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(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co.,
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GEORGE
W. HANNAN, one of Steubenville's progressive and
enterprising business men in the iron industry, general
manager of the Pope Tin Plate Company, of which he is a
director, was born in Massachusetts, in 1874. When
a babe of one year his parents moved to Wheeling W.,
Va., where he was reared an educated.
Mr. Hannan's first business experience was in
the mills of the Aetna Iron Company, at Martin's Ferry,
O., where he remained two years. Later he became
paymaster for the La Belle Iron Works at Wheeling plant
and remained until 1898 as benville and operated
the Jefferson Iron Works for the La Belle Iron Works
Company until 1896, when he returned to the Wheeling
plant and remained until 1898 as superintendent of the
tin plat department. From then until 1901 he
was superintendent for the American Sheet and Tin Plate
Company at Wheeling. He returned to Steubenville
as general manager of the Pope Tin Plate Company,
designing and building the plant, in which he is
interested financially, as he is also in the La Belle
Iron Works. In 1895 Mr. Hannan was married
to Miss Katherine Bray of Wheeling, who is a
niece of Andrew Glass, who was one of the
original owners of the Jefferson Iron Works at
Steubenville. Mr. and Mrs. Hannan have one
daughter, Harriet. Mr. Hannamis identified
with the order of Elks.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co.,
Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - 763) |
C.
W. HARRIS, secretary-treasurer of the Harris
Lumber Company, at Dillonvale, Ohio, with a branch yard
at Amsterdam, was born near Rush Run, in Jefferson
County, Ohio, as were also his two uncles, W. J.
Harris, president of this company, and E. B.
Harris, who is vice president and general manager.
Al are sons of Rev. William Harris, who was a
minister in the Methodist Protestant Church near
Cleveland.
W. J. HARRIS was graduated
from the Mt. Pleasant High School and afterward engaged
in teaching school for several years before becoming
identified with the Harris Lumber Company. He is a
resident of Pittsburg, Pa., where he is president and
general manager of the Ellwood Lumber Company of that
city. He married a Miss Gumder, of Minerva,
Ohio. E. B. Harris, who is vice-president
and general manager of the Harris Lumber Company,
resides at Dillonvale, Ohio, and is unmarried.
C. W. Harris completed his education in the
Steubenville Business College and then went into his
present line of work at Dillonvale and for three yeas
was assistant yard manager at that point, after which he
was yard manager at Amsterdam, Ohio, for three years;
then he became secretary-treasurer of the Harris Lumber
Company, and removed to Mt. Pleasant, where he has other
interests, being vice president of the Union Real Estate
and Building Company. He married Miss Claribel
Harrison, of Adena, Ohio.
W. W. Scott, local manager of the Harris Lumber
Company, was born in Carroll County, moved from there to
Harrison County and later to Jefferson County. He
married Miss Almeda L. Miller and they have had
six children, five of whom survive. He gives all
his time to the business at Amsterdam, having taken
charge in 1909. This company are manufacturers and
dealers in lumber and builders' supplies and the
enterprise is one of great business importance in this
section.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co.,
Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
1073) |
ELISHA
B. HARRIS, one of the Dillonvale's representative
business men, dealing in lumber and builder's supplies,
was born at Rush Run, Jefferson County, Ohio, Dec. 2,
1870, and is a son of William and Eliza (Jones)
Harris.
Rev. William Harris, the venerable father of
Elisha B., now resides at Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga
County, and is a superannuated minister of the Methodist
Protestant Church. He was born in Mt. Pleasant
Township, Jefferson Co., in 1837. He married
Eliza Jones, who died Nov. 15, 1907, at the age of
seventy-one years. She was born on the old
Jones homestead near Rush Run. They had nine
children born to them, as follows: Avery S.,
who is engaged in the lumber business at Weems,
Jefferson County; Charles E., who is a carpenter,
living at Ambridge, Pa.; Mary, who is now
deceased; Mattie, who resides with her father and
sisters at ome; Elisha B.; Ada, who also lives at
home; Wilbur J., who is engaged in the lumber
business at Pittsburg; Anna, who is the wife of
Arthur Kaske, of Cleveland; and Carrie,
who lives at home.
