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CHARLES
I. WADDLE, manager and treasurer of the
Wellsburg-Brilliant Bridge and Ferry Company, at
Brilliant, O., is also engaged in the real estate and
fire insurance business at this point and is one of the
town's representative business men. He was born on
the farm of his maternal grandfather, Charles
Oliver, in Wells Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, March
5, 1861, and is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth
(Oliver) Waddle.
Thomas Waddle was born on the farm of his father,
Isaac Waddle, who was one of the early settlers
and extensive farmers near Smithfield, Jefferson County,
Thomas Waddle engaged in agricultural pursuits
until middle life and then moved to Brilliant and
brought an interest in the ferry company. He died
at Wellsburg, W. Va., in 1902, at the age of
seventy-seven years. He was twice married, first
to Elizabeth Oliver, who was born in Wells
Township and died in 1867. Her father, Charles
Oliver, was a native of Ireland.
Two sons of his first marriage survived. Oliver
M. and Charles I. Thomas Waddle was married
second to Maria Patton of Wellsburg, who died in
1910, without issue.
Charles I. Waddle was fourteen years of age when
he left the farm and came to Brilliant. Here he
began work on the ferryboat "Diana" and became both
pilot and engineer and has been identified with the
ferry company every since. He has numerous other
important interests. For some years he was engaged
in the lumber business and dealt also in farm lands and
now owns 700 acres in Wells Township, land that is well
adapted to farming as well as being valuable on account
of four production gas wells. About 1900 he
embarked in the real estate and insurance business and
has been unusually prosperous along these lines.
He is a well balanced business man and his undertakings
are unusually successful. He has been one of the
active and public-spirited men of Brilliant and at
present is serving in the town council, having been
elected on the Republican ticket.
In October, 1883, Mr. Waddle was married to
Miss Belle Wiggins, who is a daughter of John
Wiggins, of Brooke County, West Virginia, and they
have two children: George A., who is an attorney
at Cleveland,, and Lida G., who resides at home.
George A. Waddle is a graduate of Bethany College
and of the Western Reserve Law School. He married
Miss Bertha Dunbar. Mr. Waddle and family
are members of the Christian Church at Brilliant.
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B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
Page 828) |
HENRY
WALKER, merchant at Dillonvale, Jefferson County,
Ohio, where he conducts a large department store, is
proprietor also of a chain of stores, each being under
capable managers, but each one being directed in its
policy by the owner, who has made his home at Dillonvale
since 1895. Mr. Walker is one of the
capitalists of this part of Eastern Ohio, but he is
entirely a self made man, beginning life without any
advantages contributed by family influence, ample means
or collegiate training. Simply through natural
ability he has reached his present position of high
financial standing and the recognition of his personal
worth. Mr. Walker was born in County
Durham, England, Sept. 19, 1867 and his parents were
John C. and Mary Ann (Porter) Walker.
John C. Walker brought his family to America in
August, 1869, when Henry was a child of two
years. The other children were: Thomas, who
is a prosperous merchant at Holloway, Ohio; Margaret,
who lives with her parents; Jennie, who resides
at Cleveland, Ohio; and Mary A., who is the wife
of William Wilson Both parents survive, the
father being now in his seventy-first and the mother in
her sixty-ninth year. The father continued his
work in the coal mines at Hammondsville, Tiltonville and
Dillonvale, until 1900, since when he has lived retired.
Henry Walker first attended school at
Wellsville, Ohio, and later at Steubenville but for only
a short period at either place, as he was only twelve
years old when he started to work in the coal miles at
Wellsville. He remained there until he was
eighteen years old, when he went into a pottery at
Wheeling, W. Va. Later he was employed at
Steubenville and went from there to Martin's Ferry,
where he worked in the Aetna and Standard mills for
three years. While there, in 1888, he was married
to Miss Mary A. Honins, of Brilliant, Jefferson
Co., Ohio. She is a daughter of Richard and
Annie Honnins, and is a most estimable lady, a
capable and competent business woman, to whose
discretion, judgment and ability, Mr. Walker
generously attributes much of his unusual success.
One year after his marriage, Mr. Walker moved to
Brilliant, Ohio, where he opened a small grocery store.
