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BIOGRAPHIES
(Source #1: Mack, Horace - History of Columbiana
County, Ohio : with illustrations and biographical sketches of
some of its prominent men and pioneers.
Philadelphia: D. W. Ensign & Co., 1879, 372 pgs. )
(Source #2 - History of Upper
Ohio Valley - Vol. I - Madison, Wis. - Brant & Fuller - 1891)
(Source #3
- History of Columbiana County, Ohio:
Historical Publ. Co. Topeka - Indianapolis - 1926)
NOTE: As Always, Biographies will be transcribed upon
request.
Sharon W.
D. J. McBANE, one of the
leading butchers of East Liverpool, was born in Columbiana
county, in 1868. He is the son of Norman and
Elizabeth McBane, his parents both being natives of
Ohio. Norman McBane received a limited
education in the schools of his native county, and began
mining when quite a young man. During the gold
excitement he went to California where he was engaged in
mining for a short time. He returned to Ohio and
remained in that state until his death. He was the
father of five children, three of whom are yet living, as is
also his wife. Our subject received his early
education in this county and remained on the farm until
about sixteen years of age, when he began learning the
butcher's trade with R. Y. Boyd, working for him some
four years. In 1888, in company with his brother,
Norman G., he started in business in East Liverpool,
which they are still conducting. They have met with a
fair measure of success in the business of butchering and
their trade is steadily growing.
Source #2 History of the Upper Valley -
Vol. II - Publ. Madison, Wis. - Brant &
Fuller - 1891 - Page 339 |
DUNCAN McBANE. A
representative business man of Wellsville is Duncan
McBane, who, as the name indicates, is a native of
Scotland, born near the city of Inverness, Nov. 30, 1831.
His parents were Alexander adn Margaret (McIntosh) McBane.
They came to America in 1832, locating in Canada, where they
resided until 1847, at which time they moved to Columbiana
county. The father was by occupation a carpenter, and
is remembered as a very skillful workman. Duncan
McBane, their only child, early learned the trade of
stone mason and for twenty years was a contractor, a part of
the time in the employ of the C. & P. railroad, for which he
did much of the stone work. He became a resident of
Wellsville in 1861, and for a number of years was
prominently identified with the mercantile interests of the
city in the dry goods trade. He also carried on the
hardware business for some time, and since 1887 has been
engaged in the boot and shoe trade, his house being one of
the most substantial establishments of the kind in the
county. He is a member of the United Presbyterian
church, a republican in politics, and a most estimable and
highly respected citizen. His wife, whose maiden name
was Margaret McLean, daughter of Philip and
Isabella (Noble) McLean of Madison township, ahs borne
him one son, Alexander C., whose birth occurred July
25, 1870.
Source #2 - Henry of Upper Ohio
Valley - Vol. I - Madison, Wisc. - Brant
& Fuller - 1891 - Page 346 |
THOMAS McCLELLAN, son of
James and Hannah (Witherow) McClellan, was born March 4,
1804. He was the youngest of a family of ten children,
- six sons and four daughters. In 1814 his father
removed from Chester Co., Pa., and settled on a farm in
Centre township, where he resided till his death.
James was a soldier in the Revolutionary war.
Thomas spent his youth on his father's farm. His
education was limited to the common schools of Centre
township.
On July 2, 1829, he was married to Annie,
daughter of Samuel and Margaret Dearmon, of
Pennsylvania. There were born to them children named
as follows: Robert, born April 7, 183; James,
Sept. 19, 1831; Albert, Feb. 28, 1835; Margaret E.,
Nov. 28, 1838; Harriet, Dec. 2, 1840; Anna E.,
Oct. 10, 1850. Mrs. McClellen died June 15,
1872.
In politics Mr. Clellan is a Democrat.
Both he and his wife have been members of the old
Presbyterian church for thirty years, he having been an
elder in the same for twenty-five years |
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JOSEPH
McCREADY, of Madison township, Columbiana county,
Ohio, was born on the 6th day of February, 1819. He is
the son of Joseph McCready, who was born in
Washington county, Penn., and he was a son of Robert,
who was a native of Scotland. Joseph, senior,
came to Ohio in 1806 and settled in the township where the
family have since resided, the same farm which he then
entered now being in the possession of his son and namesake.