Elisha B. Harris obtained a public school
education in the Hopewell and Blue Run schools and then
worked for several years as a carpenter, starting at
Toronto, after which he went to Ellwood City in Lawrence
County, Pa., where he remained until February, 1901,
when he came to Dillonvale. In the same year he
entered into the lumber business here and has prospered,
being a well balanced, intelligent business man.
He is proprietor of the Harris Lumber Company and has a
monopoly of this business at Dillonvale. He is a
member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to the lodge
at Smithfield. In politics he is a Republican and
is serving as a member of the town council. He was
carefully reared in a good home and has always attended
the Methodist Protestant Church. Mr. Harris
was married June 8, 1910, to Miss M. Leah Ulrich.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co.,
Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
1035) |
ERNEST
H. HAYNE, cashier of the Citizens' Savings Bank,
of Mt. Pleasant, and widely and favorably known in
business circles, was born at Adena, in Smithfield
Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, Apr. 23, 1878, and is
a son of Alonzo and Anna M. (Parker) Hayne.
Alonzo Hayne was born at Adena, on the farm
adjoining the old homestead May 18, 1841, and was a son
of Nathan and Phebe (Morris) Hayne, and a
grandson of Daniel Hayne, who settled in
Smithfield Townships, this county, near the present site
of Adena, in 1800. Daniel Hayne married
Mary Stoneman. He lived to the extreme age of
101 years. He was one of the earliest pioneers of
this section. His son Nathan was born on
what is now the Russell farm, near Adena, and
died here May 31, 1896, when aged eighty-seven years.
He was a successful farmer and was prominent in local
business affairs and for a number of years was a
director in the First National Bank. In 1879 he
moved to Mt. Pleasant and was long one of the town's
most respected citizens. He married Phebe Morris,
who survived him until April, 1897. Their children
were: Alonzo (deceased); Elisha, who
lives at Mt. Pleasant, and married Rachel Wagner;
MAry E. who resides at Mt. Pleasant; Laura J.,
who is the wife of W. P. Moore, of Adena; and
three who died young.
Alonzo Hayne was a prosperous farmer in
Jefferson County for a number of years. He was
active in Republican politics and for thirty-five
consecutive years served as a trustee of Smithfield
Township. During the Civil War he was a member of
Company H, 157th Ohio National Guards, and was
identified with Updegraff Post, G. A. R., at Mt.
Pleasant. He was reared in and gave support to the
Methodist Protestant church. After an illness of
but twenty-four hours he died, on May 29, 1908. He
married Anna M. Parker, who was born in 1851, at
Barnesville, Ohio, a daughter of Dr. Harvey Parker,
who was once a very prominent physician in Belmont
County. They had five children: Ernest
H.; Ralph A., who resides with his mother on the
farm near Adena; Jessie P.; Effa K.; and Fred,
who died in infancy.
Ernest H. Hayne attended the Rehobeth School,
near which he was reared, the same in which both his
father and grandfather had received primary instruction,
and he, as did they, alternated school attendance with
farming. Later he took a business course in a
commercial college at Scio and subsequently put his
knowledge into practice in the Mt. Pleasant National
Bank and the Peoples' Savings Bank at Martins Ferry.
When the Citizens' Savings Bank of Mt. Pleasant was
organized he was tendered teh position of cashier, one
that he has very capably filled up to the present time.
The Citizens' Savings Bank of Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, was
organized Jan. 23, 1905, and was opened for business
Apr. 1, 1905, with a capital stock of $25,000. The
bank has been on a sound and paying basis from the
start. It is a savings institution and was
organized by the following citizens of Jefferson County:
R. W. Chambers, president; Oliver Thomas,
vice president; Ernest H. Hayne, cashier; R.