In 1890, he moved his stock to Laurelville, where he
started into the grocery business on a capital of $200,
and remained there until 1895, when he came to
Dillonvale. Here he bought out the small general
store of E. J. Vickers and opened up business in
two small rooms on the site of his present large
department store, where he has floor space of 10,000
feet, the structure being two stories and basement, with
dimensions of 20 by 80 feet. His business here
amounts to about $250,000 annually, being entirely
retail, and he is at the head of the largest mercantile
combination in Eastern Ohio. He has had to compete
with older and more experienced merchants but has outran
them all. His business is conducted on a thorough
system originated by Mr. Walker himself, and he
has shown natural good judgment in selecting the right
men with whom to surround himself. The same
underlying business principles are responsible for the
success that he has attained in his chain of stores
which radiate from the parent establishment at
Dillonvale. He owns the People's Store at Bradley,
Ohio, which is under the management of D. W. Difford;
the Ramsey Store, at Ramseyville, Ohio, its manager
being John J. Aiglon the Conner's store at
Connersville, Ohio, under D. W. Wyert; and the
Henrick Store, at Henrick, Ohio, managed by Bonnie
Batista.
During all the twenty years that Mr. Walker has
been in the mercantile business. Mr.
Walker has had charge of his office business, and
great credit is due this lady for the thoroughness with
which she has performed the arduous task. Through
her hands have passed the enormous income and outlet
representing the purchase and sale of the mammoth stock
handled by Mr. Walker in all his stores, and not
only that, but she also visits New York as a buyer and
is recognized there as one of the shrewdest purchasers
on the dry goods market.
To Mr. and Mrs. Walker four daughters have born,
the only survivor being Mary Elizabeth, a
beautiful and talented maiden of now sixteen years.
She is a brilliant student at the Mary Baldwin
Seminary, an exclusive educational institution under the
supervision of the Presbyterian Church, located at
Stanton, Va. Miss Walker is making most
creditable progress in German, elocution, Bible history,
typewriting, shorthand and music, and has a general
average of ninety-six in her studies, which is a
gratifying showing to her teachers and her parents.
Mr. Walker is a
Thirty-Second Degree Mason and is identified with the
Smithfield Blue Lodge; Steubenville Commandery;
Cleveland Consistory; and Osiris Shrine at Wheeling.
He belongs also to the order of Knights of Pythias,
being a member of Dillonvale Lodge No. 184. In
politics he has been a lifelong Republican and has
always taken a hearty interest in party affairs.
For six years he served as a member of the Dillonvale
town council and during a part of the time was president
of this body and in that position used his influence to
bring about much needed improvement in the place.
He has interests other than those connected with his
large mercantile enterprise and for four years has been
a member of the board or directors of the First National
Bank of Dillonvale and is also a director of the
Dillonvale Brick and Tile Company. In the
employing of a large number of people he has been the
means of adding to the general prosperity of the town,
while personally he has shown great public spirit and a
broad-minded liberality when occasion has arisen where
it has been needed.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Walker were reared in the
faith of the Methodist Episcopal Church and they are
among the most active members of this church at
Dillonvale. Mr. Walker is one of the stewards of
the church and is a liberal contributor in support of
all its benevolent agencies, but he has not confined his
bequests to his own religious body by any means.
While he and the pastor of the Methodist Church raised
and contributed the sum of $1,400, in very hard times,
to pay a debt on the parsonage, he himself contributed
one half the purchase price, $242.) of the elegant
carpet for St. Adelbert's Roman Catholic Church at
Dillonvale. It is little wonder, therefore, that
Mr. Walker is one of the town's most popular
citizens. His career is a notable industry,
persistency and honesty combined with laudable ambition
and the natural gifts which anyone who succeeds must
possess in considerable degree.
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B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago -
1910 - Page 1134) |
PHILIP
A. WALKER, M. D., will long be remembered in
Jefferson County, Ohio, as one whose life was full of
beneficence, devoted as it was almost entirely to the
science of Medicine in its practical application to the
alleviation of suffering. In 1880 he became a
resident of Steubenville, and almost the whole period
of his professional life was passed in this county.
He was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Nov. 10, 1826,
and his death occurred at Steubenville, in January,
1902.
The parents of Dr. Walker came from Maryland to
Ohio at an early date in the settlement of Tuscarawas
County. He was reared on his father's farma nd
enjoyed better educational opportunities than many
country-bred youths, as his father, Thomas Walker,
was a schoolteacher. From his father the young man
received encouragement, and in 1849 he began the study
of medicine, his reading being done according to the
common practice of that day, in the office of a
reputable physician, where he had access to a medical
library. He remained for three years with Dr.
