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(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co.,
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DANIEL
OSCAR CARPENTER, who owns a fine farm of 100
acres on the north line of New Alexandria, O., was born
at Brilliant, Jefferson County, Ohio, September 7, 1850,
and is a son of Robert and Delilah (Bucey) Carpenter.
Robert Carpenter was a son of Daniel Carpenter
and they were both farmer in Jefferson County.
Robert married Delilah Bucey and they had
four children, Charles, Daniel O., Robert, and
Eliza, who is the widow of Jane Bone.
Robert Carpenter died in 1856. Later his widow
married Benjamin Linton and four children were
born of that marriage, William Cora, John and
Laura. Mrs. Linton still survives, being now
in her eighty-fifth year.
Daniel O. Carpenter was six years old when his
father died and when he was nine he commenced to support
himself, finding work on neighboring farms. For
about thirteen years he worked for $2.50 a month and
even when fifteen years of age could secure only $3 a
month for the hardest kind of work. He was
learning farming, however, in every detail and when he
married, at the age of twenty-four years and rented farm
land for himself, he undertook a line of work with which
he was entirely familiar and hence made a success of it.
He is now one of the independent and substantial men of
his township. In politics he is a Democrat, and
has served at different times on both the election board
and the school board.
On August 16, 1874, Mr. Carpenter was married to
Miss Amanda S. Farquar, a daughter of John and
Nancy (Brownlee) Farquar. The parents of
Mrs. Carpenter are deceased. They had the
following children: Thomas, James, Joseph,
Rachel and Matilda, all deceased; Mary,
wife of John Thompson, Amanda S., wife of
Daniel O. Carpenter; Margaret, widow of John
T. Huff, and Virginia, deceased, who was the
wife of R. K. Pennell. Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter
have one son, Harry M. Carpenter, who is an
instructor in the Grant School at Steubenville. He
married Stella Wood, and they have a daughter,
Estelle Gertrude. Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter are
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In
August, 1884, Mr. Carpenter joined Wildwood
Lodge, No. 590, Odd Fellows, at New Alexandria, O.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ.
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - 679) |
HARRY M. CARPENTER, principal of the Grant
School, at Steubenville, Ohio, and an active and
enterprising citizen of Jefferson County, was born in
Cross Creek Township, in 1878, and is a son of Daniel
Oscar Carpenter.
The Carpenter family is numbered with the
pioneer families of Jefferson County, with the
development of which it has had much to do. The
father of Prof. Carpenter was born in Wells
Township, Jefferson County, in 1850, and for years has
been a substantial farmer in Cross Creek Township.
After completing the common school course in Cross
Creek Township, Harry M. Carpenter entered Scio
College and has successfully followed the profession of
teacher for some years. He is favorably known as
an educator all over the county and at different places
has served as principal - three years at New Alexander,
two years at Brilliant, six years at Mingo Junction
schools, and for the past two years has been the most
acceptable principal that the Grant School has ever had.
This school is located on the corner of South Fourth and
South Streets and is an important educational center of
the city. Prof. Carpenter is a member of
the State Teachers' Association; the Jefferson County
and also the Eastern Ohio Teachers' Association; the
Jefferson County and also the Eastern Ohio Teachers'
Associations. He has not confined his activities
entirely to his profession, having been active also in
public affairs and is an member of the county baord of
elections. He received the nomination for county
recorder at the Republican primaries May 17, 1910, which
means his election in Jefferson County. Since 1907
he has been president of the county board of School
examiners.
In 1906, Prof. Carpenter was married Miss
Anna Estella Wood, who is a daughter of Dr. W. H.
Wood, of Smithfield, Ohio, and they have one
daughter, Estella Gertrude. Mr. and Mrs.
Carpenter are members of the First Methodist
Episcopal Church, in which he is serving on the official
board and he is also a teacher in the Sunday school.
He is interested in and identified with a number of
fraternal organizations, including the Elks, the Masons,
the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, the Red Men,
the Macabees and the Woodmen, and he belongs also to the
Grange. He has a genial manner and a pleasing
personality and these combined with his mental gifts and
sterling qualities, have brought him warm friends an a
large measure of public esteem.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ.
