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Source:
20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio
by Joseph B. Doyle -
Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago -
1910
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BURNS M. OLIVER, an
enterprising and successful general farmer of Jefferson
Co., Ohio, owning two farms, one of sixty-eight acres
situated in Cross Creek Twp., and another, of seven acres,
in Island Creek Twp., was born in the former township,
Sept. 14, 1873. His parents were Alexander
J. and Jemima (McCain) Oliver.
Alexander J. Oliver was also a native of
Cross Creek Twp., where he followed farming throughout his
life. Both he and wife are deceased and their burial
was in the Tent Church Cemetery. They had three
children: Elizabeth, who is the wife of
Frank McCullough; Burns M.;
and Anna, who is the wife of
William Birchfield.
Burns M. Oliver was educated in the
country schools and the High School at Mingo Junction.
His first business experience was as a clerk in a store at
Mingo Junction, after which he returned to the home farm
where he has remained since with the exception of one year
during which he worked in the supply department of the La
Belle steel Mill.
Mr.
Oliver was married Feb. 28, 1900, to Miss
Carrie Swearingen, who was born in West Virginia.
She is a daughter of George and Sarah (Hooker)
Swearingen who lived at Steubenville, Ohio, for a
number of years before they died. The father was
buried there but the mother's remains were taken back to
her old home in West Virginia. George
Swearingen was married first to Maggie
Langfitt and they had one son, Charles L.
His second wife, as above noted, was
Sarah Hooker and they had three children,
Eliza, Fannie and Carrie.
His third wife was Anna Reynolds, and
they had five children, George, John, Mary, Alice
and Helen. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver
have three children, Virginia, Gladys Adaline
and George Alexander. Mrs. Oliver
was reared in the Christian Church and is a member of that
body at Steubenville. Mr. Oliver is
a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In
politics he is a Democrat and he is fraternally identified
with Wildwood Lodge No. 509, I. O. O. F., at New
Alexandria.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co.,
Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ. Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page
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CAPT.
JOHN F. OLIVER, one of Steubenville's most
respected citizens, has made this city his home for
fifty-four years, more than a half century having passed
since he came here as a student of law. He was
born in Allegheny County, Pa., in 1830, passed his
school days there, and when twenty-one years of age,
went to California, where he spent two years.
During this time he decided upon a profession and when he
returned east, entered the law office of Stanton
and McCook, at Steubenville, Ohio, later as
admitted to the bar and in 1856 entered into practice in
this city. The war excitement of 1861, however,
caused him to put aside his plans for a great
professional future. He immediately began
recruiting and mainly through his own efforts raised
what became Company F, Twenty-fifth Regiment, O. V. I.,
of which he was commissioned captain, and it was sent to
the front. Two years of varying fortune were
passed in Virginia and West Virginia, with the Army of
the Potomac. He was made made provost marshal,
with headquarters at Alliance, Ohio, and served in that
capacity until the close of the war, during that time,
passing 2,500 men into the service. He continued
to serve until September, 1865, and after his honorable
discharge returned to Steubenville, where he resumed the
practice of law. He continued in legal practice
until 1878, and then turned his activities in another
direction and for the past thirty-one years has been
engaged in the book and stationery business in this
city. He no longer is active in public affairs but
formerly was prominently identified with political life
in Steubenville and three times was elected and served
as mayor of the city.
Captain Oliver was married first to Catherine
Hooker, now deceased. Three children survived
her: John C., residing at St. Louis, Mo.; Jane
F., wife of Roaliff Brinkerhoff, of
Mansfield, Ohio and Campbell, a resident of St.
Louis. He was married secondly to Caroline
Trumbull. They are members of the Second
Presbyterian Church. He has long been interested
in E. M. Stanton Post, No. 166, G. A. R., of
which he is a valued member.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ.
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
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CHARLES OTTE,
conducting the Union Bakery at Mingo Junction, O., has
been a resident of Jefferson County all his life and was
born on the old Otte farm near this town,
Apr. 5, 1880. His parents wore George and Freda
(Ulich) Otte.
George Otte was born, reared and married
first in Germany. After coming to America his wife
died and in 1878 he was married (second) to Freda
Ulich, who died Dec. 22, 1902. By a
previous marriage
she had two children, John and Elizabeth,
the latter of whom married Joseph Lawyer.
