey) Smith, all of whom are still alive: Katharine, residing on the homestead with her mother; Philip M., attorney-at-law and ex-judge of the Court of Common Pleas in this district : Margaret M.. wife of W illiam Jenkins, of Madison township, to whom two children were l>nrn, - Alexander and Janet ; Alexander G., attorney-atlaw, Wellsville. who married Anna M. Mcintosh, of Madison township; and William E., engaged in the coal business, who married Jennie Paul, of Iowa, and has one son, - Cecil.

The farm has Ijeen in the family ever since its first settlement. William C. Smith was one of the founders of the Oak Ridge Presbyterian Church, and served as an elder in this church for 50 years, and is now succeeded by his son, Alexander G. Smith.

Hon. PiitMi- M. Smith, son of William C. Smith, was born in 1X52 on the home farm in Yellow Creek township. lie read law under Judge W. A. Njchols, of Lislmn. and began the practice of the law in Wellsville, in February, 1870, succeeding Hon. W. (i. Wells upon the election of the latter as prokitc judge of the county, lie served as prosecuting attorney of the county from 1885 to 1801, making an exceptionally good record in that office. He was appointed judge of the Common Pleas Court in 1895 by Governor McKinley. to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Judge N. B. Billingsley. lie was elected to the same position in 180A and resigned in ltjox) to resume the practice of law in Wellsville. where he is now located as a member of the firm of Smith & I .ones. As a jurist his decisions have been universally regarded as inst and his rulings fair, while as an attorney at the bar he has been eminently successful. Judge Smith was married in 1880 M Ida McKcehan. daughter of Dr. P.. F. Mck'eclnn. of Clarksburg. West Virginia, who with their two children is

In jKjlitic's, the family, in all its branches, have l*en Whig and Republican, and are possessed of the usual Scotch characteristics of thrift, honesty and regard for the law of God and man.

AREY E. GREEXAM YER. secretary of the People's Savings & Loan Association, at Leetonia. where he is also engaged in a real estate and insurance business, is one of the town's enterprising and successful men. Mr. Greenamyer was l*«rn February 5, 187.2. in Mahoning County Ohio, ami is a son of Joshua S. Grcenamycr.

After completing the common school course at Leetonia, Mr. Greenamyer was with the Cherry Valley Iron Company and the Pennsylvania Railroad for about three years. In 1893 he and his father l>ecaine associated in a general real estate and insurance business under the firm name of Greenamyer & Son, their operations being mainly restricted to this locality. Mr. Greenamyer proved his business capacity to such effect, that in 1807 he was elected secretary of the People's Savings & Loan Association, a position which he still fills, This is one of the important business enterprises of Leetonia. its president lieing a well-known capitalist, S. M, Garlach.

Mr. Greenamyer was married in 1805, to Mary E. P.urgham. who is a daughter of Thomas Bnrginan. of Salem. Mr. and Mrs. Greenamyer are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Leetonia. lie is connected with the local lodge of < >dd fellows.

an old and honorable family ;iml possesses all the attributes of a man of sterling character. Mr. Brantingham resides on a line farm located in the southwest quarter of section 26, in township 1 6, range 4, where he was !>orn July 4, 1852, and is a sou of Alfred and Ann (Dean) Brantingham.

The family to which Mr. Brantingham belongs originated in Kngland. where George and Joseph Brantingham. sons of Joseph and Sarah Brantingham, were lx>rn. The birth of George Brantingham occurred at hcrsnn, Durham County, on Xovemlier 7. 1770. Both he and his brother Joseph emigrated to America and settled in the vicinity of Baltimore, Maryland. Joseph removed at a later date to the neighborhood of New York City. George Brantingham was married March 9. 1801. to Phoebe Boulton, of Burlington, Mansfield County, New Jersey. They had issue as follows : William, Joseph, Hannah, George and Sarah.

Joseph Brantingham was born at Baltimore, Maryland, January 27, 1807. and married Lydia Whinnery. and they had these children : Rachel, William, Alfred, Klizatath, Cyrus and George L. His second marriage was to Anna M. Stratton and they had two children: Lydia and Sina.

The family was established in Ohio by our subject's great-grand father. George Brantingham. who seems to have been a man of great energy and enterprise. Joshua Brantingham has in Ins possession a journal w hich was kept by his ancestor in which are related the occurrences of the long voyage across the Atlantic. It is a remarkable account and is in every way interesting. When George Brantingham came to Columbiana County, he was prepared to invest in property and it is recorded that on June 5. 1824, he tonight 120 acres of land of Christian Shade, paying therefor the stun of $1,550. On October 22, 1838. his son Joseph Knight the above farm of hi< father I'm the sum of S3.000. On August 23. 1852. Joseph Brantingham sold t f4 acres of the foregoing farm to James Whincry. for the sum of 83.500. The next change was when Jamc* Whinery sold 1 10 acres of the farm aforesaid. on April 11. 1871, to George Gill>ert, for the sum of $11,000. At the public sale of the estate' of his father-inlaw, George Gilliert. held on April 2, 1883, Joshua Brantingham purchased for $10,052 the alxwe mentioned farm, which then contained low 58-100 acres.

After disposing of the farm in 1852, Joseph Brantingham, our subject's grandfather, headed a company, composed of three of his married ! children and their families, namely: William Brantingham. Mrs. F.IizalK'th B. Dean and Alfred Brantingham, together with Edwin Hollow ay. Michael Stratton and Ezra Hall, which set our for Minnesota, with the intention of taking up government land near the site of the present city of St. Paul. The journey was a hard one. all of it being accomplished by stage and lioat through many localities where roads were scarcely more than cut. In the vicinity of Freeport. Illinois, Mr. Brantingham was attacked with cholera, to which he soon succumlied. Left without a leader, the company l>ecame discouraged and most all of the pioneers returned to their former homes in Columbiana County.

Alfred Brantingham, father of Joshua, was Ixirn on this farm in August, 1830, and died here in August. 1904. He was a farmer, carpenter and merchant and was a man who was successful in his business enterprises. After returning to Columbiana County, following the death of his lather, he resumed his old occupations and remained in the county the remainder of his life. He always gave hearty support to the Republican party. From 1876 until 1885 he was postmaster at Winona. He l>elonged to that branch of the Society of Friends known as the "Willbnrites." and by example and precept sustained a reputation for integrity ami Christian spirit.

The mother of our subject, Ann (Dean) Brantingham. was U.m in Carroll County. Ohio, and was a daughter of Barton and Hannah (Jackson) Dean, natives of New York and Virginia, respectively. The children of Alfred and Ann (Dean') Brantingham were: Joshua, of this sketch: Elizalieth. wife of Joseph C. Stratton. of Butler township: Hannah D.. wife of Abraham Stratton. of Philadelphia:

William, superintendent atid treasurer of the Winona Creamery Company, of Winona; and Mary, wife of Daniel Test, who is superintendent" of the Pennsylvania. Hospital at Philadelphia.

Joshua Brantingham was educated in the local schools of Butler township and worked on the farm until the ape of 18 years and then learned the carpenter's trade at winch he was employed for seven years. Then, in association with his father, he bought a store at Winona and this was conducted for seven years under the firm name of Brantingham it Son. His brother, William Brantingham. and his brother-in-law, Abram Stratum, were associated with him, as partners in die linn, for several years. In 1883 he purchased the ancestral home and here tiMtk up his residence in 1884. The farm now contains 144 acres. Mr. Brantingham found the property much run down and at first he devoted the land t>> the raising of sheep. For the last 16 years, however, he has made it a dairy farm and keeps as many as 40 head of Jersey cow s, milking 30 head at a time. Almost all of these are high grade, either registered or eligible. The beautiful, modern home was built in 1803. Large bams and other buildings, including a good tenant house, are found here, with all the necessary equipment in the way of machinery and appliances necessary for the successful carrying on of an extensive business. It is one of the most attractive as well as one of the most valuable places in the vicinity of Winona.