This land was purchased from the Wells family.
The father's wife was Elizabeth Leeper, the offspring
of Alexander Leeper, a Pennsylvanian. This
union resulted in the birth of thirteen children, five of
whom still survive the parents. Joseph McCready,
the subject of this sketch, was married on his twenty-first
birthday to Martha Campbell, by whom he had six
children. She died in 1833, and in the due course of
time he married Catherine Boyd, who bore him three
children. This wife passed to her reward in 1889,
mourned by all who knew her. The family are members of
the Presbyterian church. Mr. McCready has
served his township as a justice of the peace for many
years, and is also a very efficient member of the school
board, having been a member for over forty years. He
takes a deep interest in all educational movements promising
the enlightenment of the coming generations and in all
respects is an exemplary citizen. He has two sons who
have made their mark in the world as physicians, Joseph
and Robert, the former of Pittsburg and the
latter of Allegheny City. Joseph McCready has a
farm of 370 acres with substantial buildings and all modern
conveniences for the proper operation of a farm.
Source #2 - Henry of Upper Ohio
Valley - Vol. I - Madison, Wisc. - Brant
& Fuller - 1891 - Page 171 |
DANIEL
G. McINTOSH was one of six children who came to
America with their parents, Daniel and Annie
McIntosh, in 1830. They landed in this country on
the 6th of October, having come from Invernesshire,
Scotland. Madison township was selected as the place
of their abode, and the family has since continued to reside
there. The father was born in Scotland in Scotland in
1786, and died in 1851. His wife, who was Annie
McGillvarey before her marriage, was born in Scotland in
1784, and died in 1851. Both of these parents were
carried off by a malignant pestilence that raged throughout
the state during that year. They were earnest members
of the Presbyterian church, of which he was a ruling elder
for a few years. Daniel G. McIntosh was born in
Invernesshire, Scotland, about the year 1817. He was
bout thirteen years of age at the time of the arrival in
America. Until he was eighteen years old he was
engaged in helping his father about the farm, and in
attending school. At the latter age he went to work as
a stone-quarrier, and continued in that employment for
several years, having been engaged on several important
works. He was superintendent for two years while the
Monongahela river was being made slack water for the use of
boats, and also different other works. Having saved
some money by strict economy, he married Jennette
McIntosh in 1851, and three of the five children born to
them are still living. Mrs. McIntosh died in
1865, and three years later he married Catherine Campbell,
by whom he has had one child. Mr. McIntosh, of
late years, has been engaged in agriculture, and now owns a
very fine farm in Madison township. He has been a
trustee of the township for two or three terms, and was
township treasurer for one year. He has retired from
active life, and is now spending his declining years in
peace and contentment.
But few families have been so prominently identified
with the advancement of Columbiana county to its present
high position among the counties of Ohio as the McIntosh
family, members of which have taken an active and
effective part in the settlement of that region for over
half a century. Farquhar McIntosh, the subject
of this mention, was born in Invernesshire, Scotland, in the
year 1822, and came to America with his parents when nine
years of age. His early youth was spent in working on
his father's farm and in attending school. In 1856,
Eliza Campbell became his wife. Mrs. McIntosh
was a daughter of Angus and Isabel Campbell, who were
among the first settlers of the county. They were also
of Scotch parentage. Mr. and Mrs. McIntosh have
had eight children to gladden their home. Their names
are: Daniel C., a teacher of Page county, Ia.,
Belle C., Anna E., Angus A., Katie J. and John J.
Mr. and Mrs. McIntosh are valued supporters of the
Presbyterian church, and are to be found with the charitable
and intelligent people of the community in which they live.
Farquhar McIntosh enlisted in Company B, One
Hundred and Forty-third regiment of Ohio National Guards
during the late war, and was honorably discharged at
Columbus, Ohio, after having served his country with valor
and faithfulness. He has a good farm of 160 acres in
Madison township, which is well stocked and in fair
condition.
