OHIO GENEALOGY EXPRESS


A Part of Genealogy Express
 

Welcome to
JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO
History & Genealogy


Source:
20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio
by Joseph B. Doyle -
Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago -
1910

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

< CLICK HERE to RETURN to BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX >

  EDWARD F. FEIST, wholesale and retail dealer in ice cream and retail dealer in a fine line of confectionery, conducts the leading business of this kind in the city of Steubenville, O.  He is a native of Steubenville, born in 1867, and is a son of Aloysius Feist.
     Aloysius Feist was long one of Steubenville's respected citizens and successful business men.  He was born in Germany, in 1828, and was brought to America when young and reared to manhood at Steubenville.  Here was engaged in the bakery, confectionery and ice cream business.  He married Susan Dursh, who was also a native of Germany, and they had nine children born to them, eight of whom still survive as follows:  Peter W. is engaged in the ice cream and confectionery business in Steubenville.  Joseph S. is employed in the mail service here.  Mary, widow of Mr. Voight, also lives in Steubenville.  Rose, the wife of James Seltzer, and Edward F.,  are also residents of Steubenville.  William J. Feist is in business at Tarentium, Pa.; Susan  is the wife of Harry Brown, of Jacksonville, Fla.; and Ollie R. Feist is in the jewelry business at Globe, Ariz.
     Edward F. Feist was reared and educated in his native city and learned his present business under his father, succeeding to it on the latter's death, in 1895.  He purchased to it on the latter's death, in 1895.  He purchased and remodeled the building he occupies, at No. 177 North Fourth Street, it being a three story brick with a frontage of 30 feet and 110 feet deep.  He manufactures his ice cream in the rear and above is his candy factory, at of his equipments being first class, modern and sanitary.  The business is a standard one among Steubenville's many successful concerns.  Mr. Feist  is additionally interested in other enterprises.
     In 1892 Mr. Feist was married to Miss Elizabeth C. Mueller, and they have four daughters, Mary Wilma, Frances, Claire Louise and Catherine.  Mr. Feist and family are members of St. Peter's Catholic Church.  He is identified with the Knights of Columbus and other social and fraternal organizations, and he is also an active and useful member of the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce.   
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 768
  ADAM C. FELLOWS, general farmer and representative citizen of Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where his valuable farm of 185 acres is situated, was born at New Alexandria, Jefferson County, Dec. 1, 1861, and is a son of Charles and Esther (Gracey) Fellows.  Charles Fellows and wife both belonged to old county families.  They have been deceased for a number of years.  They were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at New Alexandria.  Their children were: William, John, Martha, George, Henry, Charles, Wesley and Adam C.
     Adam C. Fellows
secured a good, common school education, attending until he was seventeen years of age, after which he engaged in farming and has followed it ever since.  On Feb. 25, 1903, he bought his farm from the Lloyd Heirs.  It is excellent land and there is a coal bank on the property that supplies fuel for family use.  Since locating here Mr. Fellows has made many improvements; among others he has put up new fencing and built a fine silo.
     Mr. Fellows was married Dec. 25, 1883, to Miss Belle McGrew, of Jefferson County, and they have the following children: Roy, who married Cora Featner; Jessie, who married Charles Williams; and George, Nelson, Mina, Donald, Paul and GladysMr. Fellows and family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church.  He is a Republican and has served on the township school board.  For twenty-nine years he has been an Odd fellow and is a member of Wildwood Lodge, No. 590, at New Alexandria.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 757)

Frederick Floto
  FREDERICK FLOTO

Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 915

  J. HOWARD FLOYD, whose fine farm of 111 acres lies in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, was born in this township, Nov. 28, 1853, and is a son of John and Catherine (Winters) Floyd.  The parents of Mr. Floyd were farming people.  The family consisted of the following children: J. C. M., who is a physician; J. Howard; W. E., who is a professor of music; Elizabeth J., who is deceased; Ellsworth; Stephen E.; Emma L., and Sherman M.
     J. Howard Floyd
attended the common schools in Cross Creek Township and has devoted his life to agricultural pursuits.  His land is well cultivated and renders satisfactory returns for the care given it.  Mr. Floyd carries on his operations according to modern methods and is one of the supporters of the local Grange.
     On Jan. 22, 1879, Mr. Floyd was married to Miss Margaretta McClelland, a daughter of Rutherford and Sarah (Hamilton) McClelland, who were farming people in Knox Township, where the father died.  His burial was in the Knoxville Cemetery.  The mother of Mrs. Floyd is yet living and bears well her weight of eighty five years.  Mrs. Floyd is the fourth member of her parents' family of children, the others being: Martha, who married Henry Leatherbury; Mary, who married George E. Smith; Amanda,  who married Armstrong McCoy; John; Jennie who married John Peterson; Elizabeth, who married George Swan; William H.,  and Charles h.  Mr. and Mrs. Floyd have two  children; Mary Emma and Agnes H.  Mr. Floyd and wife belong to the Cross Creek United Presbyterian Church.  In politics, he is a Republican, and has frequently been elected to township offices and in all eases has proven acceptable to his fellow citizens.  At present he is land assessor of the township; for two years he was township clerk, for four years township trustee, and for six years a member of the school board.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 1193