W. Chambers, Oliver Thomas, Evan G. Evans, Alonzo
Hayne and Richard E. Roberts, composing the
board of directors. After receiving the papers of
incorporation, C. M. Brown, H. G. Cheffy
and O. M. Bracken became additional directors.
After the death of Robert Chambers, Cassius M. Brown
was elected president; C. F. Scott succeeded
H. G. Cheffy on the board of directors. The
bank has the full confidence of the people and has a
large list of depositors. In its fine brick
building it has a massive steel vault and all the
various appliances for safeguarding the funds entrusted
to its care.
Ernest H. Hayne was
married June 6, 1907, to Miss Esther Burris, a
daughter of Addison and Ella (Caldwell) Burris,
and a granddaughter of Hanson Burris, who, for
many years, was a hotel proprietor in Mt. Pleasant
Township. Mr. and Mrs. Hayne have two
children, Anna Elizabeth and Ralph Burris.
Before he was twenty years old Mr. Hayne united
with the Adena Presbyterian Church and is now a member
of the First Presbyterian Church at Mt. Pleasant.
In politics he is a Republican ,and in the fall of 1909
he was elected township treasurer. He is a
representative in the fourth generation of one of the
county's oldest and most prominent families.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co.,
Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ. Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
Page 557) |
A.
M. HELMS, of the firm of A. M. Helms & Sons,
plumbers ad steam fitters at Steubenville, O., was born
in this city in 1838, and is a son of L. W. Helms.
L. W. Helms was born in Washington County,
Pennsylvania, and came to Steubenville when a young man
to work in the hat business. Later he assisted in
the construction of the Steubenville and Indiana
Railroad and afterward remained in railroad work for a
number of years, being employed as a train master for
this road. Subsequently he had charge of the
Youngstown and Newcastle branch. He remained
efficient until within a short time of his death,
although his life was prolonged to eighty-six years.
He was one of the best known men in the service in this
section.
A. M. Helms was reared and educated in
Steubenville and then learned the machinist's trade, at
which he worked until 1873, when he went into the
plumbing business. He has valuable investments at
Steubenville and is a member of the board of directors
of the people's National Bank and the Minors and
Mechanics Bank. He is one of the substantial
citizens of Steubenville.
In 1872 Mr. Helms was married to Miss Mary
Harris, who died in 1898 and is survived by one son,
W. A. Helms Mr. Helms married
subsequently, in 1905, Miss Louise Wonder, of
Pittsburgh. He is identified with Lodge No. 1, K.
of P., at Steubenville.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co.,
Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
1079) |
ROBERT
A. HOLMES, owner of a valuable 100-acre farm
which lies in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County,
Ohio, was born on this place April 28, 1854, and is a
son of Thomas and Mary (Snider) Holmes.
Thomas Holmes was one of the leading men of his day
in Cross Creek Township. He was a millwright and
miller and owned what was known as Holmes' mill for some
thirty years, and was the first postmaster, the present
name of the office being Fernwood. He was a
Jacksonian Democrat. He reared his family
according to the discipline of the Episcopal church, in
which he was a senior warden. He married Mary
Snider, and they had nine children: Hiram,
Kate N., Thomas B. and David are all
deceased; Elizabeth, now deceased, was the wife
of James Collins; Allen, deceased, was like his
three above named brothers, a soldier in the Civil War;
Isaac Lives at Milwaukee, Wis., and Robert A.,
who is the youngest of the family.
Robert A. Holmes attended the local schools only
and then assisted on the farm for a few years, and after
that began railroading, and during the six years in that
business was promoted to be a section foreman.
When his father died Mr. Holmes received
his present farm, a part of the 134 acres which his
parent had owned, and he settled here and has engaged in
farming ever since. In February, 1892, Mr.
Holmes was married to Miss Sarah Virginia
Skinner, a daughter of David and Mary Jane (Lee?)