Source #2 - Henry of Upper Ohio
Valley - Vol. I - Madison, Wisc. - Brant
& Fuller - 1891 - Page 171 |
EVAN
McINTOSH. The children born to Evan
and Isabell (McDonald) McIntosh were as follows:
Alexander, deceased, served in Company B, One Hundred
and Forth-third regiment Ohio national guard, in the late
war; John, deceased, was a prominent lawyer of Pike
county, Ind.; Daniel, a school teacher, died about
1852; Jennett; Isabell, wife of Thomas Hill,
of Pittsburg, Penn.; Mrs. Mary Ann Stafford; Mrs.
Margaret Frazer, of Kansas; Evan; Mrs. Elizabeth
Fraser; James C. who was a lieutenant in Company B, One
Hundred and Forty-third regiment Ohio national guard, in the
rebellion, and Kate, now living in Wellsville.
The father of these children was born in Invernesshire,
Scotland, about 1798, and came to America with his parents
when but two years old. The family settled on
government land in Yellow Creek township, Columbiana county,
Ohio, about 1800. They landed in Baltimore, and made
the journey over the mountains on foot. Evan
McIntosh was reared on his father's farm and learned the
cabinet-maker's trade, which he followed until his marriage
to Isabell McDonald. At this time they located
on the farm on which their son Evan now lives.
This land was entered by a man by the name of Gilson,
who made no improvements on it, so that when the McIntosh
family gained possession there was everything to be done
in order to make it a first-class farm. The father
died din 1841, but the mother survived until 1882.
They were members of the Presbyterian church, and he was one
of the organizers of the Yellow Creek church, that has since
been replaced by a new structure. Evan McIntosh,
Jr., whose sketch this is, came into the world in 1836,
on the farm which he now owns. When the rebellion
broke out he enlisted in Company I, Seventy-eighth regiment
Ohio volunteer infantry. He took an active part in the
battles of Pittsburg Landing, Siege of Corinth, was the
Grant before Vicksburg, and with Sherman during his
Georgia campaign. At the expiration of the latter
campaign his term of service expired and he returned home,
and in 1868 married Miss Christina McDonald, a
daughter of James and Catherine McDonald, pioneers of
Columbiana county. The former was born in Scotland and
emigrated to America when five years old. His parents
were Neal and Christina McDonald, who settled in
Madison township about 1806, where they passed the remainder
of their lives. James died in 1887, and
Catherine now lives on the old homestead. They
were earnest members of the Presbyterian church. To
Mr. and Mrs. McIntosh have been born two children:
James, now a student in Scio college, and an infant that
died before its christening. After his marriage,
Mr. McIntosh was engaged in the lumber business at East
Liverpool for two years, since that time he has been engaged
in farming. The family are communicants of the
Presbyterian church.
Source #2 - Henry of Upper Ohio
Valley - Vol. I - Madison, Wisc. - Brant
& Fuller - 1891 - Page 172 |
MATTHEW R. McKENNON, a
prominent citizen of East Liverpool, is a native of
Columbiana county, born on the farm he now owns, in the year
1825. His father Michael McKennon, was a native
of Washington county, Penn., and the son of Joseph
McKennon, also a native of Pennsylvania, who came to
Ohio in 1801, and died in Columbiana county in 1809.
Michael McKennon was born Aug. 1, 1781, moved with
his parents to Columbiana county, and here grew to manhood
as a farmer, locating his first land near the present site
of East Liverpool in1811. He added to this tract in
1813, and the farm is now occupied by a part of the city
limits. He married in 1823, May 22, Elizabeth
CAmeron, who bore him four children, three daughters and
one son, the latter the subject of this sketch. Mr.
McKennon died Apr. 27, 1874, at the advanced age of
ninety-three years. The mother died in 1832.
Matthew McKennon was reared in this county, attended the
pioneer schools, and afterward took charge of the home
place. He purchased the interests of the other heirs
of the homestead which he now occupies. Mr.
McKennon was married in 1850 to Martha Arbuckle,
who bore him the following children: Annie, Harry,
Frank, Clarence and Maud, all living. His
wife died in January, 1884, and he afterward married Mrs.