Mr. Brantingham was married, first. to Sarah Gilbert, w ho was born in Westmoreland County. Pennsylvania, and died at Winona, in 1884, aged 44 years. Mr. Bratingham was married, second, to Rachel Kirk, w ho was born at Mount Pleasant ; they have two sons, viz : Joseph C. and Wilson J. The family belong to the Society of Friends.

Mr. Brantingham has l>ceii identified with the Republican party all his life and has always taken more or less interest 111 public matters. He is one of the substantial business men of his section, one of the principal stockholders ami one of the directors of the Winona Creamery Company of Winona, and is also a

In a number of his business enterprises, our I subject has been associated with his brother ; William, who is now superintendent and treas- . urer of the Winona Creamery Company. This is one of the county's very successful industries. It was organized in 1890, wheYi a stock - company was formed. At the time of incorporation there were 18 stockholders, but the number has since been reduced to 13. Like many ! other prosperous concerns, it was started in a small way, handling but 900 pounds of milk per day; the business has grown steadily and' at the present time J5.000 jKuinds of miik are' used each day. Four experienced hands are constantly employed and the company's fine creamery butter and excellent quality of cheese find a ready market in Salem and in Pittsburg.'

William Brantingham, our subject's brother, was born in Winona, January 4. i860, and has always resided in Butler township. In addition to his creamery interests, he owns a fniit farm of 18 acres near Winona and is a stockholder in the Winona Central Telephone ; Company. In 1881 he married Anna Cope, a native of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Edward Y. and Alice G. (Gilbert) Cope. They have two children, viz: Alice A., a normal school teacher, and F.lma. Like his older brother, Mr. Brantingham is a Wilburite Friend. He is also identified with the Republican party. Botb are men of substantial worth and good citizenship.

OX. T. A. MARTIN, the present prolate judge of Columbiana County, formerly mayor of Lislxni, and one of the city's representative citizens, was horn in the northern part of Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1852.

Judge Martin, whose portrait accompanies this sketch, was educated in the common schools of Jefferson County and at the Hopedale Normal School, and subsequently entered Mount Union College, where he w as graduated with the class of 1876 Tudgc Martin's ambi- tion was fixed on the law. hut | »rii «r to giving it niucl) study he taught school for sonic years. During this time he was superintendent of the schools at Salincville. for three years. an<l >|k.-iii two years at West Salem. Wayne County. He then came to Lisb>n ami entered the law office of Wallace it Hillingslev. where he read law. In the summer of i88_\ he was admitted to the har before the Supreme Court at Columbus. Since then he has Ik-cu located in practice at Lisbon.

Judge Martin is one of the leading Repul>- licans of this locality, is chairman of the Republican County C entral Committee and of the Republican County F.xeculivc Committee. In ]Ko.S he was elected mayor of Lisbon and gave the city a clean and economical administration. For some ten years Judge Martin served as justice of the peace, and in the fall of Hfuj was elected to his present responsible |>osition. He entered upon his duties on the l>ench in February, uyoj. for a term of three years.

In 1887 Judge Martin was married to Millie Shearer, of Lisbon, ami they have one daughter. Fdith L. The family attend the United Presbyterian Church.

ILSOX S. SMITH is one of the progressive farmers and stockraisers of St. Clair township, and was horn on the farm ii[xni which he now resides. He is a son of John and Mary ( Fisher) Smith, who were earlv settlers of Columbiana County, The. paternal grandfather was John Smith, a native of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and a very prosperous man. owning a woolen-mill and a Hour and oil-mill there. During a raid of the Indians, the family wire hurried to Harris burg for protection, and none too soon for the savages completely destroyed the propcrn. -citing tire to it and leasing John Smith in poverty. He secured a wagm and team of horses by means of which he moved his family and what goods they could scrape together to ICast Lil>erty. Pennsylvania. There he rented 400 acres of land from a man named Winebiddle ami in two years time had managed to save sufficient money to make a new start in a new country, hi l8o_> he sent his son John to Ohio to enter a ipiarter-section of land in the new country which was just then l>eing opened up to civilization and was the Mecca of many poor lainilies. The land chosen was in what is now section 18, St. Clair township, Columbiana County, and was covered with a dense grow th of underbrush and timber. In 1803 two of the sons, John and Adam, came to the new home and built a log house into which the family moved. This cabin occupied a position near the spring house of Wilson S. Smith. When it was built, there was but one house between that point and Cleveland.

John Smith. Jr.. our subject's father, was born in Cumberland County. Pennsylvania, in 1780 and was married to Mary Fisher whose father. Henry Fisher, came from Pennsylvania and entered land near where Calcutta now stands. When Mr. Smith lived at Fast Liberty. Pennsylvania, he gruhed stumps from land that is now in the city of Pittsburg. After living two years on the farm in section 18. St. Clair township, one of his neighlmrs. Thomas Moore, a man of means and the owner of a tlour mill near Fast Liverpool, proposed to John Smith, to whom he had taken a great fancy, that Smith should go to Pittsburg. Pennsylvania, purchase a llathoat. come down the river, load up with dour which Mr. Moore would furnish at S.V50 per barrel ami take it to New Orleans where it could he disposed of at a good price. To this proposal young Smith replied: "\o. 1 have no money for such an e-terprise." To which Mr. Moore answered, "I will furnish the money and will go with you to Pittsburg to buy the ln»at." W hen "this scheme was broached to the elder Smith, he opposed it as a hazardous undertaking which would plunge his sou into a debt from which he would be unable to extricate himself should the bo.il sink or some such calamity happen. Mr. Moore finally overcame these objections, the boat was bought, loaded and started on its journey. Arriving at his destination, Mr. Smith disposed of his cargo at $9.50 j>er barrel, receiving his pay in silver. Pie took a boat to Philadelphia where he obtained a check lor the amount on the old Pittsburg bank, reserving enough to buy a horse, saddle and bridle with which to get home. 11c rode to Pittsburg, cashed his check and returned with enough money to pay for his Hour and boat and have sufficient besides to place the entire family in easy circumstances. The elder Smith died soon after this at 80 years of age. John Smith. Jr., reached hts 74th year, dying in 1853 and his wife four years later at the age of 75.

Hon. (ieorge Smith, the eldest of the children of John and Mary (Fisher) Smith, was I torn January 2, 1801), and died July 14, 1881. He served in the Ohio Stale Legislature two terms and then moved to Caldwell County, Missouri, and served in the Missouri State Legislature for five terms. While a member of that 1x>dv he drew up the Hannibal & St. Joseph Kail way bill and had it passed. In he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Missouri. I'nder President Grant's administration he was I'nitcd States marshal for six years, his territory covering -2 counties in Northwestern Missouri.

Wilson S. Smith is the 13th. and the only survivor, of a family of 14 children. He was educated in a country school hut for two terms went to a select schoor in C alcutta and took up the occupation of fanning, being engaged extensively in raising sheep and horses, his wool alone bringing him no inconsiderable sum each year. He erected his residence in 1881 and has surrounded it with a pleasant lawn and with outbuildings that are in keeping with the general air of cozincss and comfort.

At the age of 2S. our subject was married to C aroline Fisher, daughter of Peter Fisher, of St. t lair township, and seven children have l*en bom to them, viz: Harry, who died at the age of five; John Edwin, w ho married Florence Dickey and has six b»vs: Orlando, who lives on i!te home farm ; James V, who married Miss Reed and has one child: Laura W.. who married Or. II. II. Chamberlain, of Canton. Ohio. :'!i<l lias one sou; Alice, who died in her sixth year: and Wilson S.. Jr.

Mr. Smith was a director of the Columbiana County Agricultural Society for four years and president of the said society for live years. For a period of 21 years be was president of the Township Line Mutual Insurance Company, lie has held a number of local offices, among w hich hav e been those of township trustee and justice of the peace. For a period of 31 years lie served as school director. He was reared a Democrat ami always voted that ticket until Clement L. Vallandigham was candidate for Governor in the 'bo's; since then he has given his allegiance to the Republican party. He is a menilier of the Long Run Presbyterian Church, of which he is an elder. In 1808 he was elected as one of the delegates from the Steulxrnviile Presbytery to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, which met that year at Winona, Indiana, - this, has lieen the crowning office of his life.