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - 961) |
ROY
R. CARPENTER, an attorney at law, and a resident
of Steubenville, O., since January, 1909, was born in
1881 in Warren Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and is
a son of A. Pierce Carpenter, and a grandson of
Andrew Carpenter one of the pioneer settlers of
the county. The father was born in 1852 in Warren
Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, and has spent his
entire life there engaged in general farming and stock
raising.
Roy R. Carpenter is a graduate of the Mt.
Pleasant High School, Oberlin Academy, and Oberlin
College, from which he received the degree of A. B. in
1906, and also of the University of Michigan, from which
he received the degree of L.L.B., graduating with the
class of 9108. He was admitted to the bar in
December, 1907, and in January, 1909, became associated
with Attorney A. C. Lewis in the practice of law.
Mr. Carpenter attends the Second Presbyterian Church,
and is fraternally a member of the Elks.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - 732) |
REV.
ALEXANDER CLARK. (Under the heading of
Schools & Churches, Page 536)
Like Ross, the pioneer schools of Brush Creek Township
produced at least one character which rescued them from
obscurity, Rev. Alexander Clark, who became a
prominent minister in the M. P. Church, as well as a
writer and educator of wide reputation. He started
the "School Day Visitor," the first child's paper
published in the country, which afterwards grew into the
St. Nicholas Magazine and at his death was editor of the
Methodist Recorder, the organ of his religious
denomination, published at Pittsburgh, The first school
house in the township was on the farm owned by Moses
Marshall and afterwards by Elias Cope about
twenty rods east of the present site of Chestnut Grove
Church, in Section 2. It was built of logs in
1814, and the teacher was Samuel Clark, father of
the Rev. Dr. Clark mentioned above. He was
engaged at $10 a month for four months by Matthew
Russell and Moses Marshall, and boarded free
with the latter. Some of the attending pupils
lived fully three miles away. Of course in those
days there was no such thing as teachers' examinations,
and little discrimination in their employment. The
patrons of the school took what they could get and at
the last price, generally without regard to quality.
However, the results were better than might have been
anticipated. Close by his school house were the
mill and distillery of Martin Adams, the latter
abandoned a few years later for want of patronage.
In 1830 the school district was regularly organized,
consisting of Sections, 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15,
giving a district of nine square miles. The first
election for school officers was held at the house of
Martin Adams on September 8, choosing Samuel
Clark as clerk, John Adams, William Kerr and
Elisha Brooks, directors; Martin Adams,
treasurer. At this meeting the building of a new
house was ordered, to be a hewn log building, shingle
roof, stone chimney, a door and windows. The size
was to be 20x20. Application was made to the
auditor of Columbiana County for an abstract of the
taxable property of the district, and a levy of ten
mills on the dollar was made, which aggregated a total
of $50. The building was erected the same fall
under the direction of James Clark and Charles
Marshall, on a tract of land granted by John
Adams. The neighbors joined in the "raising,"
and the hose was built in one day at a cash outlay of
$32. The fact that the whisky of the forefathers
lent inspiration to all these gatherings is generally
recognized, and in this case it is related that the next
morning after the raising Clark went to the newly
erected building to finish up the work, and arriving
before his partner, Marshall, concluded to "take
a nap" in the adjoining woods. Marshall
arrived shortly after, and not finding Clark, he
also concluded to "take a nap" and fell asleep in the
woods. Clark finally awoke, and not seeing
Marshall went to his residence to ascertain the
cause of his absence. In the meantime Marshall
awoke and went to Clark's to find out why he
was missing. When they found each other is not
recorded. (Page 536) |
JAMES CLARK, farmer and stock raiser of
Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where he
owns 100 acres of valuable land, is a member of the
township board of trustees. Mr. Clark was
born in this township Aug. 9, 1856, and is a son of
William and Elizabeth (Frederick) Clark.
