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(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co.,
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M. KEANE, of the firm of
M. Keane & Sons, proprietors of the largest and
most complete retail grocery store in the Ohio Valley,
with commodious quarters at Nos. 134-136 South Third
Street, Steubenville, has been a resident of the city for
forty-five years and is well known all through Jefferson
County as a reliable man of business. He was born in
Ireland in 1846 and came to America and reached
Steubenville in 1865.
Mr. Keane occupied himself during his first few
years in various public works, and in 1876 he embarked in
the grocery business in the same block in which he is now
located. Business conditions at that time were
somewhat unsettled on account of the long period of civil
strife just being concluded, and Mr. Keane
had only a limited capital to start on. He had
business qualities, however, of a high order, as was
demonstrated by the success that attended his efforts and
continued year after year, until he has built up his
present large business. His three story brick
building, with dimensions of 44 by 115 feet, with
basement, is stocked with seasonable goods and a complete
line of staple and fancy groceries, giving evidence of the
large amount of patronage at his command. He has
associated with him in business his four older sons, and
they are all well educated, practical youngmen.
Mr. Keane married Miss Margaret
Reidy, who was also born in Ireland, and they
have five sons and one daughter: Thomas J., James
S., Robert L., Harry A., Charles A.,
and Mary, the last named being
the wife of Dr. W. R. Shannon, a dental
surgeon in Steubenville. Mr. Keane
and family are members of the Holy Name Catholic Church,
and he and sons are all members of the Knights of
Columbus, and belong also to the Steubenville Chamber of
Commerce. Mr. Keane is a member of
the board of trustees of the Carnegie Library.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph
B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - 698) - portrait available in book |
HON. FRANK H.
KERR was born on a farm near Richmond, this
county, Feb. 5, 1862. He is of Scotch-Irish
ancestry, his father, William E. Kerr, being a
farmer; his mother's maiden name was Mary A. Stoneman.
When Mr. Kerr was nine years of age, his parents
moved to Richmond, and early manhood, young Kerr
assisted in the support of the family by doing odd jobs
on neighboring farms and clerking in the village store.
Being one of a family of eight children, he naturally
had to rely largely on his own efforts to make his way
in the world, especially as the opportunities in a small
country town were not extensive. Fortunately he
was able to secure a good education in the village
schools, subsequently taking a course in Richmond
College.
Before reaching his majority he began taking an
interest in politics, working on behalf of the
Republican party, and very soon after reaching the age
of twenty-one years was elected central committeeman of
his precinct. Salem Township, in which he resided,
had always been strongly Democratic, and in order to
keep the Republican organization intact, he was twice
nominated for township clerk, and came within very few
votes of being elected. He was elected and served
two terms as clerk of Richmond village in the years 1886
and 1887. In 1888 he removed to Steubenville,
having been appointed deputy clerk of the Probate Court
of Jefferson County. While here he studied law and
was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court at
Columbus, on Oct. 8, 1891. After seven years'
service as deputy in the Probate Court, Mr. Kerr
retired and began the practice of law. In 1899 he
was nominated by the Republicans of his county for
probate judge, after an active contest, in which he
broke all precedents by being chosen over the chairman
of the county central committee, who was also an
aspirant. At the regular fall election following
he ran 300 votes ahead of his ticket. He was
re-elected in 1902, and retired at the end of his second
term in 1906, and resumed the practice of law.
Judge Kerr was appointed by Governor Herrick
one of the three delegates to represent Ohio in the
Uniform Divorce Law Congress, which met in Washington
City in February, 1906, and again in Philadelphia the
following November. In 1908 Judge Kerr was
strongly urged for the nomination of lieutenant governor
of Ohio, and would doubtless have been awarded the same
had not geographical considerations influenced a
selection from another part of the state.
Mr. Kerr has taken an active part in all matters
of public interest to the community. He is a
member of the Knights of Pythias, Independent Order of
Odd Fellows and Order of Elks. He is a leading
Mason and Knight Templar, having taken all the degrees
to and including the thirty-second, and is a member of
the Royal Order of Scotland. He is vice president
of the Stanton Monument Association, and was chiefly
instrumental in reviving the work of that body, now
about to be brought to a satisfactory conclusion.
He is also a member of the Wells Historical Society, and
is deeply interest in all that pertains to our local
history.
On April 27, 1905, Mr. Kerr was married to
Miss Bella Cochran, an estimable young lady of
Steubenville, and occupies a pleasant home on North
Fourth Street.|
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co.,
Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - 561) |
| WILLIAM
KERR was the first teacher and school was
held with more or less regularity until 1852, when
Samuel Clark was hired as teacher in $18 per month.
When Christmas came he refused to give the customary
treat, which the scholars demanded and quit the school
in disgust. His son Alexander, who had
received his early education here, was employed to
finish out the term, and thus the place became
immortalized in his book, "The Old Log School House."
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co.,
Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - 537) |
WILLIAM
EDMUNDS KERR, M. D., one of the leading medical
practitioners of Steubenville, Ohio, who has been a
resident here for the past six years, was born in
Irondale, Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1877, and is a son
of William M. Kerr. William Kerr, grandfather of
our subject, and a native of Washington County, Pa., was
one of the pioneers and one of the early commissioners
of Jefferson County. The father, William Kerr,
was born in Jefferson Count, Ohio, about 1835, and has
always been engaged in agricultural pursuits. He
has been actively interested in local politics and
served two terms as a commissioner of Jefferson County.
Dr. William E. Kerr attended the common schools
of the county and Mt. Union College, then taught for
five years, after which he entered the Jefferson Medical
College of Philadelphia. He graduated with the
class of 1903, and has since been successfully engaged
in the practice of his profession at Steubenville.
He is president of the Jefferson County Medical Society,
is a member of the State and American Medical
Associations, and a member of the Steubenville School
Board. Dr. Kerr is fraternally affiliated
with the Masonic order, in which he has attained the
thirty-second degree, being a member of the Blue Lode,
Chapter, Council and Commandery of Steubenville, and
Lake Erie Consistory of Cleveland; K. of P. No. 1, of
Steubenville; the Elks, Modern Woodmen of America,
Improved Order of Red Men, and the Royal Neighbors, all
of Steubenville. Dr. Kerr is also
identified with the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce,
the Country Club and the Y. M. C. A.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co.,
Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
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