^TPl >l-;iS T i;Akk- one oi t,ie leading J I Bb| members of the bar of Columbiana I Jr^g County, and a well known, public- HbbI spirited citizen of Rogers, was born July _'4. 1865, at Fast C armel. Columbiana County, Ohio, and is a son of Jonas II. and Christena A. (Gardner) Farr.

William Farr, the paternal grandfather, was liorn and reared in Loudoun County, Virginia, and moved to Elkrun township, Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1824. Our subject has in his possession one of his grandfather's papers which was signed by him and a brother, in Virginia, as far back as 1819. He married Rachel Humphrey, of Quaker origin. The great-grandfather was Jonas Farr, who was a school teacher in Virginia. The name is not ci tnfuied to that State, however, as one branch went to N'cw England, whence came Mai. Everett W. Farr. Memljcr of Congress from New Hampshire, while another removed to Ohio and still others settled at various places in the South.

Jonas H. Farr, lather of our subject, was born in Elkrun township, Columbiana C ounty. Ohio, Drcemlier 26, 1X25, and followed farming in this county all his life, dying June 30,

1S96. He was township trustee for many years and held either l«>c:tl otiices. He had two brothers. Lcvau and Fhjah ; and lour sisters, - Mrs. Theresa Cannon, Mrs. Maria Morlan, Mrs. Sarah Wecdcn and Mrs. Rebecca Dickey. Mr. Farr married Christena A. Gardner, who was Urn October 24, 1X2J, and died November 1. 18X4. Her birthplace was the old Morris farm in Flkrun township. She had two brothers, viz: William, who served in the artillery with the Western Army in the Civil War and is now a minister 01 the Methodist F.piscopal Church, at Prescott, Kansas; and Harrison, who died at his home at Winterset, Iowa, in 190J. For many years the parents of our subject were members of the United Brethren Church.

The children of Jonas H. Farr an<l wife were: William A., who resides o» a farm adjoining the old homestead at Fast Carmel: Mrs. I.etitia J. Montgomery, of Fast Carmel: Fmmett F.. a farmer at Fast Carmel; Michael F., a contractor and builder at Salem; ami Louis T.. of this sketch.

Louis T. barr spent his bwhood days on a farm in Middleton township and attended the district schools first and later took a classical course at Mount Hope Seminary, where be was graduated June 12, 1889. He received his degree of A. M. from Volant College, in Pennsylvania. His reading of the law w as pursued under J. W. vV II. Morrison of Lisbon and he was admitted to the bar at Columbus, December tKot. and to the Superior Court of California in 1X0.J. He has been in the practice of the law at Rogers ever since and has ably handle*'I the greater port of the litigation of importance in his section ever since, being considered one of the county's ablest attorneys. He has served at city attorney, as school director, as member of the County Board of Flections and has been deputy State supervisor of elections.

Mr, Farr has long enjoyed an excellent practice and from its emoluments has become possessed of a tine office ad joining a handsome home, a fine library and an income which permits the enjoyment of mnnv of the good things of life.

the bar. to Pearl A. Byers, of Colfax. Indiana, a step-daughter of the late .Dr. 11. W. Yale, who came to Rogers in 1888, and a ! daughter of Marion and Almarine (Blacker) . Byers, one of the oldest and best families <jf Clinton County, Indiana. Mrs, Farr had four uncles in the Civil War, all of whom survived.

Politically Mr. Farr is a Republican, as was his father from the organization of the party. Fraternally he is a member of Ncgley Blue Lodge. No. 565, F. & A. M.; New Lislx hi Chapter, No. <)_-; and Pilgrim Commandery. No. 55, K. T., of Fast Liverpool. Mr. Farr is a member of the Christian Church.

*L\H S. NOLI), a solid and substantial merchant of I,cetonia, is a representative of a family whose name is indissolubly linked with the history of the county's early days, lie was Ixjrn in this village February 4, 1858, and is a ^ hi of Abraham and Sarah (Shier) Nold. Among the early settlers of the county, none was better known or more highly respected that Jacob Nold, the grandfather of our subject. Coming here at a time when the land was wild and unsettled, roamed over by savage beast and still more savage red man. he built his cabin and established his home, fearless alike of dangers and hardships. His father built the first grist-mill in this part of the country, which later came into the possession of Jacob Nold ; in connection with it, a saw-mill and a distillery were also operated. In addition to op- I crating his milts. Jacob Nold did teaming between this point and Pittsburg and at one time, in company with the father of Judge Wells, loaded a lioat at Fast Liver|xx»| with (lour and apple-butter and took it to New Orleans and sold the boat and cargo. He was as vigorous and energetic as he was keen in business and a story told of him which illustrates these characteristics is known to be authentic: lie went to Pittsburg, a distance of 65 miles, oil horseback and w hile there be bad an opportuu ity to sell his horse at a g<«>d price which he did. delivering the animal at once. Starting kick at night, he walked to Leetonia in time for

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Abraham Nold was liorn in Fairfield township, this county. September 28, 1826, and is still one of the most prominent and highly venerated citizens of Leelonia. He carried on farming operations for many years and as the village was near his land he laid out part of his property in town lots which now constitute the eastern section of Leetotiia, He has always been at the head of every public-spirited movement and is an active member of the Memionite Church, lie has been a life-long Republican. His wife Sarah, is a daughter of Solomon Sit - Ier; their family consists of five children, viz: Solomon S., general manager and assistant secretary of the Averv-Caldwell Manufacturing Company, of Beliairc, Ohio; Emma, wife of Joseph Shontz, a machinist at Leetonia; Uriah S., our subject; Lizzie, wife of II. R. I'hillips. of Muncie, Indiana; and Ida, wife of Emmctt E. Morgan, agent for the Erie Railroad at I.ectonia.

I'riah S. Nold received a good common school education, supplementing this with a course in the Leetonia High School. He then devoted his time to agricultural pursuits until i8i>~ when he engaged in the mercantile business in Leetonia and has since continued in that line. Mr. Nold is a Republican and lakes a lively interest in all political questions. He was married in 1870 to Minnie Ileplmer. daughter of Henry Ileplmer and a familv of five children have blessed this union, namely: Edith: Howard, who is with the Marbisoii- Walker Company, of Pittsburg: Myrtle: Helen and Laura. The family are members and earnest workers of the English Lutheran Church.

EL P. TAYLOR. Jr.. superintendent of the decorating department of The Yodrev Pottery Company, at East Liverpool, was born at Hanover. Columbiana County, Ohio. October 181"^. and is a son of Joel 1'.. and Martha Nalie! R. (Lamb 1 Taylor and grandson of Anthony and Abigail ( P.ishopi Taylor.

The grandfather of our .subject was born in New Jersey in December, 1788. and came to Salem, Ohio, when the town was a mere niche in the surrounding forest, there being but a few houses at the time in the village. He was a wheelwright by occupation and followed his trade in Saiein for a number of years, lie afterward engage*] in agricultural pursuits in (ireen township, where lie resided sewn sears and then kept a hotel at New Aibany. Mahoning County, for a numbr of years, carrying on his trade while tending to the duties of his public house. In 1840 he started a foundry at New - garden and there manufactured the "Taylor" plow. He was also the inventor and maker of tiie "shear cutler," which has been extensively used in this and other States. He died in Newgarden in 1852 at the age of 64 years. His wife, Abigail Bishop, was also a native of New Jersey, born in February. 1788. She lived to the advanced age of 92 years, dying in 1880. They raised a family of seven sous and live daughters, of whom Joel IS. Taylor, Sr., the father of our subject, is still living.