William Clark was also born in Island Creek
Township, where he died in December, 1901. His
father, James Clark, born in the north of
Ireland, was one of the pioneer settlers in the
township, where he log served in the office of justice
of the peace. William Clark married
Elizabeth Frederick, who was born in Island Creek
Township, where her people had located at an early day,
and five children were born to this marriage, the three
survivors being: John F., a former resident of
this township, who now lives at Alliance, O.; James
and Margaret J., who is the wife of Howard
Cooper, a resident of Knox Township. Samuel
and Elizabeth M. are both deceased.
James Clark, has been a lifelong resident of
Island Creek Township, having been reared on the old
homestead. For a short time he was absent while
attending Richmond College, an institution now
discontinued. His life has been profitably devoted
to farming and stock raising. In September, 1899,
he was married to Miss Mary A. Elson, who was
born at Steubenville, O., but spent the larger part of
her life in Island Creek Township, where her death
occurred in October, 1900. She is survived by one
son, Clarence C. Mr. Clark is a Republican
in politics. (Page 648) |
THOMAS
CHALMERS CLARK, a member of the well known firm,
The Rodgers & Clark Company, of Brilliant, O., has been
a resident of Jefferson County since 1880. He was
born Dec. 28, 1862, at Morristown, O., a son of
Robert M. and Sarah Elizabeth ( McKisson) Clark.
He is a great-grandson of Rev. Thomas B. Clark,
who was born in Maryland, Jan. 28, 1779. The
parent of
Rev. Thomas afterwards removed to Beaver County,
Pennsylvania, and he was educated at Greersburg Academy,
and licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Ohio, Apr.
18, 1811, and installed as pastor of Crabapple Church,
June 20, 1811. He preached one-fourth of his time
at Nottingham in a tent. He was one of the eight
charter members of the Presbytery of Steubenville, which
was formed Oct. 11, 1819. He served forty-six
years in the ministry of the Presbyterian Church.
His son, Robert Clark, grandfather of the subject
of this sketch, was a prominent Democratic politician of
Belmont County.
Thomas Chalmers Clark was reared at Morristown,
O., where he attended the public school. At the
age of seventeen he came to Brilliant and became a clerk
in the employ of William H. Rodgers. In
1883 he became Mr. Rodgers' partner and has since
continued as a member of the firm, Rodgers & Clark.
On Apr. 1, 1891, Mr. Clark was united in marriage
with Elizabeth W. Spaulding, a daughter of C.
H. and Amelia Spaulding, and of this union there are
two children, Thomas Chalmers and Elizabeth.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark are members of the Presbyterian
Church.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - 836) |
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FRANK M.
CRAIG, vice-president and general manager of
The Van Meter Construction Company of Steubenville,
Ohio, contributes the following personal sketch.
"I was a son of Charles C. Craig and Catharine E.
(Castle) Craig. I was born on "The Old
Craig Homestead' on June 21, 1875, one mile and
a half from Kingwood, West Virginia, the eighth
child of a family of thirteen children. I was
educated at the Snider School one mile and a half
west of my home. At that time they had but
four months of school each year. When I was
small the winters were too cold for me to attend and
when I became older I had to work most of the time,
as my father ran a country coal bank. When
short of a digger or a driver I was taken from
school and given a place. Very little
schooling did I get.
"I left home at the age of eighteen years in 1893.
I went to work for Castle Bros., logging in
the woods at $12.00 per month and board. I
worked for them about one year. My brother
C. A. Craig offered me a job in the timber
business at $15.00 per month and board; stayed with
him about six months. Thinking I was not
making money fast enough I went to work in the
Monongey Mines in West Virginia, making on an
average of $45.00 per month. I stayed there
about three months. The mines shut down on
about half time. I could not stand that, for I
would have nothing after my board was paid. My
older brother, J. W., came along at that time
and persuaded me to try railroading. It being
winter time, jobs were very scarce. I had but
$65.00 saved and my brother, nothing. It was
not long till that money ran out and with no job in
sight. This was in the month of January.