James C. M. Floyd


John Floyd

JAMES C. M. FLOYD, M. D., who, for over a quarter of a century has been engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery at Steubenville, O., occupies a very high position in his profession and stands equally well as a useful and public-spirited citizen.  He was born Jan. 30, 1852, in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and is a son of JOHN and Catherine (Winters) Floyd.
     Dr. Floyd
comes of Welsh ancestry.  His great-grandfather, William Floyd, came to Jefferson County in 18094, having been brought to America by his mother forty years previously.  William Floyd acquired land in Jefferson County and the name of Floyd has been identified with this part of Ohio ever since.
     The boyhood of this subject of this sketch was spent on her father's farm in Cross Creek Township where he attended school until the age of eighteen years.  Afterwards he spent one term in the Hopedale Normal College and one year at Scio College.  By the time he reached his legal majority he had decided upon the profession he intended to follow and all his studies from then on until his graduation, June 24, 1875, were directed to the science of medicine.  These included preparatory reading with a prominent physician at Wintersville, O., and subsequent attendance at Bellevue Hospital Medial College, New York City, with lectures in the Long Island College Hospital at Brooklyn, N. Y.  Dr. Floyd selected Richmond, Jefferson County, Ohio, as his first field of professional work and continued in practice there from September, 1875, until March, 1883, when he located permanently in Steubenville.
     On Dec. 27, 1878, Dr. Flood was married to Miss Rachel E. Aber, who is a daughter of Jackson and Eliza (Conner) Aber, natives of Pennsylvania.  Dr. and Mrs. Floyd have an attractive home at No. 236 North Fifth Street and his office is at No. 239 on the same street.  He is a valued and active member of several medical organizations, including those of the county and state, and occasionally contributes to their literature.  In politics, Dr. Floyd is a Republican.  With his wife he attends the Second Presbyterian Church.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ. Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 1105

Sherman M. Floyd

 

SHERMAN M. FLOYD, deputy county auditor of Jefferson County, Ohio, has always resided in this county over which he is well and favorably known.  He is a son of John Floyd, a prominent citizen and formerly commissioner of the county, and was born in 1863. 
     Sherman M. Floyd was reared in the public schools and received a business course in the Iron City Business College at Pittsburgh.  He then turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, at which he continued with much success until 1903 when he entered his present office as deputy county auditor.  He has a thorough knowledge of the office in all its details, and upon being strongly importuned became a candidate for the nomination for auditor, in 1910, subject to the will of the Republican primary.  He has always been active in politics and has contributed in no small degree to the success of the party in the community in which he has lived.  He served as clerk of the board of education of Cross Creek Township five years, clerk of the township five years, was president of the Jefferson County Agricultural Society two years, and was a member of its board of directors seven years.  Mr. Floyd owns the old Floyd homestead of 106 acres in Cross Creek Township upon which William Floyd settled in 1807 and which has been in the Floyd possession since that date.
     In 1890 Mr. Floyd was united in marriage with Miss Lulu A. George and they have three children: John E., Eleanor E. and William McK. Floyd.  Religiously, he is a member of Winterville M. E. Church, of which he was treasurer for a period of twelve years.  He is a member of Steubenville Lodge, No. 1, K. P., and of the Patrons of Husbandry.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ. Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 843