Joel 1$. Taylor, Sr., was born at Salem, Ohio, March 24. 1825, and attended the common schools at intervals during the years of his minority and the age of 20 l>cgau working at the wheelwright's trade, which he had previously learned in his taiher's shop. His compensation for the first 18 months was 5,0c. per day; notwithstanding such small wages he continued at his chosen calling and with increased wages was able to lay by a good ileal of money, finally accumulating a handsome competency. In 1862 be enlisted in the Third Ohio Independent Pattery as artificer ami was with his command nine months, w hen, ow ing to a stroke of paralysis, which untitled him for further duty, he was obliged to leave the service. On returning from ihe army, lie removed m Cincinnati, where he resided one year and then returned to Columbiana County, which has since been his home. He is a well known business man in the village of Hanover, heing one if the leading citizens of the place. S. nr.e years ago he began the publication of a local weekly newspaper called the Ohio O'i'.vr.Cr. which was afterward changed to the I'isifur; he continued to issue it regularly for some time hut it finally ceased to make its visits liecausc of other business matters that claimed Mr. Taylor's attention. He slill carries on a general job printing office, which has a good patronage and in connection with the printing lie conducts a cpieen'sware and hook store, in h'th of whirl) lines he has a paying trade.

On September 1 1, 1845, Joel 15. Taylor. Sr.. was united in marriage with Martha Isabel R. I .anil), who was born in London. Fngland. September 13. 1SJ5, lieing a daughter oi Christopher Joseph Lamb, of Scotch ancestry. The wedded life of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, extending for a period of 49 years until her death, was blessed with the birth of 13 children - six sons and seven daughters - five of whom are Mill living, namely: Annie, Henrietta, Mary Alice. Thomas L. and Joel B.. Jr., the subject of this sketch. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Taylor married again and after eight years was again made a widower. He has l>een married to his third wife for over two years. He has served the town of Hanover as mayor three terms and has also been justice of the peace and township trustee, one term in each position. 1 Ic is now Ixirough treasurer and notary public. I Ie belongs to the C rand Army of the Republic, and with his wife is identified with the Church of the Disciples, in which he holds the position of elder.

< >ur subject was re ived at Hanover, attended the schools of his native place and then learned the trade of carriage painter. After completing his apprenticeship, he vvetil to Pullman. Illinois, mid entered the employ of the Pullman Palace Car Company, where he remained about six years. In 1884 he came to Fast l.iverpiiol and opened a shop in w hich to carry on carriage painting, which business he kept in o|>eration until the fall of 18XS. Then he entered the employ of The \ oil rev Pottery Company, his duties being both in the office and on the road. In the summer of 1804 he becutie superintendent *'! the decorating department, a responsihle position that he continues to fill, w ith 50 employees under his supervision.

a daughter of James X. \ "> drey, of K.i-t Liverpool, and they have one daughter and one sou. Alma Vodrey and W illiam Hard. Hull) Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are active members of the Methodist Kpiscopal Church, lie is one of the stewards, has been a member of the hard of trustees and has taken a deep interest in the Sunday-school work. He lias also been one of the city's able temperance workers and is considered one of the city's sincere reformers.

Politically. Mr. Taylor is a Republican but he has never consented to have his name used in connection with political honors. Fraternally he 1 etongs to Riddle Lodge, No. 315. F. & A. M.; Fast Liverpool Chapter. No. kki, R. A. M., and Pilgrim Onnniandery. No. 55. K. T.

i Vim Kf .KKR 11. FNDLY. whose well- ^ § | improved farm of i6,X acres is sUn.itcd in section Center ti "a nsiiip, is a native of this county, and was horn in Hanover township on May _»_-, 1837. His parents were Jacob and Mary (Harbaugh) Fndly.

The great-grandfather of our subject was Ixtii in (ierinany and when he came to the I'nited States settled in Fayette County. Pennsylvania, where he reared his family. His son. John Fndly. our subject's grandfather, was horn on the old homestead, but he died in Carroll County. Ohio, to w hich he had come as one of the first settlers. Jacob Fndly, father of Melker II., was born at L'niontow 11, Pennsylvania, in 180;. and he was about seven years of age when he accompanied his parents to Ohio. His father located in Carroll County near the Columbiana County line and took up land there. Jacob Fndly was a tanner up to !o'_l7. when he went to fanning and followed agricultural pursuits the remainder of his life. His death occurred when he was about ;s vears

The mother of our subject was bun at Li-lsm. Ohio, and her whole life was spent in Columbiana County, where <hc died aged 08 years. She was a daughter of Capt. Daniel

Harlmigh. who tame here from Cniontown. Pennsylvania, and settled at Lisbon in 1801. He went hack to his native State and married and then returned to Ohio, in 1802, locating at I.isUm when that city was represented hy one log house. He entered a large hody o) land and at one time owned seven farms and paid more tax than any man in the county. He was a tanner hy trade. During the War of 181.2, in which he was a captain, he had hjs men construct corduroy roads over which cannon were trans]>orted to Cleveland. On numerous occasions he served in the State Legislature and was one of the leading men of his time in this section. He lived lo the age of 95 years. The children horn to Jacuh Endly and wife were 10 in number, two of whom. Charles and Cornelia, died in iSd.». from diphtheria. The survivors are : Mrs. Klizaheth Hickock, of Nebraska; Mrs. Harriet Patterson, of Lislx.n: Melker H., of this sketch; David, of Lisbon; Katherine. widow of ex-Sheriff Harlnugh, of Lislxm : Mrs. Anna Springer. of Nebraska; Lewis, of Lisbon; and Ceorge. of Center township.

Our subject was not over two years of age when his parents located in Center township and he has claimed this as his home ever since. When alxuit -'O years of age he went to Last Liverpool and remained there several years a-* a clerk in a stove store, after which he engaged in business in partnership with John Thompson for several more years and then o|)erated an oil business at Island Run for two years. In the spring of i8<>4 he enlisted for the 100-dav service, entering Company I. 143rd Keg.. Ohio Vol. Inf.. and was out six month-, the most of the lime U-ing located in the vicinity of Petersburg. He was discharged at Camp Chase.

After returning fn m the army. Mr. Endly went to Ereinont County. Nebraska, where he took up a claim of 1O0 acres, on which he remained 10 years. After selling the propertv to advantage, he came back t<> Ohio and settled on his present farm, which then contained J4.5 -'""res. hut winch he has reduced to if. 8 acres. At the time of settlement it was mostly covered with a forest growth. This he has cleared an 1 has here erected substantial buildings and made many improvements. In addition to his land being valuable tor producing crops, lie has on it the famous Klondike clay held. This he leases and draws a per cenlage. The clay mine yields alxnit ^cx> tons of clay a day. and has been in operation for six years. Mr. Endly devotes his land mainly to stock-raising and dairying, but at present the latter interest is not prominent on account of the death of Mrs. Emily, who capably managed the dairy in her lifetime.

In 1871 Mr. Endly was married to Ellen Asdell. of East Liverpool, a daughter of James Asdell. She died in i<xx>, aged 55 years, the mother of three children, viz; Elizabeth, who married II. R. Mitchell, of Lisl>on ; Addie, who married Walter Ogden, who is a large manufacturer at Lisbon, operating an excelsior factory: and Charles, who lives at home with his father.

Mr. Endly has lxren a Republican all his life. He belongs to Star Post. G. A. R.. at Lisbon and formerly was connected with the Odd Fellows. He is a member of the United Presbyterian Church.

BYRON JONES, one of the . substantial farmer and representative men of Butler township, who carries on large farming and dairying operations on his line estate of 87'/. acres, situated in section <». was b.rn in Butler township on this farm, on August 3. 1855. His parents were Joshua and Rel»ecca (Miller) Jones.

The father of Mr. Jones was K>rn on an adjoining farm in Butler township in 1810. and remained at home until his marriage. Ikwas a son of Catlett Jones, who was probably lx>rn in Virginia and who later went to Kentucky w here he joined interests with Col. Daniel I'.oone. It is said that he entered Columbiana County in a cart and t< h ik up a large lx»Iy of land in Butler township. Later in life he became convinced of the truth of the principles advocated by the Society of Friends, joiiaerl them in Christian membership and later became a missionary preacher, traveling all over the country on horseback, making one trip through New England. He was a man of convincing power of speech and directed many in the path of truth. He died at the age of 80 years, leaving four sons, viz: Benjamin, Catlett, Joshua and Caleb, a physician.