M. J. Arbuckle, widow of his first wife's brother.
Mr. McKennon has lived a quiet life and belongs to
that respectable class of people which constitute the bone
and sinew of the country. He has accumulated a
handsome property, a great part of which lies in the city,
and he is the proprietor of a considerable portion of the
town plat. Socially, Mr. McKennon is highly
respected by the people of East Liverpool, and as a public
spirited citizen, fully alive to all that interests or
benefits the city and county. Few occupy a more
conspicuous place.,
VOL. II - P. 342 |
LAUGHLIN F. McKENZIE
was one of the eleven children born to the home of John
and Margary McKinzie. The date of his birth was in
1842. He was sent to the public schools of the
township, and given a practical experience in agriculture,
having been brought up on his father's farm. In 1879
he was elected county commissioner of Columbiana county, on
the republican ticket, and served with much satisfaction to
all for six years. He has also been elected trustee of
the township three times. He is a member of the Iris
Lodge No. 125, of the I. O. O. F., of Wellsville, and of
Star post, G. A. R., of New Lisbon, having enlisted in Co.
B, One Hundred and Forty-third Regiment Ohio volunteer
infantry, during the war of the rebellion, and received
honorable discharge at Columbus, Ohio. The other
children born to the above mentioned parents were:
Mrs. Elizabeth Gilmore, of Pittsburg, Penn; Jeannett,
deceased, John, deceased, who served in Company K.
Third Regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry; Daniel,
deceased; Mrs. Margaret Swearingen; Angus,
deceased; Nancy, died in her youth; James C., and
infant that died at birth and Angus C. The latter
was born in One Hundred and forty-third regiment Ohio
volunteer infantry, and after serving his time was honorably
discharged. After the war he worked at the carpenter's
trade until 1879, when he married Nannie McMillan, by
whom he has had two children: Margery,
deceased, and Mary Jennett. The father,
John McKenzie, was born in Scotland, in 1787,
and when eighteen years old emigrated to America.
Landing at Baltimore he worked in Philadelphia for a time,
and then came to Pittsburg, Penn., where he married and had
two children, named William and Alexander, who
are both dead. In 1815 John removed to
Columbiana county, and settled on the land now owned by his
son. In 1823 his wife died, and he was again married,
his wife being the mother of the children whose names appear
above. He was an industrious, upright man, and had the
respect of his neighbors to a great extent. He died
November 26, 1860, on the farm where he had spent so many
years of weary toil. His wife was the daughter of
Alexander and Gertrude Forbes, who were natives of Scotland.
The father came to Ohio in 1812, and settled in Columbiana
county. His wife died in 1887.
Source #2 - Henry of Upper Ohio
Valley - Vol. I - Madison, Wisc. - Brant
& Fuller - 1891 - Page 173 |
ANDREW
MCPHERSON was born in Madison township in 1807, the
son of Andrew McPherson, who was born in
Invernesshire, Scotland, and was among the early pioneers of
Columbiana county. Andrew attended school in
the old log school-house of his boyhood, and when old enough
to work went to Pittsburg and became an employe in a stone
quarry. About 1833 he married Nancy McBane,
who was the daughter of pioneer settlers of Columbia county.
Soon after his marriage he settled on the farm that is still
in possession of the family. From wild land he
converted this into one of the best farming properties in
the township. He was a trustee of the township for
several terms, and himself and wife were devout members of
the Presbyterian church. She died in 1883, and her
husband followed to his eternal rest May 18, 1890.
Their children were: Andrew, who was
killed by being thrown from a horse in Nebraska. He
served in the Seventy-eighth regiment of Ohio volunteer
infantry, during the late war and was twice wounded;
Alexander, now a farmer of Idaho; John, who lives
on the old homestead; Daniel, living in Nebraska; and
James S. the latter is one of the progressive
farmers of Madison township, where he was born December 14,
1850. His education was obtained in the common
schools of the township. He has always lived on a
farm, having been under the wise tutelage of his father in
this business. On the third of July, 1890, he too until
himself a wife in the person of Miss Nancy McPherson, an
accomplished lady of Columbiana county. Mrs. McPherson
is the daughter of Malcom and Margaret (Noble) McPherson,
and they were also pioneers of Columbiana county.
Source #2 - Henry of Upper Ohio
Valley - Vol. I - Madison, Wisc. - Brant
& Fuller - 1891 - Page 174 |
JOHN
R. McPHERSON is one of the prosperous and
enterprising agriculturists of Madison township. Mr.
McPherson was born in Washington township, Columbiana
county, Ohio, in 1848, on the 10th of March. His
boyhood was passed on the paternal farm and in the public
schools of the township, where he received a good education.
