Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-07-06

was member of the Constitutional Conver
, tion in 1852; was Supreme Judge in 1858; wa
J President-of the Commission which made tn
, present Code of Civil procedure He is sti
living in St. Clairsville.
HON. S. COwEN
was born in Washington county, New York
and removed to Ohio in 1925. In 1882 he re
moved to st. Clairsville and formed law part
nership with VIM. B. Hubbard In 1910 h
was elected to Congress. In 1874 was sent t
the State Legislature. In 1S47 was elected
Judge of the Common Pleas Court, in whic
position he remained until 1853 Died Sept
81, 1869.
CHARLES HAMMOND,
A lawyer, came to Belmont county, about
1900, from what is now Brooke county, West
Va. He was pupil of the celebrated Philip
Doddridge. He resided on the farm now
owned by Charles Fl. Arick, near the top Of
Wheeling Hill, on the National Road 1t was
through his influence that the National Road
was located up the Wheeling Hill. An effort
was made 10 continue the road up Wheeling
Creek, two and a half miles, to Hardestys,
thence up Run heading at Isaac Taggarts,
near st. Clairsville. This would have given
us beautiful route and almost level from ST.
Clairsvile to the river. Through local jeal-
ousy and the superior finesse of Mr.. Ham,
mond, the present route was adopted. Mr..
! Hammond removed to Cincinnati and attained
high position. He was editor of the Cincin-
natl Gazette. He left here shortly after his de-
feat for Congress by John Patterson in 1928
MIR Hammond was the author of the cele-
brated Political Essays, signed 'Hamden, pub
lished in the National lntelligencer in 1920,
regarding the character and Constitution of
the United States Government, for which he
was highly complimented by President, JEFF
erson.
THOMAS II. GENIN
was born 1896, ON Long Island, n. Y. studied
law in New York City, and removed to st.
Clairsville 1917; was Master Commissioner for
twenty years. In connection with Benja-
min Lundy he was amongst the first agitators
of anti-slavery in Ohio. Mr.. Genin resided in
st. Clairsville for some years, and then re-
moved to a small farm near the town. He
died in 1868. A full size marble statue Of him
stands in the Methodist cemetery of ST. Clairs-
Vile
BENJAMIN LUNDY
was born January, 1889, in Handwich, New
Jersey. His parents were of the society of
Friends. AT the age of 10 he went to Wheel
ing where he resided four years and learned
the trade of sadder. While at Wheeling he
became an AbolitioDist. He removed to Mt.
Pleasant and soon after to St. Clairsville,
where, first of the pioneers he organized an
abolition society under the name of ''Union
Humane Society,"" In January, 1920, he com
menced the publication at Mt. Pleasant, of
the first anti-slavery publication in the United
States-"The Genius of Universal Emancipa-
ton" 1t had varied history From Mt.
Pleasant he took his paper to Greenville.
Tennessee, thence to Baltimore, whese in 1929
he took VIM. Lloyd Garrison in partnership.
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COL. GEORGE PAUL.
came from near Uniontown, Pa; was Colonel
in the war of 1912, fought at the battle of the
Thames. He was member of the Legislature
in 1917. He was the father of Rev. Alfred
and Judge James PAUL, of Wheeling; was ad-
mitted to the Belmont Bar in 1904. He re-
sided in the house now occupied by General
Weir, near the Fair Grounds.
WILSON SHANNON
was born on Leatherwood Creek, Guernsey
county, Ohio; finished the study of law with
Charles Hammond and David Jennings; prac-
ticed at the St. Clairsville bar for a number of
years; was elected Governor of this State in
1888 by a majority of 5738 over Governor
Vance; was defeated in 1910 by Hon. Thomas
Corwin by majority of 16,130 In1842 he
was again candidate for Governor, and was
elected over Corwin by a majority of 1898.
During his last term he was made Minister to
Mexico by President Tyler In 1855 he was
appointed by President Pierce, Governor of |
,he Territory of Kansas. He was a member |
Of Congress in 1885. He removed from
St. Clairsville to Kansas and located at Le- i
compton; from there he removed TO Lawrence,
where he still resides.
GEORGE SHANNON,
4 Belmont county boy, Ga brother of Gov.
Wilson Shannon was of the party of Lewis 6
Clarke in their Great Exploring Expedition to
he Columbia river, sent out by President JEFF
erson in 1905. He died in Missouri.
JAMES SHANNON,
Another brother of the Governor,) was
fairs to Guatimala. He died on
lis way to his post. Was appointed by Gen.
raj jackson.
Thomas ShannOn-anOther brother-was
everal times a member of the Legislature,
nd also member of Congress in 1826-27.
HON. wN. KeNNoN, JR,.
7as born in Ireland in 1902. His parents re-
loved to Belmont county, Ohio, while he was
oung. He studied law with Hon. VIM. Ken
on, at st. Clairsville. He was elected to |
congress in1846, and served one term; was
Ommon Pleas Judge from 1865 to 1867 re-
gned his office on account of ill health, and |
led OctotR 10Th, 1867.
HON. DANIEL PECK {
lme to st. Clairsville about 1880, practiced !
w at the Belmont Bar until about 1862, when 6
e removed to Wheeling, West Va. He was t
member of the Legislature, also a member G
the Constitutional Convention in 1852 I
HUGH J. JEwETT,
resident of the Erie Railroad, New York; r
udied law and resided in st. Clairsville for a t
lmber of years; he removed to GAINESVILLE f
here he became connected with railroad in P
rests; he was the Democratic candidate for C
Overnor of Ohio in 1861; has since served in P
e Legislature and also in Congress. r.
THE NATIONAL ROAD
IS made through Belmont county in 1S25-26.
,ound was broken opposite the Court House, P
ly 4th, 1925; speech was made by VIM. b. a
lbbard. The grading was let to different II
ntractors in one mile sections. James Lloyd :.
- Wilson were contractors for the big u
dge across Wheeling creek. Casper Weaver
Is the Engineer and resided in St. Clairs- IL
lie while the work was in progress. The y
I'd passes nearly through the centre of the re
unity from east to west, entering at Bridge u
rt on the river at the east, and leaving the al
unity at Fairview on the west, making dis Ie
ice of 30 miles. May Is, 1875, the State of m
o surrendered the road to the counties ti
'ough which it passes, and is now under the I'll
atrol of the County Commissioners. W
ATTORNEYS AND PHYSICIANS. ~
Here is list of the Attorneys and Physi- w
ms in Belmont county, with the amount of to
for the year, assessed by the Clerk of its
mmon Pleas Court, June term, 1928; taxes ] is,
d by each, five dollars; Attorneys-Thomas m
Genin, Steven Colwell, Wilson Shannon,
n. B. Hubbard, James Weir, William Ken ab
!, Joseph A Ramage. Physicians &c
roll, John McCracken, Ephraim CASTOR, ci,
rolus Judkins, - Hartley, John Nc pu
hon, Jesse Bailey. m,
FREE WHITE MALE INHABITANTs. ce
December, 1903, there were 1890 free white
lie inhabitants over twenty-one years of CO
in the county. In 1912 the number of Or