After his marriage. Joshua Jones settled on the wild tract of land which adjoined his father's homestead and here spent a long, epiiet. virtuous, industrious life, reaching the age of 80 years. He married Reln-cca Miller, who was born near Kensington. Columbiana County, : and who died in the fall of 1805. aged 81 : years. She was a daughter of Levi and Ann (Morris) Miller, who were of old Quaker stock. They had these children : Sarah Ann. Mrs. Sarah Ann Hoge. of Martin's Kerry. Ohio; Thomas Kllwood. who died in 1888; Mrs. Delwrah Bundy. of Belmont County. ' Ohio: Mrs. Emily Xegus, of Iowa: William, of Nebraska: Levi, an attorney at Canton. : Ohio; Mrs. Elizat>eth Purviance, who died in 1902 ; and J. Byron, of this sketch. The father 1 erected a small house on his land in 1834. in which a number of his children were horn. It still stands and is utilized by our subject as an addition to bis handsome, modern residence.

J: Byron Jones, the subject of this sketch, has always had his home in Butler town-hip. where lie was reared and educated, and has spent but one and a half years outside its borders. This was when he took a long pleasure trip to California in 1887. He own- a very valuable and desirable farm, which he has placed in a tine state of cultiv ation. He makes dairving a prominent feature anil owns a fine herd of cm tie.

In 1S70 Mr Jones married Delphitn Stanley, who w as horn in this county and is a daughter of Israel and I'ree C. fCobh-t Stanley, also n-itives of Columbiana County. They have four children, viz: Russell S.. a resident of Southern California: I. M-. who follows the trade of carpenter: and Kdward Everett and Irving B . both of whom live at home.

the Republican party but latterly has been more closely affiliated with the Prohibition party. He and his family are memlx'rs of the Society of Friends.

The father of Mr. Sebring was born in Beaver County. Pennsylvania, and the mother in Pittsburg. They came to East Liverjinol, Ohio, in 18(14, where they reared a large family and resided until iqoo when they removed to Sebring. where they now reside, retired from active life They had 10 children, namely: Oliver H.. president of The French China Company, of Sebring: George F... president of The Oliver China Company, of Sebring; Flsworth 1 1., of the French China Company, of Sebring; Joseph II,. who died aged l~ years: Frank A., president of the Sebring Pottery Company and vice-president of The Limoges China Company, of Sebring; Frederick E., president of The Limoges China Company and interested in > ther concerns of importance at Sebring: Eva, wife of Rev. J. H N'orris. of Pittsburg: William II., formerly treasurer of the potteries of his brothers at Sebring. who was accidentally killed on the evening of DecemUr <>. 1004. at the Sebring railroad depot at Sebring ;. Emma, v ife of C J Albright, secretary of the Sebring Pottery Company; and Charles, who died aged live years

Frederick F. Sebring attended the public schoi.ls of Fa-t Liverpool until !<> years of age and then entered the Sebring Pottery Company, of which his bp thers were sole stockholders, as a decorator. He continued to work as a dec ir.it! *r for 14 year- and then took charge- of the Ohio China Company at East Palestine. Ohio, with which he was connected for about four years, succeeding then to the management of the Oliver China Company for about four years and finally becoming- president of The Limoges China Company, of which he and his brother, Frank A., are sole owners. The output of this company is a fine grade of semi-porcelain and sales are made all over the I'nited Stales. Employment is given to alxiut 300 workmen at this plant alone and it is one of the most im|n>rtant industries of Sebring.

Mr. Sebring was one of the founders of the remarkable little city which is his home and bears the family name, and has devoted his energies for years to the furthering of The Sebring Land Company's interests and since 1900 has done his full share in advancing the prosjK-rity of Sebring. 1 le possesses tlte same strong individuality which marks all the mcml>ers of the family and the same eminent business qualifications which have made the name of Sebring synonymous with industrial success as well as good citizenship, not only in Mahoning and Columbiana counties but over a widely extended territory.

BMI.KXAXDKK CROZIER HELL, the I genial and accommodating standi I t'"n :iKent °f l'lc Pittsburg. Fort IBfifesH W ayne & Chicago Railway, at Columbiana, whose portrait accompanies this sketch, was born in Pittsburg. Pennsylvania. July 13. 1844. His parents, Alexander C and Mary (Frazier) P>eil, deceased, were farmer residents of Columbiana and will he rememliercd by many of our readers. I lis grandfather was John Young Crozier Hell, who was born in County Down, Ireland, and w as a landowner of Stony Point. Ireland. He came to America in 1850 and died in Pittsburg some five years later, being then within six weeks of passing the century mark. His wife was Martha Crozier.

Alexander C. Bell was Ivirn Mav 2<t. 1800. in the town of Dcnmare. County Down. Ireland. He came to America when a lad of 16 and located in Pittsburg where for several years he was superintendent of the Hour and cotton milts of his uncle. James Adams He remained in Pittsburg 41 years, during the latter part of w hich period being identified w ith a wholesale grocery store on Liberty street. On January 10, 1857, he came to Columbiana, Ohio, and 20 days later took charge of the station of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway. He kept that position until his death 24 years later. He was married in 1842 to Martha Frazier, who was a native of the same part of Ireland and who came w ith her parents, John and Martha ( McClucken ) Frazier, to this country in 1816 when she was six months old. She died October 18, 1891. They were the parents of the following children : Alexander C. : Anna B., wife of Thomas Jefferson Davidson, of West Bridgewater; Martha C. widow of John Flickinger and whose son. John Ross, is employed by subject as operator: David R., who was accidentally killed in 1866; and Mary b*. and Lizzie, Ixith living at home. The parents were devout members of the Presbyterian Church.

When Alexander Crozier Bell was 13 years of age, he was sent to Mansfield, Ohio, where he was instructed in telegraphy. One month after his father took charge of the station in Columbiana, he was made a clerk in the office and when the first telegraph office was established there the following July, he was given the position of operator. After his father's death he was made station agent and has given such evident satisfaction that he has been retained ever since. Mr. Bell is a prominent Democrat and w as the nominee of that party in 1878 for the position of clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, receiving a majority of 71 votes in hi* township, and running far ahead of his ticket, but being defeated as the c> unity is strongly Republican. Two years previous lie had been elected mavor of Columbiana and was reelected in 1878, '1880, ]88_\ 1884. 1886 and 1888, ;md this in spite of the fact that the town is largely Republican. Tie wa- one of the l>est mayors that was ever elected !-> the office and made many improvements in the village, notable among them being the establish-, incut of the water-works, Mr. Hell is an active Mason : is past master of the blue lodge at Columbiana : past high priest of Salem Clnpler. No. 94. R. A. M.; past eminent commander of

Salon Coninuinderv. No. 42 K. T. ; was initiated into the Scottish Rite at Pittsburg; ami was made a life member of t lie Mystric Slirinc at Cleveland. Ik- is charter member and past noble grand of Panora Lodge. No. 410. 1. O. O. I-'., of Columbiana; past chief patriarch of | (inuduill Encampment. No. 1 1 1 r ]. (). (_). E., of Salem; and was district deputy grand mas- j ter of this county for two terms.

On the night of the capture of the Con- 1 federate raider, John Morgan. Mr. Bell was j kept Imsy at the telegraph without sleep from 1 1 o'clock Saturday night until the following Monday.

[THAMES ANDERSON, M. one of the Wmm prominent physicians of Salem, and a H J 'ea(''T,K member of the medical fra- 12*41 ternity in Columbiana County, was born in Knox township, Columbiana County, Ohio, December 13. 1851. and is a son of William and Isabel (Little) Anderson.

The parents of Dr. Anderson were natives of Scotland. They were married in Knox township, Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1847. They prospered and when our subject reached his 16th year they were able to give him collegiate advantages. In 1800 he entered Mount Union College where he was graduated in 1874 and in the same year In-gaii ti e study I of medicine with Dr. (1. L. Anderson. ,-t well known physician of Homeworth. Columbiana j County. In the fall of the same year he entered the medical department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, from which he was graduated in 1876. and was graduated from the University of New York in 1S77.