One foot of snow on the ground and my toes were
sticking out of my shoes. This was enough
railroading for me and I decided to quit. I
landed in Columbus, Ohio. I could get no job
of any kind, so I offered to work for my board till
spring, at different places; was getting the blues
pretty badly about that time. Ran against a
cousin of mine on the street; his name was E. F.
Castle. He invited me to his home to stay
till a job showed up, saying I might take orders for
buckwheat flour, which I tried. I made out
pretty fair by hustling. I sold about seven
tons, five hundred pounds, buying at 2 1-4 cents and
selling at 5 cents. I bought the flour at
Freeland and Cassidy Mills at Trealta, West
Virginia. The buckwheat season running out, I
had to quit the business. I hired to a farmer
for the season. Trying the buckwheat business
again in the winter I did very well. The next
spring I got a job in a carpet and furniture store
known as F. G. Howald & Company, working
there about two years. My brother, C. A.,
wrote and insisted that I return and drive for him
again, offering me $20.000 per month and board,
which I considered better than the store job.
I told Mr. Howald that my brother offered me
better wages. He said for his part he would
increase my wages, but his partner objected, saying
if he increased my wages, he would have to increase
the other employee's wages. So I drew my money
and went back to my brother, working for him
driving, logging, and lumbering about one year at
Irona, West Virginia. He completed that job in
the spring of 1898. He then bought a piece of
timber at Houseville, West Virginia, I took a half
interest in the logging, I buying half his teams.
It was completed in about eighteen months, making
out pretty fair. My brother then quit the
timber business. I taking a contract off
Pierce and Albright, timber men, of
logging and lumbering by the thousand, at
Albrightsville, West Virginia. I had to buy
another team to do the work. Everybody told me
Pierce would beat me in the end, so I kept
close tab on everything I did fo them. When we
came to settle, he figured out my account
sixty-eight dollars, more than I had it, saying to
me. 'Craig, here is where I get my name.
I always pay by my account.' so he gave me a check
in full to his account. Thanked him very
kindly for it, and was sorry he did not have another
job for me to take, for I was more than pleased to
work for them. He said for the ten years he
was in the timber business he never had a man that
was as prompt in getting the work done. He was
sorry he had no more work for me then, and if I ever
needed a favor of any kind to call on him; (It had
taken me about six months to complete it). At
that time the American Coal and Coke Company started
to open up new works near McCelland Town,
Pennsylvania. I went there and got a job
teaming. There was plenty of work there, but
the roads being so muddy and disagreeable it was
impossible to make more than half time. But
when spring opened up, I took a contract of John
Anderson with everything satisfactory to both of
us. I went then to Lambert, two miles north of
McClelland Town, and started to work with my teams
for Owen Murphy, who had a contract building
ovens. I discovered my teams too light for the
heavy work, so I sold them and bought four horses
from John Clark, horse dealer in Union Town,
Pa. I had them about eight weeks, and a man by
the name of Billy Parshel came along an d
offered me one thousand for the four naked horses,
which I refused. On the following Thursday,
October 19, 1901, a cousin of mine, John Henry
Hostleter, and a friend of his, came to see me
to tell me of a better job or contract I cold get
near Union Town. They took supper with me,
after which I went to tend my horses as usual, and
they accompanied me. They looked over my stock
and said I had two of the best teams in Fayette
County. When leaving the stable everything was
in fine shape. next morning when I got up to
go tend my horses, I discovered my stable was burnt
to the ground; my horses perished in the flames, my
entire loss including, horses, harness, feed, wagons
and tools amounting to about twenty-five hundred
dollars. Night men that worked around the
plant discovered the fire at four o'clock in the
morning. But before they could reach the
stable it was nothing but a mass of flames. So
they could save nothing. The origin remains a
mystery. In collecting my money that was due
me and settling my bills, I only had twenty-nine
dollars left, but lots of good friends who offered
me enough money to buy more stock and continue in
business. But with such luck I felt too badly
discouraged to try it again.