  STEPHEN ELLSWORTH FLOYD, city engineer at Mingo Junction, O., conducts extensive farming operations in Cross Creek Township, where he and wife own a valuable farm of one hundred and forty-seven acres, the old Roberts place, which has been in the Roberts name continuously since 1800.  Mr. Floyd was born on his father's farm in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Jan. 18, 1860, and is a son of John and Catherine (Winters) Floyd.
     John Floyd
also was born in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson county, Ohio, Feb. 20, 1827, being the grandson and only heir of William Floyd, who, with a small family, came from Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and located in Cross Creek Township in 1804.  John Floyd was married to Catherine Winters in January, 1851, and eight children were born to them, six sons and two daughters, all of whom survive except one daughter.  The eldest son, J. C. M., is a physician residing at Steubenville.  J. Howard is a farmer in Cross Creek Township.  W. Everett is a teacher of music and resides at Wheeling Island, West Virginia.  Stephen Ellsworth is a civil engineer and farmer.  Sherman M. owns farm land and at present is serving as deputy auditor of Jefferson County.  Porter B., the youngest son is a farmer and resides at home as also does Emma L., the surviving daughter.  Mr. Floyd is one of Cross Creek Township's most respected citizens.
    Stephen Ellsworth Floyd attended the local schools in boyhood and then entered the Ohio State University at Columbus, where he completed a three year course in civil engineering and has made much progress in his profession.  For some years he has divided his time between this and agricultural pursuits.  On Oct. 16, 1884, Mr. Floyd was married to Miss Carrie Roberts, a daughter of James and Rachel (Taylor) Roberts, and a granddaughter of William and Esther (Johnston) Taylor.  The father of Mrs. Floyd was born in Cross Creek Township and the mother in Ross Township.  They have both passed away and their burial was in Cross Creek Township.  They had three daughters:  Elizabeth, Laura and Carrie, the last named, Mrs. Floyd, begin the only survivor.  She inherited the old homestead of father and grandfather and still holds it in her name.  Mr. and Mrs. Floyd have two children: Taylor Winters, who is employed in a wholesale grocery house at Fayetteville, Ark.; and Catherine Esther, who resides with her parents.  In these two families,  the Floyds and the Roberts, are united old pioneer settlers of this section, people of courage and enterprise who took their lives in their hands when they ventured into what was then a wild and tractless wilderness.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ. Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 619

