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Anna McCloud Children were Patience Polly Gideon Anna John Parthena Oliver (my line) Thanks Rose from MI ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 16:16:34, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) Subject: Ohio connections WEST VIRGINIA In History, Life, Literature and Industry The Lewis Publishing Company, 1928 - Volume 4, page 6-7 with photo JAMES BREWER SOMMERVILLE came to the bar of West Virginia in 1878, and in rounding out a half century of consecutive service as a lawyer he has been, very appropriately, during the past ten years, on the bench as a judge of the Circuit Court of the First Judicial Circuit at Wheeling. Judge Sommerville was born near Bethany, Brooke County, West Virginia, June 5, 1852, son of William M. and Margaret A. (Steele) Sommerville, his father a native of Harrison County, West Virginia, and his mother of Belmont County, Ohio. Judge Sommerville profited little by his schooling until he was about fifteen years of age, when he developed a strong taste for miscellaneous reading and his ambition was fired for a real education. While attending public school at Bethany in the winters of 1868-69 he made rapid progress. For a year or so he worked as a farm hand, but kept up his reading and study, and in the fall of 1871, entered the West liberty Normal School, four miles from home. He walked back and forth to the school every day, remaining until the close of the session in June, 1872. He then resumed farm work and road construction, taught a rural school in the winter of 1872-73, resumed his studies in West Liberty in the spring of 1873 and was graduated in that year. After teaching a year in Ohio County he entered Bethany College, specialized in mathematics and language. While a student in Bethany he was nominated by the Democratic party of Brooke County and was elected, being the youngest member of the House of Delegates in 1877. After his term in the Legislature he again did farm work and and taught school in the winter, studied law as opportunity offered, and in the fall of 1878 was admitted to the bar. He opened his first office at Wellsburg, county seat of Brooke County, on April 1, 1879. In the summer of 1887 he removed to Wheeling and soon was made local counsel for the Pennsylvania Railroad System. Several years later he became solicitor and was put in charge of the legal matters effecting the company for the state of West Virginia. He served as solicitor until he went on the bench. He also enjoyed a very extensive and general law practice. Judge Sommerville has had many of the honors and responsibilities of public life. He served on the Board of Regents of the normal schools, the Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institute, and the West Virginia University, being on the university board for nine years. In 1884 he was elected a member of the Senate from the First District, and in the session of 1887 was the recognized leader of the caucus forces of the Democratic party in the most bitter and most memorable contest for a seat in the United States Senate that has ever occurred in West Virginia. Following the death, in September, 1918, of H.C. Hervey, a judge of the First Judicial Circuit, the members of the bar of that circuit, without regard to political considerations, expressed their decided preference for Mr. Sommerville's appointment to the vacancy, and Governor Cornwell responded to that request. He accordingly went on the bench as an executive appointee, and in November, 1919, at the ensuing general election, he was chosen, his name having been put on the ticket of both the Republican and Democratic parties, so that he was the unanimous choice to fill the unexpired term of Judge Hervey. In November, 1920, he was again, without his solicitation, placed on the ticket of both parties as candidate for the full term of eight years, and was unanimously elected to the position. His offices are in the court house at Wheeling. WEST VIRGINIA In History, Life, Literature and Industry The Lewis Publishing Company, 1928 - Volume 4, page 24 FRANK D. SEBAUGH has been a resident of Huntington for twenty years, and is president of the Penn Table Company, one of the furniture manufacturers concerns in the city. Mr. Sebaugh was born at Meadville, Pennsylvania, in 1882, son of Lorenzo and Julia (McMillan) Sebaugh, both natives of Pennsylvania. Frank D. Sebaugh came to Huntington in 1907, and has been with the Penn Table Company ever since, starting as superintendent of the plant, and is now president of the corporation, operating a plant of the manufacture of tables and chairs. The output is shipped and sold all over the United States. Mr. Sebaugh married, in 1902, Miss Celia Palmer, of Marietta, Ohio. They have four children: Frances, wife of William Berry, of Huntington, Rosamond, Virginia and Frank D. Jr. Mr. Sebaugh and family are members of the Congregational Church. He is a York and Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner and a Republican in politics. ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 18:22:00 -0500 From: "JRDR" Subject: Obituary: Nehrer, 1976, Cuyahoga County BERNARD NEHRER, beloved husband of Elizabeth (nee Zacovic), dear father of Rosemary Berg, Patricia Pfeiffer, James and Betty Grau, grandfather of ten, brother of Margaret Hodge, Eileen Hogan, Betty Sturges and Carl. Funeral Mass Saturday, Nov. 6, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Francis De Sales Church. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery Visitation at THE ZABOR FUNERAL HOME, 5680 PEARL RD., PARMA, FRIDAY 2-4 AND 7-9 P.M. If desired, family requests contributions to The Holy Family Cancer Home, Parma. ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 20:35:11, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) Subject: Ohio connections WEST VIRGINIA In History, Life, Literature and Industry The Lewis Publishing Company, 1928 - Volume 4, page 27 WALTER J. GRIBBEN, an ex-service man who joined the colors from Wheeling, is auditor of one of the largest financial organizations in the state, the Fidelity Investment Association of Wheeling, which has branch offices in a dozen cities and has financial resources of over $15,000,000. Mr. Gribben was born at Wheeling, July 7, 1896, son of John G. and Anna (Schafer) Gribben. His parents were also born at Wheeling, and his father for many years was a member of the firm of Schafer & Driehorst. He died in 1903. Walter J. Gribben acquired his early education in Wheeling schools, graduating from the Cathedral High School in 1915. On leaving high school he took up accounting, and his working experience has made him a specialist in that field. He has been with the Fidelity Investment Association for five years, the first two years as general bookkeeper, and for the last three years as auditor. The chairman of the board of the association is W. V. Irvine, a veteran Wheeling banker, and the president is D. A. Burt, while the vice president is former United States Senator Howard Sutherland. Mr. Gribben married, in June, 1923, Miss Nellie Taffe, of Steubenville, Ohio, daughter of Owen F. and Rose (Mackinaw) Taffe. Her father was born in England and her mother in West Virginia, and they now reside at Steubenville, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Gribben have on son, Walter J., Jr., born November 7, 1924, and a daughter, Mary Catherine, born August 13, 1927. Mr. Gribben in June, 1917, entered the army as a corporal in the Twenty-first Engineers Light Railway, and was in service in France eighteen months. While overseas he was in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne campaigns. He received his honorable discharge in June, 1919. He is a member of the American Legion, the Knights of columbus, Carroll Club, Cathedral High School Alumni, is a Catholic and an independent voter. WEST VIRGINIA In History, Life, Literature and Industry The Lewis Publishing Company, 1928 - Volume 4, page 35-36 CHARLES R. VOSE. One of the best examples of the sound, aggressive and successful business man of Cabell County, Charles R. Vose, of Huntington, is secretary and treasurer of the Nicholson-Kendle Furniture Company, and has maintained his present connection since 1915, devoting all of his time and attention to his company with admirable results. Charles R. Vose was born at Catlettsburg, Kentucky, March 7, 1889, a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Russell) Vose, both of whom are living. Daniel Vose is of German extraction and was born at Pomeroy, Ohio, while she, of Scotch descent, was born at Peach Orchard, Kentucky. The paternal. grandfather, John Vose, was born in Germany, and came in young manhood to America, settling in Ohio, where he worked for many years in the salt mines of that state. The maternal grandfather, Thomas Russell, was born in Scotland, but came to the United States and settled at Ashland, Kentucky, where he was engaged in coal mining, and also, during the early days, drove a stage coach and traded to a considerable extent. When war broke out between the states he enlisted in the Union army and rose to the rank of captain. Daniel Vose served an apprenticeship as a shoemaker, and is now engaged in the retail shoe business at Catlettsburg, but at one time was a hardware merchant. Both he and his wife are active members of the Presbyterian Church. Fraternally he belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and to the Commercial Travelers Association, the latter resulting from his experience on the road during his younger days when he covered the territory including Catlettsburg. A very active Republican, he has been honored by his party and served as a member of the city council and as a member of the Lower House of the Kentucky State Assembly. Two children have been born to him and his wife: Jean C. and Charles R. The public schools of Catlettsburg and Ohio gave Charles R. Vose his educational training, and in 1908 he began his connection with business life as paymaster for the Ashland Steel Mill Company, which position he held until 1915, and for a few months he was assistant national bank examiner in West Virginia. In September, 1915, he came to his present company, and has maintained this connection ever since. In addition to his duties as secretary and treasurer he is sales manager. The company manufactures bedroom sets and furniture, and ships its product all over the United States, the annual volume of business showing a healthy increase with each succeeding year. In September, 1917, Mr. Vose married Johnnie Montague, who was born at Catlettsburg, Kentucky, and there she was reared and educated. Mr. and Mrs. Vose have one child, Charles Russell Vose, known as "Steve," who was born in 1921. Mr. Vose belongs to the Presbyterian Church. He is a Scottish-Rite and Shriner Mason, and also belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the United Commercial Travelers Association, and his club affiliations are with the Guyandotte. Like his father he is a Republican, but as yet he has had no time for public office. During the World war he was in the service, being trained at Camp Taylor for five months, after which he was honorably discharged, the declaration of the armistice making any further increase in the number of troops unnecessary. The people of Huntington realize that in Mr. Vose they have a dependable and upright citizen and his associates a loyal and devoted friend. It is such men as Mr. Vose who form the great backbone of the nation's business life. In every age there have been a few men who attract the notice of the public through certain spectacular action, but it is upon the quiet, day-by-day efforts of the average citizen that the country's prosperity depends. Each man has his work to perform; some do it well, others indifferently, and a few fail utterly, but fortunately the first named in each section are in the majority, and therefore the balance is maintained. It matters little in what channel their efforts are directed, for they would succeed in any, however the best interests of all are conserved when a man finds congenial occupation, and such is the case with Mr. Vose, for in his present connection he realizes that he has found the work for which he is fitted by ability and inclination, and the condition of the affairs under his care proves that he is the right man in the right place. -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V99 Issue #41 ******************************************