MISSES A. and M. E.
EAVES, millinery and fancy goods, Chillicothe street, between
Third and Fourth Streets, Portsmouth, are daughters of George
Eaves, and natives of England. They came to the United
States with their parents in 1866, locating first in Indiana, where
they remained a year. They then removed to Maryland, and
subsequently to Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, and in 1872 to Ohio again,
settling in Portsmouth. Mr. Eaves is a
blast-furnace builder by occupation. His family consists of six
daughters and two sons - Agnes, Mary E.,
Emma, Bessie, Lydia, Hattie, Cyrus and William.
The two eldest daughters established the millinery and fancy-goods
store in 1873. They are doing a good business, and merit the
patronage of the place.
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H. EBERHARDT
was born in Germany, Mar. 19, 1819, and in 1842 came to the United
States, locating in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained ten years
engaged in molding stoves, a trade he learned in the old country.
In 1853 he removed to Portsmouth, and in company with Mr. Neil
started a foundry. They remained together fourteen years, when
Mr. Eberhardt bought Mr. Neil's
interest. He has been twice married, the first time in 1846 in
Cincinnati. He was married the second time in 1869 to
Margaret Starschk. They have two children -
William Henry, born Jan. 4, 1870, and Minnie
E., July 14, 1873.
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LEONARD ECK,
[Portsmouth] son of John and Margaret (Schafur) Eck, was born
Dec. 19, 1845, in Chillicothe, Ross Co., Ohio. He was first
engaged in the restaurant business which he followed for six years;
since then he has followed engineering. When young he spent two
years on the river as cabin boy. At present he is engaged with
the Ohio Stove Company. He was married Nov. 29, 1866, to
Alice Hacquard. They have five
children - Cornelius, Rudolph, John, Gertrude and Maggie.
Mr. Eck is a member of the Catholic church. His father was
born in 1804 and his mother in 1811. They came from Germany to
America with four children in 1840 and located at Chillicothe.
After living there five years they removed to Portsmouth, where the
father died in 1869. They had a family of ten children, three of
whom are deceased. Their names are - Joseph; Kate, wife
of Frederick Winterfield, of Columbus; Margaret, wife of
Adolph Reisley; Mary (deceased), wife of Christian Stanam;
John; Leonard; Elizabeth, wife of John Keil; Ellen, died in
1880, aged twenty-nine years, was the wife of Joseph Schlurt;
Adam, and Frank, who died in 1866, aged nine years.
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STEPHEN EDMUNDS,
grocer, Second street, between Madison and Massie streets, was born in
Massachusetts, Nov. 13, 1815, a son of John Edmunds,
and cousin of Senator Edmunds. He came to Ohio
in 1842, locating in Portsmouth in 1848, where he was a boatman eight
years. He then went into the old National Hotel and remained on
that corner twenty years, keeping hotel, grocery and broom factory.
He enlisted in 1861 in Battery L., First Ohio Artillery, and served
two years. He participated in the battles of Winchester, Fort
Republic, Bull Run, Antietam and Fredericksburg; was discharged on
account of disability. His son ran away form home to join him in
the army, and was with him in all the engagements. At
Chancellorsville, in 1863, he was wounded and lost his left leg.
Mr. Edmunds was reared a Democrat, but at the
time of the war changed his views. He was married in 1842 to
Paulina Darby, a native of New York. She died
in 1865. They had eight children, five of whom are living.
In 1872 he married Sarah Garlic, a native of
Baltimore, Md.
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L. EISMAN & BROTHER,
wholesale clothing and woolen merchants, are natives of Bavaria,
Germany, and sons of Schmey Eisman. L. was born
in 1834, and John in 1839. The elder came to
the United States in 1860, and his brother in 1861. They located
first in New York City, then removed to New Brunswick, then to
Parkersburg, Va., and subsequently to Portsmouth. In 1863
Freedman, Eisman & Co. established a wholesale house,
but six months later Mr. Freedman withdrew, and
Mr. Eisman carried on the business under the name
L. Eisman & Co. till 1867, when his brother John
became associated with him, changing the firm name to L.
Eisman & Brother. They do an annual business of
$160,000, their trade extending through Ohio, Kentucky, East and West
Virginia. They employ four traveling salesmen and sixteen in the
store. In their tailoring department they employ from 100 to 140
hands. They occupy three floors, and carry a full line of
cloths, ready-made clothing and gents' furnishing goods.