Mrs. Margaret N. Fryer
Capt. William P. Fryer
CAPT. WILLIAM P.FRYER,


Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ. Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 931
  JAMES A. FRAZER, in association with his son, Gilbert N. Frazer, conducts a large business enterprise at Steubenville, under the firm name of the Frazer Heating & Ventilating Company, at No. 214 Market Street, and is a representative of old pioneer families of this section.  James A. Frazer was born at Millersburg, Holmes Co., Ohio, Mar. 4, 1847, and is a son of James and Eliza (Gray) Frazer and a grandson of James Frazier.
     Robert Gray, the maternal grandfather of Mr. Frazer, with his brother, James Gray, came to Steubenville from Baltimore, Md., in 1793, and the former was a leading plaster contractor of his day and the later operated the first brickyard established here.  They were men of means and enterprise and after Robert Gray had purchased much land, including what is now the Second Ward of Steubenville, together they laid it out as it is today.  James Frazer, father of James A. Frazer, was a farmer and a gardener, and he came to Steubenville in 1821.
     James A. Frazer was small when his parents took up their permanent residence in Steubenville.  His first work was at glass cutting, later he helped his father in gardening and in marketing produce.  In 1863 he enlisted for service in the State guards, under Captain Prentiss, and in the spring of 1864, at Steubenville, Ohio, entered into the regular service, enlisting in the 157th O. Vol. Inf., and was mustered out late in the same year.  He then returned to Steubenville and for about eighteen months was in charge of the card room in the Steubenville Battton Factory, later was connected for three years with the Means Foundry and Machine Works, since when he has been engaged in the tin and heating business, together with other city enterprises.  Since 1901 Mr. Frazer has had his son associated with him.
     In `870 Mr. Frazer was married to Miss Josephine Hipsley, who died in July, 1886.  They had six children born to them, James, Jessie, Mary, Earl, Gilbert N. and Benjamin.  The eldest son, James Frazer, is the senior member of the firm of Frazer & Spence, engaged in a plumbing business at Mingo Junction, Ohio.  Jessie is the wife of Frank Miller, of Steubenville.  Mary is the wife of Joshua Aldrich, of this city.  Earl and Benjamin are both in the West, the former being connected with railroad work at San Francisco.
     Gilbert N. Frazer, of the Frazer Heating Ventilating Company, was born and educated at Steubenville and has been brought up in the business with which he is connected.  For five years he was with the Wheeling Corrugated Iron Company, was in the business one year at Pittsburg and later at Martin's Ferry, and then came with his father.  In the same year (1901) he was married to Miss Emma J. Culver, of Wheeling, and they have two children:  Wilma E. and Angie M.  Mr. Frazer and his father are both members of La Belle View Methodist Episcopal Church.  He is identified with the Maccabees and his father with the Turners' Society and with E. M. Stanton Post, G. A. R., No. 166.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 1055
  JAMES H. FRAZER, of the firm of Frazer & Spence, plumbers and hardware merchants at Mingo Junction, Ohio, also agents for the Peck, Williamson and Reversed Draft Furnace Company, is one of the active and enterprising business men of this town.  He was born at Steubenville, Ohio, and is a son of James A. Frazer, an old resident of that city who is engaged there in the heating appliance business.
     James H. Frazer was educated at Steubenville and learned the plumbing and heating business.  About 1898 he came to Mingo Junction and opened a hardware store.  Later, he admitted James Longacre as a partner and they continued together for five years.  In 1908, James Spence became a partner and since then the business has grown into one that has patronage from all over Jefferson County.
     Mr. Frazer was married in April, 1896, to Miss Agnes Spence, a daughter of the late Charles Spence, of Steubenville.  They have one son, Charles.  Mr. Frazer's residence and place of business are both on Commercial Street.  He is an Odd Fellow and belongs also to the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 1079
  MRS. MARGARET FRAZIER, who, with her sons, conducts the well known homelike hostelry, the McNeal Hotel, at Mingo Junction, Ohio, is one of the best known and mot highly respected ladies of this place.  Mrs. Frazier was born in the town of Cardiff, Wales, Mar. 1, 1853, and is a daughter of David and Mary (Davis) Davis.
     David Davis was a competent mill worker, beginning in boyhood and becoming a heater, puddler and roller.  In 1863 he brought his family to America, and for the first three years they lived at Mt. Savage, Pa., and from there moved to a farm in Preston County, West Virginia.  Five years were spent there and then Mr. Davis removed to Cairo, Ill., where he died, in 1877, at the age of forty-eight years.  His widow survived him a long time, her death taking place at the home of her only son, David Davis, at Mingo Junction.  There were eight children in the family, Margaret being the eldest.  The others were:  Mary Jane, who is the wife of James Brooks, of New Castle, Pa.; Ruth, now deceased, who was the wife of Benton Fell, of New Alexandria; Naomi, a twin sister to Ruth, who died aged four months; David, who resides at Chicago, Ill.; Sarah Ann, who married Clarence Rine, of Kentucky; and two children, both bearing the name of Benjamin, died young.
     Mrs. Frazier was ten years old when the family came came to America and easily recalls the long voyage of sixteen days on the ocean.  She remained at home with her parents until her marriage, which took place at Cairo, Ill., to William Frazier, and to their marriage six children were born, namely: Minnie, who married Garfield Gilgrist, of Columbus, Ohio, and has six children - Florence E., Thomas A., Carl V., Robert Randell, Emily B., and Forest M.; Harry W., living at Steubenville, who married Mary Jane Bates, and has one child, Margaret; Blanche, who married George Simmons, of Mingo Junction, and has two children - Harland and Minnie; George J.; Sarah Ella, who married Carl Trig, and resides at Mingo Junction; and Benjamin H.
     In May following their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Frazier came to Mingo Junction, where he secured work in the mill, and she added to the family income by keeping boarders.  From this she drifted into the restaurant business and for years, with her sons, conducted the Home Restaurant at Mingo Junction.  It prospered because it justified its name.  Finally Mrs. Frazier and sons decided to go into the hotel business, and after selling out their restaurant to Thomas Hughes, they took charge of the McNeal Hotel, in October, 1909.  This is a convenient, well appointed house, with twenty-five sleeping rooms and a commodious dining room, parlor, office and kitchen, all of which are fitted up according to modern demands.  Mrs. Frazier charges from one dollar a day upward according to location of apartments, baths, etc.  While she has found it profitable to cater to railroad men to a large degree, her patronage is by no means confined to them.  She has never operated a bar in any of her business enterprises, but has provided comforts of all kinds and keeps a table un-excelled for good, wholesome food.  She owns valuable real estate at Mingo Junction.  Mrs. Frazier is a capable woman and has proved her efficiency in everything she has undertaken.  She is beloved by her family and is held in the highest esteem by all who know her.  For a number of years she has been identified with the W. C. T. U. at Mingo Junction and is a valued member of the Free Methodist church at the same place.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 562
  A. S. FREEMAN*, vice-president of the Ohio Plaster and Supply Company of Steubenville, Ohio, has extensive business interests and has had an active career, although but now entering the prime of life.
     Mr. Freeman was born in New Cumberland, W. Va., in 1875, and was but seven years of age when brought by his parents to Steubenville.  Here he grew to maturity and received a good preliminary education in the public schools, which was supplemented by a course in Ohio State University, from which he was graduated with the class of 1898.  He became identified with his father in the sewer pipe business at Freeman, Jefferson County, and continued there for a period of four years.  He organized the Eastern Ohio Sewer Pipe Company and built the plant at Irondale, the largest plant of the kind in this country.  He was general manager of that concern for two years, at the end of which time he sold out his interest and assisted in the organization of the Ohio Plaster and Supply Company of Steubenville, of which he has since been vice-president.  He was one of the organizers and is president of The Cattrell Bros. Company of Wierton, W. Va., and is secretary and treasurer of the Van Meter Construction Company.  He is an active member of the Chamber of Commerce of Steubenville, and also is a member of the Country Club.  In 1902 Mr. Freeman was married to Miss Helen W. Mooney; of Steubenville, and they have two sons, Charles A. and Ledlie C. Freeman.  Religiously he is a member of the Second Presbyterian Church.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 1112
 