Isabel Smith became his wife on his attaining to the
years of manhood. Mrs. McPherson was the
daughter of Duncan Smith, who was an early
settler of Madison township. Mrs. McPherson; Roy
S., who was born in April, 1885, and died when six
months old. They are influential members of the
Presbyterian church of Yellow Creek, of which Mr.
McPherson is a trustee. They take a great interest
in all educational and religious matters, and are benevolent
and charitable to a marked degree. Mr. McPherson
is a member of Wellsville lodge No. 196, F. & A. M. He
has a magnificent farm of 160 acres of the best of land,
with substantial and commodious buildings and the best of
live stock.
Source #2 - Henry of Upper Ohio
Valley - Vol. I - Madison, Wisc. - Brant
& Fuller - 1891 - Page 175 |
JAMES
MACKALL was the only son of James and Elizabeth
Mackall. James came to Pennsylvania from Virginia
about 1801, and settled in Beaver county. There he
purchased 400 acres of land, and remained there until his
death in 1875. His wife, Elizabeth Lewis Mackall,
was a Pennsylvanian, the daughter of William Lewis.
She died in 1881. For four years the father was a
commissioner of Columbiana county, and was a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church. James Mackall, Jr.,
was born November 7, 1813, in Pennsylvania. He married
Nancy Davidson, daughter of James and Mary
Davidson, both natives of Columbiana county. Soon
after his marriage, James settled in Middleton
township, Columbiana county, and has since remained there.
His children are: George H. Jackman (deceased,
Jackson E., Matilda (deceased), who was the wife of
J. B. McCoy; Mrs. E. Dawson, Addison R., a
prominent attorney of East Liverpool, Ohio; Mrs. U.
Angistine; Mrs. Irena Overlande; Belle, wife of A. J.
Coulp, and one infant. The parents are members of
the Methodist Episcopal church and have the respect of all
who know them. Jackson Mackall, son of the
above, was born Jan. 12, 1842. When sixteen years of
age he began active life for himself as a sheep grower, and
continued in that vocation until he enlisted in Company F,
One Hundred and first regiment Pennsylvania volunteer
infantry. He served from October to March, 1863, at
which time he was honorably discharged on account of
disability. From 1863 to 1864 he was engaged in the
fruit business at Cincinnati and then was employed in
furnishing horses to the government until 1865.
Returning home he embarked in the grape and small fruit
growing industry; subsequently purchasing a farm of 255
acres, he began general farming. In 1869 he espoused
Velinda, daughter of Thomas and Rebeca
Creighton, who early settled in Ohio, having removed
from Washington county, Penn. Budell C., born
April 9, 1870; James H., born May 14, 1872; Cal G.,
born April 1, 1874, and Pauline, born Feb. 3, 1886.
are the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Mackall.
Source #2 - Henry of Upper Ohio
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& Fuller - 1891 - Page 185 |
NORMAN
K. MacKENZIE, M. D., a successful physician of
Wellsville, was born in Madison township, Columbiana county,
March 4, 1818, and is a son of James and Ellen (Burress)
MacKenzie, natives of Scotland, who came to America at
the beginning of the present century. James
MacKenzie settled in Madison township, this county, in
1807, and cleared a farm on which he resided until his death
which occurred when he was ninety-nine years and three
months old. He was a carpenter by trade, and served in
the war of 1812 and at the battle of the Thames served as
captain of the guard which held the prisoners taken in that
engagement. He was a man of remarkable endurance, and
at the time of his death, did not have a gray hair in his
head, and had lost but three teeth which were kicked out of
his mouth by a vicious colt when he was ninety-six years
old. His children were twelve in number, as follows:
Sophia, wife of Peter May; James; Mary; wife
of James Stewart; Alexander; Nancy, wife of John
F. Patterson; Susan, wife of Alexander McDonald;
John, Norman, Ellen, William B., and Adams. Dr.