L. Eisman was married Jan. 1, 1865, to Fannie
Rousleim. J. Eisman married Fannie Meyer,
who died one year after, and he then married his present wife,
Eliza Dryfus.
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JOSEPH EMNETT,
contractor and builder, Chillicothe street, between Tenth and Eleventh
streets, Portsmouth, was born in Bavaria, Germany, May 3, 1838, and
came to the United States Dec. 24, 1853, locating at Portsmouth, Ohio.
He began learning the carpenter's trade when seventeen years of age,
and subsequently worked as a journeyman fifteen years. He then
began contracting. His work is chiefly building dwelling-houses,
repairing and roof work. April 23, 1878, he married Mary
Miller, who was a native of Pittsburg, Pa. They had two
children - Mary and Joseph, both
deceased. Mrs. Emnett died Jan. 31, 1882.
Mr. Emnett is a member of the Catholic church.
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NELSON W. EVANS,
son of Edward Patton and Amanda Jane (King) Evans, was born June 4,
1842, in Sardinia, Brown Co., Ohio. He attended school till
June, 1863, and graduated from the Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in
the class of 1864. He was in the Union army from June, 1863,
till June, 1865, and during that time was First Lieutenant of Company
G, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Ohio Infantry, Adjutant of One Hundred
and Seventy-third Ohio Infantry and Captain of Company K. of same
regiment . He was in Burnside's campaign in
East Tennessee, and at the battle of Nashville. He was married
Sept. 9, 1868, to Lizzie Henderson, of Middletown,
Ohio. During the winter of 1865-'66 he studied law in the
Cincinnati Law School, and was admitted to the bar April, 1866, and
Aug. 1 of the same year located in Portsmouth, where he has since
practiced his profession. He was City Solicitor from 1871 till
1875, and from 1870 till 1878 was Register in Bankruptcy of the
Eleventh Congressional District. He is Vice Regent Grand
Council, Royal Arcanum of Ohio, and is a member of Portsmouth Lodge,
No. 395, A. F. & A. M. In politics he is a Republican.
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ELMORE ELLIS
EWING, wholesale dealer in Queen's-ware, china, and glassware,
Portsmouth, Ohio, was born at Ewington, Gallia Co., Ohio, Feb. 16,
1840, and is the youngest son of George and Ann (Knox) Ewing.
He was educated at the Ewington Academy until he was nineteen, and at
the age of seventeen began teaching in Gallia County during vacations
until he left the academy, thus defraying the expenses of his
education. When nineteen years old he left his native place and
commenced teaching in Scioto and Lawrence counties. In 1860 he
entered the Ohio University at Athens, where he remained two years, in
July 1862, he assisted in enlisting Company A, Ninety-first Ohio
Infantry, under Capt. L. Z. Cadot. He enlisted
in this company as Orderly Sergeant, but was promoted to Second
Lieutenant in June, 1863, and to First Lieutenant, June, 1864.
At the battle of Winchester, Va., July 24, 1864, he was severely
wounded, on account of which he was discharged from the service Dec.
4, 1864. He ten was appointed clerk in the Provost Marshal's
department at Portsmouth, under Captain B. F. Cory.
Oct. 1, 1865, the office was discontinued, and he received the
appointment of Principal of the High School department in the public
schools at Portsmouth, but owing to ill health he was obliged to
resign his position in November, 1865. He then accepted the
position of bookkeeper in the wholesale crockery business of
T. J. Pursell & Co., and in January, 1867, he became
associated with the firm, changing the name to Pursell, Ewing
& Co. In January, 1876, the other members retired from
the firm, when he succeeded to the business as E. E. Ewing.
Sept. 21, 1865, he was married to Minerva, daughter
of James S. Folsom, by whom he has had one child -
Jessie Folsom. He and wife and daughter are members of
the Bigelow Methodist Episcopal Church of Portsmouth.
Mr. Ewing has served one term on the Board of Education and
two terms on the City council of Portsmouth. He is a member of
Bailey Post, No. 164, . A. R., of which he is a
Senior Vice Commander and Aid-de-Camp on the staff of the department
commander of the State of Ohio.
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