To the second marriage two children were born:
Charles and Bertha, the latter of whom is the
wife of Frank Knight. George
Otte was married to his present wife in 1903.
She was the widow of John McMannis.
During his active years he was a farmer but since
retiring has lived at Steubenville.
Charles Otte had few business cares
before he was eighteen years of age, having attended the
schools of Mingo Junction until then. For several
years afterward he engaged in farming and did
considerable teaming also, as he had two teams of his
own. Desiring to see something of the world and
gain new experiences, in September, 1903, he enlisted in
the regular army, becoming a member of Company K, 12th
Infantry, and served two years and four months in the
Philippine Islands and after completing his full three
years, received his honorable discharge. He then
came back to Jefferson County and at first worked as an
employe of the Pure Milk Company and later purchased the
business, which he conducted for six months and then
sold to Charles Bell and came to Mingo
Junction, where he operated the ice plant for the firm
of Otte & Perkruhn until he met with an
accident which caused the breaking of his leg. In
July, 1909, he purchased the Union Bakery from Maul
& Browning and has made a success of his
undertaking. His bakery store is located on
Commercial Street and he operates a wagon to different
parts of the town to accommodate his customers.
On Nov. 4, 1906, Mr. Otte was married to
Miss Gertrude Tressell, a daughter
of Addison Tressell, of Carroll County.
Ohio. They have an adopted son. Ward W.
Otte. Mr. Otte is a Republican.
He was reared in the faith of the Lutheran Church, he is
identified with the Knights of Pythias at Mingo Junction
and belongs to the Schutzen Club, a German organization,
of the same place.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page
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WILLIAM OTTE,
one of the representative business men of Mingo
Junction, O., a member of the firm of Otte &
Pekruhn, proprietors of a livery stable and owners
of an ice plant, was born at Steubenville, O., Feb. 20,
1870. and is a son of George and Mary (Swatzaker)
Otte.
George Otte, father of William,
was born in Hanover, Germany. He married there and
remained in his own land until after the birth of three
children, coming then to America and settling in
Jefferson County, O. He bought what was known as
the Neff farm, in Steubenville Township, and
cultivated his land and grew stock until 1905, when he
retired and now resides at Steubenville. His first
wife died on the farm, in 1871, aged forty-five years.
Six children were born to that marriage, namely: Anna,
who married Henry Palmer; Elizabeth,
who married Charles Plice; Ernest:
William; Mollie, who married Robert
Melching; and Matilda, who married John
Hobson. George Otte married
Freda Ulrich for his second wife and at
death she left two children: Charles and
Bertha. He was married a third time and Mrs.
Otte still survives but has had no children.
William Otte grew to manhood on his
father's farm near Mingo Junction and during boyhood
attended the country schools. In 1897 he came to
the Junction and at that time entered into partnership
with Hugo Pekruhn, in the livery business.
In 1907 the firm opened their ice plant, which has a
capacity of seven tons of ice per day. Both
members of this firm are enterprising men and their
business concerns are among the important ones of the
place. Mr. Otte gives the larger
part of his attention to the new enterprise, while Mr.
Pekruhn devotes himself mainly to the livery.
On May 10, 1901, Mr. Otte was married to
Miss Ida Becker, a daughter of the late August
Becker. Mr. Otte owns his
attractive residence on St. Clair Street and has other
property investments. In politics he is a
Republican. Fraternally he is identified with
Lodge No. 21, Red Men, of Mingo Junction, and belongs
also to a German society named the Schutzen Club.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page
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J. G.
OWEN, a general farmer of Salem Township but a
resident of Richmond, Ohio, for many years, is one of
the best known citizens. He was born in Brooke
County, W. Va., Oct. 30, 1855, and is a son of Josiah
and Rachel (Horner) Owen.
When Mr. Owen was four years old his parents
moved to Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio,
and there he attended school through boyhood and helped
his father on the farm. When his parents died he
married Elizabeth Graham and then moved to
Richmond. She died nine years later, leaving no
children and her burial was in the Richmond Cemetery.
Mr. Owen was married secondly to Miss Mary
Abraham, a daughter of George Abraham, of
Island Creek Township, and they have one son, Harold
Eugene. Mr. and Mrs. Owen are members of the
Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a
Republican and formerly was street commissioner and also
borough marshal.
Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co.,
Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page
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