WILLIAM FREUDENBERGER, an extensive oil operator and large dealer in real estate at Steubenville, Ohio, is a resident of thirty years’ standing in this city.  He was born in Germany and was fifteen years old when he came to America.
     For the first three years of his life in the United States, William Freudenberger lived at Keokuk, Iowa, and it was from there that he came to Steubenville and secured employment as a clerk in a clothing store.  When oil was first developed in Ohio he became interested, and through foresight and judicious investments acquired valuable oil lands and leases and for many years has been identified with oil production in not only the fields of Ohio but also in Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and West Virginia.  He is president of the Steuben Oil and Gas Company, and is a director in the Hill Oil and Gass Company of Oklahoma.  Mr. Freudenberger  is also interested in city real estate and probably handles more valuable realty here than any other dealer.  He has been identified for years with the most active and progressive class of citizens, has served as a member of the city council and president pro tem, and as councilman-at-large, and is very active and useful as a member of the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce.
     On May 31, 1883, Mr. Freudenberger was married to Miss Lilly Love, who was born and reared at Steubenville, and they have four children: Robert L., who is engaged in the life insurance business at Steubenville; and Daisy, Elmer M. and Walter J.
    
During the Spanish-American War, Mr. Freudenberger served in Company D, Second West Virginia Infantry.  He is identified thus with the United Spanish War Veterans and belongs also to the Knights of Pythias, the Elks, and Heptasophs, the Protected Home Circle and to the Steubenville Country Club.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 1193

  LAMBERT FRIEDL, banker, who has been established at Steubenville, O., since 1903, was born in Hungary in 1879.  He was educated in his native land and remained there until he was nineteen years of age.  Coming then to United States, he landed at the port of New York and remained in the great American metropolis for several years, at first finding employment in an embroidery factory, where he worked for a short time.  Later he secured the position of secretary to the Austro-Hungarian consul, at Hazleton, Pa., where he continued for eighteen months, after which he was with Knauth, Nachod & Kuhne, brokers, of New York and of Leipsic, Germany, the firm being members of the New York Stock Exchange.  HE remained with them for eighteen months and then, coming to Steubenville, engaged in foreign banking.  He does a large business in foreign exchange and steamship tickets.  Mr. Friedl takes an intelligent interest in public affairs, is ever ready to advance worthy public enterprises at Steubenville, and is an active member of the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce.
    
He was married in 1902, in the city of New York, to Miss Sarah Grossman, and they have three children: Joseph, Evelyn, and Alice.  Mr. Friedl is identified with the fraternal orders of Woodmen, and the Knights of Pythias and Red Men, at Steubenville.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 757
Portrait available upon request

NOTES:



 

CLICK HERE to Return to
JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO
INDEX PAGE

CLICK HERE to Return to
OHIO GENEALOGY EXPRESS
INDEX PAGE

FREE GENEALOGY RESEARCH is My MISSION
GENEALOGY EXPRESS
This Webpage has been created by Sharon Wick exclusively for Ohio Genealogy Express  ©2008
Submitters retain all copyrights