MacKenzie was reared in his native township and
thrown upon his own resources at the early age of sixteen
years. With the profits of his labor, he was enabled
to take a two years' course at McGill's academy
at Wellsville, after which he began the study of medicine
with Dr. J. F. Patterson. Subsequently he was
graduated from the Ohio Medical college, after which he
located in the practice of his profession in the town of
Fairview, W. Va., where he resided for three years, moving
thence in 1848, to the city of Wellsville. He
practiced here successfully until the breaking out of the
rebellion, when he enlisted in Company K, Third Ohio
volunteer infantry for three months' service and at the
expiration of that period, enlisted in the One Hundred and
Fourth Ohio volunteers, of which he was appointed surgeon.
Owing to disability, he was compelled to resign before the
expiration of his term of service, and returning to
Wellsville, resumed the practice of his profession which he
has since continued. The doctor has a large and
lucrative practice in Wellsville, and surrounding country
and ranks with the successful medical men of the Ohio
valley. He has always taken an active part in
political affairs, formerly as a whig, and later as a
republican, and in the fall of 1864, was elected to
represent the twenty-first district in the state senate.
In 1860 he represented his district in the electoral
college, which elected Abraham Lincoln to the
presidency. He has been active in the city's interests
as a member of the common council, of which body he served
as a member for five years, and was also postmaster of
Wellsville for eight years. It will thus be seen that
his life was an active one, devoted principally to the
public service, and as a private citizen, he stands high
socially, and commands the respect and esteem of all who
know him. The doctor was married in 1845, to Lydia
A., daughter of Gideon and Mary (Tritt) Gaver, of
Columbiana county, to which union two children have been
born, viz.: Laura F., wife of James Luke,
and Austin G. The doctor is a member of the
Presbyterian church, F. & A. M. and Odd Fellows
fraternities.
Source #2 - Henry of Upper Ohio
Valley - Vol. I - Madison, Wisc. - Brant
& Fuller - 1891 - Page 350 |
SOLOMON HENRY MANEVAL was born at Pine Run,
Lycoming county, Penn, on the 19th of November, 1853, his
parents being Louis and Elizabeth Maneval. This
family is of French extraction, and this branch of it is the
only American offshoot of the parent stem. No other
families of the same name have been heard of by them in
America. Young Solomon left his home when but
thirteen years of age and began self support by working in a
saw-mill at Williamsport, subsequently he learned the
carpenter's trade, and when twenty years of age commenced to
realize the dream of his youth of his youth, by securing a
competent teacher to guide his footsteps in the paths of
knowledge. There was something in the boy that made
him yearn for knowledge. He had high ambitions and the
courage to confess them. On the 11th day of May, 1875,
he was united in the bonds of matrimony, to Miss Celesta
Gleckler, of Mahoning county, Ohio. This
accomplished lady was the daughter of John and Louisa
Gleckler, who were Pennsylvanians. The date of her
birth was January 13, 1855. Soon after his marriage,
Mr. Maneval removed to Osceola Mills, Columbiana
county, Penn., and there finished the study of the law that
had been begun some time before. He was duly admitted
to the bar, and in 1879, settled at East Palestine, and
there opened a law office. In 1886, he conceived the
idea of founding a newspaper, and with its first appearance
November 15, 1886, and it s outspoken and fearless attitude
at once made it the "people's paper." It was printed
on the first power press in Palestine. Mr. Maneval
is still its editor and proprietor. His enterprise and
public spirit have not yet had their full reward, but he is
held high in the estimation of the people. Three
children constitute the accomplished home circle of Mr.
and Mrs. Maneval, they are: Minerva L.,
born October, 1877; Caroline E., born January 14,
1881, and Alice E., born July 7, 1883.
Source #2 - Henry of Upper Ohio
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& Fuller - 1891 - Page 281 |
JOSEPH
MEEK. Joseph and Agnes Meek were the
parents of seven children, all of whom are married and have
families of their own. Joseph was born in Unity
township, Columbiana county, Ohio, in 1813. He was the
son of Samuel and Elizabeth Meek, who were of Irish
descent. Samuel, his father, died in 1856,
while his mother, Elizabeth, departed this life in
1845. His wife, Agnes Boies, was a daughter of
John and Nancy Boies, who were of Scotch parentage.
Mrs. Meek is still living, and she resides in East
Palestine with her eldest son, Seth. These
worthy parents were members of hte Presbyterian church.
Mr. Meek took an active interest in township affairs.