"I went to driving team for the American Coal and Coke
Company, their wages being two dollars per day for
all four-horse drivers. The superintendent,
Mr. Banker, said he would give me two fifty per
day if I did not let the other teamsters know it.
Of course, I kept quiet, as fifty cents extra per
day looked good to me. Starting to work on
Oct. 24, 1901, up until the 15th day of March, I had
worked every day, even on Sundays, making thirty
days' extra time. I made more money buying and
cashing time than my wages amount to. I bought
another team, thinking I would try it again. I
came to Charleroi, going to work for Ott Brothers,
and working one-half day there. They asked me
if I would take my team to Leechburg, Pa. I
accepted this. The wages per day, including
feed, stable and wagon, were four fifty; worked for
them until the job was completed. I then came
with them to Wilkinsburg, Pa., working for them
there until December 1, 1902, when their work shut
down for the season. I then took my team and
went to Sewickly, Pa., getting a job from B. F.
Jones, improving his country home. I
stayed there until the next June. I concluded
to quit teaming, and selling my team to the Eagle
Transfer Company for a good price, I went back to
Wilkinsburg and went to work for Ott Brothers,
they wanting me to take charge of their work there.
I finished this work in the fall and going to work
for D. J. Madison & Company of Swissvale, Pa.
I was in their employ as general foreman until the
spring of 1906, the company then dissolving
partnership. The company consisted of D. J.
Madigan and J. H. Van Meter. Each
one giving me a strong invitation to go in with him
in the construction business. I decided to go
in with Van Meter, taking a half interest.
The firm was known as J. H. Meter & Company,
and did considerable work in Pittsburg and adjoining
boroughs, making out fairly well on every job we
undertook. We were together about four years.
In the fall of 1908 we got a big job of sewering and
paving in Steubenville, Ohio, and we moved there the
same fall. In January, 1910, we incorporated
and the firm is now known as the Van Meter
Construction Company, with J. H. Van Meter,
president; F. M. Craig, vice president and
general manager; Al Freeman, secretary
and treasurer. The Van Meter
Construction Company handles all lines of contract
work. In addition to the duties entailed by my
offices in this concern, I am otherwise interested,
being a stockholder in several oil companies, but
have made no lucky hit so far.
"On June 27, 1906, I was married to Miss Elizabeth
E. McElwee. She was born in North Oakland,
Butler County, Pa., being a daughter of P. A. and
Catharine McElwee, also of Butler County, where
they spent their entire life until 1908 when they
came to Steubenville. Mr. and Mrs. Craig
have one child, Catharine May. We
belong to the Holy Name Catholic Church.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 934) |
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EDWARD G. CRAWFORD, postmaster and
merchant at Port Homer,
Jefferson County,
Ohio, and a
representative citizen of this place, was born
here on Mar. 27, 1863, and is a son of
Abel and Amelia (Garrison) Crawford.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville &
Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ
Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
Page 870)
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JAMES H.
CUNNINGHAM, who finds farming and stock
raising profitable industries in Island Creek
Township, where he owns 141¾
acres of excellent land, came to this farm in the
fall of 1903. He was born in Marion County,
West Va., June 4, 1865, and is a son of William
N. and Phebe (Ogden) Cunningham both of whom
were born in West Virginia. The mother died
there but the father survives and resides in Marion
County, being now over seventy years of age.
James H. Cunningham was reared and educated in
Marion County and during the entire period of his
business life has been interested in agricultural
pursuits. He is an enterprising farmer and
successful stock raiser and is doing well in the
sheep industry. His flock averages 100 sheep
and they are all of the Delano variety which he
prefers for many reasons.
Mr. Cunningham was married July 4, 1896, to
Miss Hannah Cunningham, a daughter of Richard
Cunningham of Marion County, W. Va., and they
had four children born to them: Paul, Olive,
Walter and Carrie. The beloved
mother of these children passed out of life June 11,
1906. She was a woman of many virtues, and was
a consistent member of the Christian church.
Mr. Cunningham takes no very active part in
politics, but he always casts his vote with the
Democratic party.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co.,
Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - Page 618) |
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