G. D. Hamilton, of Knoxville, Jefferson County, and
then established himself on a farm in Island Creek
Township and commenced practice among his neighbors.
During several winters following, he attended medical
lectures at the Cleveland Medical College and then went
to Toronto, Ohio, for several years. In 1880, he
opened his office at Steubenville, and in this wider
field easily advanced to the front rank in his
profession. He possessed all the requirements of a
successful man of medicine and his many years of
practice enabled him to unerringly discover the ailments
of his patients. By them he was not only valued
and respected but was universally beloved. He was
a life long member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Dr. Walker was married in 1851, to Miss Amanda E.
Robertson. Her parents were Andrew and
Julia (Alexander) Robertson people of Scotch
extraction and old residents of Island Creek Townshp,
where she was born in 1832. Dr. and Mrs. Walker
became the parents of nine children, namely: Julia
A., Leonidas H., Andrew A., James, William S., Thomas
W., Emma B., Eva R., and Ernest. Among
the survivors of this family are two very prominent
citizens of Steubenville, William S., and
Thomas W. W. S. is engaged in a wholesale
notion business in this city.
Dr. Thomas W. Walker was
graduated in 1889 from the medical department of the
Western Reserve University at Cleveland, and later
served as an interne at St. Vincent Hospital in that
city, then one year in European hospitals, subsequently
locating at Steubenville. His office is at No. 121
North Fourth Street, and his home at No. 812 North Fifth
Street, Steubenville.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph
B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago -
1910 - Page 955) |
W.
S. WALKER, who for many years has been prominent
in the commercial and financial circles of Steubenville,
has been active in advancing the best interest of the
city, from a moral, social and business standpoint.
He was born in Island Creek Township, Jefferson County,
Ohio, in 1864, and is a son of Dr. Philip A. Walker,
deceased, who came to the county as a young man and
practiced medicine here for more than forty years.
W. S. Walker was educated in the public schools
of Steubenville and in early life worked for his brother
in the retail grocery trade. He then carried on a
similar business for himself at Jeddo, O., for a brief
period, after which he established a grocery at the
corner of Fifth and Ross Streets, Steubenville. In
1900 he sold out that enterprise and established a
wholesale dry goods and notion store, which is
represented on the road by three commercial travelers
and has in its employ six men in Steubenville.
With Howard W. Morrow he forms the firm of Morrow
and Walker, dealing in clothing and gentlemen's
furnishings. He is a director of the Commercial
National Bank of Steubenville, a director and
vice-president of the Miners and Mechanics Bank, and a
director of the Jefferson Building and loan Association.
He has actively participated in the progress made by the
local Y. M. C. A. and was chairman of the building
committee which had in charge of construction of the Y.
M. C. A. building, upon which the people look with
pride. He is a Republican i politics, and was
active in the successful campaign made to close the
saloons of Jefferson County. He is a member of the
Chamber of Commerce and has served in the city council.
In 1888 Mr. Walker was united in marriage with
Miss Fannie T. Thompson, a daughter of Henry
A. Thompson, and they have two daughters: Marian
who is a graduate of Adrian College, of Adrian, Mich.,
and Eloise who is now in attendance at school.
Mr. Walker is president of the board of trustees of
the Methodist Protestant Church, of which he has long
been a member, and was chairman of the building
committee which had in charge the erection of the fine
church edifice which now stands. He is a member of
the Masonic fraternity, and belongs also to Steubenville
Lodge, No. 1, K. P., of which he is past chancellor
commander. He is one of the trustees of the
Union Cemetery Association.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph
B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago -
1910 - Page 845) |
CURTIS
A. WELDAY, whose farm of 237 acres lies in Island
Creek Township, is one of the well informed,
enterprising and successful farmers and stockmen of this
section. He was born ni this township, July 10,
1878, and is a son of William H. and Mary (Wyant)
Welday.
The late William H. Welday was born in Cross
Creek township and was a son of Alexander
Welday, one of the early settlers there. When
William H. Welday was about five years old his
parents moved into Island Creek Township and there his
subsequent life was spent. At one time he was a
member of the Two Ridges' Presbyterian Church. He
was an extensive farmer and stock raiser for many years.