Dr. Anderson settled at Salem a few mouths later and this has continued his home and the scene of his labors ever since. Devoting all his energies to his pivfessinn. he lias ljcen a very successful practitioner, h.-s built up a lar^e and lucrative practice and has gained . the confidence and esteem of the community. ; Constant study and extended reading keep him j posted on all matters concerning medical ad- 1 vance. He is a member of the Medical Society of Columbiana County and also of the Ohio State Medical Society, and takes part in the discussion of the important tpiestions relating to the profession, at the meetings, lie is ai> > a member of the American Medical Association.

In 1S77 Dr. Anderson was united in marriage with Henrietta Brooke, who is a daughter of Jesse and Agues ( Diehl ) Brooke, of Homeworth, Columbiana County. They have three children, viz. : Mary, Thomas B, and Robert B. Mary, a graduate of Salem High School and the Woman's College, Baltimore, Maryland, is at present a teacher of Latin and ancient history in the Salem High School. Thomas B., a graduate of Salem High School, is now a student in the Western Reserve College. Cleveland, Ohio. Robert B. is a student in the Salem High School. The family belong to the Presbyterian Church.

Politically Dr. Anderson is identified with the Democratic party. His well-appointed office is located in his pleasant home at No. 4 West Main street. Salem.

IARRY H. Sl'RLS. deceased, was for many years one of the most prominent citizens of Mast Liverpool, where _J he had lived throughout the greater part of his business career. He was horn in Steubeuville. Ohio, October 2$. \S\2. and came of Merman ancestry, lie was a s >u of John V. and Emily L. (Hukill) Surls. .-"id grandson of John V. Surls, the latter a native of Wellsburg. West Virginia. The family name is spelled Surls by some of its members while others spell it Surlcs.

John V. Surls. father of our subject, was born in Mifiliu, Pennsylvania, in 1803. and there learned the track- of a shoemaker. When a voting man he removed to Steubeuville. Ohio, wliere he cngagd in the retail shoe business until 1804. thereafter living in retirement v.' iil his death in 1808. During the Civil War he resided in Beaver, Pennsylvania, and then moved to Mansfield. Pennsylvania, where he lived at the time of death. He was a Republican in politics, ami a memlier of the Masonic fraternity. Hi- wife. Emily L. Hukill. was born near Mifflin, Pennsylvania, ami was a daughter of W illiam J lukiit. They tecame parents of 11 children, of whom the following grew to maturity: Martha, deceased, wife of Stephen Hill, of Steubein ille. Ohio: Catherine, deceased w ife of Capt. Robert (iracey, of Allegheny, Pennsylvania ; Mary, deceased w ife of James K. Richardson, of Mansfield. Ohio; George C. deceased, who lived at Ik-aver Pails, Pennsylvania ; Alesnndcr IX, killed in the battle of Chickaniauga, who was a member of Company G, Second Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf.: Lida L. wife of Capt. Charles Fairman. of Pittsburg; Harry II., whose name heads this sketch; ami William H.. a record of whose life appears elsewhere in tins work. Mrs. Surls died in 1N78. aged 7 z years.

Harry H. Surls was but 17 years of age when he enlisted in Company H. Fifth Keg.. Ohio Vol Inf.. ami served with that regiment through its campaigns. During the entire time of his service he was never seriously wounded, but received three slight tlesh wounds. He was taken prisoner at W inchester and after three days made his escape at Carifex berry in the following manner: He was color-bearer, and when the Confederate guard put him and other prist >ners in a haymow to sleep for the night, lie stood the flag-pole up against the Ixmi. Mr. Surls and his companions succeeded in pulling up the pole ami (lag through a h> le in the Imrds and whittled up the pole with their knives, secreting the -havings in the hay. Mr. Surls wrapped the tl.i^' around his body under his shin and while the guard was asleep during the night made In- escape. Swimming the river, he made hi- nay back to the Cnion line-, tearing his flag with him. lie participated in the battles of Winchester, Pine Cap. Komncy. Antietam. Chnncellorsville and Gettysburg. After the last named engagement, his regiment, being in the Uth Army Corps under General Hooker, w as removed to the W est to recti force the Army of the Cumterland which was then under siege at Chattanooga. His br. ither. W ill iam H. Surles. the present postmaster of East

Liverpool, was in that starved and besieged army, and our subject, having received permission to hunt him up. went forth on the mission with a comrade, after having fir-t tilled his knapsack with a goodly supply of food. Will, know ing the general whereabouts of his brother, after receiving the necessary permission, went in search of him. l-'ive miles up the river he passed two soldiers, one of whom he recognized as his brother Harry, but so overcome was he w ith emotion he rode on past them. His brother's comrade remarked: ''Harry, that looks like your brother. Will," and the reply came: "No, that is not he, Will is a hearty, rugged lad." But a second glance at the emaciated man tefore him revealed to him the truth, and with the exclamation "My Cod! It is Will!" there followed a scene which beggars description. Will was taken from his horse ami so famished, was he that he ate ravenously of the raw pork from his brother s knapsack until he was stopped by Harry who realized the danger. He then took Will to his own camp where he received immediate medical treatment. There was fighting in and around Chattanooga, and by chance the brigade, to which Will belonged, was ordered up the side of the mountain to reen force the command of General Hooker. After the battle, he sought for Harry, about whom he was anxious, and alxuit midnight found him. Together they went through the battle, and on the next day. November 24. iN6}. |>articipaied in the lighting at Mission Ridge. After the battle, the two brothers went back over the battlefield of Cbickaniauga where they found the lxtdy of their brother. Alexander D.. which they identified by a shirt sent him from home and the absence of two teeth which had teen knocked out. These two brothers continued in the same regiment throughout the remainder of the war. accompanying Sherman on his "March to the Sea."

I 'pou his return from the war. Harry H. Surles located at East Liverpool and learned the trade of brick-layer with McClain & Surles. with whom he continued until they dissovled partnership. He later purchased an interest -n the brick yard of Surles & Thompson and formed a partnership with his brother, George C. He continued in this business until 1880, when by an unfortunate accident he lost an arm. Selling out his interest in the business, he became associated with A. II. Clarke under the firm name of Clarke & Surls. in the lire insurance business at which he continued until his death. The agency is now conducted by bis widow and her sister. Miss Belle Stewart. , and is in an exceedingly prosperous condition. ! Mr. Surls was a Republican in politics and was a member of the City Council, when he resigned to accept the postmastership under President Hayes, in which office he served eight years. At the time of his death he was clerk <>f the city water Ixtard, having filled that position most creditably for a few years.

On December is, 1868. Mr. Surls was joined in marriage with Mary M. Stewart, who was born in Liverpool township, Columbiana County. Ohio, and is a daughter of Robert B. and Nancy (Mayes) Stewart. Her grandfather. John Stewart, was 1mm in Ireland and came to America when a young man, locating in the West. A short time afterward be returned to Ireland, where he married Martha I'oyd. lived several years and then came again to this country. Robert It. Stewart was Ik-.i-ii on what is known as the Thomas , Croft farm in Liverpool township, Columbiana County, Ohio. April 5. 1S1 2, and grew to manhood on the home farm. He was a Free-Soilcr in politics, and later introduced the first Republican speaker to address an audience in Last Liverpool. He t<x>k an active part in politics, was a frequent contributor to the editorial columns of 77ic Xitti.mal F.ni. at Washington, and held numerous township offices. He martied Nancy Mayes, a daughter of John Mayes of Westmoreland County. Pennsylvania, and of six children the following grew to maturity: bum's S . who died in Fast Palestine. Decern- ' her ^ ojo}. aged 54 years : Hannah Fllen. wife ; of A. ('..Could, of Fast Liverpool: lsnl>e!le, j who is in business with Mrs. SnrU; and Will- ; i.mi Chalmeis. ,.f Fast Liverpool. Religi. uisly. . they were of the Calvinishc den. .munition ' known as Seceders.

l\ * i Palestine, closely identified with the town's pottery interests, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, March _»t. 1865. and is a son of the late William S. and Mark G. (Cavett ) George, and a grandson of John and Elizabeth (Shaw)

William S. George bears his father's honored name. The latter was bom in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in 182 1 and came to Columbiana County in 1SO2. He was largely interested in the pottery industry and for some 12 years manufactured casks for the use of potteries. Later he became a well-known breeder of fine draft horses, his farm of 192 acres being near Fast Liverpool. His death occurred in 1903 at the age of 82 years, his wife having died previously, and they were survived by six children, our subject being the youngest. Almost all the family are more or less interested in the large potteries of this section.