He was township assessor for a number of years, and he was
always foremost in every good work. John B. Meek
first saw the light in 1845. His youth was spent in
attending school and in farm work. He was a student at
Mt. Union college for one term. Upon reaching the
years of manhood he returned to his father's farm and
continued in agriculture until 1887, when he moved to East
Palestine and became a partner in the East Palestine Lumber
company. His marriage was solemnized in 1870, and has
resulted in the birth of three children: Olive M.,
Joseph A. and Stella D. Mrs. Meek was the
daughter of Rev. Isaac and Mary Eaton, who were the
parents of five children, she being the third from the
oldest. All have departed this life except Mrs.
Meek and Hon. A. Y. Eaton. Eaton is a
graduate of Mt. Union college, and is now a successful
lawyer in the state of Minnesota, where he has twice
been elected to the state senate. Mr. and Mrs. John
B. Meek, also their three children, are members of the
Methodist Episcopal church, in which church Mr. Meek
is a trustee and steward, while their daughter, Olive M.,
has charge of all the music. This was a very fine
example of a true American home circle, until near the close
of the year 1890, when the circle was broken by the marriage
of their daughter, Olive M., to John Gould,
who resided in East Palestine. Mr. Gould is an
active worker in the Methodist Episcopal church, and is to
be found among the board of stewards.
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Valley - Vol. I - Madison, Wisc. - Brant
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ELLSWORTH E. MOORE Source #2 - Henry of Upper Ohio
Valley - Vol. I - Madison, Wisc. - Brant
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JAMES G. MOORE
VOL II P. 234 |
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JOHN W. MOORE Source #2 - Henry of Upper Ohio
Valley - Vol. I - Madison, Wisc. - Brant
& Fuller - 1891 - Page 263 |
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DR. WILLIAM MOORE VOL II P. 235 |
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MR. EDWARD MURRAY |
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MRS. EDWARD MURRAY |
EDWARD
MURRAY, son of Jonas Murray, was born in Ireland in
1797. His father, wishing to try his fortune in America,
came from Ireland, in 1800, with his wife and seven children.
The vessel upon which they embarked was of but three hundred
tons burden, but carried seven hundred passengers, and
although crowded wellnigh to suffocation, there was no
sickness among the people. The voyage was made in the
then excellent time of four weeks, and the wanderers toward
the New World landed in New York, filled with ambitious hopes
touching a happy future. Jonas settled
in Pennsylvania, where he remained until 1815, when (being
induced by his sister, Mrs. Edward Carroll,
whose husband had sailed from Ireland with the Murrays,
and settled in Liverpool - then St. Clair - township in 1801)
he passed over to Columbiana County, and entered one hundred
and sixty acres of land in Hanover township. Mr.
Murray was an industrious man. When he came
into this county there was little land cleared, and willing
hands and hearts of steel were required to fell the large
timber that existed where now can be seen the pleasant farms
and homes of comfort. Neighbors were few, and social and
educational advantages were limited; but he went to work with
a will and cleared his farm in good style. By industry
and good management he succeeded in surrounding himself with
the comforts and beauties of life. He carried on farming
here until his death, which occurred in 1826.
Mr. Jonas Murray's family consisted of eight
children, viz., John, Joseph, Jacob, Valentine,
Edward, Ann, Jonas, and Margery;
seven of these were born in Ireland and one in America.
Of this large family three only are living, - Jonas,
Margery, and Edward. Jonas Murray, Jr.,
now occupies the farm settled by his father.
Edward Murray (who inserts this sketch) in
his early life assisted his father as a farmer, meanwhile
receiving such education as the schools in that locality
afforded; has spent his life up to this time in the same
occupation. On the 1st of December, 1844, Edward
Murray married Ann, daughter of
John Thomas. On the 1st of August,
1878, Mrs. Murray died. She was a kind
and affectionate wife, beloved by all who knew her.
In political affiliation Mr. Murray was
formerly a Democrat, but has for some time voted the
Republican ticket. He has never been elected to any
office, because he was never an office-seeker.
At the age of eighty-two Mr. Murray is still
living, bearing upon his face the evidence of a life well
spent and of duty well done, and the consciousness within that
he has performed his allotted task on the stage of life with
honor to himself and credit to his friends. His life is
a fitting exemplar to the young of how many and great things
can be accomplished by honesty of purpose and stability of
character.
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