His widow survives and resides at Richmond, O. In
William H. Welday, Island Creek Township had a
valuable citizen. He was practically the founder
of the Richmond Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company and
from the time of its organization until his death he was
its secretary.
Curtis A. Welday was reared on his present farm
and was educated in the public schools of Island Creek
Township. He is very generally recognized as one
of the clear-headed, practical business men of this
section and his enterprise has been shown in his manner
of conducting his large agricultural operations.
The raising of registered Holstein cattle has been one
of his main interests and as a dealer he is favorably
known all through Ohio.
On December 3, 1900, Mr. Welday was married to
Miss Carlotta R. Rhinehart, a daughter of
William Rhinehart, formerly of Island Creek Township
but now a resident of Fayetteville, Ark. Mr.
and Mrs. Welday have one son, William S, who
was born Dec. 12, 1907. He is a Republican in his
political views.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph
B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
Page 576) |
HARRY
J. WELDAY, president of the Island Creek Township
School Board, is one of the progressive farmers and
stock raisers of this section, where he owns 347 acres
of valuable land. He was born in Island Creek
Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, Nov. 4, 1872, and is a
son of Hon. David M. and Pamelia (Johnson) Welday.
Hon. David M. Welday is one of Island Creek's best
known citizens and he has long been prominent in public
life, serving not only in many township offices with
efficiency, but also in the Ohio State Senate. His
father was Alexander Welday, who was a pioneer in
this section, his parents having been of German birth.
In old days, in Germany, the family name was written
Velty, but later was changed to its English
equivalent, Welday. Senator Welday
still resides in Island Creek Township, being now in his
sixty-fourth year. He is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church at Wintersville, O., and was active in
all that concerns the public welfare in his
neighborhood. He was married first in Pamelia
Johnson, who died April 4, 1892. She was a
daughter of David Johnson, who came to Jefferson
County from Washington County, Pennsylvania, in early
days. Mrs. Welday was a lady of many
Christian virtues and was a valued member of Two Ridges
Presbyterian Church, Senator Welday married
secondly Mrs. Lillian H. Scott, widow of Dr.
J. F. Scott. Dr. Scott was a native of
Cross Creek Township and later became a medical
missionary and in that capacity went to China.
Harry J. Welday has devoted the larger part of his
life to his interest in Island Creek Township.
After attending the public schools in his own township,
he spent one year in the Steubenville High School, and
three years at the Ohio State University at Columbus,
where he paid particular attention to the scientific
course. He has carried on his agricultural
operations carefully and systematically and has
prospered. It is not men like Mr. Welday
who ever become discouraged or see visions of
agriculture ever becoming an unproductive occupation; on
the other hand, he sees this oldest world vocation
becoming more profitable than ever before. Mr.
Welday is also interested as a director in the
National Exchange Bank of Steubenville, a position his
father formerly held. He is an active citizen in
relation to all public affairs and has been particularly
concerned in the improvement of the public schools.
Mr. Welday was was married to Miss Blanche
Winters, a daughter of John D. Winters,
formerly a county commissioner of Jefferson County, and
they have two children, David W. and Dorothy J.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph
B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
Page 693)
(PORTRAIT OF HON.
DAVID WELDAY) |
JAMES
P. WELDAY, who carries on a large general
contracting business at Steubenville, O., is a native of
Jefferson County, born in September, 1852, and is a son
of Jacob and Eliza Jane (Parr) Welday.
The venerable father of Mr. Welday was born in
1822 and is a resident of Smithfield, having been a
farmer during all his active life. He married
Eliza Jane Parr, a daughter of John Parr, and
they celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary on
Feb. 14, 1910. They have two surviving children:
James P. and John L., the latter of whom lives on
the old home farm. Jacob Welday is a son of
David Welday, who was one of the pioneers of
Jefferson County.
James P. Welday was reared on the home farm and
obtained his education in the country schools. In
1902 he came to Steubenville and since then has been
engaged in carpenter work and contracting. He has
erected many fine residences and one of these is his own
which is situated at No. 1149 Stanton Boulevard.
Mr. Welday was married Feb. 3, 1876, to Miss
Margaret Lewis, who was born and reared near
Oliver's Church, in Warren Township, Jefferson County,
and is a daughter of William Lewis. Mr.
and Mrs. Welday have six children: Gilmer
L., who is associated with his father in building
and contracting; Lulu M., who is the wife of
William Carter; Mabel who is the wife of
William W. Kennedy of Chicago; Chester A.,
who has a position in a bank in Boise City, Idaho; and
Minnie and Mattie, both of whom are at
home. Mr. Welday and family are members of
the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Steubenville.