William S. George, our immediate subject, was educated in the public schools and the normal school at Hopedale, Ohio. From the age of 16 years he has been associated with pottery work, mainly in the decorating department, and in 1889 he was made manager of the Fast Palestine Pottery Company. In 1900 lie built the t'anonsburg f Pe:nis> lvauia ) pottery plant for the Canonsburg China Company, where $100,000 is invested, and he has control of it still, in addition to being the general manager of three plants, two of which are located at Fast Palestine and are operated by the Fast Palestine Pottery Company, in which he is one of the principal stockholders. Mr. « has assm-ated with him skilled work- men in even- line of pottery work. Mr. George was married to Anna Campbell, a lady lx»rn in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and they have seven children, namely: William ( ampliell. Marguerite. John. Frank, Dorothy, Lois and Rok-rt.

^n>^<?*«H ; I S G. Kl'BLF, who owns a well S improved farm of jo acres, includone of the l>est orchards in the locality, which property is sitnated in section 5, Butler township, was liorn in Washington Count). Pennsylvania. November 6, 1843, and is a sou of Miles and Hannah (Linton) Ruble.

The parents of our subject were natives of Pennsylvania. The father met with an accident w hich caused his death in 1844. at the age of 43 years. Our subject was a babe at the time, the youngest of a family of five children, the others being: William L., deceased, who served in the 140th Regiment. Pennsylvania Vol. Inf., in the Civil War; Adaline, deceased: Hiram, of Washington County, Pennsylvania; and David, deceased, who was a member of the 140th Regiment, Pennsylvania Vol. Inf.

Mr. Ruhlc was an orphan when seven years old and was reared by his uncle, Nathaniel Baker, at New Garden, Ohio, with whom he remained until ](> years of age. lie then spent 18 mouths in his native State, but in the spring of i860 he returned to Ohio and worked at fanning until Decemlier 25. 1861. w hen he enlisted in Company K. 43rd Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., under Captain Walker and Col. Kirby Smith, the latter of whom was a nephew of the noted Confederate general. Mr. Ruble served until the close of the war, after two years entering on a second enlistment. He saw much hard service but escaped capture or injury, f le took part in these kittles: Island No. 10. Fort Pillow, siege of Corinth. Inka. and the second battle at Corinth and numerous engagements through Tennessee. Alakima and Mississippi not important to the country enough to be denominated battles but each one of which claimed some victims, lie was in the Atlanta campaign and marched with Sherman to the sea, and subsequently had the pleasure of taking part in the Grand Review at Washington City. He was mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky, in June, 1805. During all this time Mr. Ruble performed his whole duty as a soldier, was always at his [>ost and obedient and brave in the lace of danger.

After his return from the army, he settled in Columbiana County, Ohio, but in 1887 he embarked in a lumber business in Adair County. Kentucky, where be remained until 1893, when he returned to Ohio and purchased his present farm on which he has since been located. He carries on general farming and gives much attention to the production of line fruit. His farm is well improved with substantial buildings of all kinds and is a good home.

Mr. Ruble was married, first, to Oliveretta A. Vernon, who was liorn in Columbiana County, and they had three children, viz: Adaline. wife of Wilmer (iilliert, of Butler township; Catherine, wife of W. D. Galbraith. of Allegheny, Pennsylvania; and Oliveretta, of Minerva, Ohio. He was married, second, to Kmnia Linton, who is a native of Washington County, Pennsylvania.

Politically Mr. Ruble is a Republican and has been one all his life. He has twice been assessor of personal property and twice assessor of real estate. He is a member of Trescott Post. No. 10. G. A. R.. at Salem.

N. JACOB A. AMBLER was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. February 1 8. i8j<). His parents. Henry and Hannah Ambler, were natives of Fugland, having immigrated to America in 1 Sj j, _ settling in Pittsburg. He was the fourth son in a family of 11 children. lie secured his education in the public schools of Allegheny City. In 1849 he came to Salem, and read law with his brother Henry .\>»bler, and was admitted to the bar at Cincinnati. March J7, 1851. He practiced law with his brother. Henry Ambler, until the spring of 1854 when Henry moved to Iowa. 1 "or three years succeeding he was associated with l'eter A. Iambic, of Salem. I le was elected to the I -ower House of the Ohio Legislature in October, 1X57, ami served one term. 1858-59. during which he was a nietnlier of the judiciary committee. 1 le resigned from the Legislature in OctolKT, J 850, to accept an appointment by (iovernor C hase, on the common pleas bench of the First Sub- Division of the Xinth Judicial District of the State, to till a vacancy caused by the resignation of Judge Lyman W. Potter. In Octol>er, i860, he was elected for the remainder of the unexpired term of Judge Potter and in October. 1861, he was elected to the l>ench for the full term, which expired FcIh ruary 1807. He resumed the practice of the law in Salem until 186X. when he was elected to represent the 17th District of Ohio in the 41st Congress, and was re-elected in 1870. lie served on the committees of foreign affairs and (ui the revision of the laws. After the expiration of his congressional service, he devoted his time to the practice of the law exclusively, excepting during the summer and autumn of 188-', when he served as a meml>er of the United States TanlT Commission, by appointment of President Arthur. During the latter part of Ins practice at the kir, which closed with his retirement in 1898. his son. Hymn S. Ambler, was a partner. Judge Ambler was married June 1. 185J. to Mary Steel 1 daughter of Andrew and Sarah Steel), who died August t>. |8<)X. They were the parents of four children. - Hryon S.. Laura (McNabh), Ralph S.. and Maude t Mc.Manus 1 . Since the death of Mrs. \inbkr, Judge Ambler has made his home with his children.

I'.vroii S. Ambler was born March 31. 1853. in Siiem. After admission to the bar. he practiced with his father until iSij8. when the latter retired. In the spring of mjoj he was appointed, by Presi<lent Roosevelt, judge of the Court of j-'ust Instance, at Manila. Philiimine Islands, which position be resigned in the spring of 11)04. During his incumbency lie tried several important cases of national importance in Manila, which. u|>on appeal, have

! of these w;rs that of the right of trial by jury in the Philippines. Judge 1!. S. Ambler was married in 1X81 to Clara Thomas, daughter of Joseph (j. Thomas, |>y whom he has one daughj ter, - Laura.

Ralph S. Ambler was K>rn July _»4, 1859. After a course in the Salem grammar and high schools, he taught school at Coleman, Columbiana County, in 187(1. He was graduated j lie read law with his father. Judge J. A. Ambler, and was admitted to the bar December. 1885. He removed to Canton in the spring of 1886 and began the practice of the law . In November, 1900. he was elected common pleas judge. On the day after the election he was appointed to till the unexpired term caused by the resignation of Judge Isaac H. Taylor. On June _*o, lycn. Mary F, Phillips, daughter of Thomas II. Phillips, was married to Judge Ralph S. Ambler. One child. Phillips, has lieen the fruit of this union,

I the remainder in section 5. Flkrun township, all his life, having been I urn in Fairfield township. C olumbiana C ounty. Ohio. November 14.

The paternal grandfather was < ieorge Ikirt. who came to Ohio from Pennsylvania and died here, aged 80 years. He w as of ( ierman parentage and spoke the German language. He

1 horn in Fayette County. Pennsylvania, and was one year old when his parents came to Ohio. He lived to the age of 75 years his whole life Ixring devoteil to agricultural pursuits. He married Sidnev breed, who was horn in bairtield township, and w;i* a daugh- from Pennsylvania to Ohio and entered land in J'airtield township. Columbiana County, on which farm they spent the remainder of their lives. Mrs. Ikirt died, aged 70 years. The children of Samuel Ikirt and wife were: Ira I'... of this sketch; Jacob and Simeon, both of Center township; Daniel, deceased; Kva, deceaseil: Mrs. Sidney McDavitt, deceased; and .Mary.