Skinner. The parents of Mrs. Holmes
were natives of Ohio and her father was a river man.
Of the large family of Mr. and Mrs. Skinner only
four survive: Dora, wife of Frank Culp;
Emma; Florence, wife of Robert Fielding,
and Mrs. Holmes. Mr. and Mrs. Holmes have
five children: Harry, Anna, Mary, Edith and
Herbert. The Holmes family from the
time of the grandfather, Thomas Holmes, has been
connected with the Episcopalian church. In
politics Mr. Holmes is a Democrat, but the only
office he ever consented to accept was on the school
board, and he served one term.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph
B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - 551) |
SAMUEL HUNTER, one of
the early arrivals, father of the first white child born
in the town, having purchased lot 100 on the southeast
corner of Third and Market Streets, kept a general store
there until about 1825, when he left for Knoxville, built
a flour mill and carried on a store for many years.
He was a Presbyterian in religion, and active in public
affairs, being town and county treasurer. The
Jones Munker establishment now occupies
that corner.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph
B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - 364) |
SAMUEL D. HUNTER, a
general paint contractor, residing at No. 1502 Ridge
Avenue, La Belle View, a beautiful suburb of Steubenville,
O., was born in the latter place in July, 1849, and is a
son of T. C. Hunter.
T. C. Hunter was born in Jefferson
County, Ohio, and during his entire period of business
life, followed by the painting trade. He was a
representative business man and served in the city
council. He married Mary Jane Gamble,
who was born in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson Co., Ohio,
and they had three children: Mrs. Irene
Little, of Steubenville; Samuel D.;
and William U., of Bergholz, O. The
father of T. C. Hunter was Samuel
D. Hunter, who was one of the first sheriffs of
Jefferson County and also one of the pioneer glass
manufacturers of this section. The Gambles were
early settlers in the county also, and the mother of the
wife of T. C. Hunter, Mrs. Martha
Gamble, was the first white child born in Cross
Creek Township.
Samuel
D. Hunter bears his grandfather's honored name.
He was reared and educated at Steubenville and learned the
painter's trade which he has followed ever since, doing a
large business in contract painting. He takes a good
citizen's interest in politics and was elected on the
Republican ticket to membership in the city council, in
which he served for four years and eight months.
Mr. Hunter was married in July, 1880, to
Miss Elizabeth Buchanan, who was born in
West Virginia but was reared in Jefferson County, and they
have three children: Mary J., who
is the wife of Frank Heltman, of La Belle
View; Thomas D., who is associated with
his father; and Samuel D., who is
employed in the office of the Carnegie works at Mingo
Junction. Mr. Hunter and family are
members of the Second Presbyterian Church, in which he is
a trustee. He is a member of the Steubenville
Chamber of Commerce and is identified with the order of
American Mechanics, the Woodmen and the Knights of the
Golden Eagles and is president of the Master Painters'
Association at Steubenville.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph
B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - 696) |
DAVID
D. HUSCROFT, recorder of Jefferson County, Ohio,
and one of the rising young politicians of Steubenville,
was born in 1885 in Steubenville, Ohio, and is a son of
James Huscroft, who is a resident of Cross Creek
Township, this county.
David D. Huscroft obtained his educational
training in the local schools of Steubenville after
which he spent two years as bookkeeper for the National
Biscuit Company. He was then for two years in the
employ of the Wellsburg Bank & Trust Company, of
Wellsburg, O., after which he became deputy recorder
under Charles Myers. Mr. Huscroft
has always taken an active interst in politics, and in
November, 1908, was elected recorder of Jefferson
County, but assumed the responsibilities of the office
in October, 1908, after the death of former recorder
Charles Myers and in September, 1909, took up the
beginning of his term as recorder. In 1905 Mr.
Huscroft was joined in the bonds of w2edlock with
Jane Myers, of Toronto, Jefferson County, Ohio.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph
B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - 831) |
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