He is identified with the Carpenters' Union.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph
B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
Page 877) |
JAMES WHITE, a member of
the real estate and brokerage firm of Blackburn &
White, of Steubenville, Ohio, was born in
Marshall Co., County, W. Va., but was reared and educated
in Jefferson County, having come here during his early
childhood with his parents, who located on a farm.
Mr. White followed farming some years,
and in 1891 came to Steubenville, where he operated an
implement and feed store until 1902, when he located on a
farm near Wintersville and carried on general farming
until August, 1909, since which time he has been
associated with A. C. Blackburn, of
Steubenville, in the real estate and brokerage business.
Mr. White served two terms, from 1903
until 1909, as clerk of the Courts of Jefferson County,
Ohio. He is fraternally a member of the Knights of
Pythias, and his religious connection is with the Hamline
M. E. Church of Steubenville. In 1883, Mr.
White was united in marriage with Ella J.
Ford, and they have seven children living.
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Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
Page 1079) |
GEORGE
WILSON, a brother of Peter, was a young
physician of Philadelphia, and started for the West in
1800. In coming down the river in a flatboat he
was wrecked at Brown's Island and hospitably entertained
by Colonel Brown. Here he met Bezaleel
Wells, who persuaded him to settle in the now city of
Steubenville. His daughter married Dr. Mason
and afterward General Stokely, and the mother
of Gen. John S. Mason, George Mason, the
attorney; Mrs. E. S. Wood, Mrs. Colonel Lloyd
and Mont. S. Stokely. General Stokely
purchased the Grove in 1832.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph
B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
Page 423)
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GEORGE
P. WILSON, secretary, treasurer and manager of
the Means Foundry and Machine Company at Steubenville,
Ohio and interested in the Davis-Price Foundary and
Machine Company of New Cumberland, W. Va., and also in
oil development at different points, is a representative
business man of this city where he has lived for twelve
yeas. He was born at New Cumberland, W. Va.,
September 25, 1872.
After his school days were over at New Cumberland,
Mr. Wilson took a business course at Duff's
Commercial College, at Pittsburg, and then went into
brick manufacturing at New Cumberland and remained there
until he was twenty-five years of age. After
locating in Steubenville he became bookkeeper for the
Means foundry and Machine Company, later was made
vice-president and for more than two years has
satisfactorily filled the offices of secretary,
treasurer and manager. In addition to his
Steubenville interests. Mr. Wilson devoted
attention to those at other points and through the
employment of rational methods and the exercise of
business judgment has entered into middle life with
success crowning his undertakings.
In 1900, Mr. Wilson was married to Miss
Margaret Davis, of Wellsville, Ohio, and they have
three children: George P., Jr., John D. and
Robert M. Mr. Wilson and wife are
members of the Methodist Protestant Church. He is
a Thirty-second Degree Mason and belongs to Lake Erie
Consistory, Cleveland, Ohio, and to the Scottish Rite in
Steubenville.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph
B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
Page 918) |
HANS
WILSON was the first storekeeper of whom we have
any record. He was said to have been a short, dark
complexioned, round shouldered man, clean shaved,
plainly dressed and economical to parsimony. He
came from Ireland when quite young, and threshed for a
living until he secured money enough to follow the road
with a pack so he was one of the pioneer peddlers.
As will be seen from the above sale, he purchased a lot
No. 139, adjoining the public square on the north, for
$100, and on this erected a small log storeroom.
His business growing, it was replaced by a substantial
brick building, and at his death, about fifty years
after, he had accumulated quite a large fortune.
He was an ardent Presbyterian, and after making
provision for the support of his wife, the residue of
his property was willed to the Home and Foreign
Missionary Societies. It is said that after his
death diligent search was made through the attic and
other out of the way places for money which he was
supposed to have secreted, but we are not advised that
the search was successful. John Allen
succeeded Mr. Wilson, and kept a dry goods store
on the same lot, and remained there until the fall of
1869, when the property was purchased by the county, and
a portion of the jail and sheriff's residence now stands
thereon.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph
B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
Page 363) |
HENRY
L. WILSON, a respected citizen of Steubenville,
O., residing in his pleasant home which is located at
No. 535 South Fourth Street, for many years lived on his
farm in Steubenville Township, Jefferson County, Ohio,
and also for a long period has been interested in the
coal industry. He was born on the old Wilson
homestead, in Steubenville Township, in 1846, and is a
son of John Wilson.