Our subject was reared m l'.lkrun township and obtained bis education in the district schools, lie has been established since 1X70 011 hi.s present farm, where he carries on general farming' and st< ck-raising. He has made many improvements on the property, especially in the line of putting up substantial buildings. an<l has a very comfortable home and paying pn ipcrty.

Mr. Ikirt was married in 1X70 to ReU'ccn Raker, who was born in Klkrun township and is a daughter of Thomas and Isabella Baker, and they have five children, namely: Bert, of Signal, l'.lkrun township: Hattie; Retta. wife of Maurice Baker, of Klkrtin township: I.ee and Raymond.

Mr. Ikirt has been a Republican in bis ]io!ilical sympathies all bis life. He is a worthy and consistent member of the Bible Christian Church. Mr. Ikirt is much respected as an honorable and upright man. one w ho performs every duty to his familv. neighborhood and State.

\RKS RKW M. n.,]>hysician and surgeon at Wellsville. where he is one of the valued and esteemed citizens, was horn SeptemlK-r d. 1X50. near Richmond, Jefferson County, Ohio, and is a son of Benjamin and Martin < Thompson ) Rex.

The ancestry of Dr. Rex goes hack to Kngland and on the mother's side t" one of the old (Junker families. His father was b rn in Heaver County. Pennsylvania, arid died when our subject was a child of seven \ ears. He was an extensive farmer, st.^k-raiser and <lealer in cattle in Jefferson Court*. Ohio, to which he had come in young manhood and entered 1. 200 acres of land when it was all in timl>er. He cleared and sold a large part of it for farming purposes, and when he died still owned 300 acres. Politically he was a supporter of the Republican party.

Benjamin Rex was twice married, the mother of Dr. Rex being his second w ife. She was a <laugbter of James Thompson, who was I a prosperous farmer of Jefferson C ounty, liv- ! ing near Springfield. He had also come from ' Pennsylvania at an early day. The mother died ', in 1XX6. aged 7X years. She was a worthy member of the Cnited Presbyterian Church. The four children of this marriage were: Ross K.. of Salt Lake City. Utah: Klizaknh. de- 1 ceased; Rebecca M.. wife of James Barrett, of Richmond. Ohio; and Parks, our subject.

After completing the common school course at Richmond. Parks Rex became a student at Richmond College and later attended the Western Cniversity of Pennsylvania, at Pittsburg. 1 His advent in Wellsville was in 1X74 when he entered upon the reading of medicine with Dr. John McCarrell, which he continued through 1X75 and 1X76 and then entered Cleveland Medical College, now' known as the Western Reserve Medical College, where he was graduated in 1X7X. Kntering into practice at Knoxville. Jefferson County, he remained there until 1XX4, when he returned to Wellsville. finding a generous welcome and a large practice awaiting hint.

: Martha. The eldest daughter is a graduate of the Xew I-'.ngland Conservatory of Music at Boston. Massachusetts, and has been supervisor of nuts C in (ho Wellsville public schools for aliout three vcars. Tin- family belongs to the l':>'-t I'tv-Svte: nil Church.

was burn in Xew Bright- /Ivania, May 7, 1847, ami is a son ot Gustavus and Eva ( Russie) Pepin. 1 lis 'grandfather, Theodore Pepin, was a native of Havre, France, ami was a large ship-owner who fought under Napoleon.

Gustavus I'epin was lx>rn in Havre, France, and there learned the business of watch-making. When he was about 18 years of age be came to tins country and located in Pittsburg, where he opened a jewelry shop and remained a number of years. Later he moved to Gallipolis. Ohio, where be prosiKtred as watchmaker and jeweler for several years -until he succumbed to the climate and was obliged to leave to get rid of the ague. He returned to Pennsylvania and engage* 1 in business in New Brighton and several years later moved to East Liverpool and opened a jewelry store which he conducted up to the time of his death. He was affiliated with the Odd Fellows of East Liverpool and was a Republican. He was prominent lioth in social ami business circles and was elected mayor the city twice, refusing the nomination for the third term. He married Eva Russie, daughter of Daniel Russie and a native of Germany. Eleven children were born to them and of the number eight are living and all reside in East Liverpool. The record is as follows: Emily Maria; Adaline, wife of W illiam Burgess: Francis: Charles Lncien ; James Daniel: Amelia Sophia: Caroline Virginia, wife of John D. Burgess; George, deceased: Ellen, wife of John Conn; William Leslie and Gustavus, who died in the Civil War. The parents were devout members of the Protestant Episcopal Cliurch.

James Pepin bad little opportunity to obtain a schilling as he was one of a large family and was placed at work in ihe potteries at the tender age of nine years. He fust worked in tile Salamanda Pottery and continued for various companies until he had thoroughly mastered the business. When he was 20 years old, he and his brothers Francis and Charles Lucien established the firm of Pepin Brothers, house painters, and followed that occupation live or six years. He then returned to the potteries and was employed there until 1903. when continued ill health caused him to retire from active work. He is thoroughly at home in any department of work in the clay-shops ami is an expert potter.

Mr. I'epin was married to Mary Hays, daughter of Luke and Hannah (BurnsidcJ Hays and half sister to Joseph R. Hays, whose biography appears elsewhere in this work. Three children have been born to them: Mary Ellen, who died at the age of seven years; Daisy, wife of George Kennedy and John Edward, both of East Liverpool. They are active members of St. Stephen's Protestant Episcapol Church. Mr. I'epin is a Republican.

.SON' S. POTTS.one of tiie able journalists of Eastern Ohio and edit"!* of the Patriot, at Lisbon, v, as born February y, 1846, near Wattsville, Carroll County, Ohio, and is a son, of James Potts.

Mr. Potts comes of Revolutionary stock and of an Ohio pioneer family. His grandfather served during the Revolutionary War on the staff of General Washington. James Potts, his father, was Iwni in Pennsylvania in 170,6 and came to Ohio with the Pioneers about 1 81 8.

Wilson S. Potts received his elementary education in the district schools of his native county and was graduated from Mount Union College in 187 1, receiving the first honors of his class. In the fall of that year he entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he pursued his law studies until 187J. when he came to Lislxm and entered the law office of Judge Jonathan H. Wallace. In the course of this year he was tendered the supcrintendency of the schools at Salineville. which he accepted and efficiently discharged the duties until 187;, having been admitted to the bar in April, 1873.

In 1874 he was the choice of the Democratic party of his county for the position of prosecuting attorney and his election, by a majority of 1,000 votes, wiping' out a previously

Republican majority of 1,50(1, was a proof of personal popularity ami public confidence, hi 1S75 he turned his attention to journalism, purchased the Ohio Patriot, and has since made it one of the leading papers of Eastern Ohio.

Mr. Potts has always been an ardent Democrat and he has held many portions of trust and res[H)usibility at Lisbon. lie has !>een chairman of the Democratic Count) Committee and has done yeoman service for his party, lie is a man of versatile ability and has met with satisfactory success as editor and publisher and as a practicing attorney.

\X1EI. JONES SMITH. The aim of this sketch is to record the principal events in the long and varied career of one who is the oldest living representative of the oldest East Liverpool family, and is himself probably the oldest native of the city now living. Hut he is not old in thought or action, as no man of 40 can move more quickly and no man's intellect is keener than is his to-day.

Mr. Smith, whose portrait accompanies this sketch, was born in East Liverpool. Ohio. October 30, 1832, and is a son of William G. and Susan (Smith) Smith. His internal grandfather, Joseph Smith, was born in Chartiers, Pennsylvania, and was a pioneer of East Liverpool, owning a greater pari of the land east of I'n ion street where the city now stands. He was a pioneer farmer of the community. He married Abigail Fawcett. a daughter of Thomas Fawcett, the founder of Fast Liverpool, the town being first called St. Clair, but later known as Fawcettstown.