John Wilson and his uncle, Hans Wilson, were
born in Ireland, and the latter was one of the earliest
settlers in Jefferson County. The Wilson
homestead came to the family through Hans Wilson.
John Wilson settled on this farm in Steubenville
Township, in 1818, and lived on it until his death, in
1851. He married Susanna Lloyd, who was
born in Cross Creek Township, and died in 1850.
They were survived by four children, all sons, namely:
James, who died in 1863 while serving as a
soldier in the Civil War; John, a merchant at
Wilson's Corners,
who served also in the Civil War, under General
McCook, in the 100-day enlistment; Henry L.;
and Isaac M. the last named dying in 1877.
The family was one of prominence in Steubenville
Township.
Henry L. Wilson was reared on the old family
farm and attended the country schools. To some
extent he engaged in agricultural pursuits but a large
part of his time was given to the development of coal,
there being a valuable mine on his land. He has other
interests and spent two years looking after them in
London County, Tennessee. In 1900 he retired to
Steubenville and takes life much easier than formerly
but still retains the management of his farm, his mine
being under lease.
Mr. Wilson was married in 1878 to Miss H. J.
Adams, a daughter of Henry Adams, and they
have three children: Stewart M., who is residing in
Oklahoma; and Bertha and George H., who live at
home. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are members of the
First Presbyterian Church at Steubenville. He is
an active member of the Odd Fellows at Steubenville and
has been a member of this fraternal organization since
1870.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph
B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
Page 852) |
JOHN
D. WILSON, whose well improved farm of 295 acres
is situated in Ross Township, Jefferson County, Ohio,
was born in Monroe County, Ohio, May 22, 1848, and is a
son of James and Sarah (Shepherd) Wilson.
Mr. Wilson was married in Jefferson County, Ohio,
to Miss Lucy Shepherd, who is a daughter of
Thomas and Lucinda (Arbuckle) Shepherd. Thomas
Shepherd was born in Drumlane, County Cork, Ireland,
and was nineteen years of age when, in 1812, he came to
Steubenville, O., and from there to this farm. He
had brought his parents with him and their first
experiences of pioneer life were very trying. The
first house was built of green logs, laid on a stump
foundation and their beds were made of tree boughs with
the feather mattresses laid over them, these latter
comforts having been brought with them from Ireland.
They fashioned chairs and tables out of rough boards and
thus supplied the necessities of life. The time
came, however, when ample means brought not only
necessities but luxuries within their reach.
Thomas Shepherd married Lucinda Arbuckle, and
they had the following children born to them: Sarah,
who is the widow of George Crabb; William, who
married Elizabeth Watt; James, residing in Iowa,
who married Annie Grigg; George A., who died in
Nevada; John R., who married Mary Jane
Swickard; Thomas, who married Melissa Whitcomb,
Eliza Ann, who married James Wycoff; Andrew,
who married Netta McCollough; Hezekiah, who
married Annie Adams; Martha, who is unmarried;
Lucy E. S., who is the wife of Mr. Wilson and
Mary, deceased, who was a school teacher all her
mature life. Mrs. Wilson is one of the best
known, respected and admired ladies in Jefferson County,
where she has been a leader in educational matters for a
long period and for three years she served on the school
board in Ross Township. As a result of this
unusual innovation, the schools of Ross Township are
acknowledged to be of high grade, and more general
interest is taken in their progress than in many other
just as favorably located sections. The father of
Mrs. Wilson erected excellent buildings which
have not had to be replaced but only repaired, owing to
the ordinary deterioration caused by the weather.
His death occurred December 8, 1881, when aged
eighty-nine years, and his widow survived until April 7,
1887, her age being eighty years. They were valued
members of the Bacon Ridge Presbyterian Church and they
were interred in the Montgomery Cemetery in Ross
Township. The present farm was secured by the
grandfather when James Madison was
President of the United States.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have resided on the present
place ever since marriage. They have no children.
Mr. Wilson is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and his wife of the Presbyterian
Church. He has been a life long Republican but has
never consented to accept office.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph
B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
Page 736) |
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